Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2020	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2024		2023		2022		2021		2020
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.309	131	433.5	131	433.5	201	787.05	170	471.2	181	514.5	118	291
Cecilia Rogers	0	2	3.230	138	445.7	26	79	40	132.3	72	234.4	122	289.8	64	103.8
Stuart Mann	0	3	3.224	104	335.3	26	98	26	81.9	24	67.2	28	88.2	29	54
Ian Tarr	0	4	3.152	141	444.5	141	444.5	189	545.85	180	388.4	128	313.95	93	175.8
George Georgiou	0	5	3.149	129	406.25	33	89	96	317.25	137	359.6	38	92.05	74	123.3
Kev Peters	0	6	3.120	110	343.2	54	174	56	169.2	68	182	135	280.7	118	196.8
Chris Rogers	0	7	3.111	178	553.7	78	267.5	100	286.2	81	265.6	109	268.45	50	136.8
Adam Sinclair	0	8	3.106	209	649.2	88	309	121	340.2	76	193.6	129	309.05	71	132.3
Ian Anderson	0	9	3.042	119	362	119	362	127	337.05	136	317.6	86	144.9	38	81.9
Nick Barham	0	10	3.030	216	654.4	84	257.5	132	396.9	145	375.2	157	351.4	56	146.7
Jim Green	0	11	3.025	129	390.2	24	90	35	128.7	36	81.2	34	90.3	47	78
Simonetta Herrera	0	12	3.022	100	302.2	2	0	13	48.6	85	253.6	97	203	104	205.8
Andy Boysan	0	13	2.954	199	587.8	25	65	71	194.4	103	328.4	111	256.2	115	192.3
Neil Young	0	14	2.871	124	355.95	28	93	32	114.75	26	60	38	88.2	23	57.6
Simon Baker	0	15	2.796	113	316	22	88	28	80.1	31	80	32	67.9	56	118.2
Dicky Biddle	0	16	2.750	36(+7)	118.25	29	98	7	20.25	.	.	.	.	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	0	17	2.739	79(+3)	224.6	43	140	36	84.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steffen Nowak	0	18	2.730	104	283.9	41	122	35	96.3	28	65.6	24	31.5	31	54
Michael Petrakas	0	19	2.628	82(+2)	220.75	20	60	30	72.9	30	84	2	3.85	.	.
Ian Hedges	0	20	2.572	120	308.65	79	229	41	79.65	60	146.4	68	136.15	24	29.7
Steve Pickard	0	21	2.525	85(+2)	219.65	37	104	17	52.2	7	17.6	24	45.85	.	.
Mark Dixon	1	22	2.488	58(+5)	156.75	34	112	.	.	.	.	9	21.35	15	23.4
Phil Charlton	1	23	2.466	106	261.4	27	103	28	63	26	52	25	43.4	25	31.2
Tim Line	0	24	2.432	161	391.5	161	391.5	248	714.6	224	492	203	468.3	123	189
Roland Herrera	0	25	2.421	197	477	.	.	.	.	67	148	130	329	102	179.7
Safi Tracy	1	26	2.401	167	401	7	16	53	124.2	107	260.8	104	209.3	59	77.7
Warner Solomon	1	27	2.386	118	281.6	30	97	49	120.6	39	64	72	128.8	85	134.4
James Newman	1	28	2.340	103	241	6	24	4	21.6	.	.	50	109.9	43	85.5
Natalie Singh	1	29	2.321	184	427	41	127	50	108	93	192	26	23.45	.	.
Umut Bilge	0	30	2.310	12(+9)	48.5	12	48.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Smith	1	31	2.301	112	257.7	24	68.5	28	72	31	64	29	53.2	6	9
Robin Gunney	1	32	2.296	187	429.4	22	41	42	82.8	123	305.6	80	135.8	85	137.7
Alan Joicey	1	33	2.293	238	545.7	29	90	68	123.3	141	332.4	111	201.95	100	165.9
Simon Tracy	1	34	2.275	102	232	102	232	112	252	118	246.4	90	147.35	64	72
Stephen Little	0	35	2.260	277	626.1	90	249	187	377.1	177	343.2	188	324.1	137	225.6
Ann Pocknell	0	36	2.259	29(+8)	83.6	24	68	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	15.6
Elias Hamati	1	37	2.257	258	582.3	92	198	166	384.3	159	336.8	122	210.7	.	.
Paul Watts	1	38	2.200	110	242	24	67	29	68.4	25	52	32	54.6	70	108.3
Matt Sharp	1	39	2.200	35(+7)	92.4	22	60	13	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ed Turner	1	40	2.190	117	256.2	23	65	29	68.4	37	64	28	58.8	12	15
Gerald Whitehouse	1	41	2.181	110	239.9	42	86	68	153.9	46	92.8	53	96.25	62	72.9
Hemal Getalal	1	42	2.173	87(+2)	193.4	19	50	32	71.1	28	57.6	8	14.7	.	.
Richard Owsley	0	43	2.165	110	238.1	27	79	29	63	29	46.4	25	49.7	29	34.8
Miles Farren	1	44	2.160	11(+9)	43.2	6	36	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	7.2
Simon Hughes	0	45	2.108	106	223.4	18	34	30	46.8	28	54.4	30	88.2	23	24.3
Reece Hodges	0	46	2.106	27(+8)	73.7	6	36	.	.	2	4.8	19	32.9	.	.
Jon Barnes	0	47	2.087	34(+7)	85.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	27.65	23	57.9
Hazel Harper	1	48	2.076	166	344.55	68	169.5	98	175.05	126	182.8	173	244.95	31	36.3
Dave Pym	1	49	2.060	109	224.5	22	50	26	72	24	36	37	66.5	65	99.6
Ismail Yilmaz	1	50	2.050	104	213.2	23	65	26	45	27	52.8	28	50.4	37	59.4
Ben Crowden	1	51	2.030	104	211.1	19	35	22	44.1	35	92.8	28	39.2	28	26.7
Michael Corbett	1	52	2.006	67(+4)	142.4	22	60	24	50.4	21	32	.	.	.	.
Barry Vasili	2	53	1.999	90(+1)	181.95	65	136.5	25	45.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jon Organ	2	54	1.973	111	219	21	55	26	67.5	24	48	20	24.5	20	24
Chris Hughes	2	55	1.966	157	308.6	56	107	101	201.6	98	190.4	99	196.35	95	159.9
Gary Plant	2	56	1.897	102	193.5	24	48	26	40.5	24	56	28	49	21	43.2
Steve Morris	2	57	1.857	126	234	56	121.5	70	112.5	75	89.2	127	228.55	88	115.2
Simon Blinkhorn	2	58	1.812	78(+3)	146.8	60	118	18	28.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anna Parker	2	59	1.781	23(+8)	55.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	35.7	9	19.5
John Hedge	2	60	1.754	31(+7)	66.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	16	33.95	15	32.7
Pearl Foster	2	61	1.750	103	180.2	25	55	29	54.9	27	52.8	22	17.5	20	21
Flora von Michel	2	62	1.734	34(+7)	71.1	30	63	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	63	1.733	115	199.3	36	102	4	0	35	56	40	41.3	.	.
Adrian Farthing	2	64	1.705	172	293.25	.	.	.	.	34	63.6	49	87.15	89	142.5
Matt Reekie-Black	2	65	1.677	81(+2)	139.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	117.25	20	21.9
Mathew Nicholls	2	66	1.669	112	186.9	25	40	26	49.5	24	41.6	.	.	37	55.8
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	67	1.648	136	224.1	26	50.5	37	79.2	26	38.4	47	56	65	78
Neil Edwards	2	68	1.6471	45(+6)	84	21	30	24	54	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Rodwell	2	69	1.6466	37(+7)	72.45	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	32.55	22	39.9
Andrew Selby	2	70	1.635	14(+9)	37.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	25.9	4	11.7
Eamonn Reay	2	71	1.611	123	198.2	25	56	26	46.8	23	28.8	24	21	25	45.6
Fred North	2	72	1.561	93(+1)	146.7	18	32	24	46.8	.	.	31	34.3	20	33.6
Daniel Eldridge	0	73	1.512	54(+5)	89.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	11.2	45	78
Peter Thistlewood	2	74	1.482	55(+5)	88.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	33	55.3	22	33.6
Marcel Bancroft	2	75	1.464	83(+2)	124.4	22	36	24	43.2	24	35.2	3	2.8	10	7.2
Cynthia Roberts	2	76	1.459	136	198.4	50	76	86	122.4	162	199.2	171	207.9	96	93.3
Cliff Blofield	2	77	1.451	123	178.5	22	22	28	36	33	49.6	41	74.9	29	43.5
James Lintell-Smith	2	78	1.423	108	153.7	3	6	29	45.9	24	41.6	27	35	25	25.2
Yuri Cherkasenko	2	79	1.415	32(+7)	55.2	3	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	29	50.7
Tom Chapman	2	80	1.401	103	144.3	14	16.5	31	57.6	20	32.4	38	37.8	28	19.5
Simon Hopper	2	81	1.381	24(+8)	44.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	36.4	10	7.8
Andrew Cobb	2	82	1.380	104	143.5	14	24	26	36	24	40	20	31.5	20	12
Mandy Macdonald	2	83	1.342	121	162.4	24	30	45	61.2	52	71.2	57	53.9	67	67.2
Frank Jones	3	84	1.2400	115	142.6	28	54	49	41.4	38	47.2	63	60.9	37	51.6
David Tyrrell	3	85	1.2398	103	127.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	31	35	72	92.7
Denby Pettitt	3	86	1.223	24(+8)	39.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	32.55	7	6.6
Jordan White	3	87	1.171	87(+2)	104.2	3	6	.	.	26	32	31	43.4	27	22.8
Dom Verrall	3	88	1.158	10(+9)	22	7	22	3	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Lewis	3	89	1.138	24(+8)	36.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	36.4	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	3	90	1.075	62(+4)	70.95	.	.	.	.	2	0	38	40.95	22	30
Caroline Boulton	3	91	1.074	115	123.5	19	24	24	36	21	19.2	27	18.2	24	26.1
Andy Zographou	3	92	1.045	115	120.2	51	65	28	21.6	36	33.6	10	11.2	.	.
John Curran	3	93	1.039	129	134	37	26	92	108	117	152	100	85.05	88	81.3
Chas Perry	3	94	1.031	24(+8)	33	3	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	21	27
Neculai Axinte	3	95	0.970	11(+9)	19.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.7	4	11.7
Pat Holly	3	96	0.915	11(+9)	18.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	18.3
Martha Beal	3	97	0.903	62(+4)	59.6	.	.	24	28.8	26	22.4	7	4.2	5	4.2
James Timoney	3	98	0.876	21(+8)	25.4	19	20	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aidan Kenny	3	99	0.779	17(+9)	20.25	.	.	17	20.25	.	.	.	.	.	.
David Hoare	3	100	0.774	23(+8)	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	23	24
Richard Davies	3	101	0.735	23(+8)	22.8	16	12	7	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosey Bensley	3	102	0.689	41(+6)	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	41	32.4
Ben Crabb	3	103	0.552	21(+8)	16	21	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	104	0.284	10(+9)	5.4	.	.	10	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	3		1.824	7(+10)	31	7	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.350	3(+10)	17.55	.	.	3	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		1.114	4(+10)	15.6	.	.	.	.	4	15.6	.	.	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		1.108	3(+10)	14.4	.	.	.	.	3	14.4	.	.	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		1.080	5(+10)	16.2	.	.	5	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fraser Mackenzie	3		0.953	7(+10)	16.2	.	.	7	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Pedrecal	3		0.857	4(+10)	12	4	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kristian Mills	1		0.803	7(+10)	13.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	13.65	2	0
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.800	3(+10)	10.4	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	.	.	.	.
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.2
Irem Azak	3		0.542	2(+10)	6.5	2	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tim Paulden	2		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Steve Ferrer	2		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Dicken	3		0.462	3(+10)	6	3	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carmen van-der-l'Isle	3		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Julian Tucker	3		0.429	4(+10)	6	4	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.394	6(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	6.3	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	4	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
Matt Hopkins	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.347	9(+10)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	6.6
Paul Statter	2		0.325	4(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.55	.	.
Derek Clew	1		0.321	2(+10)	3.85	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.85	.	.
Jake Mochnacz	3		0.318	7(+10)	5.4	.	.	7	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		0.300	3(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.9
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Tony Walters	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Scott Wood	3		0.273	1(+10)	3	1	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Titus Simen	3		0.250	2(+10)	3	2	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tim Parfitt	2		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Andrew Gay	3		0.205	9(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	3.9
Rob Wills	2		0.193	4(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2.7
Eamon Devlin	3		0.185	3(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.4
George Devlin	3		0.160	5(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.4
Kian Sabet	3		0.160	5(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.4
Abdul Barakat	0		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Kev Lee	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Montgomery	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Aditya Narayanan	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	.	.
Peter Crispin	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Dom Cybulski	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Darby	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Damon Dennis	1		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Olivier Evard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Mary French	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Mustafa Mohammed	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		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	.	.
	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 (2020-2024).
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.
2024: Played and Points, see 2024 player data
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

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