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 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
Stuart Mann	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1
Gaz Owen	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	6	9	12	38
Alex Hodge	3	9	5	9	14	26
Jason Champion	4	4	11	15	19	24		39	31	29	19	4	12	14	20	39
Cecilia Sparke	5	3	8	21	22	23	22	27	23	35	48	58
Nick Barham	6	6	3	4	9	25	27	28	18	14	9	13
Ian Tarr	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
Roland Herrera	8	5	4	3	4	9	6	2	1	7	6	5	18	21	23	26	23	22
George Georgiou	9	37
Chris Rogers	10	21	33
Steffen Nowak	11	11	12	7	8	12	10	9	24	30	17	7	19	23	24	27
Ed Turner	12	8	10	8	7	32	28	17	15	12	18	14	3	13	21	17	20	25
Paul Watts	13	18	25	33	43	42	39	47	41	36	29	29	20	11	11	4	18	21
Adam Sinclair	14	29	31	45
Elias Hamati	15	7								64	60	51	42	39	36	29			15	13	9	7	15
Simonetta Herrera	16	12	6	12	10	10	4	4	7	15	22	9	10	12	22	28	38	34
Andy Boysan	17	13	18	11	11	36
Derek Clew	18	15	17	5	3	3	5	3	5	6	45
Phil Charlton	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
Tim Line	20	27	14	10	5	8	7	7	14	16	10	19	36
Simon Hughes	21	17	16	20	16	7	11	21	36	49	42
Stephen Little	22	20	19	42
Neil Young	23	16	9	13	28	18	20	24	19	20	15	30	27	28	31	21	42
Dave Pym	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
Gary Plant	25	33	26	28	32	41
Daniel Eldridge	26	51
Simon Baker	27	31	29	27	24	21	26	15	13	17	20	8	17	9	10	9	5	1	2	3	1	13	12	15
Rufus Rozelaar	28	38				71	63	64	57
Chas Perry	29	24	24	18	21	20	24	19	43
Richard Owsley	30	28	22	22	26	22	17	32	30	24	32	34	32	31	54
Mike Smith	31	25	20	14	23	37	40	46	39	31	21	21	48	53	44	37	31	32
Ian Hedges	32	32	39
Steve Morris	33	23	15	16	15	17	33	33	46	45	36	32
James Newman	34	22	21	30	58
Chris Hughes	35	34	30	23
George Devlin	36	19
Miles Farren	37	26	32	24	20	13	8	11	21	26	37	37	51
James Lintell-Smith	38	36	28	36	34	33	37	36
Fred North	39	48	51	52	55	50
Tony Walters	40	46	46	41	47	46	41	41	27	33	35	26	29	45
Cynthia Roberts	41	43	56	58	54	44	42	48	49	48	47	39	41	36
Peter Thistlewood	42	39	44	44	57
Pearl Foster	43	40	42	38	45	63
Blaine Buchanan	44	35	27	25	17	11	16	23	17	10	26	28	16	15	12	13	11	11	14
Andy Brown	45	58	47	59	65	65
Marcus Evans	46	71
John Corrado	47	44	41	37	35	68	68
Warner Solomon	48	41	63
Cliff Blofield	49	56
Rob Brito	50	42	34	55
Ismail Yilmaz	51	62	49
Carwyn Jenkins	52	57
Drew Caudwell	53	55	62	69	75	75	66	66	58	57	63	65	59	56	48	44	37	28			18	18	19	17	16
Richard Biddle	54	53	35	32	27	29	25	62
John Chester	55	45	38	40
Eamonn Reay	56	50	43	39	40
Alexi Solomou	57	52	45	35	31
Tom Chapman	58	60	73	84
Alan Parfitt	59	49	48	48	41	45	51	51	40	40	40	35	35	35	42					18
Seb Wilkinson	60	70
Rob Wills	61	59	52	63
John Curran	62
Chrissy Carter	63	64	53	49	51
Andrew Cobb	64	61	50	43	49	51	50	55	53	53	49	43	46	65	63	53
Simon Temme	65	47	36	34	30	16	30	29	33	43
Mandy Macdonald	66	66	61	62	62	64	65	73	85	82
Sean Hopson	67	65	54	53	46	47	44	50
Alin Buzescu	68	68
Jude Pitt	69	67	59	70			69	72	65	62	59
Bob Markham	70	76
Steve Cox	71
Malcolm Patterson	72	69	58	57	48	55	48	60	55	84
Andrew Gay	73
Mary French	74	87	82
Mathew Nicholls	75
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
Dave Cank	81	79	75	72
Horst Stenzel	82	81	77	79
Graham Smith	83
Jim Green	84
Paul Male	85	83	78
Colin Sara	86	82	76	80	79	74	75	74	79	71	79
Jon Pemberton	87	85	80
Alan David	88	89	86	86	83
Angie Vick	89	91	88	89
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 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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