Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2022	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2026		2025		2024		2023		2022
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.477	269	935.25	78	294	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
Nick Barham	0	2	3.464	126	436.5	126	436.5	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
James Newman	0	3	3.436	68(+4)	247.4	45	152	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	0	4	3.345	113	378	41	162	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Ian Hedges	0	5	3.323	104	345.6	62	216	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
Jim Green	0	6	3.312	128	423.9	22	89	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
Adam Sinclair	0	7	3.210	122	391.65	32	123	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Chris Rogers	0	8	3.176	124	393.8	47	198.5	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Ian Tarr	0	9	3.155	119	375.5	119	375.5	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Steffen Nowak	0	10	3.078	161	495.6	65	249	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Alan Joicey	0	11	3.066	100	306.55	36	127	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Ann Pocknell	0	12	3.052	155	473.1	52	190.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Tim Line	0	13	3.028	145	439	145	439	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Ian Anderson	0	14	3.000	227	681	87	339	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Kev Peters	0	15	2.964	136	403.1	50	143	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Simon Baker	0	16	2.904	107	310.7	21	62	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Natalie Singh	0	17	2.874	108	310.4	27	95.5	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Stuart Mann	0	18	2.843	107	304.15	21	66	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Dicky Biddle	0	19	2.801	96(+1)	271.7	25	84.5	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Cecilia Rogers	0	20	2.754	134	369.1	28	71	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
George Georgiou	0	21	2.724	194	528.55	53	171	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Steve Pickard	0	22	2.654	118	313.2	39	108	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
Andy Boysan	0	23	2.578	156	402.1	23	87	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Phil Charlton	0	24	2.576	107	275.6	20	47	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Scott Wood	0	25	2.557	141	360.5	47	144.5	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Mark Dixon	0	26	2.524	110	277.6	33	89	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1	27	2.493	22(+8)	74.8	19	64	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michael Petrakas	1	28	2.474	101	249.85	18	49	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Neil Young	1	29	2.468	130	320.8	67	166	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
Warner Solomon	1	30	2.463	148	364.5	25	72.5	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Simonetta Herrera	0	31	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Jon Organ	1	32	2.322	168	390.15	37	72	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Hazel Harper	0	33	2.290	173	396.2	61	123.5	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Elias Hamati	1	34	2.273	226	513.75	66	142.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Richard Owsley	0	35	2.263	117	264.8	23	73.5	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Steve Morris	1	36	2.247	120	269.65	38	82	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Savas Christodoulou	1	37	2.210	45(+6)	112.7	42	96.5	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	38	2.208	111	245.1	23	63.5	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Barry Vasili	1	39	2.204	168	370.35	77	175.5	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Chris Hughes	1	40	2.189	150	328.35	65	138	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Robin Gunney	1	41	2.165	123	266.25	18	55	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Paul Watts	1	42	2.142	108	231.35	21	64	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Simon Tracy	1	43	2.046	200	409.2	12	26	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Reece Hodges	0	44	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Alp Ozbas	1	45	2.023	56(+5)	123.4	41	73	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dom Verrall	2	46	1.997	62(+4)	131.8	20	50	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Mike Smith	2	47	1.987	105	208.65	17	26	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Stephen Little	0	48	1.977	149	294.5	149	294.5	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Hemal Getalal	2	49	1.962	106	208	16	27.5	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Ed Turner	2	50	1.960	109	213.6	22	50	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Simon Blinkhorn	2	51	1.955	133	260.05	24	39.5	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Gary Plant	2	52	1.925	110	211.8	16	49.5	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Kylie Hedges	2	53	1.897	125	237.1	52	106	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Matt Sharp	2	54	1.873	72(+3)	140.45	2	0	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Safi Tracy	2	55	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Steve Cox	2	56	1.856	36(+7)	79.8	16	33	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pete Boxer	2	57	1.824	35(+7)	76.6	10	28	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Charlie Hetherington	2	58	1.818	24(+9)	60	24	60	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	59	1.809	114	206.2	16	24	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Fred North	2	60	1.807	85(+2)	157.2	17	46	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	61	1.759	96(+1)	170.6	17	44	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Andy Zographou	2	62	1.739	108	187.85	45	78.5	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Dave Pym	2	63	1.732	117	202.6	15	32	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Neil Edwards	2	64	1.713	83(+2)	145.6	13	40	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Flora von Michel	2	65	1.691	53(+5)	98.1	16	36	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Umut Bilge	0	66	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Ben Crowden	2	67	1.683	119	200.3	17	20	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Michael Corbett	2	68	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Lulzim Alla	2	69	1.629	12(+9)	34.2	7	18	5	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Hughes	0	70	1.618	124	200.6	14	32	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Pearl Foster	2	71	1.607	106	170.35	17	18	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Cliff Blofield	2	72	1.582	132	208.8	24	66	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Cynthia Roberts	2	73	1.5744	125	196.8	55	96	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Marcel Bancroft	2	74	1.5738	107	168.4	15	48	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Roland Herrera	0	75	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Titus Simen	2	76	1.5133	38(+7)	68.1	13	16.5	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
Rob Clarke	2	77	1.5126	90(+1)	137.65	15	30	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	78	1.470	132	194	25	56	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
John Rixon	2	79	1.423	19(+9)	39.85	7	16	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Eamonn Reay	2	80	1.398	104	145.4	10	26	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
Kev Lee	2	81	1.360	38(+7)	61.2	14	24	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Photis Gittoes	2	82	1.344	32(+7)	52.4	14	20	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	83	1.337	89(+2)	121.7	13	20	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
Carwyn Jenkins	2	84	1.333	18(+9)	36	16	36	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
James Lintell-Smith	2	85	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Jordan White	2	86	1.252	57(+5)	77.6	20	38	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Tom Chapman	3	87	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
John Curran	3	88	1.184	127	150.4	37	54	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
James Timoney	3	89	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	90	1.165	89(+2)	106	.	.	18	28.8	21	19.2	26	28	24	30
Adrian Farthing	3	91	1.163	34(+7)	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	47.7
Ceri Pierce	3	92	1.131	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Dicken	3	93	1.125	42(+6)	54	15	12	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Mitch Tucker	3	94	1.060	36(+7)	45.6	15	24	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	3	95	1.030	114	117.4	14	12	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
Caroline Boulton	3	96	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Freddy Doubtfire	3	97	0.923	17(+9)	24	15	24	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ben Crabb	3	98	0.8649	29(+8)	32	.	.	2	0	27	32	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	99	0.8647	63(+5)	58.8	16	16	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Peter Wise	3	100	0.727	13(+9)	16	13	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	101	0.719	35(+7)	30.2	21	26	4	0	.	.	10	4.2	.	.
Martha Beal	3	102	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Aidan Kenny	3	103	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Miles Farren	1		1.768	9(+10)	33.6	.	.	.	.	9	33.6	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	1		1.459	7(+10)	24.8	.	.	.	.	7	24.8	.	.	.	.
Dom Cybulski	2		1.080	5(+10)	16.2	.	.	3	16.2	.	.	2	0	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.050	3(+10)	13.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	13.65	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		0.840	5(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	12.6	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		0.836	4(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	11.7
Martin Barkwill	0		0.831	3(+10)	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	10.8
Yuri Cherkasenko	2		0.825	6(+10)	13.2	.	.	.	.	6	13.2	.	.	.	.
Walter Busato	0		0.800	3(+10)	10.4	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	.	.	.	.
Fraser Mackenzie	3		0.741	7(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	12.6	.	.
Daniel Pedrecal	3		0.686	4(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.600	3(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Julian Tucker	3		0.565	7(+10)	9.6	.	.	1	0	6	9.6	.	.	.	.
Jules Smith	3		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	3	7.2	.	.	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Irem Azak	3		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Pollyanna Whitehouse	3		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	3		0.424	7(+10)	7.2	.	.	3	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	0
Steve Ferrer	2		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Tim Paulden	2		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
Chas Perry	3		0.369	3(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	3	4.8	.	.	.	.
Carmen van-der-l'Isle	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Dan Buchanan	3		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jack Rogers-Crane	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.300	4(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.2	.	.
Ed Collinge	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jake Mochnacz	3		0.247	7(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	4.2	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Jysen Quah	1		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Vic Sprake	2		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Klajdi Deda	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Damon Dennis	2		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Olivier Evard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Sandy Lush	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mustafa Mohammed	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Derek Nisbet	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Penny Walters	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yashar Habibi	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.
Aditya Narayanan	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.
	4		0	0(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

The handicapping system explained

Column by column:

PLAYER: A list of all players who have competed in contributing Bristol competitions during the current five year period (2022-2026).
HANDICAP: Based wherever possible on the Ranking Score in order to assign appropriate handicaps for our Handicap Knock-outs. Current dividing lines are: 0 handicap (2.500 and over); 1 (2.000 to 2.499); 2 (1.250 to 1.999); 3 (below 1.250). Where there is insufficient data, or the Director has evidence of gross anomalies in the calculated handicap, the Director will assign a more appropriate handicap at his own discretion.
"Bristol Ranking": All players in the table, ranked in order of Ranking Score, who have played in at least 10 matches in contributing events. This is not to be taken too seriously, but may be of interest to some!
Ranking score: Equal to the TOTAL Played divided by the TOTAL Points. Where there are fewer than 100 matches included in the calculation, additional "matches" are included to weigh against exceptional sequences of results, in order to counterbalance the effect of small samples of data distorting a player's record.
TOTAL: Played and Points: Derived from the five annual totals in the columns to the right. For a breakdown of how the annual totals are arrived at, look at the individual years as listed below. Only enough recent years are included to ensure that a sample of 100 matches are used in the calculation. Surplus years can be seen greyed out to the right hand side of the table, while those years which will become "redundant" after a player completes no more than five more matches are shown in pale blue.
2026: Played and Points, see 2026 player data
2025: Played and Points, see 2025 player data
2024: Played and Points, see 2024 player data
2023: Played and Points, see 2023 player data
2022: Played and Points, see 2022 player data

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