Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2021	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2025		2024		2023		2022		2021
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.687	158	582.5	158	582.5	137	407.25	201	699.6	170	412.3	181	441
Jim Green	0	2	3.452	103	355.6	35	135	33	106.2	35	114.4	36	71.05	34	77.4
Nick Barham	0	3	3.356	135	453	135	453	97	260.1	132	352.8	145	328.3	157	301.2
Adam Sinclair	0	4	3.324	182	604.9	87	284.5	95	320.4	121	302.4	76	169.4	129	264.9
Ian Tarr	0	5	3.291	175	576	175	576	170	480.15	189	485.2	180	339.85	128	269.1
Kev Peters	0	6	3.282	125	410.3	67	242	58	168.3	56	150.4	68	159.25	135	240.6
Cecilia Rogers	0	7	3.163	102	322.6	31	115	31	90	40	117.6	72	205.1	122	248.4
Phil Doubtfire	0	8	3.145	117	368	71	233	46	135	36	75.2	.	.	.	.
Tim Line	0	9	3.102	201	623.5	201	623.5	179	396.9	248	635.2	224	430.5	203	401.4
Chris Rogers	0	10	2.998	155	464.65	71	205	84	259.65	100	254.4	81	232.4	109	230.1
Simon Baker	0	11	2.988	117	349.6	29	104	29	104.4	28	71.2	31	70	32	58.2
Ann Pocknell	0	12	2.969	107	317.7	83	256.5	24	61.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stuart Mann	0	13	2.960	110	325.6	32	99.5	28	94.5	26	72.8	24	58.8	28	75.6
Ian Hedges	0	14	2.937	117	343.6	37	133	80	210.6	41	70.8	60	128.1	68	116.7
Neil Young	0	15	2.927	119	348.3	55	150	32	96.3	32	102	26	52.5	38	75.6
Steffen Nowak	0	16	2.854	149	425.3	86	243.5	63	181.8	35	85.6	28	57.4	24	27
Steve Pickard	0	17	2.825	103	291	40	132	39	97.2	17	46.4	7	15.4	24	39.3
George Georgiou	0	18	2.807	134	376.1	5	14	33	80.1	96	282	137	314.65	38	78.9
Dicky Biddle	0	19	2.799	70(+3)	204.35	28	77	35	109.35	7	18	.	.	.	.
Jon Organ	0	20	2.766	122	337.5	122	337.5	26	67.5	26	60	24	42	20	21
Simonetta Herrera	0	21	2.727	106	289.1	6	24	2	0	13	43.2	85	221.9	97	174
Phil Charlton	0	22	2.725	111	302.5	25	84	32	117	28	56	26	45.5	25	37.2
Michael Petrakas	0	23	2.672	112	299.3	26	93.5	26	67.5	30	64.8	30	73.5	2	3.3
Warner Solomon	0	24	2.671	121	323.2	36	112.5	36	103.5	49	107.2	39	56	72	110.4
Andy Boysan	0	25	2.654	132	350.3	29	105.5	32	72	71	172.8	103	287.35	111	219.6
Ian Anderson	0	26	2.641	117	309	117	309	119	327.6	127	299.6	136	277.9	86	124.2
Scott Wood	0	27	2.630	85(+2)	228.8	81	218	4	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Elias Hamati	0	28	2.618	140	366.5	140	366.5	92	178.2	166	341.6	159	294.7	122	180.6
Mark Dixon	0	29	2.560	83(+2)	217.6	38	98.5	36	100.8	.	.	.	.	9	18.3
Natalie Singh	0	30	2.555	129	329.6	31	86	48	147.6	50	96	93	168	26	20.1
James Newman	0	31	2.507	70(+3)	183	10	48	6	21.6	4	19.2	.	.	50	94.2
Stephen Little	0	32	2.425	180	436.5	180	436.5	108	260.55	187	335.3	177	300.3	188	277.8
Alan Joicey	1	33	2.387	157	374.7	52	158	37	107.1	68	109.6	141	290.85	111	173.1
Hazel Harper	0	34	2.370	187	443.1	99	273	88	170.1	98	155.6	126	159.95	173	209.1
Simon Tracy	1	35	2.280	188	428.6	76	200	112	228.6	112	224	118	215.6	90	126.3
Simon Blinkhorn	1	36	2.257	105	237	39	120	66	117	18	25.6	.	.	.	.
Hemal Getalal	1	37	2.202	112	246.6	26	61	26	72	32	63.2	28	50.4	8	12.6
Robin Gunney	1	38	2.199	103	226.5	32	93.5	29	59.4	42	73.6	123	267.4	80	116.4
Steve Morris	1	39	2.182	147	320.75	72	174.5	75	146.25	70	100	75	78.05	127	195.9
Paul Watts	1	40	2.177	105	228.6	21	44	30	78.3	29	60.8	25	45.5	32	46.8
Mike Smith	1	41	2.161	116	250.65	25	55.5	32	75.15	28	64	31	56	29	45.6
Safi Tracy	1	42	2.157	172	371	5	18	7	14.4	53	110.4	107	228.2	104	179.4
Gerald Whitehouse	1	43	2.155	154	331.8	37	96	49	99	68	136.8	46	81.2	53	82.5
Matt Sharp	1	44	2.114	68(+4)	152.2	27	55	28	68.4	13	28.8	.	.	.	.
Barry Vasili	1	45	2.105	160	336.8	79	186.5	81	150.3	25	40.4	.	.	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	46	2.089	197	411.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	129.5	130	282
Richard Owsley	0	47	2.085	120	250.2	31	73.5	31	80.1	29	56	29	40.6	25	42.6
Ben Crowden	1	48	2.059	100	205.9	17	36	26	49.5	22	39.2	35	81.2	28	33.6
Chris Hughes	1	49	2.025	132	267.3	68	162	64	105.3	101	179.2	98	166.6	99	168.3
Reece Hodges	0	50	2.020	34(+7)	82.8	5	18	8	32.4	.	.	2	4.2	19	28.2
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	51	1.942	121	235	20	50	38	81	37	70.4	26	33.6	47	48
Umut Bilge	0	52	1.898	14(+9)	43.65	2	0	12	43.65	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dave Pym	2	53	1.897	102	193.5	26	44	26	54	26	64	24	31.5	37	57
Ed Turner	2	54	1.895	121	229.3	27	44	28	67.5	29	60.8	37	56	28	50.4
Pearl Foster	2	55	1.891	115	217.5	31	68.5	28	54	29	48.8	27	46.2	22	15
Dom Verrall	2	56	1.855	41(+6)	87.2	25	62	13	25.2	3	0	.	.	.	.
Gary Plant	2	57	1.852	120	222.2	18	52	24	43.2	26	36	24	49	28	42
Steve Cox	2	58	1.846	17(+9)	48	17	48	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michael Corbett	2	59	1.845	94(+1)	175.3	23	35	26	67.5	24	44.8	21	28	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	60	1.795	106	190.3	28	49.5	39	91.8	4	0	35	49	40	35.4
Ismail Yilmaz	2	61	1.756	107	187.9	.	.	26	58.5	26	40	27	46.2	28	43.2
Simon Hughes	0	62	1.751	107	187.4	20	46	29	52.2	30	41.6	28	47.6	30	75.6
Titus Simen	2	63	1.739	25(+8)	57.4	18	52	7	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Neil Edwards	2	64	1.630	70(+3)	119	20	44	26	27	24	48	.	.	.	.
Pete Boxer	2	65	1.563	24(+8)	50	24	50	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Black	2	66	1.546	61(+4)	100.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	100.5
Andy Zographou	2	67	1.544	107	165.2	51	99.5	56	65.7	28	19.2	36	29.4	10	9.6
Adrian Farthing	2	68	1.534	83(+2)	130.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	55.65	49	74.7
Flora von Michel	2	69	1.521	35(+7)	63.9	.	.	31	56.7	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Fred North	2	70	1.511	96(+1)	146.6	17	36	24	39.6	24	41.6	.	.	31	29.4
Marcel Bancroft	2	71	1.497	92(+1)	139.2	17	28	24	39.6	24	38.4	24	30.8	3	2.4
Cliff Blofield	2	72	1.491	106	158	19	52	26	30.6	28	32	33	43.4	41	64.2
Mathew Nicholls	2	73	1.4734	76(+3)	116.4	.	.	26	36	26	44	24	36.4	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	74	1.4727	119	175.25	52	74	67	101.25	86	108.8	162	174.3	171	178.2
Simon Dicken	2	75	1.463	24(+8)	46.8	19	36	5	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	76	1.424	105	149.5	26	60.5	30	52.2	49	36.8	38	41.3	63	52.2
Rob Clarke	2	77	1.411	69(+4)	103	62	84.5	7	18.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
James Lintell-Smith	2	78	1.400	87(+2)	124.6	4	12	3	5.4	29	40.8	24	36.4	27	30
James Timoney	2	79	1.373	63(+4)	92	36	62	25	25.2	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Simon Hopper	2	80	1.357	14(+9)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	31.2
Anna Parker	2	81	1.3304	14(+9)	30.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	30.6
Andrew Cobb	2	82	1.3296	108	143.6	17	28	21	21.6	26	32	24	35	20	27
Eamonn Reay	2	83	1.303	118	153.7	16	14	29	54.9	26	41.6	23	25.2	24	18
Kev Lee	2	84	1.294	24(+8)	41.4	20	36	4	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Photis Gittoes	2	85	1.280	16(+9)	32	16	32	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Rixon	2	86	1.262	12(+9)	26.5	12	26.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ceri Pierce	2	87	1.257	26(+9)	44	26	44	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	88	1.231	103	126.8	.	.	14	14.85	31	51.2	20	28.35	38	32.4
Peter Thistlewood	3	89	1.185	33(+7)	47.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	33	47.4
Jon Barnes	0	90	1.185	11(+9)	23.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	23.7
Andrew Selby	3	91	1.168	10(+9)	22.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	22.2
John Hedge	3	92	1.164	16(+9)	29.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	16	29.1
Mike Rodwell	3	93	1.163	15(+9)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	27.9
Mandy Macdonald	3	94	1.160	146	169.3	21	22	28	30.6	45	54.4	52	62.3	57	46.2
John Curran	3	95	1.118	182	203.4	53	84	37	23.4	92	96	117	133	100	72.9
Denby Pettitt	3	96	1.073	17(+9)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	27.9
Jordan White	3	97	1.038	64(+4)	70.6	4	0	3	5.4	.	.	26	28	31	37.2
Caroline Boulton	3	98	0.975	112	109.2	16	16	24	28.8	24	32	21	16.8	27	15.6
John Lewis	3	99	0.975	24(+8)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	31.2
Ben Crabb	3	100	0.973	29(+8)	36	2	0	27	36	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	101	0.830	46(+7)	44	18	20	21	14.4	7	9.6	.	.	.	.
David Tyrrell	3	102	0.789	31(+7)	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	31	30
Martha Beal	3	103	0.787	57(+5)	48.8	.	.	.	.	24	25.6	26	19.6	7	3.6
Carwyn Jenkins	3	104	0.763	40(+6)	35.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	38	35.1
Aidan Kenny	3	105	0.692	17(+9)	18	.	.	.	.	17	18	.	.	.	.
Mitch Tucker	3	106	0.593	18(+9)	16	18	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	107	0.253	10(+9)	4.8	.	.	.	.	10	4.8	.	.	.	.
Miles Farren	1		1.989	9(+10)	37.8	.	.	9	37.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	1		1.641	7(+10)	27.9	.	.	7	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Savas Christodoulou	3		1.385	3(+10)	18	3	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dom Cybulski	3		1.200	5(+10)	18	3	18	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.200	3(+10)	15.6	.	.	.	.	3	15.6	.	.	.	.
Alp Ozbas	3		1.176	7(+10)	20	7	20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		0.975	4(+10)	13.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	13.65	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		0.969	3(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	12.6	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		0.960	5(+10)	14.4	.	.	.	.	5	14.4	.	.	.	.
Yuri Cherkasenko	2		0.928	6(+10)	14.85	.	.	6	14.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Walter Busato	0		0.900	3(+10)	11.7	.	.	3	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fraser Mackenzie	3		0.847	7(+10)	14.4	.	.	.	.	7	14.4	.	.	.	.
Kristian Mills	1		0.780	5(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	11.7
Daniel Pedrecal	3		0.771	4(+10)	10.8	.	.	4	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.700	3(+10)	9.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	9.1	.	.
Julian Tucker	3		0.635	7(+10)	10.8	1	0	6	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jules Smith	3		0.623	3(+10)	8.1	.	.	3	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kian Sabet	3		0.542	2(+10)	6.5	2	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Eldridge	0		0.505	9(+10)	9.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	9.6
Irem Azak	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pollyanna Whitehouse	3		0.488	2(+10)	5.85	.	.	2	5.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	3		0.471	7(+10)	8	3	8	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.
Tim Paulden	2		0.450	4(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	6.3	.	.
Steve Ferrer	2		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chas Perry	3		0.415	3(+10)	5.4	.	.	3	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carmen van-der-l'Isle	3		0.400	2(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Neculai Axinte	1		0.388	7(+10)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	6.6
John Hurst	0		0.379	2(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.379	2(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.55	.	.
Dan Buchanan	3		0.346	3(+10)	4.5	3	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.343	4(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.338	6(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	5.4
Ed Collinge	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Hopkins	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Jake Mochnacz	3		0.282	7(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
Paul Statter	2		0.279	4(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	3.9
Derek Clew	1		0.275	2(+10)	3.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.3
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.238	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.238	3(+10)	3.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.15	.	.
Abdul Barakat	0		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Andrew Montgomery	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Vic Sprake	2		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Nelson Stephens	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Lee Wilkinson	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Lulzim Alla	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peter Crispin	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Klajdi Deda	4		0	2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Damon Dennis	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Freddy Doubtfire	4		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	.	.
Yashar Habibi	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aditya Narayanan	4		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Alessandro Corra	4		0	6(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	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 (2021-2025).
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.
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
2021: Played and Points, see 2021 player data

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