Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2018	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2022		2021		2020		2019		2018
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.642	257	936	76	274.5	181	661.5	118	388	117	336	99	215.1
Chris Rogers	0	2	3.351	137	459.15	28	114	109	345.15	50	182.4	67	171.15	68	168.3
Cecilia Rogers	0	3	3.219	140	450.6	18	78	122	372.6	64	138.4	55	137.9	46	94.2
Roland Herrera	0	4	3.133	169	529.5	39	106.5	130	423	102	239.6	85	199.15	94	163.5
Andy Boysan	0	5	3.128	144	450.4	33	121	111	329.4	115	256.4	112	268.1	29	61.8
Adam Sinclair	0	6	3.122	151	471.35	22	74	129	397.35	71	176.4	106	250.95	98	214.5
Simonetta Herrera	0	7	3.107	150	466	53	205	97	261	104	274.4	130	261.45	120	198.6
Nick Barham	0	8	3.035	226	685.8	69	234	157	451.8	56	195.6	102	261.45	79	140.4
Tim Line	0	9	2.961	291	861.6	88	259.5	203	602.1	123	252	113	242.55	107	202.5
Stuart Mann	0	10	2.951	126	371.8	11	35	28	113.4	29	72	28	89.6	30	61.8
Ian Tarr	0	11	2.943	198	582.65	70	179	128	403.65	93	234.4	134	227.15	113	202.8
Simon Baker	0	12	2.909	100	290.9	12	46	32	87.3	56	157.6	25	39.2	39	106.2
Neil Young	0	13	2.903	101	293.2	11	33	38	113.4	23	76.8	29	70	30	53.4
Kev Peters	0	14	2.860	168	480.4	33	119.5	135	360.9	118	262.4	34	64.4	7	18.3
Jim Green	0	15	2.841	106	301.1	25	81	34	116.1	47	104	34	74.9	12	14.1
Safi Tracy	0	16	2.832	154	436.1	50	167	104	269.1	59	103.6	.	.	.	.
George Georgiou	0	17	2.831	170	481.25	58	198.5	38	118.35	74	164.4	50	105	33	48.9
Chris Hughes	0	18	2.811	151	424.45	52	172	99	252.45	95	213.2	30	42.7	45	66.6
Jon Barnes	0	19	2.750	34(+7)	112.75	.	.	11	35.55	23	77.2	.	.	.	.
James Newman	0	20	2.707	95(+1)	259.85	.	.	50	141.3	43	114	2	4.55	.	.
Alan Joicey	0	21	2.665	186	495.65	75	236	111	259.65	100	221.2	19	31.5	.	.
Robin Gunney	0	22	2.600	146	379.6	66	205	80	174.6	85	183.6	10	14	.	.
Ian Hedges	0	23	2.591	100	259.05	32	84	68	175.05	24	39.6	51	75.95	63	109.8
Simon Hughes	0	24	2.582	124	320.2	6	19	30	113.4	23	32.4	65	155.4	66	98.7
Ian Anderson	0	25	2.567	138	354.3	52	168	86	186.3	38	109.2	.	.	6	8.1
Simon Tracy	1	26	2.379	141	335.45	51	146	90	189.45	64	96	.	.	.	.
Elias Hamati	1	27	2.323	184	427.4	62	156.5	122	270.9	.	.	2	4.55	4	5.4
Anna Clarke	1	28	2.319	23(+8)	71.9	.	.	14	45.9	9	26	.	.	.	.
John Hedge	1	29	2.296	31(+7)	87.25	.	.	16	43.65	15	43.6	.	.	.	.
Stephen Little	0	30	2.277	261	594.2	73	177.5	188	416.7	137	300.8	114	206.5	118	175.5
Adrian Farthing	1	31	2.225	158	351.55	20	49.5	49	112.05	89	190	67	99.05	6	4.2
Michael Petrakas	1	32	2.206	15(+9)	52.95	13	48	2	4.95	.	.	.	.	.	.
Warner Solomon	1	33	2.196	167	366.8	10	22	72	165.6	85	179.2	.	.	.	.
Alex Hodge	0	34	2.169	131	284.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	12	33.6	119	250.5
Matt Reekie-Black	1	35	2.168	81(+2)	179.95	.	.	61	150.75	20	29.2	.	.	.	.
Mike Rodwell	1	36	2.160	37(+7)	95.05	.	.	15	41.85	22	53.2	.	.	.	.
Gary Plant	1	37	2.1349	106	226.3	11	35	28	63	21	57.6	22	45.5	24	25.2
Mark Dixon	0	38	2.1347	28(+8)	76.85	.	.	9	27.45	15	31.2	4	18.2	.	.
Steve Pickard	1	39	2.130	31(+7)	80.95	7	22	24	58.95	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Selby	1	40	2.126	14(+9)	48.9	.	.	10	33.3	4	15.6	.	.	.	.
Phil Charlton	1	41	2.114	115	243.1	12	20	25	55.8	25	41.6	29	77.7	24	48
Steve Morris	1	42	2.113	158	333.85	31	40	127	293.85	88	153.6	83	135.1	94	126.3
Paul Watts	1	43	2.076	113	234.6	11	20	32	70.2	70	144.4	25	53.9	32	66
Steffen Nowak	1	44	2.074	101	209.5	12	27	24	40.5	31	72	34	70	31	45
Jason Champion	1	45	2.068	51(+5)	115.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	21	41	94.8
Ed Turner	1	46	2.055	123	252.8	18	36	28	75.6	12	20	25	54.6	40	66.6
Ismail Yilmaz	1	47	2.043	112	228.8	18	41	28	64.8	37	79.2	6	16.8	23	27
Dave Pym	1	48	2.029	115	233.3	13	15	37	85.5	65	132.8	24	29.4	29	52.8
Natalie Singh	2	49	1.970	56(+5)	120.15	30	90	26	30.15	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peter Thistlewood	2	50	1.959	101	197.9	.	.	33	71.1	22	44.8	22	49	24	33
Gerald Whitehouse	2	51	1.948	135	262.95	20	42	53	123.75	62	97.2	16	19.25	.	.
Cliff Blofield	2	52	1.929	114	219.9	16	32	41	96.3	29	58	28	33.6	33	48.9
Daniel Eldridge	0	53	1.920	157	301.45	.	.	9	14.4	45	104	103	183.05	77	108
Richard Owsley	0	54	1.908	131	250	16	41	25	63.9	29	46.4	61	98.7	80	100.2
Mike Smith	2	55	1.902	102	194	16	34	29	68.4	6	12	24	32.2	27	47.4
Yuri Cherkasenko	2	56	1.827	29(+8)	67.6	.	.	.	.	29	67.6	.	.	.	.
Simon Hopper	2	57	1.788	24(+8)	57.2	.	.	14	46.8	10	10.4	.	.	.	.
Hazel Harper	2	58	1.786	228	407.15	55	93.5	173	313.65	31	48.4	.	.	.	.
Fred North	2	59	1.725	103	177.7	.	.	31	44.1	20	44.8	24	50.4	28	38.4
Ben Crowden	2	60	1.710	77(+3)	136.8	18	48	28	50.4	28	35.6	3	2.8	.	.
Rufus Rozelaar	2	61	1.696	48(+6)	91.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	22	49	26	42.6
Hemal Getalal	2	62	1.686	21(+8)	48.9	13	30	8	18.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reece Hodges	0	63	1.666	21(+8)	48.3	2	6	19	42.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jon Organ	2	64	1.657	87(+2)	147.5	9	25	20	31.5	20	32	22	35	16	24
David Tyrrell	2	65	1.637	103	168.6	.	.	31	45	72	123.6	18	34.3	.	.
Chas Perry	2	66	1.635	39(+7)	75.2	.	.	.	.	21	36	18	39.2	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	67	1.627	259	421.3	88	154	171	267.3	96	124.4	94	135.8	68	81.9
Eamonn Reay	2	68	1.588	80(+2)	130.2	11	20	24	27	25	60.8	20	22.4	.	.
Denby Pettitt	2	69	1.583	24(+8)	50.65	.	.	17	41.85	7	8.8	.	.	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	70	1.546	119	184	7	8	47	72	65	104	17	25.9	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	71	1.536	85(+2)	133.6	15	28	.	.	37	74.4	20	16.8	13	14.4
Tony Walters	2	72	1.533	104	159.4	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	60	86.8	42	67.8
Kylie Hedges	2	73	1.509	63(+4)	101.1	21	48	40	53.1	.	.	2	0	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	74	1.472	107	157.5	19	46	22	22.5	20	28	22	28	24	33
James Lintell-Smith	2	75	1.470	108	158.8	15	40	27	45	25	33.6	21	21	20	19.2
John Lewis	2	76	1.463	24(+8)	46.8	.	.	24	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	77	1.452	124	180.1	24	33	63	78.3	37	68.8	13	10.5	5	3.3
Carwyn Jenkins	2	78	1.435	104	149.2	2	0	38	52.65	22	40	27	32.55	15	24
Mandy Macdonald	2	79	1.356	154	208.9	30	50	57	69.3	67	89.6	42	53.2	37	30.6
Tom Chapman	2	80	1.286	101	129.9	11	24.5	38	48.6	28	26	24	30.8	32	34.8
Neculai Axinte	2	81	1.275	11(+9)	25.5	.	.	7	9.9	4	15.6	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	2	82	1.267	93(+1)	119.1	11	25	20	40.5	20	16	18	19.6	24	18
Miles Farren	3	83	1.246	17(+9)	32.4	.	.	.	.	5	9.6	6	16.8	6	6
Pat Holly	3	84	1.220	11(+9)	24.4	.	.	.	.	11	24.4	.	.	.	.
Jordan White	3	85	1.190	99(+1)	119	14	25	31	55.8	27	30.4	14	4.2	13	3.6
John Curran	3	86	1.180	152	179.35	52	70	100	109.35	88	108.4	26	25.2	24	18.6
Marcel Bancroft	3	87	1.158	29(+9)	44	13	28	3	3.6	10	9.6	3	2.8	.	.
David Hoare	3	88	1.086	36(+7)	46.7	.	.	.	.	23	32	13	14.7	.	.
Alan Parfitt	3	89	1.062	21(+8)	30.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	21	30.8	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3	90	1.018	61(+4)	66.2	10	8	27	23.4	24	34.8	.	.	.	.
Drew Caudwell	3	91	0.951	50(+5)	52.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	20	17.5	30	34.8
Rosey Bensley	3	92	0.919	41(+6)	43.2	.	.	.	.	41	43.2	.	.	.	.
Steve Cox	3	93	0.912	26(+8)	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7	19	24
George Devlin	3	94	0.827	20(+8)	23.15	.	.	.	.	5	3.2	13	19.95	2	0
Andy Zographou	3	95	0.822	29(+8)	30.4	19	16	10	14.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michael Corbett	3	96	0.800	11(+9)	16	11	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martha Beal	3	97	0.711	31(+7)	27	19	16	7	5.4	5	5.6	.	.	.	.
James Timoney	3	98	0.646	17(+9)	16.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	16.8
Marcus Evans	3	99	0.600	12(+9)	12.6	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	12.6
Andrew Gay	3	100	0.400	13(+9)	8.8	.	.	.	.	9	5.2	.	.	4	3.6
Ann Pocknell	0		1.387	5(+10)	20.8	.	.	.	.	5	20.8	.	.	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		1.385	3(+10)	18	3	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		1.262	7(+10)	21.45	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	13.65	4	7.8
Garry Hutchinson	2		1.250	4(+10)	17.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	17.5	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		1.086	8(+10)	19.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	17.15	3	2.4
Kristian Mills	1		1.032	7(+10)	17.55	.	.	5	17.55	2	0	.	.	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		1.011	8(+10)	18.2	.	.	.	.	3	5.2	3	9.1	2	3.9
Derek Clew	1		0.891	7(+10)	15.15	.	.	2	4.95	.	.	.	.	5	10.2
Gary Kallos	1		0.867	5(+10)	13	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	2	3.9
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.738	3(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	3	9.6	.	.	.	.
Seb Wilkinson	0		0.600	3(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
John Plummer	2		0.520	5(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	7.8
Jerry Limb	1		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	7.2
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.506	6(+10)	8.1	.	.	6	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mary French	3		0.494	7(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	2	0	5	8.4	.	.
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.463	9(+10)	8.8	.	.	.	.	9	8.8	.	.	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.450	4(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	6.3	.	.
Hassan Shenavar	3		0.450	4(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	6.3	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Paul Statter	2		0.418	4(+10)	5.85	.	.	4	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dan Lowe	3		0.413	6(+10)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	5	6.6
Laurentiu Mihalcea	3		0.400	4(+10)	5.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.6	.	.
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Mate Feher	0		0.3792	2(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		0.3792	2(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
Andre Larsen	0		0.3792	2(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
Geoff Paffett	2		0.3792	2(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
Matt Robson	3		0.3789	9(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	7.2
Mark Calderbank	0		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Andy Marshall	2		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Julian Minwalla	0		0.338	6(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	4	5.4
John Hurst	0		0.325	4(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	2	0
Julia Hayward	1		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Allen Tish	1		0.279	4(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	2	3.9
Tim Parfitt	2		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.275	2(+10)	3.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.3
Rob Wills	2		0.257	4(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	4	3.6	.	.	.	.
Eamon Devlin	3		0.246	3(+10)	3.2	.	.	.	.	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Richard Carter	1		0.242	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
John Sprague	3		0.215	3(+10)	2.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.8	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.213	5(+10)	3.2	.	.	.	.	5	3.2	.	.	.	.
Julian Fetterlein	0		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Eric McAlpine	0		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Peter Crispin	3		0.187	5(+10)	2.8	.	.	2	0	.	.	3	2.8	.	.
Luke Owen	3		0.175	2(+10)	2.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2.1	.	.
Kim Topasna	3		0.175	2(+10)	2.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2.1	.	.
Thomas Preece	3		0.150	2(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1.8
Damian Thomson	3		0.129	4(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	1.8
Abdul Barakat	0		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dave Cank	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Stelios Choustoulakis	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Mike Kleinsteuber	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Andrew Montgomery	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Nelson Stephens	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lee Wilkinson	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
David Wilson	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Assad Al-Doori	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Giles Ashton	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Michael Clarke	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Andy Darby	1		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Anton Freidin	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Roger Harding	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Mustafa Mohammed	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Philip Nicolas	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Sam Petherick	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Jules Smith	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Hugh Swann	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Pete Wright	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Mike Ireland	2		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.
Alessandro Corra	4		0	6(+10)	0	.	.	6	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 (2018-2022).
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.
2022: Played and Points, see 2022 player data
2021: Played and Points, see 2021 player data
2020: Played and Points, see 2020 player data
2019: Played and Points, see 2019 player data
2018: Played and Points, see 2018 player data

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