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	4.111	135	555	135	555	118	436.5	117	384	99	250.95	64	144
Chris Rogers	0	2	3.910	136	531.7	86	326.5	50	205.2	67	195.6	68	196.35	64	133.8
Tim Line	0	3	3.462	145	502	145	502	123	283.5	113	277.2	107	236.25	94	170.7
Stuart Mann	0	4	3.281	112	367.5	25	112	29	81	28	102.4	30	72.1	28	75
Cecilia Rogers	0	5	3.257	101	329	101	329	64	155.7	55	157.6	46	109.9	56	128.1
Adam Sinclair	0	6	3.196	163	520.95	92	322.5	71	198.45	106	286.8	98	250.25	74	131.7
Nick Barham	0	7	3.143	112	352	112	352	56	220.05	102	298.8	79	163.8	77	168.9
Jon Barnes	0	8	3.082	34(+7)	126.35	11	39.5	23	86.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kev Peters	0	9	3.071	120	368.5	120	368.5	118	295.2	34	73.6	7	21.35	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	10	3.056	199	608.05	97	338.5	102	269.55	85	227.6	94	190.75	85	171.9
James Newman	0	11	3.040	85(+2)	264.45	40	131	43	128.25	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Simonetta Herrera	0	12	2.970	176	522.7	72	214	104	308.7	130	298.8	120	231.7	111	184.5
Neil Young	0	13	2.963	115	340.7	33	112	23	86.4	29	80	30	62.3	20	33
Ian Tarr	0	14	2.900	168	487.2	75	223.5	93	263.7	134	259.6	113	236.6	125	246.3
Andy Boysan	0	15	2.883	210	605.45	95	317	115	288.45	112	306.4	29	72.1	35	56.1
Jim Green	0	16	2.878	102	293.6	21	91	47	117	34	85.6	12	16.45	4	3.6
Ian Anderson	0	17	2.796	101	282.35	63	159.5	38	122.85	.	.	6	9.45	.	.
Simon Baker	0	18	2.774	110	305.1	29	83	56	177.3	25	44.8	39	123.9	20	45
Simon Hughes	0	19	2.737	114	312.05	26	98	23	36.45	65	177.6	66	115.15	81	115.8
Chris Hughes	0	20	2.642	175	462.35	80	222.5	95	239.85	30	48.8	45	77.7	47	62.1
Anna Clarke	0	21	2.589	23(+8)	80.25	14	51	9	29.25	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hedge	0	22	2.567	31(+7)	97.55	16	48.5	15	49.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Warner Solomon	0	23	2.533	141	357.1	56	155.5	85	201.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
George Georgiou	0	24	2.531	144	364.45	20	59.5	74	184.95.	50	120	33	57.05	50	101.4
Alex Hodge	0	25	2.524	131	330.65	.	.	.	.	12	38.4	119	292.25	104	229.2
Andrew Selby	0	26	2.503	11(+9)	50.05	7	32.5	4	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Alan Joicey	1	27	2.499	186	464.85	86	216	100	248.85	19	36	.	.	.	.
Robin Gunney	1	28	2.497	149	372.05	64	165.5	85	206.55	10	16	.	.	.	.
Safi Tracy	1	29	2.485	131	325.55	72	209	59	116.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Phil Charlton	1	30	2.462	103	253.6	25	62	25	46.8	29	88.8	24	56	20	36
Adrian Farthing	1	31	2.456	120	294.75	31	81	89	213.75	67	113.2	6	4.9	.	.
Stephen Little	0	32	2.453	127	311.5	127	311.5	137	338.4	114	236	118	204.75	88	142.8
Elias Hamati	1	33	2.444	103	251.7	93	237.5	.	.	2	5.2	4	6.3	4	2.7
Jason Champion	1	34	2.438	107	260.9	.	.	.	.	10	24	41	110.6	56	126.3
Paul Watts	1	35	2.436	124	302.05	29	78	70	162.45	25	61.6	32	77	28	49.8
Dave Pym	1	36	2.420	101	244.4	36	95	65	149.4	24	33.6	29	61.6	30	56.4
Mike Rodwell	1	37	2.417	37(+7)	106.35	15	46.5	22	59.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Reekie-Black	1	38	2.405	72(+3)	180.35	52	147.5	20	32.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Dixon	0	39	2.400	28(+8)	86.4	9	30.5	15	35.1	4	20.8	.	.	.	.
Ed Turner	1	40	2.372	101	239.6	24	77	12	22.5	25	62.4	40	77.7	34	57.3
Steve Morris	1	41	2.270	179	406.3	91	233.5	88	172.8	83	154.4	94	147.35	82	111.3
Ian Hedges	1	42	2.260	109	246.35	34	115	24	44.55	51	86.8	63	128.1	59	84
Ismail Yilmaz	1	43	2.213	112	247.8	24	72	37	89.1	6	19.2	23	31.5	22	36
Steffen Nowak	1	44	2.209	117	258.5	21	45	31	81	34	80	31	52.5	47	85.8
Daniel Eldridge	0	45	2.180	157	342.2	9	16	45	117	103	209.2	77	126	77	120.3
Gary Plant	1	46	2.1235	115	244.2	24	56	21	64.8	22	52	24	29.4	24	42
Simon Hopper	1	47	2.1233	22(+8)	63.7	12	52	10	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	48	2.119	108	228.85	46	119.5	62	109.35	16	22	.	.	.	.
Richard Owsley	0	49	2.063	112	231	22	66	29	52.2	61	112.8	80	116.9	61	82.2
Yuri Cherkasenko	1	50	2.055	29(+8)	76.05	.	.	29	76.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Tracy	1	51	2.004	120	240.5	56	132.5	64	108	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peter Thistlewood	2	52	1.999	119	237.9	31	72	22	50.4	22	56	24	38.5	20	21
Cliff Blofield	2	53	1.998	129	257.7	39	97	29	65.25	28	38.4	33	57.05	37	39
Fred North	2	54	1.948	100	194.8	28	42	20	50.4	24	57.6	28	44.8	22	45.9
Mike Smith	2	55	1.916	100	191.6	23	56	6	13.5	24	36.8	27	55.3	20	30
Hazel Boucher	2	56	1.888	125	236	125	236	31	54.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chas Perry	2	57	1.854	39(+7)	85.3	.	.	21	40.5	18	44.8	.	.	.	.
Rufus Rozelaar	2	58	1.844	89(+2)	167.8	.	.	.	.	22	56	26	49.7	41	62.1
John Lewis	2	59	1.793	21(+8)	52	21	52	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
David Tyrrell	2	60	1.771	100	177.05	28	38	72	139.05	18	39.2	.	.	.	.
Tony Walters	2	61	1.766	104	183.7	.	.	2	5.4	60	99.2	42	79.1	21	35.4
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	62	1.750	108	189	43	72	65	117	17	29.6	.	.	.	.
Jon Organ	2	63	1.720	72(+3)	129	14	25	20	36	22	40	16	28	.	.
Eamonn Reay	2	64	1.687	63(+4)	113	18	20	25	68.4	20	25.6	.	.	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	65	1.665	124	206.5	124	206.5	96	139.95	94	155.2	68	95.55	87	92.1
Frank Jones	2	66	1.606	103	165.4	53	76	37	77.4	13	12	5	3.85	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	67	1.535	83(+2)	130.5	.	.	37	83.7	20	19.2	13	16.8	13	10.8
Ben Crowden	2	68	1.496	56(+5)	91.25	25	48	28	40.05	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	2	69	1.459	131	191.1	34	48.5	22	45	27	37.2	15	28	33	32.4
James Lintell-Smith	2	70	1.446	94(+1)	137.4	24	46	25	37.8	21	24	20	22.4	4	7.2
Neculai Axinte	2	71	1.428	11(+9)	28.55	7	11	4	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	2	72	1.408	17(+9)	36.6	2	5.5	.	.	.	.	5	11.9	10	19.2
Mandy Macdonald	2	73	1.400	117	163.8	50	63	67	100.8	42	60.8	37	35.7	33	22.8
Pat Holly	2	74	1.373	11(+9)	27.45	.	.	11	27.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	2	75	1.356	107	145.05	23	40	28	29.25	24	35.2	32	40.6	28	22.8
Miles Farren	2	76	1.321	19(+9)	37	.	.	5	10.8	6	19.2	6	7	2	0
Denby Pettitt	2	77	1.318	20(+8)	36.9	13	27	7	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Curran	2	78	1.282	156	199.95	68	78	88	121.95	26	28.8	24	21.7	20	19.8
Pearl Foster	2	79	1.274	106	135	18	15	20	31.5	22	32	24	38.5	22	18
David Hoare	3	80	1.228	36(+7)	52.8	.	.	23	36	13	16.8	.	.	.	.
Alan Parfitt	3	81	1.214	21(+8)	35.2	.	.	.	.	21	35.2	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	82	1.164	100	116.4	18	40	20	18	18	22.4	24	21	20	15
Andy Brown	3	83	1.142	28(+8)	41.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28	41.1
Rosey Bensley	3	84	1.12800	44(+6)	56.4	.	.	41	48.6	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Caroline Boulton	3	85	1.12797	54(+5)	66.55	22	22	24	39.15	.	.	.	.	8	5.4
Marcus Evans	3	86	1.114	19(+9)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	14.7	9	16.5
Jordan White	3	87	1.112	79(+3)	91.2	25	48	27	34.2	14	4.8	13	4.2	.	.
Natalie Singh	3	88	1.071	19(+9)	30	19	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Cox	3	89	1.067	38(+7)	48	.	.	.	.	7	8	19	28	12	12
Steve Pickard	2	90	1.043	14(+9)	24	14	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Drew Caudwell	3	91	1.024	80(+2)	84	.	.	.	.	20	20	30	40.6	30	23.4
George Devlin	3	92	0.891	26(+8)	30.3	.	.	5	3.6	13	22.8	2	0	6	3.9
Kylie-Clair Hedges	3	93	0.800	22(+8)	24	20	24	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Mary French	3	94	0.800	22(+8)	24	.	.	2	0	5	9.6	.	.	15	14.4
James Timoney	3	95	0.793	18(+9)	21.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	19.6	1	1.8
Marcel Bancroft	3	96	0.750	16(+9)	18	3	4	10	10.8	3	3.2	.	.	.	.
Andrew Gay	3	97	0.629	28(+8)	22.65	.	.	9	5.85	.	.	4	4.2	15	12.6
Martha Beal	3	98	0.615	11(+9)	12.3	6	6	5	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bob Markham	3	99	0.459	7(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.8
John Chester	3	100	0.356	18(+9)	9.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18	9.6
Graham Smith	3	101	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	.	.	.	.
Reece Hodges	1		1.353	7(+10)	23	7	23	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		1.244	8(+10)	22.4	.	.	.	.	5	19.6	3	2.8	.	.
Hemal Getalal	3		1.167	8(+10)	21	8	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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
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
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.563	6(+10)	9	6	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dan Lowe	3		0.481	6(+10)	7.7	.	.	.	.	1	0	5	7.7	.	.
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	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Zographou	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Luke Owen	3		0.200	2(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	2	2.4	.	.	.	.
Kim Topasna	3		0.200	2(+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	.	.
Abdul Barakat	0		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	.	.
Andrew Montgomery	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lee Wilkinson	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	.	.	.	.
Alessandro Corra	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Paul Statter	2		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pete Wright	4		0	2(+10)	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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