Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2015	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2019		2018		2017		2016		2015
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Chris Rogers	0	1	3.639	111	403.95	43	151.5	68	252.45	64	178.4	42	76.65	12	25.2
Gaz Owen	0	2	3.627	171	620.15	72	297.5	99	322.65	64	192	72	206.15	48	137.7
Stuart Mann	0	3	3.581	109	390.3	22	101	30	92.7	28	100	29	96.6	47	118.8
Adam Sinclair	0	4	3.330	166	552.75	68	231	98	321.75	74	175.6	52	100.8	53	64.2
Cecilia Sparke	0	5	3.254	138	449.1	36	137	46	141.3	56	170.8	59	160.3	40	103.5
Alex Hodge	0	6	3.235	131	423.75	12	48	119	375.75	104	305.6	39	92.05	86	175.2
Jason Champion	0	7	3.183	107	340.6	10	30	41	142.2	56	168.4	49	135.8	67	125.7
Nick Barham	0	8	3.173	145	460.1	66	249.5	79	210.6	77	225.2	89	205.45	93	198
Andy Boysan	0	9	3.045	104	316.7	75	224	29	92.7	35	74.8	64	151.2	33	55.8
Roland Herrera	0	10	3.008	157	472.75	63	227.5	94	245.25	85	229.2	77	190.75	79	160.2
Tim Line	0	11	2.927	182	532.75	75	229	107	303.75	94	227.6	88	145.25	69	108.9
Phil Charlton	0	12	2.911	101	294	19	90	24	72	20	48	14	29.4	24	54.6
Paul Watts	0	13	2.818	111	312.8	18	62	32	99	28	66.4	33	85.4	25	51
Simon Hughes	0	14	2.715	107	290.55	41	142.5	66	148.05	81	154.4	82	177.1	92	150.5
Ian Tarr	0	15	2.695	201	541.7	88	237.5	113	304.2	125	328.4	117	243.95	110	212.4
Simonetta Herrera	0	16	2.683	210	563.4	90	265.5	120	297.9	111	246	108	222.6	116	225
George Georgiou	0	17	2.648	115	304.55	32	96	33	73.35	50	135.2	7	22.75	4	4.8
Simon Baker	0	18	2.591	123	318.7	18	28	39	159.3	20	60	22	42	24	29.4
Steffen Nowak	0	19	2.542	105	266.9	27	85	31	67.5	47	114.4	49	115.5	45	87
Ed Turner	0	20	2.507	143	358.5	16	45	40	99.9	34	76.4	53	137.2	68	125.1
Neil Young	1	21	2.467	108	266.4	20	59	30	80.1	20	44	38	83.3	36	66
Stephen Little	1	22	2.455	195	478.75	77	215.5	118	263.25	88	190.4	93	169.75	83	135
Ian Hedges	1	23	2.415	109	263.2	46	98.5	63	164.7	59	112	73	118.3	35	46.2
Daniel Eldridge	0	24	2.399	149	357.5	72	195.5	77	162	77	160.4	32	41.3	.	.
Kev Peters	1	25	2.377	34(+7)	97.45	27	70	7	27.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dave Pym	1	26	2.341	109	255.2	19	35	29	79.2	30	75.2	31	65.8	27	41.4
Chas Perry	1	27	2.331	17(+9)	60.6	13	48	.	.	.	.	4	12.6	.	.
Jim Green	1	28	2.261	42(+6)	108.55	19	79	12	21.15	4	4.8	5	0	2	3.6
Rufus Rozelaar	1	29	2.197	107	235.1	16	45	26	63.9	41	82.8	24	43.4	.	.
Derek Clew	1	30	2.172	48(+6)	117.3	.	.	5	15.3	10	25.6	30	72.8	3	3.6
Elias Hamati	1	31	2.143	28(+8)	77.15	.	.	4	8.1	4	3.6	20	65.45	.	.
Gary Plant	1	32	2.133	111	236.8	17	45	24	37.8	24	56	22	56	24	42
Tony Walters	1	33	2.128	101	214.9	38	66	42	101.7	21	47.2	37	52.5	12	11.4
Richard Owsley	0	34	2.120	127	269.3	47	119	80	150.3	61	109.6	82	142.45	73	104.1
Mike Smith	1	35	2.0548	115	236.3	19	36	27	71.1	20	40	25	53.2	24	36
Steve Morris	1	36	2.0545	155	318.45	61	129	94	189.45	82	148.4	87	146.3	92	151.1
Fred North	1	37	2.052	111	227.8	17	47	28	57.6	22	61.2	20	35	24	27
Chris Hughes	2	38	1.989	115	228.7	23	46	45	99.9	47	82.8	70	118.65	55	58.8
Cynthia Roberts	2	39	1.943	125	242.85	57	120	68	122.85	87	122.8	59	85.75	28	24.9
Miles Farren	2	40	1.807	38(+7)	81.3	5	24	6	9	2	0	15	44.1	8	4.2
George Devlin	2	41	1.784	39(+7)	82.05	10	24	2	0	6	5.2	21	52.85	.	.
James Newman	2	42	1.778	70(+3)	129.8	2	6.5	.	.	.	.	20	31.5	48	91.8
Peter Thistlewood	2	43	1.723	99(+1)	172.3	4	15	24	49.5	20	28	20	42	31	37.8
Cliff Blofield	2	44	1.699	123	208.95	20	43	33	73.35	37	52	33	40.6	2	0
Pearl Foster	2	45	1.620	110	178.2	16	35	24	49.5	22	24	25	42.7	23	27
James Lintell-Smith	2	46	1.598	90(+1)	145.4	18	26	20	28.8	4	9.6	24	42	24	39
Carwyn Jenkins	2	47	1.503	100	150.25	17	30	15	36	33	43.2	33	37.45	2	3.6
Ismail Yilmaz	2	48	1.501	113	169.65	5	24	23	40.5	22	48	30	19.95	33	37.2
Andy Brown	2	49	1.489	67(+4)	105.7	.	.	.	.	28	54.8	11	7.7	28	43.2
Jon Organ	2	50	1.474	31(+7)	56	15	20	16	36	.	.	.	.	.	.
Adrian Farthing	2	51	1.465	42(+6)	70.3	36	64	6	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	2	52	1.440	106	152.6	17	28	32	52.2	28	30.4	29	42	20	14.7
Marcus Evans	2	53	1.430	29(+8)	52.9	.	.	10	18.9	9	22	6	8.4	4	3.6
Alan Parfitt	2	54	1.3846	30(+7)	51.2	16	32	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	19.2
Steve Cox	2	55	1.378	38(+7)	62	7	10	19	36	12	16	.	.	.	.
Drew Caudwell	2	56	1.320	129	170.25	17	20	30	52.2	30	31.2	52	66.85	29	27.6
Seb Wilkinson	0	57	1.292	17(+9)	33.6	.	.	3	11.7	3	7.2	11	14.7	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	2	58	1.258	102	128.3	32	52	37	45.9	33	30.4	43	41.65	29	16.2
Mathew Nicholls	2	59	1.250	42(+6)	60	16	24	13	21.6	13	14.4	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	3	60	1.243	19(+9)	34.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	8.4	15	26.4
John Curran	3	61	1.237	69(+4)	90.3	24	36	24	27.9	20	26.4	1	0	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	3	62	1.175	11(+9)	23.5	11	23.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rob Brito	3	63	1.103	29(+8)	40.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	29	40.8
Eamonn Reay	3	64	1.0327	43(+6)	50.6	16	20	.	.	.	.	.	.	27	30.6
Warner Solomon	3	65	1.0325	11(+9)	20.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	20.65	2	0
James Timoney	3	66	1.022	18(+9)	27.6	.	.	17	25.2	1	2.4	.	.	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	3	67	1.000	12(+9)	21	12	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	68	0.985	101	99.5	13	24	24	27	20	20	20	10.5	24	18
John Chester	3	69	0.958	50(+5)	52.7	.	.	.	.	18	12.8	2	0	30	39.9
John Corrado	3	70	0.875	15(+9)	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	21
Frank Jones	3	71	0.831	15(+9)	19.95	8	15	5	4.95	.	.	2	0	.	.
Mary French	3	72	0.827	42(+7)	40.5	5	12	.	.	15	19.2	8	2.1	14	7.2
Andrew Gay	3	73	0.793	19(+9)	22.2	.	.	4	5.4	15	16.8	.	.	.	.
Alin Buzescu	3	74	0.780	11(+9)	15.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	8.4	6	7.2
Bob Markham	3	75	0.771	19(+9)	21.6	.	.	.	.	7	10.4	12	11.2	.	.
Rob Wills	3	76	0.768	11(+9)	15.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	8.75	4	6.6
Matt Robson	3	77	0.743	14(+9)	17.1	.	.	9	10.8	.	.	5	6.3	.	.
Julian Minwalla	0	78	0.669	12(+9)	14.05	2	0	4	8.1	.	.	6	5.95	.	.
Jude Pitt	3	79	0.630	11(+9)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	12.6
Graham Smith	3	80	0.440	11(+9)	8.8	.	.	.	.	11	8.8	.	.	.	.
Horst Stenzel	0	81	0.398	33(+7)	15.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	22	10.5	11	5.4
Paul Male	3	82	0.382	13(+9)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	13	8.4
Jon Pemberton	3	83	0.330	11(+9)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	6.6
Malcolm Patterson	3	84	0.209	14(+9)	4.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	4.8
Jordan White	3	85	0.208	17(+9)	5.4	4	0	13	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Dixon	0		1.857	4(+10)	26	4	26	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Garry Hutchinson	2		1.786	4(+10)	25	4	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Plummer	3		1.224	9(+10)	23.25	.	.	5	11.7	.	.	4	11.55	.	.
Jack Armorgie	3		1.000	6(+10)	16	.	.	.	.	6	16	.	.	.	.
Peter Ozanne	1		0.863	5(+10)	12.95	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	12.95	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		0.836	4(+10)	11.7	.	.	4	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		0.824	7(+10)	14	2	6.5	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Lily Owsley	3		0.824	7(+10)	14	2	0	.	.	3	10.4	.	.	2	3.6
Brendan Bensley	3		0.800	3(+10)	10.4	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	.	.	.	.
Rosey Bensley	2		0.800	3(+10)	10.4	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	.	.	.	.
Jerry Limb	1		0.771	4(+10)	10.8	.	.	4	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yusuf Adenwala	3		0.771	4(+10)	10.8	.	.	.	.	4	10.8	.	.	.	.
Ian Anderson	3		0.759	6(+10)	12.15	.	.	6	12.15	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cris Horincar	1		0.646	3(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	8.4	.	.
Dan Lowe	3		0.619	6(+10)	9.9	1	0	5	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Laurentiu Mihalcea	3		0.571	4(+10)	8	4	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hugh Swann	3		0.565	7(+10)	9.6	.	.	2	0	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Tony Lee	1		0.560	5(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	8.4	.	.
Andy Bell	3		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	3	7.2	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	3		0.542	2(+10)	6.5	2	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sean Jones	3		0.518	7(+10)	8.8	.	.	.	.	7	8.8	.	.	.	.
Mark Calderbank	0		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Marshall	2		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Kallos	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Allen Tish	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ian Shaw	1		0.457	4(+10)	6.4	.	.	.	.	4	6.4	.	.	.	.
Julia Hayward	1		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
David Hoare	3		0.429	4(+10)	6	4	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Julian Fetterlein	0		0.425	8(+10)	7.65	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	3	0	2	3.6
Jysen Quah	1		0.413	2(+10)	4.95	.	.	2	4.95	.	.	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3		0.400	8(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	8	7.2	.	.	.	.
Vic Sprake	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Graham Alder	3		0.391	7(+10)	6.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	6.65	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		0.366	6(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Thomas Preece	3		0.364	4(+10)	5.1	.	.	2	2.7	2	2.4	.	.	.	.
Robin Gunney	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Mark Wait	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Anna Price	3		0.333	8(+10)	6	.	.	.	.	5	3.6	.	.	3	2.4
Eric McAlpine	0		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peter Crispin	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Colin Sara	3		0.300	9(+10)	5.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	5.7
Simon Temme	2		0.300	6(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	4.8
Matt Walder	3		0.300	6(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	4.8
Bez Chokami	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Deana Romain	3		0.275	2(+10)	3.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.3
John Sprague	3		0.267	5(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Kim Topasna	3		0.250	2(+10)	3	2	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Garry Jones	3		0.240	5(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	5	3.6	.	.	.	.
Luke Owen	3		0.231	3(+10)	3	2	3	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Damian Thomson	3		0.193	4(+10)	2.7	.	.	4	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dave Street	3		0.185	3(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.4
Dave Cank	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stelios Choustoulakis	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Jones	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Mike Kleinsteuber	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Natalie Singh	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
David Wilson	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Giles Ashton	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
John Beardsell	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Kylie-Clair Bewley	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Black	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Kevin Carter	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Michael Clarke	4		0	2(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Robin Davidson	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Max Devlin	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	1		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Wieland Eckler	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Aelwyn Elias	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Steve Elias	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Anton Freidan	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Gazzard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Shaun Goode	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Andrea Hope	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
John Hurst	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
George Jakeway	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Alexe Marin	2		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Tom Newson	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Geoff Ralph	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
David Schick	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Alex Yate	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Derek Wright	2		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	0
Pete Wright	3		0	4(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	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 (2015-2019).
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.
2019: Played and Points, see 2019 player data
2018: Played and Points, see 2018 player data
2017: Played and Points, see 2017 player data
2016: Played and Points, see 2016 player data
2015: Played and Points, see 2015 player data

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