Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2016	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2020		2019		2018		2017		2016
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	4.144	108	447.5	108	447.5	117	432	99	286.8	64	168	72	176.7
Chris Rogers	0	2	3.774	115	434.05	48	214	67	220.05	68	224.4	64	156.1	42	65.7
Nick Barham	0	3	3.647	154	561.65	52	225.5	102	336.15	79	187.2	77	197.05	89	176.1
Stuart Mann	0	4	3.261	115	375.1	29	90	28	115.2	30	82.4	28	87.5	29	82.8
Simon Baker	0	5	3.242	120	389	56	197	25	50.4	39	141.6	20	52.5	22	36
Adam Sinclair	0	6	3.046	177	543.15	71	220.5	106	322.65	98	286	74	153.65	52	86.4
Roland Herrera	0	7	2.995	177	530.05	92	274	85	256.05	94	218	85	200.55	77	163.5
Cecilia Sparke	0	8	2.983	112	334.1	57	157	55	177.3	46	125.6	56	149.45	59	137.4
Neil Young	0	9	2.899	102	295.7	23	96	29	90	30	71.2	20	38.5	38	71.4
Simonetta Herrera	0	10	2.889	223	644.15	93	308	130	336.15	120	264.8	111	215.25	108	190.8
Alex Hodge	0	11	2.879	131	377.2	.	.	12	43.2	119	334	104	267.4	39	78.9
Andy Boysan	0	12	2.876	101	290.5	101	290.5	112	344.7	29	82.4	35	65.45	64	129.6
Kev Peters	0	13	2.862	105	300.5	105	300.5	34	82.8	7	24.4	.	.	.	.
Ian Anderson	0	14	2.814	37(+7)	123.8	31	113	.	.	6	10.8	.	.	.	.
Jason Champion	0	15	2.811	107	300.75	.	.	10	27	41	126.4	56	147.35	49	116.4
Jon Barnes	0	16	2.750	20(+8)	77	20	77	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
George Georgiou	0	17	2.746	124	340.5	74	205.5	50	135	33	65.2	50	118.3	7	19.5
Stephen Little	0	18	2.720	127	345.5	127	345.5	114	265.5	118	234	88	166.6	93	145.5
Alan Joicey	0	19	2.674	112	299.5	93	259	19	40.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tim Line	0	20	2.664	113	301	113	301	113	311.85	107	270	94	199.15	88	124.5
Robin Gunney	0	21	2.662	92(+1)	247.6	80	226	10	18	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Paul Watts	0	22	2.660	127	337.8	70	180.5	25	69.3	32	88	28	58.1	33	73.2
Chris Hughes	0	23	2.615	117	305.9	87	251	30	54.9	45	88.8	47	72.45	70	101.7
Ian Tarr	0	24	2.576	223	574.55	89	282.5	134	292.05	113	270.4	125	287.35	117	209.1
Warner Solomon	0	25	2.538	83(+2)	215.7	74	198	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	17.7
Phil Charlton	0	26	2.528	112	283.1	25	52	29	99.9	24	64	20	42	14	25.2
James Newman	0	27	2.520	63(+4)	168.85	41	136	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	20	27
Daniel Eldridge	0	28	2.469	148	365.35	45	130	103	235.35	77	144	77	140.35	32	35.4
Jim Green	1	29	2.444	102	249.3	47	130	34	96.3	12	18.8	4	4.2	5	0
Simon Hughes	0	30	2.392	153	365.9	22	34.5	65	199.8	66	131.6	81	135.1	82	151.8
Steffen Nowak	1	31	2.385	143	341.1	31	91	34	90	31	60	47	100.1	49	99
Adrian Farthing	1	32	2.339	156	364.85	89	237.5	67	127.35	6	5.6	.	.	.	.
Yuri Cherkasenko	1	33	2.284	29(+8)	84.5	29	84.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hedge	1	34	2.271	15(+9)	54.5	15	54.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Plant	1	35	2.269	112	254.1	20	65	22	58.5	24	33.6	24	49	22	48
Ed Turner	1	36	2.260	111	250.85	12	25	25	70.2	40	88.8	34	66.85	53	117.6
Fred North	1	37	2.242	114	255.55	20	56	24	64.8	28	51.2	22	53.55	20	30
Dave Pym	1	38	2.232	113	252.2	60	144	24	37.8	29	70.4	30	65.8	31	56.4
Steve Morris	1	39	2.193	164	359.7	81	186	83	173.7	94	168.4	82	129.85	87	125.4
David Tyrrell	1	40	2.187	87(+2)	194.6	69	150.5	18	44.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chas Perry	1	41	2.167	43(+6)	106.2	21	45	18	50.4	.	.	.	.	4	10.8
Ian Hedges	1	42	2.127	138	293.55	24	49.5	51	97.65	63	146.4	59	98	73	101.4
Peter Thistlewood	1	43	2.089	107	223.5	20	56	22	63	24	44	20	24.5	20	36
Eamonn Reay	1	44	2.055	45(+6)	104.8	25	76	20	28.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rufus Rozelaar	1	45	2.031	113	229.45	.	.	22	63	26	56.8	41	72.45	24	37.2
Tony Walters	1	46	2.000	104	208	2	6	60	111.6	42	90.4	21	41.3	37	45
Mike Smith	2	47	1.963	102	200.2	6	15	24	41.4	27	63.2	20	35	25	45.6
Elias Hamati	2	48	1.954	30(+7)	72.3	.	.	2	5.85	4	7.2	4	3.15	20	56.1
Mike Rodwell	2	49	1.946	19(+9)	54.5	19	54.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Miles Farren	2	50	1.937	34(+7)	79.4	5	12	6	21.6	6	8	2	0	15	37.8
Derek Clew	2	51	1.929	45(+6)	98.4	.	.	.	.	5	13.6	10	22.4	30	62.4
Safi Tracy	2	52	1.877	47(+6)	99.5	47	99.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Owsley	0	53	1.874	170	318.5	29	58	61	126.9	80	133.6	61	95.9	82	122.1
Jon Organ	2	54	1.857	58(+5)	117	20	40	22	45	16	32	.	.	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	55	1.828	118	215.7	37	99	6	21.6	23	36	22	42	30	17.1
Gerald Whitehouse	2	56	1.798	69(+4)	131.25	53	106.5	16	24.75	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cliff Blofield	2	57	1.783	127	226.4	29	72.5	28	43.2	33	65.2	37	45.5	33	34.8
Mark Dixon	0	58	1.738	12(+9)	36.5	8	10.5	4	26	.	.	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	59	1.732	55(+5)	103.9	35	86	13	13.5	5	4.4	.	.	2	0
Mathew Nicholls	2	60	1.722	83(+2)	146.4	37	93	20	21.6	13	19.2	13	12.6	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	61	1.715	182	312.1	88	137.5	94	174.6	68	109.2	87	107.45	59	73.5
Mandy Macdonald	2	62	1.630	107	174.4	65	106	42	68.4	37	40.8	33	26.6	43	35.7
Simon Tracy	2	63	1.612	53(+5)	93.5	53	93.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	64	1.607	70(+3)	117.3	53	84	17	33.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	65	1.527	113	172.6	20	35	22	36	24	44	22	21	25	36.6
Pat Holly	2	66	1.525	11(+9)	30.5	11	30.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
George Devlin	2	67	1.500	47(+6)	79.5	5	4	13	25.65	2	0	6	4.55	21	45.3
Carwyn Jenkins	2	68	1.490	130	193.75	22	50	27	41.85	15	32	33	37.8	33	32.1
James Lintell-Smith	2	69	1.463	94(+1)	139	25	42	21	27	20	25.6	4	8.4	24	36
John Curran	2	70	1.462	107	156.4	81	124	26	32.4	24	24.8	20	23.1	1	0
David Hoare	2	71	1.402	35(+7)	58.9	22	40	13	18.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Alan Parfitt	2	72	1.366	21(+8)	39.6	.	.	21	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	2	73	1.3106	25(+8)	43.25	.	.	.	.	10	16.8	9	19.25	6	7.2
Caroline Boulton	2	74	1.3105	30(+8)	49.8	22	43.5	.	.	.	.	8	6.3	.	.
Rosey Bensley	2	75	1.306	45(+6)	66.6	42	57.5	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	.	.
Tom Chapman	2	76	1.296	112	145.1	28	32.5	24	39.6	32	46.4	28	26.6	29	36
Steve Cox	3	77	1.222	38(+7)	55	.	.	7	9	19	32	12	14	.	.
Matt Reekie-Black	3	78	1.217	22(+8)	36.5	20	36.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Andy Brown	3	79	1.186	39(+7)	54.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	28	47.95	11	6.6
Drew Caudwell	3	80	1.163	132	153.5	.	.	20	22.5	30	46.4	30	27.3	52	57.3
Andrew Cobb	3	81	1.134	102	115.7	20	20	18	25.2	24	44	20	17.5	20	9
Seb Wilkinson	0	82	1.127	17(+9)	29.3	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	3	6.3	11	12.6
Ben Crowden	3	83	1.114	28(+8)	40.1	25	36.5	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hazel Boucher	3	84	1.033	22(+8)	31	22	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
James Timoney	3	85	0.907	18(+9)	24.5	.	.	.	.	17	22.4	1	2.1	.	.
Jordan White	3	86	0.848	53(+5)	49.2	26	39	14	5.4	13	4.8	.	.	.	.
Mary French	3	87	0.795	30(+7)	29.4	2	0	5	10.8	.	.	15	16.8	8	1.8
Andrew Gay	3	88	0.722	28(+8)	26	9	6.5	.	.	4	4.8	15	14.7	.	.
Marcel Bancroft	3	89	0.709	13(+9)	15.6	10	12	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bob Markham	3	90	0.668	19(+9)	18.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	9.1	12	9.6
Matt Robson	3	91	0.652	14(+9)	15	.	.	.	.	9	9.6	.	.	5	5.4
Rob Wills	2	92	0.600	11(+9)	12	4	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.5
Julian Minwalla	0	93	0.586	12(+9)	12.3	.	.	2	0	4	7.2	.	.	6	5.1
John Chester	3	94	0.400	20(+8)	11.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	18	11.2	2	0
Graham Smith	3	95	0.385	11(+9)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	7.7	.	.
Horst Stenzel	0	96	0.300	22(+8)	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	22	9
Garry Hutchinson	2		1.786	4(+10)	25	.	.	4	25	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ann Pocknell	0		1.733	5(+10)	26	5	26	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anna Clarke	2		1.711	9(+10)	32.5	9	32.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		1.644	7(+10)	27.95	.	.	3	17.55	4	10.4	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		1.403	8(+10)	25.25	.	.	5	22.05	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Andrew Selby	1		1.393	4(+10)	19.5	4	19.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		1.300	8(+10)	23.4	3	6.5	3	11.7	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Gary Kallos	3		1.127	5(+10)	16.9	.	.	3	11.7	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
John Plummer	3		1.068	9(+10)	20.3	.	.	.	.	5	10.4	.	.	4	9.9
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.923	3(+10)	12	3	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.900	8(+10)	16.2	4	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	7.2
Jack Armorgie	3		0.875	6(+10)	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	14	.	.
Peter Ozanne	1		0.740	5(+10)	11.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	11.1
Brendan Bensley	3		0.700	3(+10)	9.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	.	.
Jerry Limb	1		0.686	4(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Yusuf Adenwala	3		0.675	4(+10)	9.45	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	9.45	.	.
Denby Pettitt	2		0.647	7(+10)	11	7	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.579	9(+10)	11	9	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hassan Shenavar	3		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cris Horincar	1		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.2
Dan Lowe	3		0.550	6(+10)	8.8	.	.	1	0	5	8.8	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0.535	7(+10)	9.1	.	.	4	0	.	.	3	9.1	.	.
Laurentiu Mihalcea	3		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hugh Swann	3		0.494	7(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	2	0	5	8.4	.	.
Mate Feher	0		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andre Larsen	0		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Bell	3		0.485	3(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	6.3	.	.
Alin Buzescu	3		0.480	5(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	7.2
Tony Lee	1		0.480	5(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	7.2
Martha Beal	3		0.467	5(+10)	7	5	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sean Jones	3		0.453	7(+10)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.7	.	.
Mark Calderbank	0		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Marshall	2		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.418	4(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	2	0	.	.	.	.
Ian Shaw	1		0.400	4(+10)	5.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.6	.	.
Julia Hayward	1		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Allen Tish	3		0.371	4(+10)	5.2	.	.	2	0	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.367	2(+10)	4.4	.	.	.	.	2	4.4	.	.	.	.
Simon Hopper	2		0.361	8(+10)	6.5	8	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Vic Sprake	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Graham Alder	3		0.335	7(+10)	5.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	5.7
Thomas Preece	3		0.321	4(+10)	4.5	.	.	.	.	2	2.4	2	2.1	.	.
Richard Carter	1		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Eamon Devlin	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Mark Wait	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Peter Crispin	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Eric McAlpine	0		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.267	5(+10)	4	5	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Sprague	3		0.240	5(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	2	0
Julian Fetterlein	0		0.225	6(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	3	0
Kim Topasna	3		0.225	2(+10)	2.7	.	.	2	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Garry Jones	3		0.210	5(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	3.15	.	.
Anna Price	3		0.210	5(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	3.15	.	.
Luke Owen	3		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	2	2.7	.	.	.	.	1	0
Damian Thomson	3		0.171	4(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	4	2.4	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.
Natalie Singh	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	.	.	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Kylie-Clair Bewley	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michael Clarke	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	1	0	.	.
Andy Darby	1		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 Freidin	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	.	.
Roger Harding	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrea Hope	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
George Jakeway	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Tom Newson	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	.	.	.	.	.	.
David Schick	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Jules Smith	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Alex Yate	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Pete Wright	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Ireland	2		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 (2016-2020).
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.
2020: Played and Points, see 2020 player data
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

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