Bristol Backgammon

Year end rankings

Based on handicapping system

1990 to date

The handicapping system used to calculate handicaps for our Handicap Trophy events has given rise to a by-product, namely an unofficial ranking system, which seems to be of interest to more and more players.
While the year end positions from 2006 onwards were those produced by the system, previous years' ranking positions have now been reconstructed using similar data.
Prior to 2000, the amount of data is minimal, simply because the number of competitions available to be used were few and far between.
Nevertheless the positions for those early years give some idea of the hierarchy of Bristol Backgammon at that time.
From 2000 onwards, with more and more competitions taking place, there is more and more substance to the rankings.

PLAYER	Year End position 2019	Year End position 2018	Year End position 2017	Year End position 2016	Year End position 2015	Year End position 2014	Year End position 2013	Year End position 2012	Year End position 2011	Year End position 2010	Year End position 2009	Year End position 2008	Year End position 2007	Year End position 2006	Year End position 2005	Year End position 2004	Year End position 2003	Year End position 2002	Year End position 2001	Year End position 2000	Year End position 1999	Year End position 1998	Year End position 1997	Year End position 1996	Year End position 1995	Year End position 1994	Year End position 1993	Year End position 1992	Year End position 1991	Year End position 1990
Gaz Owen	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	6	9	12	38
Chris Rogers	2	1	10	21	33
Nick Barham	3	9	6	6	3	4	9	25	27	28	18	14	9	13
Stuart Mann	4	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1
Andy Boysan	5	14	17	13	18	11	11	36
Adam Sinclair	6	7	14	29	31	45
Cecilia Sparke	7	6	5	3	8	21	22	23	22	27	23	35	48	58
Alex Hodge	8	3	3	9	5	9	14	26
Jason Champion	9	5	4	4	11	15	19	24		39	31	29	19	4	12	14	20	39
Tim Line	10	8	20	27	14	10	5	8	7	7	14	16	10	19	36
Simon Baker	11	10	27	31	29	27	24	21	26	15	13	17	20	8	17	9	10	9	5	1	2	3	1	13	12	15
Roland Herrera	12	12	8	5	4	3	4	9	6	2	1	7	6	5	18	21	23	26	23	22
Simonetta Herrera	13	17	16	12	6	12	10	10	4	4	7	15	22	9	10	12	22	28	38	34
Phil Charlton	14	18	19	14	13	17	18	15	21	18	11	11	14	6	21	17	8	5	10	6	10	10	4	3	2	4	1	2	1	2
Simon Hughes	15	28	21	17	16	20	16	7	11	21	36	49	42
Paul Watts	16	13	13	18	25	33	43	42	39	47	41	36	29	29	20	11	11	4	18	21
George Georgiou	17	15	9	37
Neil Young	18	22	23	16	9	13	28	18	20	24	19	20	15	30	27	28	31	21	42
Stephen Little	19	23	22	20	19	42
Ed Turner	20	16	12	8	10	8	7	32	28	17	15	12	18	14	3	13	21	17	20	25
Kev Peters	21
Daniel Eldridge	22	26	26	51
Steffen Nowak	23	19	11	11	12	7	8	12	10	9	24	30	17	7	19	23	24	27
Ian Tarr	24	11	7	10	7	6	6	5	14	12	8	5	5	15	9	3	7	8	6	7	12	12	7	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
Ian Hedges	25	20	32	32	39
Rufus Rozelaar	26	27	28	38				71	63	64	57
Dave Pym	27	21	24	30	23	19	12	6	12	25	22	23	31	20	11	8	9	16	19	15	8	6	10	4	3	2	2	1	2	3
Chas Perry	28	39	29	24	24	18	21	20	24	19	43
Elias Hamati	29	24	15	7								64	60	51	42	39	36	29			15	13	9	7	15
Gary Plant	30	30	25	33	26	28	32	41
Tony Walters	31	29	40	46	46	41	47	46	41	41	27	33	35	26	29	45
Jim Green	32	64	84
Derek Clew	33	25	18	15	17	5	3	3	5	3	5	6	45
Steve Morris	34	32	33	23	15	16	15	17	33	33	46	45	36	32
Fred North	35	35	39	48	51	52	55	50
Richard Owsley	36	34	30	28	22	22	26	22	17	32	30	24	32	34	32	31	54
Mike Smith	37	31	31	25	20	14	23	37	40	46	39	31	21	21	48	53	44	37	31	32
Chris Hughes	38	33	35	34	30	23
Cynthia Roberts	39	41	41	43	56	58	54	44	42	48	49	48	47	39	41	36
Adrian Farthing	40
Peter Thistlewood	41	44	42	39	44	44	57
Jon Organ	42	47
David Tyrrell	43
George Devlin	44	40	36	19
James Newman	45	36	34	22	21	30	58
Miles Farren	46	37	37	26	32	24	20	13	8	11	21	26	37	37	51
Richard Biddle	47		54	53	35	32	27	29	25	62
Cliff Blofield	48	38	49	56
Alan Joicey	49
James Lintell-Smith	50	42	38	36	28	36	34	33	37	36
Pearl Foster	51	45	43	40	42	38	45	63
Carwyn Jenkins	52	48	52	57
Alan Parfitt	53	67	59	49	48	48	41	45	51	51	40	40	40	35	35	35	42					18
Tom Chapman	54	54	58	60	73	84
Andy Brown	55	43	45	58	47	59	65	65
Ismail Yilmaz	56	49	51	62	49
Marcus Evans	57	46	46	71
Rosemary Whitehouse	58
Steve Cox	59	50	71
Mandy Macdonald	60	59	66	66	61	62	62	64	65	73	85	82
Drew Caudwell	61	52	53	55	62	69	75	75	66	66	58	57	63	65	59	56	48	44	37	28			18	18	19	17	16
Seb Wilkinson	62	53	60	70
Blaine Buchanan	63	51	44	35	27	25	17	11	16	23	17	10	26	28	16	15	12	13	11	11	14
John Curran	64	57	62
Eamonn Reay	65	62	56	50	43	39	40
Mathew Nicholls	66	58	75
Robin Gunney	67
Rob Brito	68	56	50	42	34	55
Gerald Whitehouse	69
Warner Solomon	70	55	48	41	63
James Timoney	71	63
Andrew Cobb	72	66	64	61	50	43	49	51	50	55	53	53	49	43	46	65	63	53
John Chester	73	60	55	45	38	40
David Hoare	74
John Corrado	75	61	47	44	41	37	35	68	68
Mary French	76	76	74	87	82
Andrew Gay	77	69	73
Alin Buzescu	78	68	68	68
Bob Markham	79	71	70	76
Rob Wills	80	65	61	59	52	63
Matt Robson	81	73
Frank Jones	82
Julian Minwalla	83	74
Jude Pitt	84	70	69	67	59	70			69	72	65	62	59
Graham Smith	85	80	83
Horst Stenzel	86	79	82	81	77	79
Paul Male	87	82	85	83	78
Jon Pemberton	88	83	87	85	80
Jordan White	89	85
Malcolm Patterson	90	81	72	69	58	57	48	55	48	60	55	84
Chrissy Carter		72	63	64	53	49	51
Simon Temme		75	65	47	36	34	30	16	30	29	33	43
Sean Hopson		77	67	65	54	53	46	47	44	50
Dave Cank		78	81	79	75	72
Colin Sara		84	86	82	76	80	79	74	75	74	79	71	79
Angie Vick		86	89	91	88	89
Alexi Solomou			57	52	45	35	31
Richard Holness			76	72	60	47	42	43	36	35	42	54
Adrian Barnes			77	74	66	67	60
Neil Edwards			78	75	67	68	64
John Paton			79	73	64	64	59	61	60	57	48	44	34	27	34
Matt Walder			80	78	74	73	71	80
Alan David			88	89	86	86	83
Tom Koeller			90	90	87	88	86	84
Jerry Limb				54	40	31	25	34	47	61	47	41	41	33	23	24	17	12	8	10
John Plummer				63	68	51	33	27	18	20	28
Lily Owsley				77	70	74	70	67
Michael Corbett				80	65	66	53	40	34	30	20	21	24	25	28	41	53
Jonathan Loukes				84	79	75	72	70
Pat Meek				86	81	76	74	72
Julia Griffith				88	84	78	77	77
Dave Ablett					37	26	13	4	3	10
Jamie Nevill					55	54	44	38	32	45
Bahman Salahshour					57	50
Lewis Young					69	56	52	49	38	34	35	39	53	74
Phillip Hill					71	71	63	56	49	44	32	32	28	24	22	25	33	34	33
Ian Preston					72	60	50	39	35	31	26	18	11	18	15	7	4	11	12	23	9	8	6	11	13	16		12
Matt Reekie-Black					83	77	78	73	61
Hadi Kermani					85	81	76	76	67
Michihito Kageyama						29	38	31	23	16
Julian Fetterlein						46	29	14	9	6	10	38
Paul Gilbertson						61	36	19	13	8	3	3	8	47	37	33	28
Marcus Wrinch						65	37	35	29	22	12	13	16
John Lewis						82	69	59	55	52	45	42	44	42	40	37	35	33	36	26	19	16	11	9	8	7
Lotte Ryan						83	80	78	70	68
Shadow Hamilton						85	81	81	81	84
Haydn Beard						87	85	87	82	82
Anne Buchanan						90	84	85	80	80
Peter Edwards							39	30	19	14	9	4	3	50
John Sprague							56	52	57	58	54	50	50	54	55	63	55	45
Shay Baabahar							61	53	45	42
Pam Jakeway							66	60	54	53	62
Todd Young							67	57	58	56	50	52	57	63
Tim Parker							68	66	59	59	52
George Jakeway							73	69	62	65	63	59	62	52
Michal Ciupak							82	83	79	81	76
Ann Pocknell								28	15	13	4	2	4	44
Mark Dixon								48	31	26	16	8	2	3	7	22	27
Martin Hemming								54	46	37	25	19	7	2	2	5	5	10	15
Steve Ferrer								58	43	38	29	22	25	12	8	16	6
Juanita Ferrer								62	53	40	37	28	33	16	24	30
Nick Hill								79	74	75	72	69
Mike Webb								82	78	79	78	73
Chris Roberts								86	83	70	66	61	58	45	49	47
Elliot Smart									52	49	38	27	23	17	6	10	13	23	27	18
John Slattery									56	43	34	25	13	11	5	2	3	1	1
Mike Gartside									64	63	56	51	43
Mike Osborne									71	69	64	58	54	60	54	54
Jim Best									72	71	70	74	68
Nina Evangelou									73	76	68	65	61	66
David Olmo									76	77	71	66
Pete Wright									77	78	73	68	67
Richard Cartwright										54	44	34	27	10	4	6
Martin Potter										67	61	56	52
Mark Skelton										83	77	72	69	57
Gabriela Perales										85	82	78
Ian Senior										86	83	79	75	71
John Ould											51	37	30	22	14	18	25	41
Charlie Hetherington											59	46	38	23	13	4	2	3	4	2	7	9	5	2	4	1	4	3	3	1
Tim Jefferies											60	47	39	31	25	19	18	22	16	9
Thomas Liedtke											67	60	55	46	38	49
Simon Fahoury											69	63	56	48	39	44	41
Heike Faulhaber											74	67	64	53	50	62
Robert Hampson											75	70	66	56	52
Tim Oldfield											80	77	74	70	65	72
Shane Roberts											81	76	73	69	64	73
Nigel Mitchell											84	81	77	73	67
Graham Ross											86	83	78	75	69
Susy Liedtke											87	80	76	72	66	66
Rosey Bensley												55	46	36	26	20	14	6	9
Gerry Carolan												75	70	62	58	57
Kevin White													51	41	31	27	16	14	7	5
Jeremy Axford													65	55	45	43	38	38	35
John Sutcliffe													71	61	56	55	45
Rob Allen													72	64	60	59	50
John Napier														40	33	29	19	15	17	12	4
David Horner														49	43	34	29	20	26
John Renicks														59	53	52	43	35
Michael Castle														67	62	60	52	46
John Ryan														68	57	50	40	32	28	20
Tony Lee															30	26	15	7	2	3	1	2
Sarah Rosich															44	32	26	18	13	16
Jonathan Prager															47	38	32	24	21
Kevin Carter															61	58	49
Sarah Webber															63	61	51	42	34
Mike Woodland															68	67	57	48	41
Max Limb															70	71	60	50
Phil Doubtfire																40	30	19	14	8	5	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	9
Graham Alder																42	39	31	25	14
Mike Rodwell																46	37	30	24
Richard Moody																48	47	36	29	17	17	14	15
Grant Shortland																51	34	26	22	13
Liz Chappell																64	58	47	40	29	20	19	17	15	11	12	11	8	7	6
Phil Pulsford																68	56	43	30	19	6	5
Adam King																69	59	49	44	31
Mike Taylor																70	61	52	45
Ted Morgan																74	64	54	46	33
Paul Randell																	46	40	32	24	13	17	13	10
Don Hatt																	62	51	43	30	16		14
John Chidgey																			39	27	11	11	8	6	6	11	13	14	14	9
Mark Oldham																					18	15	17		17	13	9	9	6	11
Louise Franklin																						7	3
Rob Warren																						20	19	16	16
Simon Gonzales																							12	8	7	6	8
John Heritage																							16	12	10	8	7
Richard Grant																								14	14	10	12	10	8	4
Simon Osborne																								17	18	14	10	5	10
Steve Townsend																									9	9	6	7	4	7
Nigel Austin																										18
Adrian Miles																											14	11	12
Pete Fyvie																											15	13	11	10
Keith Wiltshire																												15	15	12
Dave Rees																													13	8

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