Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2014	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2018		2017		2016		2015		2014
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Chris Rogers	0	1	3.552	119	422.7	55	222	64	200.7	42	87.6	12	29.4	.	.
Stuart Mann	0	2	3.480	128	445.5	24	84	28	112.5	29	110.4	47	138.6	47	116.4
Jason Champion	0	3	3.455	140	483.65	35	139	56	189.45	49	155.2	67	146.65	19	38.1
Gaz Owen	0	4	3.439	139	478	75	262	64	216	72	235.6	48	160.65	35	92.4
Alex Hodge	0	5	3.330	106	353	106	353	104	343.8	39	105.2	86	204.4	47	94.2
Cecilia Sparke	0	6	3.256	152	494.85	37	119.5	56	192.15	59	183.2	40	120.75	26	45
Adam Sinclair	0	7	3.125	152	475.05	78	277.5	74	197.55	52	115.2	53	74.9	12	21
Nick Barham	0	8	3.113	140	435.85	63	182.5	77	253.35	89	234.8	93	231	93	197.7
Ian Tarr	0	9	3.098	214	662.95	89	293.5	125	369.45	117	278.8	110	247.8	103	185.1
Tim Line	0	10	2.924	177	517.55	83	261.5	94	256.05	88	166	69	127.05	66	124.8
Ed Turner	0	11	2.917	118	344.25	31	101.5	34	85.95	53	156.8	68	145.95	76	146.1
Simon Baker	0	12	2.915	120	349.8	32	158	20	67.5	22	48	24	34.3	22	42
Paul Watts	0	13	2.875	114	327.8	28	96	28	74.7	33	97.6	25	59.5	22	36
Roland Herrera	0	14	2.869	158	453.35	73	195.5	85	257.85	77	218	79	186.9	81	177
George Georgiou	0	15	2.846	92(+1)	264.7	31	81	50	152.1	7	26	4	5.6	.	.
Andy Boysan	0	16	2.795	122	340.95	23	84	35	84.15	64	172.8	33	65.1	60	111
Simonetta Herrera	0	17	2.700	201	542.75	90	266	111	276.75	108	254.4	116	262.5	102	174.3
Phil Charlton	0	18	2.615	102	266.7	20	65	20	54	14	33.6	24	63.7	24	50.4
Steffen Nowak	0	19	2.535	119	301.7	23	41	47	128.7	49	132	45	101.5	44	84.6
Dave Pym	0	20	2.531	115	291.1	27	83	30	84.6	31	75.2	27	48.3	22	33
Neil Young	1	21	2.493	119	296.7	25	75	20	49.5	38	95.2	36	77	66	128.7
Ian Hedges	1	22	2.491	109	271.5	50	145.5	59	126	73	135.2	35	53.9	.	.
Stephen Little	1	23	2.447	177	433.2	89	219	88	214.2	93	194	83	157.5	27	36.6
Daniel Eldridge	0	24	2.443	142	346.95	65	166.5	77	180.45	32	47.2	.	.	.	.
Elias Hamati	1	25	2.440	28(+8)	87.85	4	9	4	4.05	20	74.8	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1	26	2.359	53(+5)	136.8	5	17	10	28.8	30	83.2	3	4.2	5	3.6
Rufus Rozelaar	1	27	2.349	90(+1)	213.75	25	71	41	93.15	24	49.6	.	.	.	.
Simon Hughes	0	28	2.301	127	292.2	46	118.5	81	173.7	82	202.4	92	175.75	94	162.6
Gary Plant	1	29	2.261	115	260	24	42	24	63	22	64	24	49	21	42
Mike Smith	1	30	2.259	119	268.8	26	79	20	45	25	60.8	24	42	24	42
Tony Walters	1	31	2.217	108	239.4	38	113	21	53.1	37	60	12	13.3	17	27
Steve Morris	1	32	2.202	161	354.45	79	187.5	82	166.95	87	167.2	92	176.45	92
Chris Hughes	1	33	2.132	157	334.75	40	106	47	93.15	70	135.6	55	68.6	65	99
Richard Owsley	0	34	2.061	127	261.8	66	138.5	61	123.3	82	162.8	73	121.45	89	139.5
Fred North	2	35	1.931	111	214.35	23	50	22	68.85	20	40	24	31.5	22	24
James Newman	2	36	1.911	116	221.7	.	.	.	.	20	36	48	107.1	48	78.6
Miles Farren	2	37	1.840	80(+2)	150.9	6	11	2	0	15	50.4	8	4.9	49	84.6
Cliff Blofield	2	38	1.814	100	181.4	28	76.5	37	58.5	33	46.4	2	0	.	.
Chas Perry	2	39	1.800	28(+8)	64.8	.	.	.	.	4	14.4	.	.	24	50.4
George Devlin	2	40	1.791	29(+8)	66.25	2	0	6	5.85	21	60.4	.	.	.	.
Andy Brown	2	41	1.724	89(+2)	156.85	.	.	28	61.65	11	8.8	28	50.4	22	36
James Lintell-Smith	2	42	1.723	96(+1)	167.1	18	28	4	10.8	24	48	24	45.5	26	34.8
Cynthia Roberts	2	43	1.721	139	239.15	52	101	87	138.15	59	98	28	29.05	35	29.1
Peter Thistlewood	2	44	1.668	122	203.5	19	40	20	31.5	20	48	31	44.1	32	39.9
Jon Organ	2	45	1.667	15(+9)	40	15	40	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	2	46	1.654	31(+7)	62.85	10	21	9	24.75	6	9.6	4	4.2	2	3.3
Pearl Foster	2	47	1.612	110	177.3	20	40	22	27	25	48.8	23	31.5	20	30
Ismail Yilmaz	2	48	1.558	106	165.2	21	45	22	54	30	22.8	33	43.4	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	2	49	1.537	81(+2)	127.6	13	32	33	48.6	33	42.8	2	4.2	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	2	50	1.517	21(+8)	44	.	.	.	.	4	9.6	15	30.8	2	3.6
Drew Caudwell	2	51	1.495	110	164.5	28	53	30	35.1	52	76.4	29	32.2	41	30
Steve Cox	2	52	1.389	28(+8)	50	16	32	12	18	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	2	53	1.382	103	142.35	26	43	28	34.2	29	48	20	17.15	14	5.7
Warner Solomon	2	54	1.379	19(+9)	38.6	.	.	.	.	9	23.6	2	0	8	15
Rob Brito	2	55	1.351	47(+6)	71.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	29	47.6	18	24
John Curran	3	56	1.190	45(+6)	60.7	24	31	20	29.7	1	0	.	.	.	.
John Chester	3	57	1.163	129	150.05	.	.	18	14.4	2	0	30	46.55	79	89.1
James Timoney	3	58	1.161	14(+9)	26.7	13	24	1	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	3	59	1.158	106	122.8	30	41	33	34.2	43	47.6	29	18.9	23	27
John Corrado	3	60	1.155	50(+5)	63.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	24.5	35	39
Eamonn Reay	3	61	1.148	60(+4)	73.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	27	35.7	33	37.8
Seb Wilkinson	0	62	1.083	14(+9)	24.9	.	.	3	8.1	11	16.8	.	.	.	.
Jim Green	3	63	1.075	20(+8)	30.1	9	20.5	4	5.4	5	0	2	4.2	.	.
Rob Wills	3	64	1.051	27(+8)	36.8	.	.	.	.	7	10	4	7	16	19.8
Mathew Nicholls	3	65	1.007	20(+8)	28.2	7	12	13	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	66	0.986	104	102.5	20	20	20	22.5	20	12	24	21	20	27
Alan Parfitt	3	67	0.974	14(+9)	22.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	22.4	.	.
Alin Buzescu	3	68	0.900	11(+9)	18	.	.	.	.	5	9.6	6	8.4	.	.
Andrew Gay	3	69	0.889	19(+9)	24.9	4	6	15	18.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jude Pitt	3	70	0.881	23(+8)	27.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	14.7	12	12.6
Bob Markham	3	71	0.875	19(+9)	24.5	.	.	7	11.7	12	12.8	.	.	.	.
Chrissy Carter	3	72	0.863	24(+8)	27.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	27.6
Matt Robson	3	73	0.835	14(+9)	19.2	9	12	.	.	5	7.2	.	.	.	.
Julian Minwalla	0	74	0.832	10(+9)	15.8	4	9	.	.	6	6.8	.	.	.	.
Simon Temme	3	75	0.765	14(+9)	17.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	5.6	8	12
Mary French	3	76	0.736	37(+7)	32.4	.	.	15	21.6	8	2.4	14	8.4	.	.
Sean Hopson	3	77	0.700	22(+8)	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	22	21
Dave Cank	3	78	0.522	14(+9)	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	12
Horst Stenzel	0	79	0.500	45(+6)	25.5	.	.	.	.	22	12	11	6.3	12	7.2
Graham Smith	3	80	0.495	11(+9)	9.9	.	.	11	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Malcolm Patterson	3	81	0.479	36(+7)	20.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	5.6	22	15
Paul Male	3	82	0.445	13(+9)	9.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	13	9.8	.	.
Jon Pemberton	3	83	0.385	11(+9)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	7.7	.	.
Colin Sara	3	84	0.365	15(+9)	8.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	6.65	6	2.1
Angie Vick	3	85	0.111	10(+9)	2.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	2.1
John Plummer	3		1.379	9(+10)	26.2	5	13	.	.	4	13.2	.	.	.	.
Jack Armorgie	3		1.125	6(+10)	18	.	.	6	18	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		1.071	4(+10)	15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	15
Lily Owsley	3		1.060	5(+10)	15.9	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Peter Ozanne	1		0.987	5(+10)	14.8	.	.	.	.	5	14.8	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		0.929	4(+10)	13	4	13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brendan Bensley	3		0.900	3(+10)	11.7	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yusuf Adenwala	3		0.868	4(+10)	12.15	.	.	4	12.15	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jerry Limb	1		0.857	4(+10)	12	4	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ian Anderson	3		0.844	6(+10)	13.5	6	13.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kevin Peters	3		0.786	4(+10)	11	4	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosey Bensley	2		0.780	5(+10)	11.7	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	.	.	2	0
Cris Horincar	1		0.738	3(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	3	9.6	.	.	.	.
Bahman Salahshour	2		0.695	9(+10)	13.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	13.2
Tony Lee	1		0.640	5(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Hugh Swann	3		0.635	7(+10)	10.8	2	0	5	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Bell	3		0.623	3(+10)	8.1	.	.	3	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sean Jones	3		0.582	7(+10)	9.9	.	.	7	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		0.570	5(+10)	8.55	3	4	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
John Slattery	0		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.2
Ian Shaw	1		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Walder	3		0.484	9(+10)	9.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	5.6	3	3.6
Julian Fetterlein	0		0.483	8(+10)	8.7	3	4.5	.	.	3	0	2	4.2	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.458	2(+10)	5.5	2	5.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3		0.450	8(+10)	8.1	.	.	8	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kevin Jones	0		0.450	4(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	6.3
Vic Sprake	3		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Graham Alder	3		0.447	7(+10)	7.6	.	.	.	.	7	7.6	.	.	.	.
Adrian Farthing	3		0.438	6(+10)	7	6	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Thomas Preece	3		0.407	4(+10)	5.7	2	3	2	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Robin Gunney	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Mark Wait	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Anna Price	3		0.381	8(+10)	6.85	.	.	5	4.05	.	.	3	2.8	.	.
Bez Chokami	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Eric McAlpine	0		0.346	3(+10)	4.5	3	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Deana Romain	3		0.275	4(+10)	3.85	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.85	2	0
Neil Edwards	3		0.275	2(+10)	3.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.3
Garry Jones	3		0.270	5(+10)	4.05	.	.	5	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Damian Thomson	3		0.231	3(+10)	3	3	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dave Street	3		0.215	3(+10)	2.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.8	.	.
Marcus Wrinch	0		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Jordan White	3		0.158	9(+10)	3	9	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stelios Choustoulakis	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michael Clarke	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	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Luke Owen	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	.	.
Matt Black	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Kevin Carter	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	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	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
George Jakeway	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Hadi Kermani	3		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	.	.	.	.
John Sprague	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Pete Wright	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Alex Yate	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Paul Kirwin	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	0
Derek Wright	2		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.
Frank Jones	4		0	5(+10)	0	3	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 (2014-2018).
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.
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
2014: Played and Points, see 2014 player data

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