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
Nick Barham	0	1	3.586	110	394.5	110	394.5	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
Gaz Owen	0	2	3.435	249	855.25	58	214	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
James Newman	0	3	3.371	49(+6)	185.4	26	90	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	0	4	3.317	104	345	32	129	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Jim Green	0	5	3.309	126	416.9	20	82	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
Adam Sinclair	0	6	3.188	115	366.65	25	98	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Ann Pocknell	0	7	3.142	142	446.1	39	163.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Chris Rogers	0	8	3.106	111	344.8	34	149.5	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Tim Line	0	9	3.091	104	321.5	104	321.5	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Kev Peters	0	10	2.952	123	363.1	37	1036	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Alan Joicey	0	11	2.951	127	374.75	26	100	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Ian Tarr	0	12	2.936	282	828	84	261	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Dicky Biddle	0	13	2.920	90(+1)	265.7	19	78.5	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Natalie Singh	0	14	2.901	107	310.4	26	95.5	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Steffen Nowak	0	15	2.892	138	399.1	42	152.5	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Ian Anderson	0	16	2.865	196	561.5	56	219.5	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Simon Baker	0	17	2.840	102	289.7	16	41	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Cecilia Rogers	0	18	2.826	126	356.1	20	58	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Ian Hedges	0	19	2.791	164	457.8	42	141	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
Steve Pickard	0	20	2.620	106	277.7	27	72.5	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
George Georgiou	0	21	2.619	172	450.55	31	93	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Stuart Mann	0	22	2.614	123	321.55	13	33	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Phil Charlton	0	23	2.583	104	268.6	17	40	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Neil Young	0	24	2.547	102	259.8	39	105	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
Warner Solomon	1	25	2.486	140	348	17	56	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Scott Wood	1	26	2.457	128	314.5	34	98.5	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Andy Boysan	1	27	2.442	145	354.1	12	39	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Michael Petrakas	1	28	2.425	129	312.85	16	49	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Jon Organ	1	29	2.378	159	378.15	28	60	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Simonetta Herrera	0	30	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Hazel Harper	0	31	2.348	157	368.7	45	96	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Mark Dixon	1	32	2.326	99(+1)	232.6	22	44	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Chris Hughes	1	33	2.307	130	299.85	45	109.5	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Richard Owsley	0	34	2.282	111	253.3	17	62	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Elias Hamati	1	35	2.273	226	513.75	66	142.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Barry Vasili	1	36	2.251	141	317.35	50	122.5	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	37	2.198	104	228.6	16	47	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Steve Morris	1	38	2.140	112	239.65	30	52	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Stephen Little	0	39	2.072	303	627.95	91	159.5	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Dom Verrall	1	40	2.066	53(+5)	119.8	11	38	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Alp Ozbas	1	41	2.056	46(+6)	106.9	31	56.5	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Savas Christodoulou	1	42	2.0353	26(+8)	69.2	23	53	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1	43	2.0348	14(+9)	46.8	11	36	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Smith	1	44	2.026	101	204.65	13	22	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Reece Hodges	0	45	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Simon Tracy	1	46	2.016	197	397.2	9	14	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Robin Gunney	1	47	2.011	116	233.25	11	22	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Ed Turner	2	48	1.977	104	205.6	17	42	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Simon Blinkhorn	2	49	1.961	127	249.05	18	28.5	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Gary Plant	2	50	1.943	109	211.8	15	49.5	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Hemal Getalal	2	51	1.906	126	240.2	8	16.5	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Paul Watts	2	52	1.8728	123	230.35	11	24	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Matt Sharp	2	53	1.8727	72(+3)	140.45	2	0	29	54.45	28	60.8	13	25.2	.	.
Safi Tracy	2	54	1.867	172	321.2	.	.	5	16.2	7	12.8	53	96.6	107	195.6
Steve Cox	2	55	1.856	36(+7)	79.8	16	33	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pete Boxer	2	56	1.824	35(+7)	76.6	10	28	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Charlie Hetherington	2	57	1.818	24(+9)	60	24	60	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fred North	2	58	1.798	81(+2)	149.2	13	38	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	59	1.796	94(+1)	170.6	15	44	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Kylie Hedges	2	60	1.755	110	193.1	37	62	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	61	1.729	110	190.2	12	8	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Ben Crowden	2	62	1.692	116	196.3	14	16	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Umut Bilge	0	63	1.6870	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Dave Pym	2	64	1.6867	113	190.6	11	20	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Neil Edwards	2	65	1.678	80(+2)	137.6	10	32	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Michael Corbett	2	66	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Pearl Foster	2	67	1.615	103	166.35	14	14	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Andy Zographou	2	68	1.612	149	240.25	30	72.5	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Flora von Michel	2	69	1.594	48(+6)	86.1	11	24	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Simon Hughes	0	70	1.579	122	192.6	12	24	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Cliff Blofield	2	71	1.576	129	203.3	21	60.5	21	50.4	26	27.2	28	28	33	37.2
Marcel Bancroft	2	72	1.574	107	168.4	15	48	20	25.2	24	35.2	24	33.6	24	26.4
Roland Herrera	0	73	1.563	67(+4)	111	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	111
Titus Simen	2	74	1.513	38(+7)	68.1	13	16.5	18	46.8	7	4.8	.	.	.	.
Rob Clarke	2	75	1.4850	88(+2)	133.65	13	26	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	76	1.4847	111	164.8	41	64	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Frank Jones	2	77	1.431	124	177.5	17	39.5	28	59.4	30	46.4	49	32.2	38	35.4
John Rixon	2	78	1.423	19(+9)	39.85	7	16	12	23.85	.	.	.	.	.	.
Eamonn Reay	2	79	1.398	104	145.4	10	26	16	12.6	29	48.8	26	36.4	23	21.6
Mathew Nicholls	2	80	1.383	86(+2)	121.7	10	20	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
James Lintell-Smith	2	81	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Jordan White	2	82	1.291	52(+5)	73.6	15	34	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Carwyn Jenkins	2	83	1.273	13(+9)	28	11	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Kev Lee	2	84	1.262	32(+7)	49.2	8	12	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Photis Gittoes	3	85	1.233	28(+8)	44.4	10	12	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	86	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
James Timoney	3	87	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
John Curran	3	88	1.1740	123	144.4	33	48	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
Simon Dicken	3	89	1.1739	39(+7)	54	12	12	22	32.4	5	9.6	.	.	.	.
Andrew Cobb	3	90	1.165	89(+2)	106	.	.	18	28.8	21	19.2	26	28	24	30
Adrian Farthing	3	91	1.163	34(+7)	47.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	47.7
Ceri Pierce	3	92	1.131	27(+8)	39.6	.	.	27	39.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mandy Macdonald	3	93	1.040	109	113.4	9	8	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
Caroline Boulton	3	94	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Mitch Tucker	3	95	0.964	32(+7)	37.6	11	16	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Freddy Doubtfire	3	96	0.870	14(+9)	20	12	20	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ben Crabb	3	97	0.865	29(+8)	32	.	.	2	0	27	32	.	.	.	.
Richard Davies	3	98	0.843	60(+5)	54.8	13	12	19	21.6	21	12.8	7	8.4	.	.
Martha Beal	3	99	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Peter Wise	3	100	0.632	10(+9)	12	10	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aidan Kenny	3	101	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	102	0.476	26(+8)	16.2	12	12	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	.	.	.	.
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	.	.
Lulzim Alla	3		1.013	6(+10)	16.2	1	0	5	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		0.840	5(+10)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	12.6	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		0.836	4(+10)	11.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	11.7
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.300	4(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.2	.	.
Ed Collinge	3		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
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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