Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2021	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2025		2024		2023		2022		2021
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Adam Sinclair	0	1	3.454	101	345.4	6	25	95	320.4	121	302.4	76	169.4	129	264.9
Chris Rogers	0	2	3.099	108	334.65	24	75	84	259.65	100	254.4	81	232.4	109	230.1
Ian Tarr	0	3	3.001	182	546.15	12	66	170	480.15	189	485.2	180	339.85	128	269.1
Kev Peters	0	4	2.931	121	354.7	7	36	58	168.3	56	150.4	68	159.25	135	240.6
Gaz Owen	0	5	2.926	146	427.25	9	20	137	407.25	201	699.6	170	412.3	181	441
Cecilia Rogers	0	6	2.915	144	419.7	1	7	31	90	40	117.6	72	205.1	122	248.4
Stuart Mann	0	7	2.871	107	307.2	1	5.5	28	94.5	26	72.8	24	58.8	28	75.6
Dicky Biddle	0	8	2.821	45(+6)	143.85	3	16.5	35	109.35	7	18	.	.	.	.
George Georgiou	0	9	2.807	129	362.1	.	.	33	80.1	96	282	137	314.65	38	78.9
Jim Green	0	10	2.804	104	291.65	.	.	33	106.2	35	114.4	36	71.05	34	77.4
Ian Anderson	0	11	2.792	132	368.6	13	41	119	327.6	127	299.6	136	277.9	86	124.2
Steffen Nowak	0	12	2.667	104	277.4	6	10	63	181.8	35	85.6	28	57.4	24	27
Simonetta Herrera	0	13	2.651	100	265.1	.	.	2	0	13	43.2	85	221.9	97	174
Nick Barham	0	14	2.624	106	278.1	9	18	97	260.1	132	352.8	145	328.3	157	301.2
Simon Baker	0	15	2.532	120	303.8	.	.	29	104.4	28	71.2	31	70	32	58.2
Neil Young	0	16	2.511	130	326.4	2	0	32	96.3	32	102	26	52.5	38	75.6
Phil Doubtfire	0	17	2.502	82(+2)	210.2	.	.	46	135	36	75.2	.	.	.	.
Mark Dixon	1	18	2.475	52(+5)	141.1	7	22	36	100.8	.	.	.	.	9	18.3
Michael Petrakas	1	19	2.452	91(+1)	225.6	3	16.5	26	67.5	30	64.8	30	73.5	2	3.3
Andy Boysan	1	20	2.448	109	266.8	6	22	32	72	71	172.8	103	287.35	111	219.6
Tim Line	0	21	2.340	191	446.9	12	50	179	396.9	248	635.2	224	430.5	203	401.4
Steve Pickard	1	22	2.310	92(+1)	214.8	5	16.5	39	97.2	17	46.4	7	15.4	24	39.3
Phil Charlton	1	23	2.304	111	255.7	.	.	32	117	28	56	26	45.5	25	37.2
Ian Hedges	1	24	2.269	124	281.4	3	0	80	210.6	41	70.8	60	128.1	68	116.7
Stephen Little	0	25	2.219	121	268.55	13	8	108	260.55	187	335.3	177	300.3	188	277.8
Natalie Singh	1	26	2.155	191	411.6	.	.	48	147.6	50	96	93	168	26	20.1
Warner Solomon	1	27	2.134	125	266.7	1	0	36	103.5	49	107.2	39	56	72	110.4
Safi Tracy	1	28	2.114	167	353	.	.	7	14.4	53	110.4	107	228.2	104	179.4
James Newman	1	29	2.109	60(+4)	135	.	.	6	21.6	4	19.2	.	.	50	94.2
Ann Pocknell	1	30	2.100	30(+7)	77.7	6	16.5	24	61.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	31	2.089	197	411.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	129.5	130	282
Hemal Getalal	1	32	2.086	94(+1)	198.2	.	.	26	72	32	63.2	28	50.4	8	12.6
Elias Hamati	1	33	2.054	106	217.7	14	39.5	92	178.2	166	341.6	159	294.7	122	180.6
Jon Organ	1	34	2.050	101	207	5	16.5	26	67.5	26	60	24	42	20	21
Robin Gunney	1	35	2.042	198	404.4	4	4	29	59.4	42	73.6	123	267.4	80	116.4
Gerald Whitehouse	1	36	2.031	122	247.8	5	12	49	99	68	136.8	46	81.2	53	82.5
Alan Joicey	1	37	2.006	108	216.7	3	0	37	107.1	68	109.6	141	290.85	111	173.1
Paul Watts	2	38	1.995	116	231.4	.	.	30	78.3	29	60.8	25	45.5	32	46.8
Mike Smith	2	39	1.986	124	246.25	4	5.5	32	75.15	28	64	31	56	29	45.6
Matt Sharp	2	40	1.984	43(+6)	97.2	2	0	28	68.4	13	28.8	.	.	.	.
Simon Tracy	2	41	1.952	122	238.1	10	9.5	112	228.6	112	224	118	215.6	90	126.3
Ed Turner	2	42	1.924	122	234.7	.	.	28	67.5	29	60.8	37	56	28	50.4
Richard Owsley	0	43	1.907	115	219.3	1	0	31	80.1	29	56	29	40.6	25	42.6
Umut Bilge	0	44	1.898	14(+9)	43.65	2	0	12	43.65	.	.	.	.	.	.
Barry Vasili	2	45	1.863	112	208.7	6	18	81	150.3	25	40.4	.	.	.	.
Dave Pym	2	46	1.859	117	217.5	4	11	26	54	26	64	24	31.5	37	57
Simon Hughes	0	47	1.855	117	217	.	.	29	52.2	30	41.6	28	47.6	30	75.6
Michael Corbett	2	48	1.846	73(+3)	140.3	2	0	26	67.5	24	44.8	21	28	.	.
Ben Crowden	2	49	1.833	111	203.5	.	.	26	49.5	22	39.2	35	81.2	28	33.6
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	50	1.814	102	185	1	0	38	81	37	70.4	26	33.6	47	48
Hazel Harper	0	51	1.784	196	349.7	10	24	88	170.1	98	155.6	126	159.95	173	209.1
Ismail Yilmaz	2	52	1.756	107	187.9	.	.	26	58.5	26	40	27	46.2	28	43.2
Chris Hughes	2	53	1.754	169	296.5	4	12	64	105.3	101	179.2	98	166.6	99	168.3
Reece Hodges	0	54	1.751	29(+8)	64.8	.	.	8	32.4	.	.	2	4.2	19	28.2
Gary Plant	2	55	1.735	105	182.2	3	12	24	43.2	26	36	24	49	28	42
Steve Morris	2	56	1.693	149	252.25	4	6	75	146.25	70	100	75	78.05	127	195.9
Simon Blinkhorn	2	57	1.689	86(+2)	148.6	2	6	66	117	18	25.6	.	.	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	58	1.555	109	169.5	3	5.5	28	54	29	48.8	27	46.2	22	15
Matt Black	2	59	1.546	61(+4)	100.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	100.5
Adrian Farthing	2	60	1.534	83(+2)	130.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	55.65	49	74.7
Rob Clarke	2	61	1.525	11(+9)	30.5	4	12	7	18.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	62	1.522	123	187.2	5	11	39	91.8	4	0	35	49	40	35.4
Flora von Michel	2	63	1.521	35(+7)	63.9	.	.	31	56.7	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	64	1.473	76(+3)	116.4	.	.	26	36	26	44	24	36.4	.	.
Marcel Bancroft	2	65	1.458	76(+3)	115.2	1	4	24	39.6	24	38.4	24	30.8	3	2.4
Cliff Blofield	2	66	1.380	132	182.2	4	12	26	30.6	28	32	33	43.4	41	64.2
Cynthia Roberts	2	67	1.378	164	226.05	11	16	67	101.25	86	108.8	162	174.3	171	178.2
Eamonn Reay	2	68	1.370	102	139.7	.	.	29	54.9	26	41.6	23	25.2	24	18
Neil Edwards	2	69	1.364	50(+5)	75	.	.	26	27	24	48	.	.	.	.
Simon Hopper	2	70	1.357	14(+9)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	31.2
Fred North	2	71	1.333	81(+2)	110.6	2	0	24	39.6	24	41.6	.	.	31	29.4
Anna Parker	2	72	1.330	14(+9)	30.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	30.6
James Lintell-Smith	2	73	1.325	83(+2)	112.6	.	.	3	5.4	29	40.8	24	36.4	27	30
Andrew Cobb	2	74	1.257	91(+1)	115.6	.	.	21	21.6	26	32	24	35	20	27
Tom Chapman	3	75	1.231	103	126.8	.	.	14	14.85	31	51.2	20	28.35	38	32.4
Mandy Macdonald	3	76	1.191	127	151.3	2	4	28	30.6	45	54.4	52	62.3	57	46.2
Dom Verrall	3	77	1.186	19(+9)	33.2	3	8	13	25.2	3	0	.	.	.	.
Peter Thistlewood	3	78	1.185	33(+7)	47.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	33	47.4
Jon Barnes	0	79	1.185	11(+9)	23.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	23.7
Andrew Selby	3	80	1.168	10(+9)	22.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	22.2
John Hedge	3	81	1.164	16(+9)	29.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	16	29.1
Mike Rodwell	3	82	1.163	15(+9)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	27.9
Frank Jones	3	83	1.114	117	130.3	.	.	30	52.2	49	36.8	38	41.3	63	52.2
Jordan White	3	84	1.103	60(+4)	70.6	.	.	3	5.4	.	.	26	28	31	37.2
Denby Pettitt	3	85	1.073	17(+9)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	27.9
John Curran	3	86	1.062	135	143.4	6	24	37	23.4	92	96	117	133	100	72.9
Ben Crabb	3	87	1.029	27(+8)	36	.	.	27	36	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Lewis	3	88	0.975	24(+8)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	31.2
Caroline Boulton	3	89	0.961	96(+1)	93.2	.	.	24	28.8	24	32	21	16.8	27	15.6
Andy Zographou	3	90	0.953	120	114.3	.	.	56	65.7	28	19.2	36	29.4	10	9.6
James Timoney	3	91	0.857	27(+8)	30	.	.	25	25.2	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
David Tyrrell	3	92	0.789	31(+7)	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	31	30
Martha Beal	3	93	0.787	57(+5)	48.8	.	.	.	.	24	25.6	26	19.6	7	3.6
Carwyn Jenkins	3	94	0.763	40(+6)	35.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	38	35.1
Aidan Kenny	3	95	0.692	17(+9)	18	.	.	.	.	17	18	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	96	0.667	28(+8)	24	.	.	21	14.4	7	9.6	.	.	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	97	0.253	10(+9)	4.8	.	.	.	.	10	4.8	.	.	.	.
Miles Farren	1		1.989	9(+10)	37.8	.	.	9	37.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	1		1.641	7(+10)	27.9	.	.	7	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.200	3(+10)	15.6	.	.	.	.	3	15.6	.	.	.	.
Scott Wood	3		0.987	5(+10)	14.8	1	4	4	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		0.975	4(+10)	13.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	13.65	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		0.969	3(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	12.6	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		0.960	5(+10)	14.4	.	.	.	.	5	14.4	.	.	.	.
Pete Boxer	3		0.941	7(+10)	16	7	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yuri Cherkasenko	2		0.928	6(+10)	14.85	.	.	6	14.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Walter Busato	0		0.900	3(+10)	11.7	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fraser Mackenzie	3		0.847	7(+10)	14.4	.	.	.	.	7	14.4	.	.	.	.
Kristian Mills	1		0.780	5(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	11.7
Daniel Pedrecal	3		0.771	4(+10)	10.8	.	.	4	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Dicken	3		0.720	5(+10)	10.8	.	.	5	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.700	3(+10)	9.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	.	.
Julian Tucker	3		0.635	7(+10)	10.8	1	0	6	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jules Smith	3		0.623	3(+10)	8.1	.	.	3	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Eldridge	0		0.505	9(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	9.6
Irem Azak	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pollyanna Whitehouse	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tim Paulden	2		0.450	4(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	6.3	.	.
Steve Ferrer	2		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chas Perry	3		0.415	3(+10)	5.4	.	.	3	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carmen van-der-l'Isle	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Neculai Axinte	1		0.388	7(+10)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	6.6
Kev Lee	3		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	4	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.379	2(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.379	2(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.343	4(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.338	6(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	5.4
Titus Simen	3		0.318	7(+10)	5.4	.	.	7	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mitch Tucker	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Jake Mochnacz	3		0.282	7(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
Paul Statter	2		0.279	4(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	3.9
Derek Clew	1		0.275	2(+10)	3.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.3
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.238	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.238	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Abdul Barakat	0		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
Peter Crispin	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Dom Cybulski	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Damon Dennis	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Olivier Evard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Mustafa Mohammed	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Derek Nisbet	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
John Rixon	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	3		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.
Yashar Habibi	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aditya Narayanan	4		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 (2021-2025).
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.
2025: Played and Points, see 2025 player data
2024: Played and Points, see 2024 player data
2023: Played and Points, see 2023 player data
2022: Played and Points, see 2022 player data
2021: Played and Points, see 2021 player data

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