Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2017	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2021		2020		2019		2018		2017
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.868	170	657.5	52	221	118	436.5	117	384	99	250.95	64	144
Nick Barham	0	2	3.774	106	400.05	50	180	56	220.05	102	298.8	79	163.8	77	168.9
Chris Rogers	0	3	3.517	161	566.3	44	165.5	50	205.2	67	195.6	68	196.35	64	133.8
Adam Sinclair	0	4	3.047	106	322.95	35	124.5	71	198.45	106	286.8	98	250.25	74	131.7
Stuart Mann	0	5	3.012	126	379.5	11	49	29	81	28	102.4	30	72.1	28	75
Jon Barnes	0	6	2.983	31(+7)	113.35	8	26.5	23	86.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	7	2.974	151	449.05	49	179.5	102	269.55	85	227.6	94	190.75	85	171.9
Ian Tarr	0	8	2.930	118	345.7	25	82	93	263.7	134	259.6	113	236.6	125	246.3
Simonetta Herrera	0	9	2.904	134	389.2	30	80.5	104	308.7	130	298.8	120	231.7	111	184.5
Simon Baker	0	10	2.879	132	380	12	34	56	177.3	25	44.8	39	123.9	20	45
James Newman	0	11	2.866	72(+3)	214.95	27	81.5	43	128.25	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Andy Boysan	0	12	2.785	168	467.95	53	179.5	115	288.45	112	306.4	29	72.1	35	56.1
Tim Line	0	13	2.775	178	494	55	210.5	123	283.5	113	277.2	107	236.25	94	170.7
Cecilia Sparke	0	14	2.694	109	293.7	45	138	64	155.7	55	157.6	46	109.9	56	128.1
Kev Peters	0	15	2.686	170	456.7	52	161.5	118	295.2	34	73.6	7	21.35	.	.
Warner Solomon	0	16	2.591	111	287.6	26	86	85	201.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Hughes	0	17	2.578	146	376.35	51	136.5	95	239.85	30	48.8	45	77.7	47	62.1
George Georgiou	0	18	2.571	133	341.95	9	37	74	184.95.	50	120	33	57.05	50	101.4
Neil Young	0	19	2.561	110	281.7	8	20	23	86.4	29	80	30	62.3	20	33
Ian Anderson	0	20	2.539	83(+2)	215.8	39	83.5	38	122.85	.	.	6	9.45	.	.
Alex Hodge	0	21	2.524	131	330.65	.	.	.	.	12	38.4	119	292.25	104	229.2
Matt Reekie-Black	0	22	2.520	62(+4)	166.35	42	133.5	20	32.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Selby	0	23	2.503	11(+9)	50.05	7	32.5	4	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Paul Watts	1	24	2.477	108	267.55	13	43.5	70	162.45	25	61.6	32	77	28	49.8
Adrian Farthing	1	25	2.469	104	256.75	15	43	89	213.75	67	113.2	6	4.9	.	.
Alan Joicey	1	26	2.456	141	346.35	41	97.5	100	248.85	19	36	.	.	.	.
Jason Champion	1	27	2.438	107	260.9	.	.	.	.	10	24	41	110.6	56	126.3
Mike Rodwell	1	28	2.417	37(+7)	106.35	15	46.5	22	59.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anna Clarke	1	29	2.402	20(+8)	67.25	11	38	9	29.25	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jim Green	1	30	2.399	102	244.65	5	22	47	117	34	85.6	12	16.45	4	3.6
Robin Gunney	1	31	2.387	115	274.55	30	68	85	206.55	10	16	.	.	.	.
Stephen Little	0	32	2.358	187	440.9	50	102.5	137	338.4	114	236	118	204.75	88	142.8
Elias Hamati	1	33	2.352	40(+6)	108.2	30	94	.	.	2	5.2	4	6.3	4	2.7
Mark Dixon	0	34	2.350	26(+8)	79.9	7	24	15	35.1	4	20.8	.	.	.	.
Phil Charlton	1	35	2.316	116	268.6	18	41	25	46.8	29	88.8	24	56	20	36
Dave Pym	1	36	2.256	121	273	32	90	65	149.4	24	33.6	29	61.6	30	56.4
Daniel Eldridge	0	37	2.208	155	342.2	7	16	45	117	103	209.2	77	126	77	120.3
Steffen Nowak	1	38	2.168	110	238.5	14	25	31	81	34	80	31	52.5	47	85.8
Ismail Yilmaz	1	39	2.153	103	221.8	15	46	37	89.1	6	19.2	23	31.5	22	36
Simon Hughes	0	40	2.132	161	343.2	7	14	23	36.45	65	177.6	66	115.15	81	115.8
Safi Tracy	1	41	2.116	79(+3)	173.55	20	57	59	116.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fred North	1	42	2.057	100	205.7	6	7	20	50.4	24	57.6	28	44.8	22	45.9
Yuri Cherkasenko	1	43	2.055	29(+8)	76.05	.	.	29	76.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Plant	1	44	2.051	102	209.2	11	21	21	64.8	22	52	24	29.4	24	42
John Hedge	1	45	2.044	15(+9)	49.05	.	.	15	49.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ed Turner	1	46	2.042	118	240.9	7	21	12	22.5	25	62.4	40	77.7	34	57.3
Richard Owsley	0	47	1.990	101	201	11	36	29	52.2	61	112.8	80	116.9	61	82.2
Peter Thistlewood	2	48	1.989	100	198.9	12	33	22	50.4	22	56	24	38.5	20	21
Steve Morris	2	49	1.954	125	244.3	37	71.5	88	172.8	83	154.4	94	147.35	82	111.3
Ian Hedges	2	50	1.942	147	285.45	9	26	24	44.55	51	86.8	63	128.1	59	84
Cliff Blofield	2	51	1.910	109	208.2	19	47.5	29	65.25	28	38.4	33	57.05	37	39
Chas Perry	2	52	1.854	39(+7)	85.3	.	.	21	40.5	18	44.8	.	.	.	.
Hazel Boucher	2	53	1.851	82(+2)	155.45	51	101	31	54.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rufus Rozelaar	2	54	1.844	89(+2)	167.8	.	.	.	.	22	56	26	49.7	41	62.1
David Tyrrell	2	55	1.8137	106	192.25	16	14	72	139.05	18	39.2	.	.	.	.
Mike Smith	2	56	1.8136	86(+2)	159.6	9	24	6	13.5	24	36.8	27	55.3	20	30
Gerald Whitehouse	2	57	1.799	110	197.85	32	66.5	62	109.35	16	22	.	.	.	.
Tony Walters	2	58	1.766	104	183.7	.	.	2	5.4	60	99.2	42	79.1	21	35.4
Eamonn Reay	2	59	1.733	55(+5)	104	10	10	25	68.4	20	25.6	.	.	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	60	1.732	108	187.1	26	40.5	65	117	17	29.6	.	.	.	.
Simon Tracy	2	61	1.724	85(+2)	150	21	42	64	108	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jon Organ	2	62	1.627	63(+4)	109	5	5	20	36	22	40	16	28	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	63	1.535	83(+2)	130.5	.	.	37	83.7	20	19.2	13	16.8	13	10.8
Mandy Macdonald	2	64	1.534	137	210.1	28	48.5	67	100.8	42	60.8	37	35.7	33	22.8
Frank Jones	2	65	1.503	79(+3)	123.25	24	30	37	77.4	13	12	5	3.85	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	2	66	1.431	115	164.6	18	22	22	45	27	37.2	15	28	33	32.4
Ben Crowden	2	67	1.420	47(+6)	75.25	16	32	28	40.05	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
James Lintell-Smith	2	68	1.381	83(+2)	117.4	13	26	25	37.8	21	24	20	22.4	4	7.2
Pearl Foster	2	69	1.378	97(+1)	135	9	15	20	31.5	22	32	24	38.5	22	18
Cynthia Roberts	2	70	1.377	159	218.95	63	79	96	139.95	94	155.2	68	95.55	87	92.1
Pat Holly	2	71	1.373	11(+9)	27.45	.	.	11	27.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Miles Farren	2	72	1.321	19(+9)	37	.	.	5	10.8	6	19.2	6	7	2	0
Caroline Boulton	2	73	1.303	42(+6)	62.55	10	18	24	39.15	.	.	.	.	8	5.4
Derek Clew	2	74	1.296	15(+9)	31.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	11.9	10	19.2
John Curran	2	75	1.258	116	145.95	28	24	88	121.95	26	28.8	24	21.7	20	19.8
David Hoare	3	76	1.228	36(+7)	52.8	.	.	23	36	13	16.8	.	.	.	.
Alan Parfitt	3	77	1.214	21(+8)	35.2	.	.	.	.	21	35.2	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	78	1.156	121	139.85	9	12	28	29.25	24	35.2	32	40.6	28	22.8
Andy Brown	3	79	1.142	28(+8)	41.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28	41.1
Rosey Bensley	3	80	1.128	44(+6)	56.4	.	.	41	48.6	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Jordan White	3	81	1.119	65(+4)	77.2	11	34	27	34.2	14	4.8	13	4.2	.	.
Marcus Evans	3	82	1.114	19(+9)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	14.7	9	16.5
Steve Cox	3	83	1.067	38(+7)	48	.	.	.	.	7	8	19	28	12	12
Drew Caudwell	3	84	1.024	80(+2)	84	.	.	.	.	20	20	30	40.6	30	23.4
Denby Pettitt	2	85	0.945	11(+9)	18.9	4	9	7	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	86	0.904	88(+2)	81.4	6	5	20	18	18	22.4	24	21	20	15
George Devlin	3	87	0.891	26(+8)	30.3	.	.	5	3.6	13	22.8	2	0	6	3.9
Mary French	3	88	0.800	22(+8)	24	.	.	2	0	5	9.6	.	.	15	14.4
James Timoney	3	89	0.793	18(+9)	21.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	19.6	1	1.8
Simon Hopper	2	90	0.791	14(+9)	18.2	4	6.5	10	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcel Bancroft	3	91	0.636	13(+9)	14	.	.	10	10.8	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Andrew Gay	3	92	0.629	28(+8)	22.65	.	.	9	5.85	.	.	4	4.2	15	12.6
Bob Markham	3	93	0.459	7(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.8
John Chester	3	94	0.356	18(+9)	9.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18	9.6
Graham Smith	3	95	0.330	11(+9)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	6.6
Ann Pocknell	0		1.560	5(+10)	23.4	.	.	5	23.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		1.453	7(+10)	24.7	.	.	.	.	3	15.6	4	9.1	.	.
Garry Hutchinson	2		1.429	4(+10)	20	.	.	.	.	4	20	.	.	.	.
John Lewis	3		1.412	7(+10)	24	7	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Neculai Axinte	1		1.254	4(+10)	17.55	.	.	4	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		1.244	8(+10)	22.4	.	.	.	.	5	19.6	3	2.8	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		1.156	8(+10)	20.8	.	.	3	5.85	3	10.4	2	4.55	.	.
Kristian Mills	1		1.147	7(+10)	19.5	5	19.5	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Kallos	1		0.997	5(+10)	14.95	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	2	4.55	.	.
Seb Wilkinson	0		0.906	6(+10)	14.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	3	5.4
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.831	3(+10)	10.8	.	.	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jack Armorgie	3		0.750	6(+10)	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	12
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.643	4(+10)	9	4	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Plummer	2		0.607	5(+10)	9.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	9.1	.	.
Jerry Limb	1		0.600	4(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	8.4	.	.
Brendan Bensley	3		0.600	3(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yusuf Adenwala	3		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	8.1
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.521	9(+10)	9.9	.	.	9	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Hassan Shenavar	3		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Dan Lowe	3		0.481	6(+10)	7.7	.	.	.	.	1	0	5	7.7	.	.
Natalie Singh	3		0.464	4(+10)	6.5	4	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0.459	7(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.	3	7.8
Laurentiu Mihalcea	3		0.457	4(+10)	6.4	.	.	.	.	4	6.4	.	.	.	.
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Robson	3		0.442	9(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	8.4	.	.
Mate Feher	0		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Andre Larsen	0		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	2		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Hugh Swann	3		0.424	7(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	5	7.2
Andy Bell	1		0.415	3(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	5.4
Mark Calderbank	0		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Andy Marshall	2		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Martha Beal	3		0.394	6(+10)	6.3	1	0	5	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Julian Minwalla	0		0.394	6(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	2	0	4	6.3	.	.
Sean Jones	1		0.388	7(+10)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	6.6
John Hurst	0		0.371	4(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	2	0	.	.
Julia Hayward	1		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Ian Shaw	1		0.343	4(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.8
Allen Tish	1		0.325	4(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	2	0	2	4.55	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.321	2(+10)	3.85	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.85	.	.
Tim Parfitt	2		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Vic Sprake	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Rob Wills	2		0.289	4(+10)	4.05	.	.	4	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Thomas Preece	3		0.279	4(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2.1	2	1.8
Eamon Devlin	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Carter	1		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Hemal Getalal	3		0.273	1(+10)	3	1	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peter Crispin	3		0.246	3(+10)	3.2	.	.	.	.	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
John Sprague	3		0.246	3(+10)	3.2	.	.	.	.	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Julian Fetterlein	0		0.242	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Eric McAlpine	0		0.242	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.240	5(+10)	3.6	.	.	5	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kim Topasna	3		0.200	2(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	2	2.4	.	.	.	.
Luke Owen	3		0.185	3(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	2	2.4	.	.	.	.
Garry Jones	3		0.180	5(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.7
Anna Price	2		0.180	5(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.7
Damian Thomson	3		0.150	4(+10)	2.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2.1	.	.
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	.	.
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
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
Wieland Eckler	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Anton Freidin	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
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	.	.	.	.
Pete Wright	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Kylie-Clair Bewley	4		0	3(+10)	0	1	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 (2017-2021).
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.
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
2017: Played and Points, see 2017 player data

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