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
Adam Sinclair	0	1	3.296	145	477.9	50	157.5	95	320.4	121	302.4	76	169.4	129	264.9
Nick Barham	0	2	3.248	168	545.6	71	285.5	97	260.1	132	352.8	145	328.3	157	301.2
Ian Tarr	0	3	3.078	233	717.15	63	237	170	480.15	189	485.2	180	339.85	128	269.1
Gaz Owen	0	4	3.066	193	591.75	56	184.5	137	407.25	201	699.6	170	412.3	181	441
Kev Peters	0	5	3.0115	148	445.7	34	127	58	168.3	56	150.4	68	159.25	135	240.6
Cecilia Rogers	0	6	3.0111	153	460.7	10	48	31	90	40	117.6	72	205.1	122	248.4
Chris Rogers	0	7	2.901	125	362.65	41	103	84	259.65	100	254.4	81	232.4	109	230.1
Stuart Mann	0	8	2.842	116	329.7	10	28	28	94.5	26	72.8	24	58.8	28	75.6
Neil Young	0	9	2.839	119	337.8	29	87	32	96.3	32	102	26	52.5	38	75.6
Jim Green	0	10	2.821	119	335.65	15	44	33	106.2	35	114.4	36	71.05	34	77.4
George Georgiou	0	11	2.807	129	362.1	.	.	33	80.1	96	282	137	314.65	38	78.9
Ian Anderson	0	12	2.661	168	447.1	49	119.5	119	327.6	127	299.6	136	277.9	86	124.2
Simonetta Herrera	0	13	2.658	102	271.1	2	6	2	0	13	43.2	85	221.9	97	174
Mark Dixon	0	14	2.647	68(+4)	190.6	23	71.5	36	100.8	.	.	.	.	9	18.3
Phil Doubtfire	0	15	2.641	96(+1)	256.2	14	46	46	135	36	75.2	.	.	.	.
Warner Solomon	0	16	2.607	100	260.7	15	50	36	103.5	49	107.2	39	56	72	110.4
Steve Pickard	0	17	2.599	109	283.3	22	85	39	97.2	17	46.4	7	15.4	24	39.3
Dicky Biddle	0	18	2.591	59(+5)	165.85	17	38.5	35	109.35	7	18	.	.	.	.
Andy Boysan	0	19	2.568	115	295.3	12	50.5	32	72	71	172.8	103	287.35	111	219.6
Simon Baker	0	20	2.564	129	330.8	9	27	29	104.4	28	71.2	31	70	32	58.2
Natalie Singh	0	21	2.538	109	276.6	11	33	48	147.6	50	96	93	168	26	20.1
Tim Line	0	22	2.511	257	645.4	78	248.5	179	396.9	248	635.2	224	430.5	203	401.4
Steffen Nowak	1	23	2.499	129	322.4	31	55	63	181.8	35	85.6	28	57.4	24	27
Michael Petrakas	1	24	2.496	96(+1)	242.1	8	33	26	67.5	30	64.8	30	73.5	2	3.3
James Newman	1	25	2.443	66(+4)	171	6	36	6	21.6	4	19.2	.	.	50	94.2
Ian Hedges	1	26	2.440	135	329.4	14	48	80	210.6	41	70.8	60	128.1	68	116.7
Elias Hamati	1	27	2.401	164	393.7	72	215.5	92	178.2	166	341.6	159	294.7	122	180.6
Phil Charlton	1	28	2.325	119	276.7	8	21	32	117	28	56	26	45.5	25	37.2
Steve Morris	1	29	2.303	103	237.25	28	91	75	146.25	70	100	75	78.05	127	195.9
Hemal Getalal	1	30	2.300	104	239.2	10	41	26	72	32	63.2	28	50.4	8	12.6
Stephen Little	0	31	2.286	175	400.05	67	139.5	108	260.55	187	335.3	177	300.3	188	277.8
Jon Organ	1	32	2.261	111	251	35	81.5	26	67.5	26	60	24	42	20	21
Simon Tracy	1	33	2.241	164	367.6	52	139	112	228.6	112	224	118	215.6	90	126.3
Alan Joicey	1	34	2.222	138	306.7	33	90	37	107.1	68	109.6	141	290.85	111	173.1
Hazel Harper	0	35	2.212	130	287.6	42	117.5	88	170.1	98	155.6	126	159.95	173	209.1
Ann Pocknell	1	36	2.167	50(+5)	119.2	26	58	24	61.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	37	2.156	140	301.8	23	66	49	99	68	136.8	46	81.2	53	82.5
Safi Tracy	1	38	2.114	167	353	.	.	7	14.4	53	110.4	107	228.2	104	179.4
Mike Smith	1	39	2.100	101	212.15	10	17	32	75.15	28	64	31	56	29	45.6
Barry Vasili	1	40	2.096	112	234.8	31	84.5	81	150.3	25	40.4	.	.	.	.
Matt Sharp	1	41	2.091	52(+5)	119.2	11	22	28	68.4	13	28.8	.	.	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	42	2.089	197	411.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	129.5	130	282
Robin Gunney	1	43	2.079	208	432.4	14	32	29	59.4	42	73.6	123	267.4	80	116.4
Richard Owsley	0	44	2.061	102	210.2	13	33.5	31	80.1	29	56	29	40.6	25	42.6
Paul Watts	2	45	1.983	125	247.9	9	16.5	30	78.3	29	60.8	25	45.5	32	46.8
Reece Hodges	0	46	1.969	32(+7)	76.8	3	12	8	32.4	.	.	2	4.2	19	28.2
Ed Turner	2	47	1.901	103	195.8	9	11.5	28	67.5	29	60.8	37	56	28	50.4
Umut Bilge	0	48	1.898	14(+9)	43.65	2	0	12	43.65	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Hughes	2	49	1.896	188	356.5	23	72	64	105.3	101	179.2	98	166.6	99	168.3
Simon Hughes	0	50	1.878	123	231	6	14	29	52.2	30	41.6	28	47.6	30	75.6
Simon Blinkhorn	2	51	1.865	98(+1)	184.6	14	42	66	117	18	25.6	.	.	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	52	1.862	109	203	8	18	38	81	37	70.4	26	33.6	47	48
Gary Plant	2	53	1.858	111	206.2	9	36	24	43.2	26	36	24	49	28	42
Dave Pym	2	54	1.843	121	223	8	16.5	26	54	26	64	24	31.5	37	57
Ben Crowden	2	55	1.829	120	219.5	9	16	26	49.5	22	39.2	35	81.2	28	33.6
Michael Corbett	2	56	1.796	79(+3)	147.3	8	7	26	67.5	24	44.8	21	28	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	57	1.756	107	187.9	.	.	26	58.5	26	40	27	46.2	28	43.2
Scott Wood	2	58	1.752	21(+8)	50.8	17	40	4	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dom Verrall	2	59	1.673	25(+8)	55.2	9	30	13	25.2	3	0	.	.	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	60	1.608	116	186.5	10	22.5	28	54	29	48.8	27	46.2	22	15
Simon Dicken	2	61	1.552	16(+9)	38.8	11	28	5	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Black	2	62	1.546	61(+4)	100.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	100.5
Adrian Farthing	2	63	1.534	83(+2)	130.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	55.65	49	74.7
Flora von Michel	2	64	1.521	35(+7)	63.9	.	.	31	56.7	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Rob Clarke	2	65	1.488	35(+7)	62.5	28	44	7	18.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	66	1.478	101	149.25	34	48	67	101.25	86	108.8	162	174.3	171	178.2
Pete Boxer	2	67	1.474	10(+9)	28	10	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	68	1.473	76(+3)	116.4	.	.	26	36	26	44	24	36.4	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	69	1.463	128	187.2	10	11	39	91.8	4	0	35	49	40	35.4
Cliff Blofield	2	70	1.456	103	150	16	44	26	30.6	28	32	33	43.4	41	64.2
Marcel Bancroft	2	71	1.445	86(+2)	127.2	11	16	24	39.6	24	38.4	24	30.8	3	2.4
Eamonn Reay	2	72	1.397	110	153.7	8	14	29	54.9	26	41.6	23	25.2	24	18
James Lintell-Smith	2	73	1.379	84(+2)	118.6	1	6	3	5.4	29	40.8	24	36.4	27	30
Neil Edwards	2	74	1.359	59(+5)	87	9	12	26	27	24	48	.	.	.	.
Simon Hopper	2	75	1.357	14(+9)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	31.2
Fred North	2	76	1.348	86(+2)	118.6	7	8	24	39.6	24	41.6	.	.	31	29.4
Anna Parker	2	77	1.330	14(+9)	30.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	30.6
James Timoney	2	78	1.261	40(+6)	58	13	28	25	25.2	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	3	79	1.233	128	157.8	11	27.5	30	52.2	49	36.8	38	41.3	63	52.2
Tom Chapman	3	80	1.231	103	126.8	.	.	14	14.85	31	51.2	20	28.35	38	32.4
Andrew Cobb	3	81	1.192	96(+1)	115.6	5	0	21	21.6	26	32	24	35	20	27
Peter Thistlewood	3	82	1.185	33(+7)	47.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	33	47.4
Jon Barnes	0	83	1.185	11(+9)	23.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	23.7
Andrew Selby	3	84	1.168	10(+9)	22.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	22.2
John Hedge	3	85	1.164	16(+9)	29.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	16	29.1
Mike Rodwell	3	86	1.163	15(+9)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	27.9
Andy Zographou	3	87	1.159	106	122.9	22	38	56	65.7	28	19.2	36	29.4	10	9.6
Mandy Macdonald	3	88	1.129	134	151.3	9	4	28	30.6	45	54.4	52	62.3	57	46.2
John Curran	3	89	1.085	158	171.4	29	52	37	23.4	92	96	117	133	100	72.9
Denby Pettitt	3	90	1.073	17(+9)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	27.9
Titus Simen	3	91	1.058	15(+9)	25.4	8	20	7	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jordan White	3	92	1.038	64(+4)	70.6	4	0	3	5.4	.	.	26	28	31	37.2
Caroline Boulton	3	93	0.992	102	101.2	6	8	24	28.8	24	32	21	16.8	27	15.6
John Lewis	3	94	0.975	24(+8)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	31.2
Ben Crabb	3	95	0.973	29(+8)	36	2	0	27	36	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kev Lee	3	96	0.930	14(+9)	21.4	10	16	4	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	97	0.837	35(+8)	36	7	12	21	14.4	7	9.6	.	.	.	.
David Tyrrell	3	98	0.789	31(+7)	30	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	31	30
Martha Beal	3	99	0.787	57(+5)	48.8	.	.	.	.	24	25.6	26	19.6	7	3.6
Carwyn Jenkins	3	100	0.763	40(+6)	35.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0	38	35.1
Aidan Kenny	3	101	0.692	17(+9)	18	.	.	.	.	17	18	.	.	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	102	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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Cox	3		1.474	9(+10)	28	9	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.200	3(+10)	15.6	.	.	.	.	3	15.6	.	.	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		0.975	4(+10)	13.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	13.65	.	.
Ceri Pierce	3		0.947	9(+10)	18	9	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Photis Gittoes	3		0.941	7(+10)	16	7	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Rixon	3		0.406	6(+10)	6.5	6	6.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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
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	.	.
Mitch Tucker	3		0.222	8(+10)	4	8	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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
Peter Crispin	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Dom Cybulski	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	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.
Marcus Evans	3		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	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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