Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2016	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2020		2019		2018		2017		2016
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.638	160	582	43	150	117	432	99	286.8	64	168	72	176.7
Nick Barham	0	2	3.618	150	542.65	48	206.5	102	336.15	79	187.2	77	197.05	89	176.1
Chris Rogers	0	3	3.450	161	555.45	26	111	67	220.05	68	224.4	64	156.1	42	65.7
Stuart Mann	0	4	3.249	109	354.1	23	69	28	115.2	30	82.4	28	87.5	29	82.8
Andy Boysan	0	5	3.159	171	540.2	59	195.5	112	344.7	29	82.4	35	65.45	64	129.6
Adam Sinclair	0	6	3.087	163	503.15	57	180.5	106	322.65	98	286	74	153.65	52	86.4
Simon Baker	0	7	3.005	111	333.5	27	89	25	50.4	39	141.6	20	52.5	22	36
Cecilia Sparke	0	8	2.961	131	387.9	30	85	55	177.3	46	125.6	56	149.45	59	137.4
Roland Herrera	0	9	2.929	134	392.55	49	136.5	85	256.05	94	218	85	200.55	77	163.5
Alex Hodge	0	10	2.879	131	377.2	.	.	12	43.2	119	334	104	267.4	39	78.9
Jason Champion	0	11	2.811	107	300.75	.	.	10	27	41	126.4	56	147.35	49	116.4
Tim Line	0	12	2.776	166	460.85	53	149	113	311.85	107	270	94	199.15	88	124.5
Simonetta Herrera	0	13	2.684	183	491.15	53	155	130	336.15	120	264.8	111	215.25	108	190.8
Ian Tarr	0	14	2.627	182	478.05	48	186	134	292.05	113	270.4	125	287.35	117	209.1
Alan Joicey	0	15	2.600	61(+4)	169	42	128.5	19	40.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kev Peters	0	16	2.594	79(+3)	212.7	38	105.5	34	82.8	7	24.4	.	.	.	.
Stephen Little	0	17	2.581	172	444	58	178.5	114	265.5	118	234	88	166.6	93	145.5
George Georgiou	0	18	2.535	121	306.7	38	106.5	50	135	33	65.2	50	118.3	7	19.5
Warner Solomon	0	19	2.505	33(+7)	100.2	24	82.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	17.7
Paul Watts	1	20	2.456	115	282.4	30	67	25	69.3	32	88	28	58.1	33	73.2
Phil Charlton	1	21	2.441	99(+1)	244.1	12	13	29	99.9	24	64	20	42	14	25.2
Neil Young	1	22	2.424	123	298.1	6	27	29	90	30	71.2	20	38.5	38	71.4
Simon Hughes	0	23	2.415	149	359.9	18	28.5	65	199.8	66	131.6	81	135.1	82	151.8
Daniel Eldridge	0	24	2.372	130	308.35	27	73	103	235.35	77	144	77	140.35	32	35.4
Steffen Nowak	1	25	2.357	129	304.1	17	54	34	90	31	60	47	100.1	49	99
Adrian Farthing	1	26	2.331	128	298.35	61	171	67	127.35	6	5.6	.	.	.	.
Jim Green	1	27	2.262	87(+2)	201.3	32	82	34	96.3	12	18.8	4	4.2	5	0
Ed Turner	1	28	2.260	111	250.85	12	25	25	70.2	40	88.8	34	66.85	53	117.6
Gary Plant	1	29	2.256	106	239.1	14	50	22	58.5	24	33.6	24	49	22	48
David Tyrrell	1	30	2.251	66(+4)	157.6	48	113.5	18	44.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Morris	1	31	2.244	128	287.2	45	113.5	83	173.7	94	168.4	82	129.85	87	125.4
Chris Hughes	1	32	2.212	114	252.2	39	108.5	30	54.9	45	88.8	47	72.45	70	101.7
Dave Pym	1	33	2.184	117	255.5	34	81.5	24	37.8	29	70.4	30	65.8	31	56.4
James Newman	1	34	2.132	42(+6)	102.35	20	69.5	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	20	27
Ian Hedges	1	35	2.1272	138	293.55	24	49.5	51	97.65	63	146.4	59	98	73	101.4
Fred North	1	36	2.1266	107	227.55	13	28	24	64.8	28	51.2	22	53.55	20	30
Peter Thistlewood	1	37	2.095	100	209.5	13	42	22	63	24	44	20	24.5	20	36
Robin Gunney	1	38	2.063	52(+5)	117.6	40	96	10	18	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Rufus Rozelaar	1	39	2.031	113	229.45	.	.	22	63	26	56.8	41	72.45	24	37.2
Tony Walters	1	40	2.000	104	208	2	6	60	111.6	42	90.4	21	41.3	37	45
Mike Smith	2	41	1.982	101	200.2	5	15	24	41.4	27	63.2	20	35	25	45.6
Elias Hamati	2	42	1.954	30(+7)	72.3	.	.	2	5.85	4	7.2	4	3.15	20	56.1
Yuri Cherkasenko	2	43	1.948	21(+8)	56.5	21	56.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	2	44	1.929	45(+6)	98.4	.	.	.	.	5	13.6	10	22.4	30	62.4
Richard Owsley	0	45	1.889	158	298.5	17	38	61	126.9	80	133.6	61	95.9	82	122.1
Chas Perry	2	46	1.888	36(+7)	81.2	14	20	18	50.4	.	.	.	.	4	10.8
Miles Farren	2	47	1.882	32(+7)	73.4	3	6	6	21.6	6	8	2	0	15	37.8
Cynthia Roberts	2	48	1.880	137	257.6	43	83	94	174.6	68	109.2	87	107.45	59	73.5
Jon Organ	2	49	1.878	43(+6)	92	5	15	22	45	16	32	.	.	.	.
Mike Rodwell	2	50	1.771	15(+9)	42.5	15	42.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	51	1.719	98(+1)	170.2	17	53.5	6	21.6	23	36	22	42	30	17.1
Cliff Blofield	2	52	1.670	117	195.4	19	41.5	28	43.2	33	65.2	37	45.5	33	34.8
Eamonn Reay	2	53	1.662	35(+7)	69.8	15	41	20	28.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	3	54	1.616	44(+6)	80.8	27	47.5	17	33.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	55	1.576	99(+1)	157.6	6	20	22	36	24	44	22	21	25	36.6
George Devlin	2	56	1.500	47(+6)	79.5	5	4	13	25.65	2	0	6	4.55	21	45.3
David Hoare	2	57	1.497	26(+8)	50.9	13	32	13	18.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	3	58	1.457	46(+6)	75.75	30	51	16	24.75	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	59	1.435	67(+4)	101.9	21	48.5	20	21.6	13	19.2	13	12.6	.	.
James Lintell-Smith	2	60	1.427	87(+2)	127	18	30	21	27	20	25.6	4	8.4	24	36
Rosey Bensley	2	61	1.374	32(+7)	53.6	29	44.5	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	.	.
Alan Parfitt	2	62	1.366	21(+8)	39.6	.	.	21	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	2	63	1.343	104	139.7	25	30.5	42	68.4	37	40.8	33	26.6	43	35.7
Tom Chapman	2	64	1.331	100	133.1	16	20.5	24	39.6	32	46.4	28	26.6	29	36
Carwyn Jenkins	2	65	1.325	116	153.75	8	10	27	41.85	15	32	33	37.8	33	32.1
Marcus Evans	2	66	1.311	25(+8)	43.25	.	.	.	.	10	16.8	9	19.25	6	7.2
Steve Cox	3	67	1.222	38(+7)	55	.	.	7	9	19	32	12	14	.	.
John Curran	3	68	1.219	104	126.8	34	46.5	26	32.4	24	24.8	20	23.1	1	0
Andy Brown	3	69	1.186	39(+7)	54.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	28	47.95	11	6.6
Andrew Cobb	3	70	1.178	93(+1)	110.7	11	15	18	25.2	24	44	20	17.5	20	9
Drew Caudwell	3	71	1.163	132	153.5	.	.	20	22.5	30	46.4	30	27.3	52	57.3
Seb Wilkinson	0	72	1.127	17(+9)	29.3	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	3	6.3	11	12.6
Ben Crowden	3	73	1.048	14(+9)	24.1	11	20.5	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	3	74	0.998	36(+7)	42.9	16	25	13	13.5	5	4.4	.	.	2	0
Ian Anderson	3	75	0.990	11(+9)	19.8	5	9	.	.	6	10.8	.	.	.	.
James Timoney	3	76	0.907	18(+9)	24.5	.	.	.	.	17	22.4	1	2.1	.	.
Jordan White	3	77	0.853	47(+6)	45.2	20	35	14	5.4	13	4.8	.	.	.	.
Mary French	3	78	0.795	29(+8)	29.4	1	0	5	10.8	.	.	15	16.8	8	1.8
Andrew Gay	3	79	0.765	26(+8)	26	7	6.5	.	.	4	4.8	15	14.7	.	.
Marcel Bancroft	3	80	0.709	13(+9)	15.6	10	12	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3	81	0.695	12(+10)	15.3	4	9	.	.	.	.	8	6.3	.	.
Bob Markham	3	82	0.668	19(+9)	18.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	9.1	12	9.6
Matt Robson	3	83	0.652	14(+9)	15	.	.	.	.	9	9.6	.	.	5	5.4
Rob Wills	2	84	0.600	11(+9)	12	4	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.5
Julian Minwalla	0	85	0.586	12(+9)	12.3	.	.	2	0	4	7.2	.	.	6	5.1
John Chester	3	86	0.400	20(+8)	11.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	18	11.2	2	0
Graham Smith	3	87	0.385	11(+9)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	7.7	.	.
Horst Stenzel	0	88	0.300	22(+8)	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	22	9
Jon Barnes	0		2.421	9(+10)	46	9	46	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Garry Hutchinson	2		1.786	4(+10)	25	.	.	4	25	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ann Pocknell	0		1.733	5(+10)	26	5	26	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Dixon	0		1.694	8(+10)	30.5	4	4.5	4	26	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		1.644	7(+10)	27.95	.	.	3	17.55	4	10.4	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		1.403	8(+10)	25.25	.	.	5	22.05	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Andrew Selby	1		1.393	4(+10)	19.5	4	19.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		1.300	8(+10)	23.4	3	6.5	3	11.7	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
John Hedge	1		1.294	7(+10)	22	7	22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Kallos	3		1.127	5(+10)	16.9	.	.	3	11.7	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
John Plummer	3		1.068	9(+10)	20.3	.	.	.	.	5	10.4	.	.	4	9.9
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.923	3(+10)	12	3	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.900	8(+10)	16.2	4	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	7.2
Jack Armorgie	3		0.875	6(+10)	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	14	.	.
Pat Holly	3		0.824	7(+10)	14	7	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Safi Tracy	3		0.800	5(+10)	12	5	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peter Ozanne	1		0.740	5(+10)	11.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	11.1
Denby Pettitt	2		0.733	5(+10)	11	5	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brendan Bensley	3		0.700	3(+10)	9.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	.	.
Jerry Limb	1		0.686	4(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Yusuf Adenwala	3		0.675	4(+10)	9.45	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	9.45	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hassan Shenavar	3		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cris Horincar	1		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.2
Dan Lowe	3		0.550	6(+10)	8.8	.	.	1	0	5	8.8	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0.535	7(+10)	9.1	.	.	4	0	.	.	3	9.1	.	.
Laurentiu Mihalcea	3		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hugh Swann	3		0.494	7(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	2	0	5	8.4	.	.
Mate Feher	0		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andre Larsen	0		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Bell	3		0.485	3(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	6.3	.	.
Alin Buzescu	3		0.480	5(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	7.2
Tony Lee	1		0.480	5(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	7.2
Anna Clarke	2		0.464	4(+10)	6.5	4	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sean Jones	3		0.453	7(+10)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.7	.	.
Mark Calderbank	0		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Marshall	2		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hazel Boucher	3		0.433	5(+10)	6.5	5	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.418	4(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	2	0	.	.	.	.
Ian Shaw	1		0.400	4(+10)	5.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.6	.	.
Julia Hayward	1		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Allen Tish	3		0.371	4(+10)	5.2	.	.	2	0	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.367	2(+10)	4.4	.	.	.	.	2	4.4	.	.	.	.
Vic Sprake	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Graham Alder	3		0.335	7(+10)	5.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	5.7
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.324	7(+10)	5.5	7	5.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Thomas Preece	3		0.321	4(+10)	4.5	.	.	.	.	2	2.4	2	2.1	.	.
Richard Carter	1		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Eamon Devlin	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Mark Wait	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Peter Crispin	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Eric McAlpine	0		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.267	5(+10)	4	5	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Sprague	3		0.240	5(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	2	0
Julian Fetterlein	0		0.225	6(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	3	0
Kim Topasna	3		0.225	2(+10)	2.7	.	.	2	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Garry Jones	3		0.210	5(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	3.15	.	.
Anna Price	3		0.210	5(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	3.15	.	.
Luke Owen	3		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	2	2.7	.	.	.	.	1	0
Matt Reekie-Black	3		0.200	5(+10)	3	3	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Damian Thomson	3		0.171	4(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	4	2.4	.	.	.	.
Martha Beal	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.
Natalie Singh	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	.	.
Kylie-Clair Bewley	4		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	.	.
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
Anton Freidin	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	.	.
Roger Harding	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrea Hope	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Simon Hopper	1		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Ireland	2		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
George Jakeway	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Tom Newson	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	.	.	.	.	.	.
David Schick	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Jules Smith	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Alex Yate	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Pete Wright	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Tracy	4		0	5(+10)	0	5	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 (2016-2020).
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.
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
2016: Played and Points, see 2016 player data

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