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	3.347	240	803.25	49	162	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
Jim Green	0	2	3.324	117	388.9	11	54	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
James Newman	0	3	3.322	48(+6)	179.4	25	84	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	0	4	3.314	102	338	30	122	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Adam Sinclair	0	5	3.245	113	366.65	23	98	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Nick Barham	0	6	3.235	255	824.8	98	359.5	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
Chris Rogers	0	7	3.044	109	331.8	32	136.5	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Ian Tarr	0	8	3.019	269	812	71	245	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Ann Pocknell	0	9	3.012	133	400.6	30	118	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Alan Joicey	0	10	2.890	121	349.75	20	75	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Cecilia Rogers	0	11	2.885	121	349.1	15	51	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Steffen Nowak	0	12	2.872	132	379.1	36	132.5	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Ian Anderson	0	13	2.863	186	532.5	46	190.5	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Kev Peters	0	14	2.848	111	316.1	25	56	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Natalie Singh	0	15	2.847	105	298.9	24	84	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Tim Line	0	16	2.837	318	902.25	89	274.5	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Dicky Biddle	0	17	2.830	88(+2)	254.7	17	67.5	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Ian Hedges	0	18	2.799	155	433.8	33	117	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
Stuart Mann	0	19	2.680	120	321.55	10	33	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Simon Baker	0	20	2.643	127	335.7	10	27	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Steve Pickard	0	21	2.597	116	301.3	20	55.5	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
Neil Young	0	22	2.595	131	339.9	36	99.5	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
George Georgiou	0	23	2.512	165	414.55	24	57	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Warner Solomon	1	24	2.482	138	342.5	15	50.5	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Andy Boysan	1	25	2.429	140	340.1	7	25	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Mark Dixon	1	26	2.398	96(+1)	232.6	19	44	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Michael Petrakas	1	27	2.391	125	298.85	12	35	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Hazel Harper	0	28	2.378	150	356.7	38	84	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Simonetta Herrera	0	29	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Jon Organ	1	30	2.354	153	360.15	22	42	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Phil Charlton	1	31	2.330	123	286.6	9	19	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Barry Vasili	1	32	2.306	135	311.35	44	116.5	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Chris Hughes	1	33	2.284	121	276.35	36	86	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Scott Wood	1	34	2.278	117	266.5	23	50.5	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Elias Hamati	1	35	2.272	220	499.75	60	128.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Richard Owsley	0	36	2.218	109	241.8	15	50.5	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Gerald Whitehouse	1	37	2.187	102	223.1	14	41.5	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Steve Morris	1	38	2.179	110	239.65	28	52	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Savas Christodoulou	1	39	2.107	22(+8)	63.2	19	47	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Blinkhorn	1	40	2.075	120	249.05	11	28.5	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Dom Verrall	1	41	2.066	53(+5)	119.8	11	38	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Alp Ozbas	1	42	2.062	41(+6)	96.9	26	46.5	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stephen Little	0	43	2.044	286	584.45	74	116	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Derek Clew	1	44	2.035	14(+9)	46.8	11	36	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reece Hodges	0	45	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Simon Tracy	1	46	2.016	197	397.2	9	14	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Robin Gunney	2	47	1.980	115	227.75	10	16.5	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Ed Turner	2	48	1.956	101	197.6	14	34	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Steve Cox	2	49	1.911	28(+8)	68.8	8	22	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Smith	2	50	1.901	130	247.15	11	16.5	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Matt Sharp	2	51	1.873	72(+3)	140.45	2	0	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Safi Tracy	2	52	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Gary Plant	2	53	1.861	102	189.8	8	27.5	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Paul Watts	2	54	1.855	122	226.35	10	20	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Hemal Getalal	2	55	1.848	124	229.2	6	5.5	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Pete Boxer	2	56	1.824	35(+7)	76.6	10	28	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	57	1.780	104	185.1	31	54	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	58	1.757	106	186.2	8	4	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Fred North	2	59	1.715	77(+3)	137.2	9	26	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Charlie Hetherington	2	60	1.714	19(+9)	48	19	48	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	61	1.699	90(+1)	154.6	11	28	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Ben Crowden	2	62	1.692	116	196.3	14	16	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Umut Bilge	0	63	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Dave Pym	2	64	1.681	111	186.6	9	16	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Michael Corbett	2	65	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Pearl Foster	2	66	1.616	125	201.95	9	10	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Neil Edwards	2	67	1.600	78(+3)	129.6	8	24	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Flora von Michel	2	68	1.594	48(+6)	86.1	11	24	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	69	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Andy Zographou	2	70	1.560	145	226.25	26	58.5	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Marcel Bancroft	2	71	1.542	104	160.4	12	40	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Simon Hughes	0	72	1.531	118	180.6	8	12	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Cliff Blofield	2	73	1.514	127	192.3	19	49.5	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Cynthia Roberts	2	74	1.512	109	164.8	39	64	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Rob Clarke	2	75	1.490	85(+2)	129.65	10	22	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Titus Simen	2	76	1.428	33(+7)	57.1	8	5.5	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
John Rixon	2	77	1.423	19(+9)	39.85	7	16	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	78	1.399	85(+2)	121.7	9	20	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
Eamonn Reay	2	79	1.367	103	145.4	9	26	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
James Lintell-Smith	2	80	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Kev Lee	2	81	1.330	30(+7)	49.2	6	12	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	82	1.314	118	155	11	17	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
Carwyn Jenkins	2	83	1.273	13(+9)	28	11	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Jordan White	3	84	1.207	51(+5)	67.6	14	28	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Simon Dicken	3	85	1.200	38(+7)	54	11	12	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	86	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
Photis Gittoes	3	87	1.188	26(+8)	40.4	8	8	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
James Timoney	3	88	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	89	1.165	89(+2)	106	.	.	18	28.8	21	19.2	26	28	24	30
Adrian Farthing	3	90	1.163	34(+7)	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	47.7
John Curran	3	91	1.144	121	138.4	31	42	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
Ceri Pierce	3	92	1.131	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	3	93	1.022	107	109.4	7	4	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
Caroline Boulton	3	94	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Mitch Tucker	3	95	0.964	32(+7)	37.6	11	16	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ben Crabb	3	96	0.865	29(+8)	32	.	.	2	0	27	32	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	97	0.819	56(+6)	50.8	9	8	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Martha Beal	3	98	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Freddy Doubtfire	3	99	0.632	10(+9)	12	8	12	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aidan Kenny	3	100	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	101	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	.	.	.	.
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
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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