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	3.479	276	960.25	85	319	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
Nick Barham	0	2	3.434	136	467	136	467	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
Jim Green	0	3	3.396	131	444.9	25	110	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
Ian Hedges	0	4	3.323	104	345.6	62	216	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
James Newman	0	5	3.309	76(+3)	261.4	53	166	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Ian Tarr	0	6	3.279	136	446	136	446	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Phil Doubtfire	0	7	3.231	117	378	45	162	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Chris Rogers	0	8	3.212	131	420.8	54	225.5	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Adam Sinclair	0	9	3.164	126	398.65	36	130	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Alan Joicey	0	10	3.099	107	331.55	43	152	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
George Georgiou	0	11	3.070	104	319.3	59	208.5	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Ian Anderson	0	12	3.038	238	723	98	381	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Steffen Nowak	0	13	3.022	164	495.6	68	249	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Ann Pocknell	0	14	3.019	160	483.1	57	200.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Simon Baker	0	15	2.979	109	324.7	23	76	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Kev Peters	0	16	2.958	141	417.1	55	157	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Tim Line	0	17	2.897	160	463.5	160	463.5	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Dicky Biddle	0	18	2.887	99(+1)	288.7	28	101.5	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Natalie Singh	0	19	2.848	109	310.4	28	95.5	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Stuart Mann	0	20	2.816	108	304.15	22	66	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Derek Clew	0	21	2.788	26(+8)	94.8	23	84	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cecilia Rogers	0	22	2.765	136	376.1	31	78	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Warner Solomon	0	23	2.707	100	270.7	26	72.5	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Scott Wood	0	24	2.667	153	408	59	192	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Phil Charlton	0	25	2.648	112	296.6	25	68	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Steve Pickard	0	26	2.634	121	318.7	42	113.5	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
Andy Boysan	0	27	2.594	160	415.1	27	100	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Mark Dixon	0	28	2.501	111	277.6	34	89	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Michael Petrakas	1	29	2.426	103	249.85	20	49	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Neil Young	1	30	2.382	141	335.8	78	181	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
Simonetta Herrera	0	31	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Richard Owsley	0	32	2.344	120	281.3	26	90	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Jon Organ	1	33	2.332	169	394.15	38	76	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Savas Christodoulou	1	34	2.316	51(+5)	129.7	48	113.5	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hazel Harper	0	35	2.296	183	420.2	71	147.5	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Steve Morris	1	36	2.290	123	281.65	41	94	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Elias Hamati	1	37	2.252	237	533.75	77	162.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Chris Hughes	1	38	2.229	159	354.35	74	164	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Robin Gunney	1	39	2.217	130	288.25	25	77	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Barry Vasili	1	40	2.204	168	370.35	77	175.5	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Paul Watts	1	41	2.194	110	241.35	23	74	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Gerald Whitehouse	1	42	2.150	114	245.1	26	63.5	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Mike Smith	1	43	2.110	110	232.15	22	49.5	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Hemal Getalal	1	44	2.091	110	230	20	49.5	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Steve Cox	1	45	2.049	41(+6)	96.3	21	49.5	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Tracy	1	46	2.046	200	409.2	12	26	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Ed Turner	1	47	2.032	113	229.6	26	66	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Reece Hodges	0	48	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Stephen Little	0	49	2.015	162	326.5	162	326.5	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Dom Verrall	2	50	1.997	62(+4)	131.8	20	50	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Alp Ozbas	2	51	1.991	59(+5)	127.4	44	77	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gary Plant	2	52	1.985	115	228.3	21	66	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	53	1.901	119	226.2	21	44	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Simon Blinkhorn	2	54	1.884	138	260.05	29	39.5	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	55	1.882	126	237.1	53	106	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Matt Sharp	2	56	1.873	72(+3)	140.45	2	0	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Safi Tracy	2	57	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Fred North	2	58	1.836	88(+2)	165.2	20	54	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Pete Boxer	2	59	1.824	35(+7)	76.6	10	28	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Charlie Hetherington	2	60	1.818	24(+9)	60	24	60	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	61	1.804	98(+1)	178.6	19	52	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Cliff Blofield	2	62	1.790	102	182.6	27	77	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Flora von Michel	2	63	1.768	55(+5)	106.1	18	44	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Dave Pym	2	64	1.755	120	210.6	18	40	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Andy Zographou	2	65	1.723	111	193.85	48	84.5	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Umut Bilge	0	66	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Neil Edwards	2	67	1.681	87(+2)	149.6	17	44	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Simon Hughes	0	68	1.678	100	167.8	18	40	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Ben Crowden	2	69	1.669	120	200.3	18	20	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Michael Corbett	2	70	1.6429	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Pearl Foster	2	71	1.6428	111	182.35	22	30	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Lulzim Alla	2	72	1.629	12(+9)	34.2	7	18	5	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcel Bancroft	2	73	1.625	111	180.4	19	60	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Carwyn Jenkins	2	74	1.600	22(+8)	48	20	48	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Cynthia Roberts	2	75	1.574	125	196.8	55	96	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Roland Herrera	0	76	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Rob Clarke	2	77	1.523	92(+1)	141.65	17	34	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Titus Simen	2	78	1.513	38(+7)	68.1	13	16.5	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	79	1.459	133	194	26	56	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
Kev Lee	2	80	1.442	42(+6)	69.2	18	32	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
John Rixon	2	81	1.423	19(+9)	39.85	7	16	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Eamonn Reay	2	82	1.398	104	145.4	10	26	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
James Lintell-Smith	2	83	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Photis Gittoes	2	84	1.312	36(+7)	56.4	18	24	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	85	1.295	93(+1)	121.7	17	20	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
Jordan White	2	86	1.255	61(+4)	81.6	24	42	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Tom Chapman	3	87	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
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
Freddy Doubtfire	3	91	1.143	20(+8)	32	18	32	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ceri Pierce	3	92	1.1314	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Curran	3	93	1.1308	133	150.4	43	54	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
Mandy Macdonald	3	94	1.047	116	121.4	16	16	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
Simon Dicken	3	95	1.038	46(+6)	54	19	12	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Mitch Tucker	3	96	1.013	38(+7)	45.6	17	24	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3	97	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Ben Crabb	3	98	0.865	29(+8)	32	.	.	2	0	27	32	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	99	0.828	66(+5)	58.8	19	16	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	100	0.719	35(+7)	30.2	21	26	4	0	.	.	10	4.2	.	.
Martha Beal	3	101	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Peter Wise	3	102	0.667	15(+9)	16	15	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aidan Kenny	3	103	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
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	.	.
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	.	.
Fiona Beard	3		0.692	3(+10)	9	3	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.482	7(+10)	8.2	3	4	.	.	.	.	4	4.2	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ed Collinge	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jack Rogers-Crane	3		0.267	5(+10)	4	5	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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
Caius Freeman	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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
Sandy Lush	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pete Miller	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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