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	3.392	225	763.25	34	122	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
Jim Green	0	2	3.327	113	375.9	7	41	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
James Newman	0	3	3.285	33(+7)	131.4	10	36	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Nick Barham	0	4	3.156	213	672.3	56	207	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
Adam Sinclair	0	5	3.142	103	323.65	13	55	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Ann Pocknell	0	6	2.976	121	360.1	18	77.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	0	7	2.913	127	370	9	34	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Ian Tarr	0	8	2.876	230	661.5	32	94.5	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Kev Peters	0	9	2.833	107	303.1	21	43	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Cecilia Rogers	0	10	2.815	113	318.1	7	20	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Tim Line	0	11	2.802	269	753.75	40	126	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Alan Joicey	0	12	2.794	108	301.75	7	27	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Chris Rogers	0	13	2.767	180	498.1	19	72	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Steffen Nowak	0	14	2.740	117	320.6	21	74	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Ian Hedges	0	15	2.731	142	387.8	20	71	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
Dicky Biddle	0	16	2.725	81(+2)	226.2	10	39	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Ian Anderson	0	17	2.712	163	442	23	100	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Steve Pickard	0	18	2.662	107	284.8	11	39	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
Simon Baker	0	19	2.645	119	314.7	2	6	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Stuart Mann	0	20	2.607	117	305.05	7	16.5	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Neil Young	0	21	2.603	115	299.4	20	59	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
George Georgiou	0	22	2.527	151	381.55	10	24	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Hazel Harper	0	23	2.502	129	322.7	17	50	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Natalie Singh	1	24	2.411	147	354.4	16	55.5	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Phil Charlton	1	25	2.398	117	280.6	3	13	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Andy Boysan	1	26	2.396	134	321.1	1	6	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Warner Solomon	1	27	2.390	127	303.5	4	11.5	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Michael Petrakas	1	28	2.373	123	291.85	10	28	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Jon Organ	1	29	2.371	146	346.15	15	28	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Simonetta Herrera	0	30	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Mark Dixon	1	31	2.354	83(+2)	200.1	6	11.5	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Elias Hamati	1	32	2.337	195	455.75	35	84.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Chris Hughes	1	33	2.321	104	241.35	19	51	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Steve Morris	1	34	2.312	100	231.15	18	43.5	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Barry Vasili	1	35	2.249	114	256.35	23	61.5	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Scott Wood	1	36	2.236	106	237	12	21	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Richard Owsley	0	37	2.171	101	219.3	7	28	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Stephen Little	0	38	2.087	253	527.95	41	59.5	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Simon Tracy	1	39	2.027	193	391.2	5	8	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Reece Hodges	0	40	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Alp Ozbas	1	41	2.022	34(+7)	82.9	19	32.5	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	42	2.014	162	326.3	6	25	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Simon Blinkhorn	1	43	2.005	113	226.55	4	6	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Robin Gunney	2	44	1.967	113	222.25	8	11	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Steve Cox	2	45	1.918	25(+8)	63.3	5	16.5	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Smith	2	46	1.906	121	230.65	2	0	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Matt Sharp	2	47	1.898	71(+3)	140.45	1	0	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Safi Tracy	2	48	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Paul Watts	2	49	1.8491	117	216.35	5	10	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Hemal Getalal	2	50	1.8488	121	223.7	3	0	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Dom Verrall	2	51	1.842	46(+6)	95.8	4	14	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	52	1.804	101	182.2	3	0	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Ed Turner	2	53	1.785	132	235.6	8	24	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Ben Crowden	2	54	1.753	112	196.3	10	16	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Gary Plant	2	55	1.751	98(+1)	173.3	4	11	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Umut Bilge	0	56	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	57	1.683	120	201.95	4	10	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Pete Boxer	2	58	1.6743	27(+8)	58.6	2	10	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fred North	2	59	1.6737	73(+3)	127.2	5	16	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Michael Corbett	2	60	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Dave Pym	2	61	1.639	109	178.6	7	8	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Ismail Yilmaz	2	62	1.629	88(+2)	146.6	9	20	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Flora von Michel	2	63	1.627	42(+6)	78.1	5	16	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	64	1.587	133	211.1	21	38	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Roland Herrera	0	65	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Neil Edwards	2	66	1.559	75(+3)	121.6	5	16	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Cliff Blofield	2	67	1.551	124	192.3	16	49.5	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Simon Hughes	0	68	1.519	111	168.6	1	0	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Cynthia Roberts	2	69	1.505	164	246.8	27	56	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Savas Christodoulou	2	70	1.484	10(+9)	28.2	7	12	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Titus Simen	2	71	1.464	32(+7)	57.1	7	5.5	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
Andy Zographou	2	72	1.440	129	185.75	10	18	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
John Rixon	2	73	1.423	19(+9)	39.85	7	16	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcel Bancroft	2	74	1.404	99(+1)	140.4	7	20	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Carwyn Jenkins	2	75	1.400	11(+9)	28	9	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Rob Clarke	2	76	1.396	77(+3)	111.65	2	4	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Eamonn Reay	2	77	1.367	102	139.4	8	20	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
Mathew Nicholls	2	78	1.338	83(+2)	113.7	7	12	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
James Lintell-Smith	2	79	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Frank Jones	2	80	1.311	114	149.5	7	11.5	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
Photis Gittoes	3	81	1.213	22(+8)	36.4	4	4	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	82	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
James Timoney	3	83	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
Simon Dicken	3	84	1.171	34(+7)	48	7	6	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	85	1.165	89(+2)	106	.	.	18	28.8	21	19.2	26	28	24	30
Adrian Farthing	3	86	1.1634	34(+7)	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	47.7
Kev Lee	3	87	1.1625	24(+8)	37.2	.	.	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Ceri Pierce	3	88	1.131	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jordan White	3	89	1.090	45(+6)	55.6	8	16	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
John Curran	3	90	1.069	107	114.4	17	18	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
Mandy Macdonald	3	91	1.042	105	109.4	5	4	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
Mitch Tucker	3	92	1.016	30(+7)	37.6	9	16	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3	93	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Ben Crabb	3	94	0.865	29(+8)	32	.	.	2	0	27	32	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	95	0.807	52(+6)	46.8	5	4	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Martha Beal	3	96	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Aidan Kenny	3	97	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	98	0.156	18(+9)	4.2	4	0	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	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1		1.200	4(+10)	16.8	1	6	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.
Peter Wise	3		0.500	6(+10)	8	6	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Freddy Doubtfire	3		0.444	8(+10)	8	6	8	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.300	4(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.2	.	.
Charlie Hetherington	3		0.286	4(+10)	4	4	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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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