Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2022	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2026		2025		2024		2023		2022
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.400	233	792.25	42	151	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
Nick Barham	0	2	3.321	239	793.8	82	328.5	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
Jim Green	0	3	3.301	116	382.9	10	48	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
Adam Sinclair	0	4	3.274	112	366.65	22	98	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
James Newman	0	5	3.272	47(+6)	173.4	24	78	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Ann Pocknell	0	6	3.016	129	389.1	26	106.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	0	7	3.007	140	421	22	85	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Chris Rogers	0	8	2.946	106	312.3	29	117	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Ian Tarr	0	9	2.938	252	740.5	54	173.5	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Alan Joicey	0	10	2.915	120	349.75	19	75	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Natalie Singh	0	11	2.902	103	298.9	22	84	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Ian Anderson	0	12	2.850	180	513	40	171	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Cecilia Rogers	0	13	2.848	118	336.1	12	38	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Kev Peters	0	14	2.836	109	309.1	23	49	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Dicky Biddle	0	15	2.826	86(+2)	248.7	15	61.5	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Tim Line	0	16	2.799	298	834.25	69	206.5	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Ian Hedges	0	17	2.750	147	404.3	25	87.5	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
Steffen Nowak	0	18	2.716	123	334.1	27	87.5	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Steve Pickard	0	19	2.666	113	301.3	17	55.5	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
Simon Baker	0	20	2.664	126	335.7	9	27	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Stuart Mann	0	21	2.656	119	316.05	9	27.5	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Neil Young	0	22	2.598	122	316.9	27	76.5	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
George Georgiou	0	23	2.516	160	402.55	19	45	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Warner Solomon	1	24	2.460	137	337	14	45	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Hazel Harper	0	25	2.434	141	343.2	29	70.5	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Andy Boysan	1	26	2.404	139	334.1	6	19	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Mark Dixon	1	27	2.391	94(+1)	227.1	17	38.5	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Michael Petrakas	1	28	2.373	123	291.85	10	28	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Jon Organ	1	29	2.3694	152	360.15	21	42	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Phil Charlton	1	30	2.3686	121	286.6	7	19	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Simonetta Herrera	0	31	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Chris Hughes	1	32	2.322	119	276.35	34	86	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Elias Hamati	1	33	2.299	213	489.75	53	118.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Barry Vasili	1	34	2.274	127	288.85	36	94	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Steve Morris	1	35	2.219	108	239.65	26	52	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Gerald Whitehouse	1	36	2.209	101	223.1	13	41.5	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Richard Owsley	0	37	2.157	107	230.8	13	39.5	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Scott Wood	1	38	2.116	112	237	18	21	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Alp Ozbas	1	39	2.067	36(+7)	88.9	21	38.5	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Blinkhorn	1	40	2.060	118	243.05	9	22.5	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Stephen Little	0	41	2.052	279	572.45	67	104	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Savas Christodoulou	1	42	2.027	17(+9)	52.7	14	36.5	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reece Hodges	0	43	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Simon Tracy	1	44	2.016	197	397.2	9	14	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Dom Verrall	2	45	1.996	50(+5)	109.8	8	28	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Robin Gunney	2	46	1.950	114	222.25	9	11	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Steve Cox	2	47	1.911	28(+8)	68.8	8	22	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Smith	2	48	1.888	128	241.65	9	11	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Matt Sharp	2	49	1.873	72(+3)	140.45	2	0	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Pete Boxer	2	50	1.868	34(+7)	76.6	9	28	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Safi Tracy	2	51	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Gary Plant	2	52	1.861	102	189.8	8	27.5	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Hemal Getalal	2	53	1.848	124	229.2	6	5.5	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Paul Watts	2	54	1.836	120	220.35	8	14	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Ed Turner	2	55	1.806	136	245.6	12	34	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	56	1.757	106	186.2	8	4	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Fred North	2	57	1.715	77(+3)	137.2	9	26	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Ben Crowden	2	58	1.707	115	196.3	13	16	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Kylie Hedges	2	59	1.691	100	169.1	23	38	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Umut Bilge	0	60	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Michael Corbett	2	61	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Pearl Foster	2	62	1.642	123	201.95	7	10	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Dave Pym	2	63	1.639	109	178.6	7	8	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Ismail Yilmaz	2	64	1.629	88(+2)	146.6	9	20	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Flora von Michel	2	65	1.625	47(+6)	86.1	10	24	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Neil Edwards	2	66	1.600	78(+3)	129.6	8	24	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	67	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Simon Hughes	0	68	1.557	116	180.6	6	12	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Andy Zographou	2	69	1.523	139	211.75	20	44	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Marcel Bancroft	2	70	1.518	103	156.4	11	36	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Cynthia Roberts	2	71	1.517	106	160.8	36	60	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Cliff Blofield	2	72	1.514	127	192.3	19	49.5	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Rob Clarke	2	73	1.508	84(+2)	129.65	9	22	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Charlie Hetherington	2	74	1.500	15(+9)	36	15	36	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Titus Simen	2	75	1.428	33(+7)	57.1	8	5.5	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
John Rixon	2	76	1.423	19(+9)	39.85	7	16	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	77	1.399	85(+2)	121.7	9	20	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
Eamonn Reay	2	78	1.367	103	145.4	9	26	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
James Lintell-Smith	2	79	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Kev Lee	2	80	1.330	30(+7)	49.2	6	12	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	81	1.325	117	155	10	17	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
Carwyn Jenkins	2	82	1.273	13(+9)	28	11	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Photis Gittoes	2	83	1.263	24(+8)	40.4	6	8	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Dicken	3	84	1.200	38(+7)	54	11	12	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	85	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
James Timoney	3	86	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	87	1.165	89(+2)	106	.	.	18	28.8	21	19.2	26	28	24	30
Adrian Farthing	3	88	1.163	34(+7)	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	47.7
John Curran	3	89	1.141	116	132.4	26	36	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
Ceri Pierce	3	90	1.131	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jordan White	3	91	1.120	49(+6)	61.6	12	22	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Mandy Macdonald	3	92	1.032	106	109.4	6	4	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
Caroline Boulton	3	93	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Mitch Tucker	3	94	0.964	32(+7)	37.6	11	16	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ben Crabb	3	95	0.865	29(+8)	32	.	.	2	0	27	32	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	96	0.833	55(+6)	50.8	8	8	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Martha Beal	3	97	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Aidan Kenny	3	98	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	99	0.319	24(+8)	10.2	10	6	4	0	.	.	10	4.2	.	.
Miles Farren	1		1.768	9(+10)	33.6	.	.	.	.	9	33.6	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1		1.726	9(+10)	32.8	6	22	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	1		1.459	7(+10)	24.8	.	.	.	.	7	24.8	.	.	.	.
Dom Cybulski	2		1.080	5(+10)	16.2	.	.	3	16.2	.	.	2	0	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.050	3(+10)	13.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	13.65	.	.
Lulzim Alla	3		1.013	6(+10)	16.2	1	0	5	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		0.840	5(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	12.6	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		0.836	4(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	11.7
Martin Barkwill	0		0.831	3(+10)	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	10.8
Yuri Cherkasenko	2		0.825	6(+10)	13.2	.	.	.	.	6	13.2	.	.	.	.
Walter Busato	0		0.800	3(+10)	10.4	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	.	.	.	.
Fraser Mackenzie	3		0.741	7(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	12.6	.	.
Daniel Pedrecal	3		0.686	4(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Peter Wise	3		0.667	8(+10)	12	8	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.600	3(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Julian Tucker	3		0.565	7(+10)	9.6	.	.	1	0	6	9.6	.	.	.	.
Jules Smith	3		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	3	7.2	.	.	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Irem Azak	3		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Pollyanna Whitehouse	3		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	3		0.424	7(+10)	7.2	.	.	3	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	0
Freddy Doubtfire	3		0.421	9(+10)	8	7	8	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Ferrer	2		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Tim Paulden	2		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
Chas Perry	3		0.369	3(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	3	4.8	.	.	.	.
Carmen van-der-l'Isle	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Dan Buchanan	3		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.300	4(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.2	.	.
Ed Collinge	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jake Mochnacz	3		0.247	7(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	4.2	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Jysen Quah	1		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Vic Sprake	2		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Klajdi Deda	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Damon Dennis	2		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	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Penny Walters	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yashar Habibi	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.
Aditya Narayanan	4		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 (2022-2026).
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.
2026: Played and Points, see 2026 player data
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

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