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	3.369	196	660.25	5	19	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
Jim Green	0	2	3.159	106	334.9	.	.	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
James Newman	0	3	3.077	23(+8)	95.4	.	.	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Nick Barham	0	4	3.017	166	500.8	9	35.5	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
Adam Sinclair	0	5	2.992	185	553.45	.	.	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Phil Doubtfire	0	6	2.847	118	336	.	.	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Ian Tarr	0	7	2.842	203	577	5	10	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Ann Pocknell	0	8	2.830	111	314.1	8	317.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Cecilia Rogers	0	9	2.825	108	305.1	2	7	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Kev Peters	0	10	2.768	148	409.7	4	0	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Alan Joicey	0	11	2.720	101	274.75	.	.	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Chris Rogers	0	12	2.710	165	447.1	4	21	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Tim Line	0	13	2.702	236	637.75	7	10	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Simon Baker	0	14	2.6385	117	308.7	.	.	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Neil Young	0	15	2.6376	101	266.4	6	26	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
Stuart Mann	0	16	2.623	110	288.55	.	.	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Ian Hedges	0	17	2.555	124	316.8	2	0	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
George Georgiou	0	18	2.5358	141	357.55	.	.	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Dicky Biddle	0	19	2.5355	73(+3)	192.7	2	5.5	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Steffen Nowak	0	20	2.5354	161	408.2	2	0	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Ian Anderson	0	21	2.514	143	359.5	3	17.5	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Steve Pickard	1	22	2.490	104	259	1	0	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
Mark Dixon	1	23	2.440	80(+2)	200.1	3	11.5	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Jon Organ	1	24	2.437	133	324.15	2	6	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Hazel Harper	0	25	2.406	115	276.7	3	4	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Warner Solomon	1	26	2.374	123	292	.	.	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Andy Boysan	1	27	2.369	133	315.1	.	.	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Natalie Singh	1	28	2.365	138	326.4	7	27.5	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Simonetta Herrera	0	29	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Elias Hamati	1	30	2.349	177	415.75	17	44.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Phil Charlton	1	31	2.347	114	267.6	.	.	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Michael Petrakas	1	32	2.314	114	263.85	1	0	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Scott Wood	1	33	2.293	101	231.6	3	6	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Stephen Little	0	34	2.118	224	474.45	12	6	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Alp Ozbas	1	35	2.100	15(+9)	50.4	.	.	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Tracy	1	36	2.038	188	383.2	.	.	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Steve Morris	1	37	2.035	160	325.65	3	8	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Reece Hodges	0	38	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Simon Blinkhorn	1	39	2.023	109	220.55	.	.	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Chris Hughes	1	40	2.019	155	312.95	6	29	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Robin Gunney	2	41	1.993	106	211.25	1	0	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Barry Vasili	2	42	1.980	177	350.45	5	22	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	2	43	1.954	157	306.8	1	5.5	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Mike Smith	2	44	1.938	119	230.65	.	.	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Matt Sharp	2	45	1.924	70(+3)	140.45	.	.	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Hemal Getalal	2	46	1.896	118	223.7	.	.	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Safi Tracy	2	47	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Paul Watts	2	48	1.842	112	206.35	.	.	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Richard Owsley	0	49	1.823	124	226.1	1	0	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Ben Crowden	2	50	1.760	107	188.3	5	8	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Dom Verrall	2	51	1.751	43(+6)	85.8	1	4	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Gary Plant	2	52	1.708	94(+1)	162.3	.	.	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Ed Turner	2	53	1.706	124	211.6	.	.	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	54	1.702	124	211	.	.	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Umut Bilge	0	55	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Steve Cox	2	56	1.671	20(+8)	46.8	.	.	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	57	1.655	116	191.95	.	.	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Dave Pym	2	58	1.654	108	178.6	6	8	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Michael Corbett	2	59	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Ismail Yilmaz	2	60	1.639	85(+2)	142.6	6	16	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Kylie Hedges	2	61	1.609	120	193.1	8	20	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Roland Herrera	0	62	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Fred North	2	63	1.544	68(+4)	111.2	.	.	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Simon Hughes	0	64	1.533	110	168.6	.	.	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Cynthia Roberts	2	65	1.495	145	216.8	8	26	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Pete Boxer	2	66	1.473	25(+8)	48.6	.	.	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Neil Edwards	2	67	1.447	70(+3)	105.6	.	.	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Cliff Blofield	2	68	1.433	115	164.8	7	22	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Rob Clarke	2	69	1.413	76(+3)	111.65	1	4	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Andy Zographou	2	70	1.408	122	171.75	3	4	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Marcel Bancroft	2	71	1.406	96(+1)	136.4	4	16	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Titus Simen	2	72	1.395	29(+8)	51.6	4	0	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
Flora von Michel	2	73	1.380	38(+7)	62.1	1	0	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
James Lintell-Smith	2	74	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Eamonn Reay	2	75	1.313	96(+1)	127.4	2	8	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
Frank Jones	2	76	1.290	107	138	.	.	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
Mathew Nicholls	2	77	1.271	77(+3)	101.7	1	0	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
Tom Chapman	3	78	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
James Timoney	3	79	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	80	1.165	89(+2)	106	.	.	18	28.8	21	19.2	26	28	24	30
Adrian Farthing	3	81	1.1634	34(+7)	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	47.7
Kev Lee	3	82	1.1625	24(+8)	37.2	.	.	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Photis Gittoes	3	83	1.157	20(+8)	32.4	2	0	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Rixon	2	84	1.136	12(+9)	23.85	.	.	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Dicken	3	85	1.135	29(+8)	42	2	0	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Ceri Pierce	3	86	1.131	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	3	87	1.044	101	105.4	1	0	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
John Curran	3	88	1.002	186	186.4	4	6	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
Jordan White	3	89	0.969	38(+7)	43.6	1	4	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Caroline Boulton	3	90	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Ben Crabb	3	91	0.865	29(+8)	32	.	.	2	0	27	32	.	.	.	.
Mitch Tucker	3	92	0.826	23(+8)	25.6	2	4	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	93	0.793	47(+7)	42.8	.	.	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Martha Beal	3	94	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Aidan Kenny	3	95	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	96	0.183	14(+9)	4.2	.	.	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	.	.	.	.
Savas Christodoulou	2		1.246	3(+10)	16.2	.	.	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lulzim Alla	3		1.080	5(+10)	16.2	.	.	5	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		0.840	5(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	12.6	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		0.836	4(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	11.7
Derek Clew	1		0.831	3(+10)	10.8	.	.	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	1	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Peter Wise	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.300	4(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.2	.	.
Ed Collinge	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Freddy Doubtfire	3		0.267	5(+10)	4	3	4	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
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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