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
Nick Barham	0	1	3.526	117	412.5	117	412.5	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
Gaz Owen	0	2	3.432	255	875.25	64	234	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
James Newman	0	3	3.371	50(+5)	185.4	27	90	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	0	4	3.318	110	365	38	149	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Jim Green	0	5	3.309	126	416.9	20	82	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
Adam Sinclair	0	6	3.194	117	373.65	27	105	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Chris Rogers	0	7	3.179	116	368.8	39	173.5	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Tim Line	0	8	3.142	116	364.5	116	364.5	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Ann Pocknell	0	9	3.104	145	450.1	42	167.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Ian Tarr	0	10	3.030	101	306	101	306	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Alan Joicey	0	11	2.968	133	394.75	32	120	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Kev Peters	0	12	2.963	132	391.1	46	131	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Ian Anderson	0	13	2.953	204	602.5	64	260.5	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Steffen Nowak	0	14	2.881	142	409.1	46	162.5	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Natalie Singh	0	15	2.874	108	310.4	27	95.5	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Cecilia Rogers	0	16	2.861	129	369.1	23	71	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Simon Baker	0	17	2.840	102	289.7	16	41	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Ian Hedges	0	18	2.809	169	474.8	47	158	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
Dicky Biddle	0	19	2.797	94(+1)	265.7	23	78.5	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Stuart Mann	0	20	2.767	100	276.65	14	38.5	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
George Georgiou	0	21	2.676	179	479.05	38	121.5	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Steve Pickard	0	22	2.670	113	301.7	34	96.5	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
Neil Young	0	23	2.606	111	289.3	48	134.5	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
Phil Charlton	0	24	2.558	105	268.6	18	40	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Scott Wood	0	25	2.508	132	331	38	115	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Andy Boysan	0	26	2.501	150	375.1	17	60	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Mark Dixon	1	27	2.472	103	254.6	26	66	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Michael Petrakas	1	28	2.425	129	312.85	16	49	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Warner Solomon	1	29	2.400	145	348	22	56	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Jon Organ	1	30	2.384	162	386.15	31	68	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Simonetta Herrera	0	31	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Hazel Harper	0	32	2.304	160	368.7	48	96	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Richard Owsley	0	33	2.282	111	253.3	17	62	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Chris Hughes	1	34	2.280	135	307.85	50	117.5	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Elias Hamati	1	35	2.2732	226	513.75	66	142.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Steve Morris	1	36	2.2728	116	263.65	34	76	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Derek Clew	1	37	2.252	18(+9)	60.8	15	50	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Savas Christodoulou	1	38	2.235	30(+7)	82.7	30	66.5	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Barry Vasili	1	39	2.199	150	329.85	59	135	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	40	2.188	107	234.1	19	52.5	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Robin Gunney	1	41	2.165	123	266.25	18	55	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Paul Watts	1	42	2.070	105	217.35	18	50	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Simon Tracy	1	43	2.046	200	409.2	12	26	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Dom Verrall	1	44	2.031	54(+5)	119.8	12	38	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Mike Smith	1	45	2.026	101	204.65	13	22	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Reece Hodges	0	46	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Alp Ozbas	1	47	2.023	56(+5)	123.4	41	73	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ed Turner	2	48	1.996	105	209.6	18	46	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Hemal Getalal	2	49	1.966	103	202.5	13	22	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Stephen Little	0	50	1.930	107	206.5	107	206.5	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Gary Plant	2	51	1.925	110	211.8	16	49.5	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Simon Blinkhorn	2	52	1.916	130	249.05	21	28.5	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Matt Sharp	2	53	1.873	72(+3)	140.45	2	0	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Safi Tracy	2	54	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Steve Cox	2	55	1.856	36(+7)	79.8	16	33	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fred North	2	56	1.828	84(+2)	157.2	16	46	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Pete Boxer	2	57	1.824	35(+7)	76.6	10	28	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Charlie Hetherington	2	58	1.818	24(+9)	60	24	60	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	59	1.782	114	203.1	41	72	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Ismail Yilmaz	2	60	1.777	95(+1)	170.6	16	44	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	61	1.729	110	190.2	12	8	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Neil Edwards	2	62	1.706	81(+2)	141.6	11	36	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Ben Crowden	2	63	1.692	116	196.3	14	16	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Umut Bilge	0	64	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Dave Pym	2	65	1.672	114	190.6	12	20	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Michael Corbett	2	66	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Pearl Foster	2	67	1.615	103	166.35	14	14	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Cliff Blofield	2	68	1.594	131	208.8	23	66	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Simon Hughes	0	69	1.579	122	192.6	12	24	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Marcel Bancroft	2	70	1.574	107	168.4	15	48	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Andy Zographou	2	71	1.570	153	240.25	34	72.5	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Flora von Michel	2	72	1.565	50(+5)	86.1	13	24	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	73	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Titus Simen	2	74	1.513	38(+7)	68.1	13	16.5	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
Rob Clarke	2	75	1.4850	88(+2)	133.65	13	26	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	76	1.4847	111	164.8	41	64	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
John Rixon	2	77	1.423	19(+9)	39.85	7	16	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Eamonn Reay	2	78	1.398	104	145.4	10	26	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
Frank Jones	2	79	1.387	128	177.5	21	39.5	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
Mathew Nicholls	2	80	1.367	87(+2)	121.7	11	20	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
James Lintell-Smith	2	81	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Jordan White	2	82	1.269	53(+5)	73.6	16	34	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Photis Gittoes	3	83	1.233	28(+8)	44.4	10	12	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kev Lee	3	84	1.230	33(+7)	49.2	9	12	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	3	85	1.217	14(+9)	28	12	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Tom Chapman	3	86	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
John Curran	3	87	1.184	127	150.4	37	54	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
James Timoney	3	88	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
Simon Dicken	3	89	1.174	40(+6)	54	13	12	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	90	1.165	89(+2)	106	.	.	18	28.8	21	19.2	26	28	24	30
Adrian Farthing	3	91	1.163	34(+7)	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	47.7
Ceri Pierce	3	92	1.131	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	3	93	1.039	113	117.4	13	12	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	0.843	60(+5)	54.8	13	12	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Freddy Doubtfire	3	98	0.833	15(+9)	20	13	20	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martha Beal	3	99	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Peter Wise	3	100	0.632	10(+9)	12	10	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aidan Kenny	3	101	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	102	0.476	26(+8)	16.2	12	12	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	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jack Rogers-Crane	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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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