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 2023	Year End position 2022	Year End position 2021	Year End position 2020	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	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	6	9	12	38
Cecilia Rogers	2	4	6	10	7	6	5	3	8	21	22	23	22	27	23	35	48	58
Andy Boysan	3	1	8	15	5	14	17	13	18	11	11	36
Nick Barham	4	7	10	3	3	9	6	6	3	4	9	25	27	28	18	14	9	13
George Georgiou	5	6	19	18	17	15	9	37
Jim Green	6	21	16	29	32	64	84
Ian Tarr	7	24	4	21	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
Tim Line	8	22	9	24	10	8	20	27	14	10	5	8	7	7	14	16	10	19	36
Chris Rogers	9	2	3	2	2	1	10	21	33
Kev Peters	10	15	14	16	21
Adam Sinclair	11	9	5	8	6	7	14	29	31	45
Stuart Mann	12	5	7	5	4	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1
Neil Young	13	17	15	12	18	22	23	16	9	13	28	18	20	24	19	20	15	30	27	28	31	21	42
Ian Anderson	14	14	22	9
Simonetta Herrera	15	8	13	4	13	17	16	12	6	12	10	10	4	4	7	15	22	9	10	12	22	28	38	34
Roland Herrera	16	11	2	11	12	12	8	5	4	3	4	9	6	2	1	7	6	5	18	21	23	26	23	22
Michael Petrakas	17	18
Safi Tracy	18	12	18	48
Simon Baker	19	16	20	6	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
Robin Gunney	20	10	34	23	67
Elias Hamati	21	25	28	51	29	24	15	7								64	60	51	42	39	36	29			15	13	9	7	15
James Newman	22	23	12	26	45	36	34	22	21	30	58
Ian Hedges	23	19	42	44	25	20	32	32	39
Simon Tracy	24	26	49	60
Alan Joicey	25	13	23	17	49
Jon Barnes	26	20	11	7
Gerald Whitehouse	27	50	47	58	69
Steve Pickard	28	45	52
Steffen Nowak	29	34	46	31	23	19	11	11	12	7	8	12	10	9	24	30	17	7	19	23	24	27
Natalie Singh	30	33	93
Stephen Little	31	29	29	19	19	23	22	20	19	42
Hemal Getalal	32	47
Chris Hughes	33	28	21	22	38	33	35	34	30	23
Warner Solomon	34	37	31	25	70	55	48	41	63
Ed Turner	35	35	41	38	20	16	12	8	10	8	7	32	28	17	15	12	18	14	3	13	21	17	20	25
Phil Doubtfire	36																			40	30	19	14	8	5	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	9
Simon Hughes	37	27	17	30	15	28	21	17	16	20	16	7	11	21	36	49	42
Mike Smith	38	53	55	50	37	31	31	25	20	14	23	37	40	46	39	31	21	21	48	53	44	37	31	32
Gary Plant	39	39	45	35	30	30	25	33	26	28	32	41
Paul Watts	40	38	40	20	16	13	13	18	25	33	43	42	39	47	41	36	29	29	20	11	11	4	18	21
Phil Charlton	41	32	30	27	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
Dave Pym	42	51	38	33	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
Anna Parker	43	30	24
Ben Crowden	44	43	71	77
John Hedge	45	31	26	37
Ismail Yilmaz	46	49	48	57	56	49	51	62	49
Adrian Farthing	47	36	32	32	40
Richard Owsley	48	57	51	55	36	34	30	28	22	22	26	22	17	32	30	24	32	34	32	31	54
Matt Reekie-Black	49	41	36	80					83	77	78	73	61
Jon Organ	50	60	65	56	42	47
Mike Rodwell	51	42	35	40																46	37	30	24
Andrew Selby	52	46	39
Neil Edwards	53						78	75	67	68	64
Mark Dixon	54	44	37	34								48	31	26	16	8	2	3	7	22	27
Peter Thistlewood	55	55	43	46	41	44	42	39	44	44	57
Michael Corbett	56	80						80	65	66	53	40	34	30	20	21	24	25	28	41	53
Hazel Harper	57	59	54	65
Cliff Blofield	58	48	53	59	48	38	49	56
Rosemary Whitehouse	59	69	63	52	58
Dicky Biddle	60				47		54	53	35	32	27	29	25	62
Fred North	61	62	57	39	35	35	39	48	51	52	55	50
Mathew Nicholls	62	65	72	62	66	58	75
Daniel Eldridge	63	56	44	28	22	26	26	51
Matt Sharp	64
Yuri Cherkasenko	65	58	50	36
James Lintell-Smith	66	77	73	71	50	42	38	36	28	36	34	33	37	36
Simon Hopper	67	61	56	90
Pearl Foster	68	72	79	66	51	45	43	40	42	38	45	63
Steve Morris	69	54	25	43	34	32	33	23	15	16	15	17	33	33	46	45	36	32
Eamonn Reay	70	71	66	45	65	62	56	50	43	39	40
Barry Vasili	71
Marcel Bancroft	72	84	98	89
Reece Hodges	73	64	67
Cynthia Roberts	74	74	64	61	39	41	41	43	56	58	54	44	42	48	49	48	47	39	41	36
David Tyrrell	75	66	60	41	43
Tom Chapman	76	83	80	75	54	54	58	60	73	84
Chas Perry	77	67	58	42	28	39	29	24	24	18	21	20	24	19	43
Andrew Cobb	78	81	86	83	72	66	64	61	50	43	49	51	50	55	53	53	49	43	46	65	63	53
Denby Pettitt	79	70	62
Rufus Rozelaar	80	63	59	47	26	27	28	38				71	63	64	57
John Curran	81	68	83	70	64	57	62
Alex Hodge	82	40	27	13	8	3	3	9	5	9	14	26
Mandy Macdonald	83	78	74	64	60	59	66	66	61	62	62	64	65	73	85	82
Kylie Hedges	84	73	81
John Lewis	85	76	70							82	69	59	55	52	45	42	44	42	40	37	35	33	36	26	19	16	11	9	8	7
Carwyn Jenkins	86	79	68	69	52	48	52	57
Tony Walters	87	75	61	49	31	29	40	46	46	41	47	46	41	41	27	33	35	26	29	45
Simon Blinkhorn	88
Jordan White	89	88	85	86	89	85
Caroline Boulton	90	89	90	76
Miles Farren	91	86	78	53	46	37	37	26	32	24	20	13	8	11	21	26	37	37	51
Frank Jones	92	82	69	63	82
Neculai Axinte	93	85	75
Pat Holly	94	87	77	67
Martha Beal	95	96	100
Andy Zographou	96	91	95
Jason Champion	97	52	33	14	9	5	4	4	11	15	19	24		39	31	29	19	4	12	14	20	39
David Hoare	98	90	82	72	74
Alan Parfitt	99	92	84	73	53	67	59	49	48	48	41	45	51	51	40	40	40	35	35	35	42					18
Aidan Kenny	100
Rosey Bensley	101	94	88	78												55	46	36	26	20	14	6	9
George Devlin	102	97	94	68	44	40	36	19
Drew Caudwell	103	93	92	82	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
Chris Aquilina	104
Steve Cox		95	91	79	59	50	71
James Timoney		98	97	85	71	63
Marcus Evans		99	89	74	57	46	46	71
Andrew Gay		100	99	88	77	69	73
Derek Clew			76	54	33	25	18	15	17	5	3	3	5	3	5	6	45
Andy Brown			87	81	55	43	45	58	47	59	65	65
Mary French			96	87	76	76	74	87	82
Bob Markham			101	91	79	71	70	76
John Chester			102	95	73	60	55	45	38	40
Graham Smith			103	96	85	80	83
Seb Wilkinson				84	62	53	60	70
Matt Robson				92	81	73
Rob Wills				93	80	65	61	59	52	63
Julian Minwalla				94	83	74
Horst Stenzel				97	86	79	82	81	77	79
Blaine Buchanan					63	51	44	35	27	25	17	11	16	23	17	10	26	28	16	15	12	13	11	11	14
Rob Brito					68	56	50	42	34	55
John Corrado					75	61	47	44	41	37	35	68	68
Alin Buzescu					78	68	68	68
Jude Pitt					84	70	69	67	59	70			69	72	65	62	59
Paul Male					87	82	85	83	78
Jon Pemberton					88	83	87	85	80
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Graham Alder																				42	39	31	25	14
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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