Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2019	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2023		2022		2021		2020		2019
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	4.287	183	784.5	183	784.5	170	530.1	181	588	118	339.5	117	288
Cecilia Rogers	0	2	3.670	110	403.7	38	140	72	263.7	122	331.2	64	121.1	55	118.2
Chris Rogers	0	3	3.482	174	605.8	93	307	81	298.8	109	306.8	50	159.6	67	146.7
Andy Boysan	0	4	3.389	171	579.45	69	210	103	369.45	111	292.8	115	224.35	112	229.8
Nick Barham	0	5	3.362	127	427	127	427	145	422.1	157	401.6	56	171.15	102	224.1
George Georgiou	0	6	3.249	233	757.05	96	352.5	137	404.55	38	105.2	74	143.85	50	90
Jim Green	0	7	3.246	104	337.55	34	143	36	91.35	34	103.2	47	91	34	64.2
Adam Sinclair	0	8	3.205	112	359	112	359	76	217.8	129	353.2	71	154.35	106	215.1
Tim Line	0	9	3.204	230	737	230	737	224	553.5	203	535.2	123	220.5	113	207.9
Ian Tarr	0	10	3.193	179	571.5	179	571.5	180	436.95	128	358.8	93	205.1	134	194.7
Kev Peters	0	11	3.167	124	392.75	56	188	68	204.75	135	320.8	118	229.6	34	55.2
Stuart Mann	0	12	3.088	107	330.4	26	91	24	75.6	28	100.8	29	63	28	76.8
Neil Young	0	13	3.050	119	363	32	127.5	26	67.5	38	100.8	23	67.2	29	60
Simonetta Herrera	0	14	2.930	195	571.3	13	54	85	285.3	97	232	104	240.1	130	224.1
Ian Anderson	0	15	2.831	121	342.5	121	342.5	136	357.3	86	165.6	38	95.55	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	16	2.754	197	542.5	.	.	67	166.5	130	376	102	209.65	85	170.7
Michael Petrakas	0	17	2.726	62(+4)	179.9	30	81	30	94.5	2	4.4	.	.	.	.
Safi Tracy	0	18	2.696	160	431.4	53	138	107	293.4	104	239.2	59	90.65	.	.
Simon Baker	0	19	2.684	147	394.5	28	89	31	90	32	77.6	56	137.9	25	33.6
Robin Gunney	0	20	2.641	165	435.8	42	92	123	343.8	80	155.2	85	160.65	10	12
Elias Hamati	0	21	2.609	156	407	156	407	159	378.9	122	240.8	.	.	2	3.9
James Newman	0	22	2.533	99(+1)	253.25	4	24	.	.	50	125.6	43	99.75	2	3.9
Simon Tracy	1	23	2.491	110	274	110	274	118	277.2	90	168.4	64	84	.	.
Alan Joicey	1	24	2.468	203	500.95	62	127	141	373.95	111	230.8	100	193.55	19	27
Ian Hedges	1	25	2.459	163	400.8	35	80.5	60	164.7	68	155.6	24	34.65	51	65.1
Steve Pickard	1	26	2.427	46(+6)	126.2	15	54	7	19.8	24	52.4	.	.	.	.
Jon Barnes	0	27	2.418	34(+7)	99.15	.	.	.	.	11	31.6	23	67.55	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	28	2.416	114	275.4	68	171	46	104.4	53	110	62	85.05	16	16.5
Steffen Nowak	1	29	2.391	117	279.8	34	107	28	73.8	24	36	31	63	34	60
Natalie Singh	1	30	2.350	143	336	50	120	93	216	26	26.8	.	.	.	.
Stephen Little	0	31	2.282	181	413	181	413	177	386.1	188	370.4	137	263.2	114	177
Hemal Getalal	1	32	2.231	68(+4)	160.6	32	79	28	64.8	8	16.8	.	.	.	.
Warner Solomon	1	33	2.208	160	353.2	49	134	39	72	72	147.2	85	156.8	.	.
Ed Turner	1	34	2.195	106	232.7	29	76	37	72	28	67.2	12	17.5	25	46.8
Phil Doubtfire	1	35	2.186	36(+7)	94	36	94	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Hughes	0	36	2.158	110	237.35	29	47	28	61.2	30	100.8	23	28.35	65	133.2
Chris Hughes	1	37	2.138	190	406.2	92	192	98	214.2	99	224.4	95	186.55	30	36.6
Mike Smith	1	38	2.126	118	250.9	28	80	31	72	29	60.8	6	10.5	24	27.6
Gary Plant	1	39	2.094	121	253.4	26	45	24	63	28	56	21	50.4	22	39
Paul Watts	1	40	2.072	156	323.25	29	76	25	58.5	32	62.4	70	126.35	25	46.2
Phil Charlton	1	41	2.063	104	214.5	28	70	26	58.5	25	49.6	25	36.4	29	66.6
Dave Pym	1	42	2.057	152	312.7	26	80	24	40.5	37	76	65	116.2	24	25.2
Anna Parker	1	43	2.050	23(+8)	63.55	.	.	.	.	14	40.8	9	22.75	.	.
Ben Crowden	1	44	2.030	113	229.35	22	49	35	104.4	28	44.8	28	31.15	3	2.4
John Hedge	1	45	2.025	31(+7)	76.95	.	.	.	.	16	38.8	15	38.15	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	1	46	2.003	118	236.3	26	50	27	59.4	28	57.6	37	69.3	6	14.4
Adrian Farthing	2	47	1.962	172	337.4	.	.	34	71.55	49	99.6	89	166.25	67	84.9
Richard Owsley	0	48	1.961	112	219.6	29	70	29	52.2	25	56.8	29	40.6	61	84.6
Matt Reekie-Black	2	49	1.922	81(+2)	159.55	.	.	.	.	61	134	20	25.55	.	.
Jon Organ	2	50	1.920	112	215	26	75	24	54	20	28	20	28	22	30
Mike Rodwell	2	51	1.903	37(+7)	83.75	.	.	.	.	15	37.2	22	46.55	.	.
Andrew Selby	2	52	1.880	14(+9)	43.25	.	.	.	.	10	29.6	4	13.65	.	.
Neil Edwards	2	53	1.875	24(+8)	60	24	60	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Dixon	0	54	1.869	28(+8)	67.3	.	.	.	.	9	24.4	15	27.3	4	15.6
Hazel Harper	2	55	1.809	219	396.15	93	190.5	126	205.65	173	278.8	31	42.35	.	.
Peter Thistlewood	2	56	1.805	77(+3)	144.4	.	.	.	.	33	63.2	22	39.2	22	42
Michael Corbett	2	57	1.804	45(+6)	92	24	56	21	36	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cliff Blofield	2	58	1.778	102	181.4	28	40	33	55.8	41	85.6	29	50.75	28	28.8
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	59	1.775	110	195.2	37	88	26	43.2	47	64	65	91	17	22.2
Fred North	2	60	1.736	99(+1)	173.6	24	52	.	.	31	39.2	20	39.2	24	43.2
Mathew Nicholls	2	61	1.694	107	181.3	26	55	24	46.8	.	.	37	65.1	20	14.4
Daniel Eldridge	0	62	1.661	157	260.7	.	.	.	.	9	12.8	45	91	103	156.9
Matt Sharp	2	63	1.636	13(+9)	36	13	36	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yuri Cherkasenko	2	64	1.599	29(+8)	59.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	29	59.15	.	.
James Lintell-Smith	2	65	1.592	105	167.2	29	51	24	46.8	27	40	25	29.4	21	18
Simon Hopper	2	66	1.584	24(+8)	50.7	.	.	.	.	14	41.6	10	9.1	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	67	1.574	120	188.9	29	61	27	59.4	22	20	20	24.5	22	24
Eamonn Reay	2	68	1.532	118	180.8	26	52	23	32.4	24	24	25	53.2	20	19.2
Marcel Bancroft	2	69	1.494	64(+4)	101.6	24	48	24	39.6	3	3.2	10	8.4	3	2.4
Reece Hodges	0	70	1.483	21(+8)	43	.	.	2	5.4	19	37.6	.	.	.	.
Steve Morris	2	71	1.481	140	207.35	65	107	75	100.35	127	261.2	88	134.4	83	115.8
Cynthia Roberts	2	72	1.474	245	361.1	83	137	162	224.1	171	237.6	96	108.85	94	116.4
David Tyrrell	2	73	1.438	103	148.15	.	.	.	.	31	40	72	108.15	18	29.4
Tom Chapman	2	74	1.422	117	166.4	31	64	20	36.45	38	43.2	28	22.75	24	26.4
Chas Perry	2	75	1.415	39(+7)	65.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	21	31.5	18	33.6
Andrew Cobb	2	76	1.406	108	151.8	26	40	24	45	20	36	20	14	18	16.8
John Curran	2	77	1.404	203	285	86	114	117	171	100	97.2	88	94.85	26	21.6
Denby Pettitt	2	78	1.403	24(+8)	44.9	.	.	.	.	17	37.2	7	7.7	.	.
Rufus Rozelaar	2	79	1.400	22(+8)	42	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	22	42
Mandy Macdonald	2	80	1.380	152	209.7	43	68	52	80.1	57	61.6	67	78.4	42	45.6
Alex Hodge	0	81	1.371	12(+9)	28.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	12	28.8
Kylie Hedges	2	82	1.328	81(+2)	110.2	4	0	35	63	40	47.2	.	.	2	0
John Lewis	2	83	1.300	24(+8)	41.6	.	.	.	.	24	41.6	.	.	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	3	84	1.205	89(+2)	109.7	.	.	2	0	38	46.8	22	35	27	27.9
Tony Walters	3	85	1.191	62(+4)	78.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	60	74.4
Jordan White	3	86	1.170	98(+1)	115.8	.	.	26	36	31	49.6	27	26.6	14	3.6
Caroline Boulton	3	87	1.163	96(+1)	112.85	24	40	21	21.6	27	20.8	24	30.45	.	.
Barry Vasili	3	88	1.161	19(+9)	32.5	19	32.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Miles Farren	3	89	1.140	11(+9)	22.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	8.4	6	14.4
Frank Jones	3	90	1.125	150	168.7	49	46	38	53.1	63	69.6	37	60.2	13	9
Neculai Axinte	3	91	1.123	11(+9)	22.45	.	.	.	.	7	8.8	4	13.65	.	.
Pat Holly	3	92	1.068	11(+9)	21.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	21.35	.	.
Martha Beal	3	93	0.999	62(+5)	66.9	24	32	26	25.2	7	4.8	5	4.9	.	.
Andy Zographou	3	94	0.969	74(+3)	74.6	28	24	36	37.8	10	12.8	.	.	.	.
Jason Champion	3	95	0.947	10(+9)	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	18
David Hoare	3	96	0.944	36(+7)	40.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	23	28	13	12.6
Alan Parfitt	3	97	0.910	21(+8)	26.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21	26.4
Aidan Kenny	3	98	0.865	17(+9)	22.5	17	22.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosey Bensley	3	99	0.804	41(+6)	37.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	41	37.8	.	.
Simon Blinkhorn	3	100	0.800	11(+9)	16	11	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
George Devlin	3	101	0.737	18(+9)	19.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.8	13	17.1
Drew Caudwell	3	102	0.536	20(+8)	15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	20	15
Chris Aquilina	3	103	0.316	10(+9)	6	10	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.560	5(+10)	23.4	3	19.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Carter Mattig	0		1.254	4(+10)	17.55	.	.	4	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		1.246	3(+10)	16.2	.	.	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ann Pocknell	0		1.213	5(+10)	18.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	18.2	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		1.200	5(+10)	18	5	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Garry Hutchinson	2		1.071	4(+10)	15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	15
Richard Biddle	0		1.067	8(+10)	19.2	3	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	14.7
Fraser Mackenzie	3		1.059	7(+10)	18	7	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kristian Mills	1		0.918	7(+10)	15.6	.	.	.	.	5	15.6	2	0	.	.
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.900	3(+10)	11.7	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		0.900	3(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	11.7
Michihito Kageyama	0		0.772	6(+10)	12.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	4.55	3	7.8
Richard Davies	3		0.706	7(+10)	12	7	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.696	4(+10)	9.75	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.646	3(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	8.4	.	.
Flora von Michel	3		0.643	4(+10)	9	4	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Kallos	1		0.600	3(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Tim Paulden	2		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.556	7(+10)	9.45	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
James Timoney	3		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carmen van-der-l'Isle	3		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.450	6(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	6	7.2	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.450	4(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	6.3	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.429	4(+10)	6	4	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mary French	3		0.424	7(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	5	7.2
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.405	9(+10)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	7.7	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Hassan Shenavar	3		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
Paul Statter	2		0.371	4(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	4	5.2	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1		0.367	2(+10)	4.4	.	.	.	.	2	4.4	.	.	.	.
Jake Mochnacz	3		0.353	7(+10)	6	7	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Cox	3		0.353	7(+10)	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	6
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Laurentiu Mihalcea	2		0.343	4(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.8
Mate Feher	0		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Andre Larsen	0		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Geoff Paffett	2		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Jysen Quah	1		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Calderbank	0		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Andy Marshall	2		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Tim Parfitt	2		0.242	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Andrew Gay	3		0.239	9(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	4.55	.	.
Rob Wills	2		0.225	4(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	3.15	.	.
Eamon Devlin	3		0.215	3(+10)	2.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.8	.	.
Richard Carter	1		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Kian Sabet	3		0.187	5(+10)	2.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.8	.	.
John Sprague	3		0.185	3(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.4
Peter Crispin	3		0.160	5(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	3	2.4
Luke Owen	3		0.150	2(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1.8
Kim Topasna	3		0.150	2(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1.8
Abdul Barakat	0		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Dave Cank	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Michael Clarke	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Dan Lowe	3		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Andrew Montgomery	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Vic Sprake	2		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Nelson Stephens	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Lee Wilkinson	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Assad Al-Doori	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Dom Cybulski	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Darby	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Olivier Evard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anton Freidin	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Roger Harding	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Julian Minwalla	0		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
Allen Tish	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Pete Wright	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Dom Verrall	4		0	3(+10)	0	3	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	3		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Ireland	2		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.
Alessandro Corra	4		0	6(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	6	0	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0	6(+10)	0	.	.	2	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 (2019-2023).
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.
2023: Played and Points, see 2023 player data
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

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