Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2014	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2018		2017		2016		2015		2014
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Chris Rogers	0	1	3.648	130	474.2	66	273.5	64	200.7	42	87.6	12	29.4	.	.
Gaz Owen	0	2	3.554	156	554.5	92	338.5	64	216	72	235.6	48	160.65	35	92.4
Stuart Mann	0	3	3.466	134	464.5	30	103	28	112.5	29	110.4	47	138.6	47	116.4
Jason Champion	0	4	3.443	146	502.65	41	158	56	189.45	49	155.2	67	146.65	19	38.1
Alex Hodge	0	5	3.427	116	397.5	116	397.5	104	343.8	39	105.2	86	204.4	47	94.2
Cecilia Sparke	0	6	3.398	101	343.15	45	151	56	192.15	59	183.2	40	120.75	26	45
Tim Line	0	7	3.185	100	318.5	100	318.5	94	256.05	88	166	69	127.05	66	124.8
Adam Sinclair	0	8	3.167	165	522.55	91	325	74	197.55	52	115.2	53	74.9	12	21
Nick Barham	0	9	3.162	153	483.85	76	230.5	77	253.35	89	234.8	93	231	93	197.7
Simon Baker	0	10	3.142	104	326.8	38	177	20	67.5	22	48	24	34.3	22	42
Ian Tarr	0	11	3.051	107	326.5	107	326.5	125	369.45	117	278.8	110	247.8	103	185.1
Roland Herrera	0	12	2.993	174	520.85	89	263	85	257.85	77	218	79	186.9	81	177
Paul Watts	0	13	2.897	118	341.8	32	110	28	74.7	33	97.6	25	59.5	22	36
Simonetta Herrera	0	14	2.818	110	310	110	310	111	276.75	108	254.4	116	262.5	102	174.3
George Georgiou	0	15	2.786	94(+1)	264.7	33	81	50	152.1	7	26	4	5.6	.	.
Ed Turner	0	16	2.785	127	353.75	40	111	34	85.95	53	156.8	68	145.95	76	146.1
Andy Boysan	0	17	2.784	125	347.95	26	91	35	84.15	64	172.8	33	65.1	60	111
Phil Charlton	0	18	2.661	104	276.7	22	75	20	54	14	33.6	24	63.7	24	50.4
Steffen Nowak	0	19	2.643	127	335.7	31	75	47	128.7	49	132	45	101.5	44	84.6
Dave Pym	0	20	2.531	115	291.1	27	83	30	84.6	31	75.2	27	48.3	22	33
Ian Hedges	0	21	2.525	120	303	61	177	59	126	73	135.2	35	53.9	.	.
Neil Young	0	22	2.514	122	306.7	28	85	20	49.5	38	95.2	36	77	66	128.7
Elias Hamati	1	23	2.440	28(+8)	87.85	4	9	4	4.05	20	74.8	.	.	.	.
Stephen Little	1	24	2.374	107	254	107	254	88	214.2	93	194	83	157.5	27	36.6
Daniel Eldridge	0	25	2.363	150	354.45	73	174	77	180.45	32	47.2	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1	26	2.359	53(+5)	136.8	5	17	10	28.8	30	83.2	3	4.2	5	3.6
Rufus Rozelaar	1	27	2.349	90(+1)	213.75	25	71	41	93.15	24	49.6	.	.	.	.
Simon Hughes	0	28	2.325	142	330.2	61	156.5	81	173.7	82	202.4	92	175.75	94	162.6
Tony Walters	1	29	2.2610	100	226.1	42	113	21	53.1	37	60	12	13.3	17	27
Gary Plant	1	30	2.2609	115	260	24	42	24	63	22	64	24	49	21	42
Mike Smith	1	31	2.259	119	268.8	26	79	20	45	25	60.8	24	42	24	42
Steve Morris	1	32	2.155	171	368.45	89	201.5	82	166.95	87	167.2	92	176.45	92
Chris Hughes	1	33	2.097	162	339.75	45	111	47	93.15	70	135.6	55	68.6	65	99
Richard Owsley	0	34	2.031	137	278.3	76	155	61	123.3	82	162.8	73	121.45	89	139.5
Fred North	2	35	1.969	116	228.35	28	64	22	68.85	20	40	24	31.5	22	24
James Newman	2	36	1.911	116	221.7	.	.	.	.	20	36	48	107.1	48	78.6
Miles Farren	2	37	1.840	80(+2)	150.9	6	11	2	0	15	50.4	8	4.9	49	84.6
Cliff Blofield	2	38	1.810	103	186.4	33	81.5	37	58.5	33	46.4	2	0	.	.
Chas Perry	2	39	1.800	28(+8)	64.8	.	.	.	.	4	14.4	.	.	24	50.4
George Devlin	2	40	1.791	29(+8)	66.25	2	0	6	5.85	21	60.4	.	.	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	41	1.779	151	268.65	64	130.5	87	138.15	59	98	28	29.05	35	29.1
James Lintell-Smith	2	42	1.746	97(+1)	171.1	19	32	4	10.8	24	48	24	45.5	26	34.8
Andy Brown	2	43	1.724	89(+2)	156.85	.	.	28	61.65	11	8.8	28	50.4	22	36
Peter Thistlewood	2	44	1.720	127	218.5	24	55	20	31.5	20	48	31	44.1	32	39.9
Pearl Foster	2	45	1.672	112	187.3	22	50	22	27	25	48.8	23	31.5	20	30
Jon Organ	2	46	1.667	15(+9)	40	15	40	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	2	47	1.654	31(+7)	62.85	10	21	9	24.75	6	9.6	4	4.2	2	3.3
Carwyn Jenkins	2	48	1.567	82(+2)	131.6	14	36	33	48.6	33	42.8	2	4.2	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	49	1.530	108	165.2	23	45	22	54	30	22.8	33	43.4	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	2	50	1.517	21(+8)	44	.	.	.	.	4	9.6	15	30.8	2	3.6
Drew Caudwell	2	51	1.513	112	169.5	30	58	30	35.1	52	76.4	29	32.2	41	30
Steve Cox	2	52	1.459	30(+7)	54	18	36	12	18	.	.	.	.	.	.
Seb Wilkinson	0	53	1.458	17(+9)	37.9	3	13	3	8.1	11	16.8	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	2	54	1.424	107	152.35	30	53	28	34.2	29	48	20	17.15	14	5.7
Warner Solomon	2	55	1.379	19(+9)	38.6	.	.	.	.	9	23.6	2	0	8	15
Rob Brito	2	56	1.351	47(+6)	71.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	29	47.6	18	24
John Curran	3	57	1.190	45(+6)	60.7	24	31	20	29.7	1	0	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	3	58	1.182	26(+8)	40.2	13	24	13	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Chester	3	59	1.163	129	150.05	.	.	18	14.4	2	0	30	46.55	79	89.1
John Corrado	3	60	1.155	50(+5)	63.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	24.5	35	39
Eamonn Reay	3	61	1.148	60(+4)	73.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	27	35.7	33	37.8
Jim Green	3	62	1.1414	21(+8)	33.1	10	23.5	4	5.4	5	0	2	4.2	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	3	63	1.1411	112	127.8	36	46	33	34.2	43	47.6	29	18.9	23	27
James Timoney	3	64	1.068	16(+9)	26.7	15	24	1	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rob Wills	3	65	1.051	27(+8)	36.8	.	.	.	.	7	10	4	7	16	19.8
Andrew Cobb	3	66	1.014	106	107.5	22	25	20	22.5	20	12	24	21	20	27
Alan Parfitt	3	67	0.974	14(+9)	22.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	22.4	.	.
Alin Buzescu	3	68	0.900	11(+9)	18	.	.	.	.	5	9.6	6	8.4	.	.
Andrew Gay	3	69	0.889	19(+9)	24.9	4	6	15	18.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jude Pitt	3	70	0.881	23(+8)	27.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	14.7	12	12.6
Bob Markham	3	71	0.875	19(+9)	24.5	.	.	7	11.7	12	12.8	.	.	.	.
Chrissy Carter	3	72	0.863	24(+8)	27.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	27.6
Matt Robson	3	73	0.835	14(+9)	19.2	9	12	.	.	5	7.2	.	.	.	.
Julian Minwalla	0	74	0.832	10(+9)	15.8	4	9	.	.	6	6.8	.	.	.	.
Simon Temme	3	75	0.765	14(+9)	17.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	5.6	8	12
Mary French	3	76	0.736	37(+7)	32.4	.	.	15	21.6	8	2.4	14	8.4	.	.
Sean Hopson	3	77	0.700	22(+8)	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	22	21
Dave Cank	3	78	0.522	14(+9)	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	12
Horst Stenzel	0	79	0.500	45(+6)	25.5	.	.	.	.	22	12	11	6.3	12	7.2
Graham Smith	3	80	0.495	11(+9)	9.9	.	.	11	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Malcolm Patterson	3	81	0.479	36(+7)	20.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	5.6	22	15
Paul Male	3	82	0.445	13(+9)	9.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	13	9.8	.	.
Jon Pemberton	3	83	0.385	11(+9)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	7.7	.	.
Colin Sara	3	84	0.365	15(+9)	8.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	6.65	6	2.1
Jordan White	3	85	0.273	13(+9)	6	13	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Angie Vick	3	86	0.111	10(+9)	2.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	2.1
John Plummer	3		1.379	9(+10)	26.2	5	13	.	.	4	13.2	.	.	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		1.344	6(+10)	21.5	2	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	15
Jack Armorgie	3		1.125	6(+10)	18	.	.	6	18	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		1.060	5(+10)	15.9	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Peter Ozanne	1		0.987	5(+10)	14.8	.	.	.	.	5	14.8	.	.	.	.
Wayne Felton	0		0.929	4(+10)	13	4	13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brendan Bensley	3		0.900	3(+10)	11.7	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yusuf Adenwala	3		0.868	4(+10)	12.15	.	.	4	12.15	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jerry Limb	1		0.857	4(+10)	12	4	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ian Anderson	3		0.844	6(+10)	13.5	6	13.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kevin Peters	3		0.786	4(+10)	11	4	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosey Bensley	2		0.780	5(+10)	11.7	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	.	.	2	0
Cris Horincar	1		0.738	3(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	3	9.6	.	.	.	.
Bahman Salahshour	2		0.695	9(+10)	13.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	13.2
Tony Lee	1		0.640	5(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Hugh Swann	3		0.635	7(+10)	10.8	2	0	5	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Bell	3		0.623	3(+10)	8.1	.	.	3	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sean Jones	3		0.582	7(+10)	9.9	.	.	7	9.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	0		0.570	5(+10)	8.55	3	4	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
John Slattery	0		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.2
Gary Kallos	3		0.542	2(+10)	6.5	2	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Allen Tish	3		0.542	2(+10)	6.5	2	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ian Shaw	1		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Julia Hayward	1		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Walder	3		0.484	9(+10)	9.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	5.6	3	3.6
Julian Fetterlein	0		0.483	8(+10)	8.7	3	4.5	.	.	3	0	2	4.2	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.458	2(+10)	5.5	2	5.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3		0.450	8(+10)	8.1	.	.	8	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kevin Jones	0		0.450	4(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	6.3
Vic Sprake	3		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Graham Alder	3		0.447	7(+10)	7.6	.	.	.	.	7	7.6	.	.	.	.
Adrian Farthing	3		0.438	6(+10)	7	6	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Thomas Preece	3		0.407	4(+10)	5.7	2	3	2	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Robin Gunney	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Mark Wait	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Anna Price	3		0.381	8(+10)	6.85	.	.	5	4.05	.	.	3	2.8	.	.
Bez Chokami	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Eric McAlpine	0		0.346	3(+10)	4.5	3	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	3		0.324	7(+10)	5.5	5	5.5	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Deana Romain	3		0.275	4(+10)	3.85	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.85	2	0
Neil Edwards	3		0.275	2(+10)	3.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.3
Garry Jones	3		0.270	5(+10)	4.05	.	.	5	4.05	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dave Street	3		0.215	3(+10)	2.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.8	.	.
Damian Thomson	3		0.214	4(+10)	3	4	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcus Wrinch	0		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Stelios Choustoulakis	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michael Clarke	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Jones	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Mike Kleinsteuber	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Luke Owen	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	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Giles Ashton	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Beardsell	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Matt Black	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Kevin Carter	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Robin Davidson	4		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	.	.	.	.
Richard Gazzard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Shaun Goode	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrea Hope	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hurst	0		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
George Jakeway	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Hadi Kermani	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Alexe Marin	2		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Tom Newson	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Geoff Ralph	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
David Schick	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
John Sprague	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Pete Wright	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Alex Yate	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Paul Kirwin	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	0
Derek Wright	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 (2014-2018).
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.
2018: Played and Points, see 2018 player data
2017: Played and Points, see 2017 player data
2016: Played and Points, see 2016 player data
2015: Played and Points, see 2015 player data
2014: Played and Points, see 2014 player data

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