Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2004	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Ann Pocknell	0	1	3.081	81(+2)	255.7	33	122	31	108.9	17	24.8	.	.	.	.
Stuart Mann	0	2	3.025	151	456.7	45	149	47	141.3	59	166.4	48	110.6	49	99
Peter Edwards	0	3	2.836	134	380	52	155	82	225	14	17.6	.	.	.	.
Paul Gilbertson	0	4	2.812	45(+6)	143.4	17	66	22	72	3	2.4	.	.	3	3
Ian Tarr	0	5	2.742	100	274.2	41	105	59	169.2	57	110.4	50	84.7	50	81.6
Roland Herrera	0	6	2.704	129	348.8	38	130	40	97.2	51	121.6	32	64.4	36	47.4
Mark Dixon	0	7	2.498	127	317.3	25	55	53	150.3	49	112	47	107.1	24	37.8
Gaz Owen	0	8	2.394	101	241.8	38	99	47	118.8	16	24	8	12.6	.	.
Phil Charlton	0	9	2.393	90(+1)	217.8	12	40	23	54	18	60	16	35	21	28.8
Nick Barham	0	10	2.321	132	306.4	32	89	54	120.6	46	96.8	.	.	.	.
Ian Preston	0	11	2.314	124	286.9	37	84	54	134.1	33	68.8	19	21	44	59.4
Tim Line	0	12	2.297	150	344.5	45	118	53	116.1	52	110.4	37	41.3	.	.
Ed Turner	0	13	2.269	150	340.4	41	119	52	113.4	57	108	48	84.7	54	97.2
Marcus Wrinch	1	14	2.245	94(+1)	213.3	34	81	60	132.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	1	15	2.241	111	248.7	33	94	46	110.7	32	44	32	56	30	49.8
Martin Hemming	1	16	2.235	142	317.3	14	36	26	59.4	41	84	61	137.9	42	78
Simon Baker	1	17	2.199	103	226.5	12	45	27	52.2	25	60	6	14.7	33	54.6
Steve Ferrer	1	18	2.192	104	228	9	23	14	36	43	86.4	38	82.6	32	36.6
Neil Young	1	19	2.140	104	222.6	43	84	61	138.6	37	75.2	28	46.2	29	39.6
Simonetta Herrera	1	20	2.136	146	311.8	42	104	51	106.2	53	101.6	49	91	43	76.8
Michael Corbett	1	21	2.082	85(+2)	181.1	14	30	22	59.4	18	44	15	31.5	16	16.2
Mike Smith	1	22	2.064	75(+3)	161	11	25	27	63	18	52	19	21	.	.
John Slattery	1	23	2.058	113	232.5	.	.	17	43.2	38	72	24	56.7	34	60.6
Miles Farren	1	24	2.039	104	212.1	20	55	43	96.3	41	60.8	24	20.3	.	.
Derek Clew	1	25	2.016	31(+7)	76.6	14	46	17	30.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Elliot Smart	1	26	2.008	73(+3)	152.6	.	.	20	58.5	1	0	25	41.3	27	52.8
Juanita Ferrer	1	27	1.993	101	201.3	8	27	13	18	40	96.8	40	59.5	34	39
Jason Champion	1	28	1.988	142	282.3	.	.	4	2.7	50	124	40	81.2	48	74.4
Steffen Nowak	1	29	1.986	157	311.8	40	73	54	111.6	63	127.2	52	99.4	36	47.4
Richard Owsley	1	30	1.961	134	262.8	34	91	57	106.2	43	65.6	32	39.2	40	44.4
Phillip Hill	1	31	1.936	110	213	21	48	31	74.7	24	33.6	34	56.7	42	66.6
Dave Pym	1	32	1.905	128	243.8	13	45	23	45	30	47.2	26	57.4	36	49.2
Tony Walters	1	33	1.862	140	260.7	37	90	53	67.5	50	103.2	48	71.4	28	22.2
Richard Cartwright	1	34	1.845	124	228.8	.	.	2	4.5	34	67.2	50	91.7	38	65.4
Paul Watts	1	35	1.812	107	193.9	12	18	37	81.9	30	40.8	28	53.2	33	49.8
John Ould	1	36	1.787	39(+7)	82.2	.	.	.	.	2	4.8	24	50.4	13	27
Cecilia Sparke	2	37	1.742	86(+2)	153.3	39	96	30	43.2	14	12	3	2.1	.	.
Alan Parfitt	2	38	1.714	93(+1)	161.1	13	35	20	40.5	19	36	19	28	22	21.6
John Paton	2	39	1.572	104	163.5	12	10	28	49.5	36	64.8	28	39.2	.	.
Steve Morris	2	40	1.552	147	228.1	39	49	52	92.7	56	86.4	.	.	.	.
Jerry Limb	2	41	1.526	41(+6)	71.7	11	20	.	.	1	0	24	42.7	5	9
Lewis Young	2	42	1.518	91(+1)	139.7	42	89	36	45.9	11	4.8	.	.	2	0
Charlie Hetherington	2	43	1.507	70(+3)	110	.	.	.	.	4	7.2	16	26.6	50	76.2
John Lewis	2	44	1.444	78(+3)	117	12	25	20	31.5	18	32	15	10.5	13	18
Tim Jefferies	2	45	1.418	44(+6)	70.9	1	5	7	16.2	.	.	6	3.5	30	46.2
Cynthia Roberts	2	46	1.350	127	171.5	37	58	49	56.7	41	56.8	33	25.2	38	38.4
Mike Gartside	2	47	1.3303	25(+8)	43.9	1	3	22	36.9	2	4	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	2	48	1.3300	55(+5)	79.8	12	25	.	.	18	20	19	29.4	6	5.4
Simon Hughes	2	49	1.282	70(+3)	93.6	32	36	38	57.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Sprague	3	50	1.209	60(+4)	77.4	12	21	27	35.1	14	13.6	7	7.7	.	.
Rosey Bensley	3	51	1.136	13(+9)	25	.	.	.	.	2	4	.	.	11	21
Richard Holness	3	52	1.091	13(+9)	24	13	24	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Todd Young	3	53	0.996	95(+1)	95.6	31	38	42	43.2	22	14.4	.	.	.	.
Martin Potter	3	54	0.995	12(+9)	20.9	.	.	7	12.6	3	4.8	2	3.5	.	.
George Jakeway	3	55	0.917	40(+6)	42.2	3	10	14	9	23	23.2	.	.	.	.
Mike Osborne	3	56	0.909	26(+8)	30.9	.	.	19	24.3	.	.	.	.	7	6.6
Thomas Liedtke	3	57	0.876	35(+7)	36.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	20	22.4	15	14.4
Drew Caudwell	3	58	0.864	37(+7)	38	17	20	20	18	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jude Pitt	3	59	0.842	28(+8)	30.3	6	6	20	24.3	2	0	.	.	.	.
Chris Roberts	3	60	0.826	56(+5)	50.4	3	3	11	2.7	14	22.4	14	9.1	14	13.2
Simon Fahoury	3	61	0.779	15(+9)	18.7	.	.	4	4.5	3	2.4	3	7	5	4.8
Elias Hamati	3	62	0.768	10(+9)	14.6	.	.	2	4.5	.	.	2	3.5	6	6.6
Nina Evangelou	3	63	0.753	41(+6)	35.4	.	.	23	23.4	18	12	.	.	.	.
David Olmo	3	64	0.689	10(+9)	13.1	2	5	8	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Heike Faulhaber	3	65	0.667	28(+8)	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	18	16.8	10	7.2
Colin Sara	3	66	0.652	14(+9)	15	4	15	10	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pete Wright	3	67	0.614	13(+9)	13.5	.	.	13	13.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Robert Hampson	3	68	0.600	12(+9)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	12	12.6	.	.
Jim Best	3	69	0.587	14(+9)	13.5	.	.	14	13.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Skelton	3	70	0.571	12(+9)	12	.	.	.	.	12	12	.	.	.	.
Gerry Carolan	3	71	0.474	10(+9)	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	9
Shane Roberts	3	72	0.384	24(+8)	12.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	10.5	10	1.8
Tim Oldfield	3	73	0.3795	32(+7)	14.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	13	11.2	19	3.6
Gabriela Perales	3	74	0.3789	10(+9)	7.2	2	0	2	0	6	7.2	.	.	.	.
Ian Senior	3	75	0.3789	10(+9)	7.2	.	.	.	.	10	7.2	.	.	.	.
Susy Liedtke	3	76	0.317	28(+8)	11.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	13	4.2	15	7.2
Mandy Macdonald	3	77	0.271	12(+9)	5.7	5	3	7	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Nigel Mitchell	3	78	0.263	15(+9)	6.3	.	.	2	0	.	.	13	6.3	.	.
Graham Ross	3	79	0.210	11(+9)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	4.2	.	.
Kevin Jones	2		0.933	5(+10)	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	14	.	.
Nick Hill	3		0.813	6(+10)	13	6	13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Miles	3		0.794	7(+10)	13.5	.	.	7	13.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sebastian Akkam	3		0.675	6(+10)	10.8	.	.	6	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Keith Wiltshire	2		0.667	5(+10)	10	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7	2	3
Lars Trabolt	0		0.600	5(+10)	9	5	9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Biddle	3		0.579	4(+10)	8.1	.	.	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Patrick Duggan	3		0.571	4(+10)	8	4	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bo Peterson	0		0.538	3(+10)	7	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7	.	.
Sue Burnett	3		0.500	2(+10)	6	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Nick Dolman	3		0.481	6(+10)	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	7.7	.	.
Graham Alder	2		0.469	6(+10)	7.5	.	.	.	.	4	4	2	3.5	.	.
Adrian Fisk	3		0.450	6(+10)	7.2	.	.	2	0	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Jon Kent	3		0.442	9(+10)	8.4	.	.	.	.	1	0	8	8.4	.	.
Paul Glasson	3		0.426	9(+10)	8.1	.	.	9	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Moody	2		0.400	5(+10)	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	6
Simon Temme	3		0.375	6(+10)	6	6	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Neil Lowthian	3		0.371	7(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	6.3	.	.
Costas Efthymiou	3		0.357	4(+10)	5	4	5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Shipton	3		0.338	6(+10)	5.4	.	.	3	5.4	.	.	3	0	.	.
Nick Fisk	3		0.321	4(+10)	4.5	.	.	2	4.5	2	0	.	.	.	.
Marie Harz	3		0.320	5(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	5	4.8	.	.	.	.
Daniel Myers	3		0.320	5(+10)	4.8	.	.	.	.	5	4.8	.	.	.	.
Jason Bray	3		0.292	2(+10)	3.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.5	.	.
Dave Street	3		0.292	2(+10)	3.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.5	.	.
Richard Coleman	3		0.280	5(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	4.2	.	.
Adrian Farthing	3		0.269	3(+10)	3.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.5	.	.
Simon Gonzales	3		0.250	2(+10)	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3
Tony Lee	0		0.250	2(+10)	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3
Brian Porter	3		0.233	8(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	8	4.2	.	.
Anne Jeppesen	0		0.231	3(+10)	3	3	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Liz Cefalas	3		0.225	6(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	3.6
Kevin Carter	3		0.225	2(+10)	2.7	.	.	2	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Theresa Rook	3		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	3	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Phil Ward	3		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	3	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Callum Campbell	3		0.200	5(+10)	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	0	2	3
Nigel Hutchings	3		0.171	4(+10)	2.4	.	.	1	0	3	2.4	.	.	.	.
George Palframan	3		0.169	6(+10)	2.7	.	.	6	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matthew Billington	3		0.164	1(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1.8
Jonathan Pearson	3		0.164	1(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1.8
Martin Lubianka	3		0.160	5(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	4	2.4	1	0	.	.
Malcolm Patterson	3		0.158	9(+10)	3	9	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rouslan Bass	3		0.150	6(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	3	2.4	3	0	.	.
David Radford	3		0.150	2(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1.8
Tarim	3		0.150	2(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1.8
Jeremy Axford	3		0.150	2(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1.8
Dominic Neate	3		0.138	3(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	1.8
Nick Patt	3		0.138	3(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	1.8
Rob Wills	2		0.138	3(+10)	1.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	1.8
Carla Ferrer	4			1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Dave Jones	4			1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Charlie Mitton	4			1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Mike Rodwell	3			1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Alan Sammonds	3			1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
John Scadding	4			1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
Ian Smith	4			1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.
John Sutcliffe	4			1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0
Francois Andres	4			2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Mike Clew	4			2(+10)	0	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Gardner-Medwin	4			2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Martin Keenan	4			2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Nick Martin	4			2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matthew Thomas	4			2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jamie Waite	4			2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Matt Whitford	4			2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.
Tom Browning	4			3(+10)	0	3	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hayley Young	4			3(+10)	0	2	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lars Ericsson	4			4(+10)	0	4	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 (2004-2008).
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 (2.250 and over); 1 (1.750 to 2.249); 2 (1.250 to 1.749); 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.
2008: Played and Points, see 2008 player data
2007: Played and Points, see 2007 player data
2006: Played and Points, see 2006 player data
2005: Played and Points, see 2005 player data
2004: Played and Points, see 2004 player data

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