Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2019	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2023		2022		2021		2020		2019
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Andy Boysan	0	1	3.581	111	397.45	8	28	103	369.45	111	292.8	115	224.35	112	229.8
Gaz Owen	0	2	3.350	199	666.6	29	136.5	170	530.1	181	588	118	339.5	117	288
Chris Rogers	0	3	3.243	204	661.6	14	56	81	298.8	109	306.8	50	159.6	67	146.7
Cecilia Rogers	0	4	3.089	201	620.9	7	26	72	263.7	122	331.2	64	121.1	55	118.2
Nick Barham	0	5	3.059	172	526.1	27	104	145	422.1	157	401.6	56	171.15	102	224.1
Stuart Mann	0	6	2.984	113	337.2	4	21	24	75.6	28	100.8	29	63	28	76.8
George Georgiou	0	7	2.916	148	431.55	11	27	137	404.55	38	105.2	74	143.85	50	90
Simonetta Herrera	0	8	2.842	182	517.3	.	.	85	285.3	97	232	104	240.1	130	224.1
Adam Sinclair	0	9	2.768	224	620	19	49	76	217.8	129	353.2	71	154.35	106	215.1
Roland Herrera	0	10	2.754	197	542.5	.	.	67	166.5	130	376	102	209.65	85	170.7
Robin Gunney	0	11	2.711	132	357.8	9	14	123	343.8	80	155.2	85	160.65	10	12
Safi Tracy	0	12	2.692	109	293.4	2	0	107	293.4	104	239.2	59	90.65	.	.
Neil Young	0	13	2.687	123	330.5	7	35	26	67.5	38	100.8	23	67.2	29	60
Ian Anderson	0	14	2.666	146	389.3	10	32	136	357.3	86	165.6	38	95.55	.	.
Alan Joicey	0	15	2.662	145	385.95	4	12	141	373.95	111	230.8	100	193.55	19	27
Michael Petrakas	0	16	2.593	35(+7)	108.9	3	10	30	94.5	2	4.4	.	.	.	.
Tim Line	0	17	2.576	246	633.8	22	80.5	224	553.5	203	535.2	123	220.5	113	207.9
Kev Peters	0	18	2.569	210	539.55	7	14	68	204.75	135	320.8	118	229.6	34	55.2
Simon Baker	0	19	2.567	119	305.5	.	.	31	90	32	77.6	56	137.9	25	33.6
Ian Hedges	0	20	2.502	128	320.3	.	.	60	164.7	68	155.6	24	34.65	51	65.1
Jim Green	1	21	2.462	118	290.55	1	5	36	91.35	34	103.2	47	91	34	64.2
Ian Tarr	0	22	2.446	196	479.45	16	42.5	180	436.95	128	358.8	93	205.1	134	194.7
Jon Barnes	0	23	2.418	34(+7)	99.15	.	.	.	.	11	31.6	23	67.55	.	.
James Newman	1	24	2.388	95(+1)	229.25	.	.	.	.	50	125.6	43	99.75	2	3.9
Elias Hamati	1	25	2.374	184	436.9	25	58	159	378.9	122	240.8	.	.	2	3.9
Simon Tracy	1	26	2.371	130	308.2	11	31	118	277.2	90	168.4	64	84	.	.
Simon Hughes	0	27	2.216	146	323.55	.	.	28	61.2	30	100.8	23	28.35	65	133.2
Gerald Whitehouse	1	28	2.154	113	243.4	14	29	46	104.4	53	110	62	85.05	16	16.5
Stephen Little	0	29	2.149	202	434.1	25	48	177	386.1	188	370.4	137	263.2	114	177
Gary Plant	1	30	2.127	97(+1)	208.4	2	0	24	63	28	56	21	50.4	22	39
Chris Hughes	1	31	2.084	110	229.2	12	15	98	214.2	99	224.4	95	186.55	30	36.6
Warner Solomon	1	32	2.057	126	259.2	15	40	39	72	72	147.2	85	156.8	.	.
Natalie Singh	1	33	2.055	123	252.8	4	10	93	216	26	26.8	.	.	.	.
Anna Parker	1	34	2.050	23(+8)	63.55	.	.	.	.	14	40.8	9	22.75	.	.
John Hedge	1	35	2.025	31(+7)	76.95	.	.	.	.	16	38.8	15	38.15	.	.
Phil Charlton	1	36	2.010	105	211.1	.	.	26	58.5	25	49.6	25	36.4	29	66.6
Ismail Yilmaz	1	37	2.007	105	210.7	7	10	27	59.4	28	57.6	37	69.3	6	14.4
Ed Turner	2	38	1.995	102	203.5	.	.	37	72	28	67.2	12	17.5	25	46.8
Dave Pym	2	39	1.975	133	262.7	7	30	24	40.5	37	76	65	116.2	24	25.2
Steffen Nowak	2	40	1.973	118	232.8	1	0	28	73.8	24	36	31	63	34	60
Paul Watts	2	41	1.971	128	252.25	1	5	25	58.5	32	62.4	70	126.35	25	46.2
Adrian Farthing	2	42	1.962	172	337.4	.	.	34	71.55	49	99.6	89	166.25	67	84.9
Ben Crowden	2	43	1.956	96(+1)	189.75	2	7	35	104.4	28	44.8	28	31.15	3	2.4
Matt Reekie-Black	2	44	1.922	81(+2)	159.55	.	.	.	.	61	134	20	25.55	.	.
Mike Smith	2	45	1.912	91(+1)	175.9	1	5	31	72	29	60.8	6	10.5	24	27.6
Mike Rodwell	2	46	1.903	37(+7)	83.75	.	.	.	.	15	37.2	22	46.55	.	.
Steve Pickard	2	47	1.900	31(+7)	72.2	.	.	7	19.8	24	52.4	.	.	.	.
Andrew Selby	2	48	1.880	14(+9)	43.25	.	.	.	.	10	29.6	4	13.65	.	.
Mark Dixon	0	49	1.869	28(+8)	67.3	.	.	.	.	9	24.4	15	27.3	4	15.6
Cliff Blofield	2	50	1.843	107	197.15	4	5	33	55.8	41	85.6	29	50.75	28	28.8
Peter Thistlewood	2	51	1.805	77(+3)	144.4	.	.	.	.	33	63.2	22	39.2	22	42
Hemal Getalal	2	52	1.774	39(+7)	81.6	3	0	28	64.8	8	16.8	.	.	.	.
Steve Morris	2	53	1.767	208	367.55	6	6	75	100.35	127	261.2	88	134.4	83	115.8
Hazel Harper	2	54	1.670	133	222.15	7	16.5	126	205.65	173	278.8	31	42.35	.	.
Daniel Eldridge	0	55	1.661	157	260.7	.	.	.	.	9	12.8	45	91	103	156.9
Richard Owsley	0	56	1.609	148	238.2	4	4	29	52.2	25	56.8	29	40.6	61	84.6
Yuri Cherkasenko	2	57	1.599	29(+8)	59.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	29	59.15	.	.
Jon Organ	2	58	1.591	86(+2)	140	.	.	24	54	20	28	20	28	22	30
Simon Hopper	2	59	1.584	24(+8)	50.7	.	.	.	.	14	41.6	10	9.1	.	.
Fred North	2	60	1.570	77(+3)	125.6	2	4	.	.	31	39.2	20	39.2	24	43.2
Mathew Nicholls	2	61	1.527	84(+2)	131.3	3	5	24	46.8	.	.	37	65.1	20	14.4
Reece Hodges	0	62	1.483	21(+8)	43	.	.	2	5.4	19	37.6	.	.	.	.
John Curran	2	63	1.462	117	171	.	.	117	171	100	97.2	88	94.85	26	21.6
David Tyrrell	2	64	1.438	103	148.15	.	.	.	.	31	40	72	108.15	18	29.4
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	65	1.416	140	198.2	2	0	26	43.2	47	64	65	91	17	22.2
Chas Perry	2	66	1.415	39(+7)	65.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	21	31.5	18	33.6
Denby Pettitt	2	67	1.403	24(+8)	44.9	.	.	.	.	17	37.2	7	7.7	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	68	1.401	180	252.1	18	28	162	224.1	171	237.6	96	108.85	94	116.4
Rufus Rozelaar	2	69	1.400	22(+8)	42	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	22	42
Eamonn Reay	2	70	1.385	92(+1)	128.8	.	.	23	32.4	24	24	25	53.2	20	19.2
Pearl Foster	2	71	1.384	95(+1)	132.9	4	5	27	59.4	22	20	20	24.5	22	24
Alex Hodge	0	72	1.371	12(+9)	28.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	12	28.8
Kylie Hedges	2	73	1.360	78(+3)	110.2	1	0	35	63	40	47.2	.	.	2	0
James Lintell-Smith	2	74	1.356	98(+1)	134.2	1	0	24	46.8	27	40	25	29.4	21	18
Andrew Cobb	2	75	1.331	82(+2)	111.8	.	.	24	45	20	36	20	14	18	16.8
John Lewis	2	76	1.300	24(+8)	41.6	.	.	.	.	24	41.6	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	2	77	1.288	110	141.7	1	0	52	80.1	57	61.6	67	78.4	42	45.6
Tom Chapman	3	78	1.224	115	140.8	5	12	20	36.45	38	43.2	28	22.75	24	26.4
Carwyn Jenkins	3	79	1.205	89(+2)	109.7	.	.	2	0	38	46.8	22	35	27	27.9
Tony Walters	3	80	1.191	62(+4)	78.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	60	74.4
Marcel Bancroft	3	81	1.185	46(+6)	61.6	6	8	24	39.6	3	3.2	10	8.4	3	2.4
Jordan White	3	82	1.170	98(+1)	115.8	.	.	26	36	31	49.6	27	26.6	14	3.6
Frank Jones	3	83	1.169	105	122.7	4	0	38	53.1	63	69.6	37	60.2	13	9
Miles Farren	3	84	1.140	11(+9)	22.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	8.4	6	14.4
Michael Corbett	3	85	1.125	24(+8)	36	3	0	21	36	.	.	.	.	.	.
Neculai Axinte	3	86	1.123	11(+9)	22.45	.	.	.	.	7	8.8	4	13.65	.	.
Pat Holly	3	87	1.068	11(+9)	21.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	21.35	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3	88	0.985	75(+3)	76.85	3	4	21	21.6	27	20.8	24	30.45	.	.
Jason Champion	3	89	0.947	10(+9)	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	18
David Hoare	3	90	0.944	36(+7)	40.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	23	28	13	12.6
Andy Zographou	3	91	0.920	49(+6)	50.6	3	0	36	37.8	10	12.8	.	.	.	.
Alan Parfitt	3	92	0.910	21(+8)	26.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21	26.4
Martha Beal	3	93	0.846	40(+6)	38.9	2	4	26	25.2	7	4.8	5	4.9	.	.
Rosey Bensley	3	94	0.804	41(+6)	37.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	41	37.8	.	.
George Devlin	3	95	0.737	18(+9)	19.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.8	13	17.1
Drew Caudwell	3	96	0.536	20(+8)	15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	20	15
Neil Edwards	3		1.778	8(+10)	32	8	32	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		1.254	4(+10)	17.55	.	.	4	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		1.246	3(+10)	16.2	.	.	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ann Pocknell	0		1.213	5(+10)	18.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	18.2	.	.
Garry Hutchinson	2		1.071	4(+10)	15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	15
Richard Biddle	0		0.980	5(+10)	14.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	14.7
Kristian Mills	1		0.918	7(+10)	15.6	.	.	.	.	5	15.6	2	0	.	.
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.900	3(+10)	11.7	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		0.900	3(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	11.7
Michihito Kageyama	0		0.772	6(+10)	12.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	4.55	3	7.8
John Hurst	0		0.696	4(+10)	9.75	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.646	3(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	8.4	.	.
Gary Kallos	1		0.600	3(+10)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.8
Tim Paulden	2		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.556	7(+10)	9.45	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.450	6(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	6	7.2	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.450	4(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	6.3	.	.
Mary French	3		0.424	7(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	5	7.2
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.405	9(+10)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	7.7	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Hassan Shenavar	3		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
Paul Statter	2		0.371	4(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	4	5.2	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1		0.367	2(+10)	4.4	.	.	.	.	2	4.4	.	.	.	.
Steve Cox	3		0.353	7(+10)	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	6
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Laurentiu Mihalcea	3		0.343	4(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.8
Mate Feher	0		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Mark Ferrin	0		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Andre Larsen	0		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Geoff Paffett	2		0.325	2(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.9
Jysen Quah	1		0.312	3(+10)	4.05	.	.	3	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Calderbank	0		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Andy Marshall	2		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Tim Parfitt	2		0.242	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Andrew Gay	3		0.239	9(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	4.55	.	.
Rob Wills	2		0.225	4(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	3.15	.	.
Eamon Devlin	3		0.215	3(+10)	2.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.8	.	.
Richard Carter	1		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Kian Sabet	3		0.187	5(+10)	2.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.8	.	.
John Sprague	3		0.185	3(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.4
Peter Crispin	3		0.160	5(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	3	2.4
Luke Owen	3		0.150	2(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1.8
Kim Topasna	3		0.150	2(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1.8
Abdul Barakat	0		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Dave Cank	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Dan Lowe	3		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Andrew Montgomery	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Vic Sprake	2		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Nelson Stephens	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Lee Wilkinson	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Michael Clarke	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Assad Al-Doori	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Andy Darby	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Olivier Evard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anton Freidin	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Roger Harding	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Julian Minwalla	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Mustafa Mohammed	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
Allen Tish	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Pete Wright	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Marcus Evans	3		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Ireland	2		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.
Alessandro Corra	4		0	6(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	6	0	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0	6(+10)	0	.	.	2	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 (2019-2023).
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.
2023: Played and Points, see 2023 player data
2022: Played and Points, see 2022 player data
2021: Played and Points, see 2021 player data
2020: Played and Points, see 2020 player data
2019: Played and Points, see 2019 player data

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