Bristol Backgammon

Handicap Knock-outs

Handicaps of the Players

KEY TO HANDICAPS
Handicap calculated on results since the start of 2020	Previous Handicap Trophy winner; 0 for life	Handicap assessed by the Director

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PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	TOTAL		2024		2023		2022		2021		2020
PLAYER	HANDICAP	"Bristol Ranking"	Ranking score	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points	Played	Points
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.759	261	981.05	60	194	201	787.05	170	471.2	181	514.5	118	291
George Georgiou	0	2	3.285	113	371.25	17	54	96	317.25	137	359.6	38	92.05	74	123.3
Cecilia Rogers	0	3	3.256	124	403.7	12	37	40	132.3	72	234.4	122	289.8	64	103.8
Adam Sinclair	0	4	3.210	177	568.2	56	228	121	340.2	76	193.6	129	309.05	71	132.3
Nick Barham	0	5	3.065	168	514.9	36	118	132	396.9	145	375.2	157	351.4	56	146.7
Simonetta Herrera	0	6	3.022	100	302.2	2	0	13	48.6	85	253.6	97	203	104	205.8
Jim Green	0	7	3.011	113	340.2	8	40	35	128.7	36	81.2	34	90.3	47	78
Andy Boysan	0	8	2.934	184	539.8	10	17	71	194.4	103	328.4	111	256.2	115	192.3
Ian Tarr	0	9	2.861	250	715.35	61	169.5	189	545.85	180	388.4	128	313.95	93	175.8
Chris Rogers	0	10	2.829	148	418.7	48	132.5	100	286.2	81	265.6	109	268.45	50	136.8
Tim Line	0	11	2.813	334	939.6	86	225	248	714.6	224	492	203	468.3	123	189
Ian Anderson	0	12	2.806	180	505.05	53	168	127	337.05	136	317.6	86	144.9	38	81.9
Neil Young	0	13	2.805	103	288.95	7	26	32	114.75	26	60	38	88.2	23	57.6
Kev Peters	0	14	2.802	161	451.2	37	100	56	169.2	68	182	135	280.7	118	196.8
Stuart Mann	0	15	2.801	114	319.3	7	28	26	81.9	24	67.2	28	88.2	29	54
Michael Petrakas	0	16	2.578	71(+3)	190.75	9	30	30	72.9	30	84	2	3.85	.	.
Simon Baker	1	17	2.462	154	379.2	7	33	28	80.1	31	80	32	67.9	56	118.2
Roland Herrera	0	18	2.4213	197	477	.	.	.	.	67	148	130	329	102	179.7
Safi Tracy	1	19	2.4207	164	397	4	12	53	124.2	107	260.8	104	209.3	59	77.7
Ian Hedges	1	20	2.384	133	317.05	32	91	41	79.65	60	146.4	68	136.15	24	29.7
Steffen Nowak	1	21	2.350	104	244.4	17	51	35	96.3	28	65.6	24	31.5	31	54
James Newman	1	22	2.350	100	235	3	18	4	21.6	.	.	50	109.9	43	85.5
Mark Dixon	0	23	2.335	51(+5)	130.75	27	86	.	.	.	.	9	21.35	15	23.4
Mike Smith	1	24	2.304	101	232.7	13	43.5	28	72	31	64	29	53.2	6	9
Robin Gunney	1	25	2.295	174	399.4	9	11	42	82.8	123	305.6	80	135.8	85	137.7
Elias Hamati	1	26	2.282	246	561.3	80	177	166	384.3	159	336.8	122	210.7	.	.
Phil Doubtfire	1	27	2.252	57(+5)	139.6	21	55	36	84.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Tracy	1	28	2.244	160	359	48	107	112	252	118	246.4	90	147.35	64	72
Steve Pickard	1	29	2.242	69(+4)	163.65	21	48	17	52.2	7	17.6	24	45.85	.	.
Ed Turner	1	30	2.233	108	241.2	14	50	29	68.4	37	64	28	58.8	12	15
Alan Joicey	1	31	2.210	227	501.7	18	46	68	123.3	141	332.4	111	201.95	100	165.9
Warner Solomon	1	32	2.179	104	226.6	16	42	49	120.6	39	64	72	128.8	85	134.4
Natalie Singh	1	33	2.158	152	328	9	28	50	108	93	192	26	23.45	.	.
Dicky Biddle	0	34	2.157	18(+9)	58.25	11	38	7	20.25	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gerald Whitehouse	1	35	2.094	135	282.7	20	36	68	153.9	46	92.8	53	96.25	62	72.9
Jon Barnes	0	36	2.087	34(+7)	85.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	27.65	23	57.9
Chris Hughes	1	37	2.047	141	288.6	40	87	101	201.6	98	190.4	99	196.35	95	159.9
Hemal Getalal	1	38	2.018	73(+3)	153.4	5	10	32	71.1	28	57.6	8	14.7	.	.
Stephen Little	0	39	2.017	218	439.6	31	62.5	187	377.1	177	343.2	188	324.1	137	225.6
Phil Charlton	1	40	2.005	115	230.6	11	41	28	63	26	52	25	43.4	25	31.2
Hazel Harper	1	41	2.004	131	262.55	33	87.5	98	175.05	126	182.8	173	244.95	31	36.3
Simon Hughes	0	42	1.963	117	229.7	6	16	30	46.8	28	54.4	30	88.2	23	24.3
Richard Owsley	0	43	1.951	124	241.9	12	48	29	63	29	46.4	25	49.7	29	34.8
Gary Plant	2	44	1.934	110	212.7	11	24	26	40.5	24	56	28	49	21	43.2
Dave Pym	2	45	1.896	163	309.1	11	35	26	72	24	36	37	66.5	65	99.6
Matt Sharp	2	46	1.884	23(+8)	58.4	10	26	13	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Paul Watts	2	47	1.875	165	309.3	9	26	29	68.4	25	52	32	54.6	70	108.3
Ann Pocknell	0	48	1.843	19(+9)	51.6	14	36	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	15.6
Ben Crowden	2	49	1.788	119	212.8	6	10	22	44.1	35	92.8	28	39.2	28	26.7
Anna Parker	2	50	1.781	23(+8)	55.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	35.7	9	19.5
Ismail Yilmaz	2	51	1.762	132	232.6	14	25	26	45	27	52.8	28	50.4	37	59.4
Jon Organ	2	52	1.758	98(+1)	174	8	10	26	67.5	24	48	20	24.5	20	24
John Hedge	2	53	1.754	31(+7)	66.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	16	33.95	15	32.7
Adrian Farthing	2	54	1.705	172	293.25	.	.	.	.	34	63.6	49	87.15	89	142.5
Flora von Michel	2	55	1.703	22(+8)	51.1	18	43	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	56	1.686	98(+1)	166.9	11	20	26	49.5	24	41.6	.	.	37	55.8
Michael Corbett	2	57	1.679	53(+5)	97.4	8	15	24	50.4	21	32	.	.	.	.
Matt Reekie-Black	2	58	1.677	81(+2)	139.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	117.25	20	21.9
Mike Rodwell	2	59	1.647	37(+7)	72.45	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	32.55	22	39.9
Neil Edwards	2	60	1.643	35(+7)	69	11	15	24	54	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Selby	2	61	1.635	14(+9)	37.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	25.9	4	11.7
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	62	1.627	119	193.6	9	20	37	79.2	26	38.4	47	56	65	78
Pearl Foster	2	63	1.617	109	176.2	11	30	29	54.9	27	52.8	22	17.5	20	21
Reece Hodges	0	64	1.603	23(+8)	49.7	2	12	.	.	2	4.8	19	32.9	.	.
Simon Blinkhorn	2	65	1.573	54(+5)	92.8	36	64	18	28.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steve Morris	2	66	1.552	167	259.2	22	57.5	70	112.5	75	89.2	127	228.55	88	115.2
Kylie Hedges	2	67	1.551	94(+1)	147.3	15	50	4	0	35	56	40	41.3	.	.
Daniel Eldridge	0	68	1.512	54(+5)	89.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	11.2	45	78
Cliff Blofield	2	69	1.509	113	170.5	11	10	28	36	33	49.6	41	74.9	29	43.5
Eamonn Reay	2	70	1.497	109	163.2	11	21	26	46.8	23	28.8	24	21	25	45.6
Barry Vasili	2	71	1.4822	54(+5)	87.45	29	42	25	45.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peter Thistlewood	2	72	1.4817	55(+5)	88.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	33	55.3	22	33.6
Cynthia Roberts	2	73	1.472	109	160.4	23	38	86	122.4	162	199.2	171	207.9	96	93.3
Fred North	2	74	1.461	82(+2)	122.7	7	8	24	46.8	.	.	31	34.3	20	33.6
James Lintell-Smith	2	75	1.436	107	153.7	2	6	29	45.9	24	41.6	27	35	25	25.2
Yuri Cherkasenko	2	76	1.415	32(+7)	55.2	3	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	29	50.7
Andrew Cobb	2	77	1.395	100	139.5	10	20	26	36	24	40	20	31.5	20	12
Simon Hopper	2	78	1.381	24(+8)	44.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	36.4	10	7.8
Mandy Macdonald	2	79	1.361	109	148.4	12	16	45	61.2	52	71.2	57	53.9	67	67.2
Marcel Bancroft	2	80	1.339	72(+3)	100.4	11	12	24	43.2	24	35.2	3	2.8	10	7.2
David Tyrrell	3	81	1.240	103	127.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	31	35	72	92.7
Tom Chapman	3	82	1.233	126	155.3	9	8	31	57.6	20	32.4	38	37.8	28	19.5
Denby Pettitt	3	83	1.223	24(+8)	39.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	32.55	7	6.6
Jordan White	3	84	1.171	87(+2)	104.2	3	6	.	.	26	32	31	43.4	27	22.8
John Curran	3	85	1.159	107	124	15	16	92	108	117	152	100	85.05	88	81.3
John Lewis	3	86	1.138	24(+8)	36.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	36.4	.	.
Frank Jones	3	87	1.113	103	114.6	16	26	49	41.4	38	47.2	63	60.9	37	51.6
Carwyn Jenkins	3	88	1.075	62(+4)	70.95	.	.	.	.	2	0	38	40.95	22	30
Chas Perry	3	89	1.065	23(+8)	33	2	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	21	27
Caroline Boulton	3	90	1.062	105	111.5	9	12	24	36	21	19.2	27	18.2	24	26.1
Neculai Axinte	3	91	0.970	11(+9)	19.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.7	4	11.7
Andy Zographou	3	92	0.951	93(+1)	89.4	19	23	28	21.6	36	33.6	10	11.2	.	.
Pat Holly	3	93	0.915	11(+9)	18.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	18.3
Martha Beal	3	94	0.903	62(+4)	59.6	.	.	24	28.8	26	22.4	7	4.2	5	4.2
Aidan Kenny	3	95	0.779	17(+9)	20.25	.	.	17	20.25	.	.	.	.	.	.
David Hoare	3	96	0.774	23(+8)	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	23	24
Rosey Bensley	3	97	0.689	41(+6)	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	41	32.4
Richard Davies	3	98	0.617	15(+9)	14.8	8	4	7	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ben Crabb	3	99	0.500	15(+9)	12	15	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	100	0.284	10(+9)	5.4	.	.	10	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	3		1.824	7(+10)	31	7	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Miles Farren	3		1.400	8(+10)	25.2	3	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	7.2
Mark Ferrin	0		1.350	3(+10)	17.55	.	.	3	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carter Mattig	0		1.114	4(+10)	15.6	.	.	.	.	4	15.6	.	.	.	.
Martin Barkwill	0		1.108	3(+10)	14.4	.	.	.	.	3	14.4	.	.	.	.
Larry Deferville	3		1.080	5(+10)	16.2	.	.	5	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fraser Mackenzie	3		0.953	7(+10)	16.2	.	.	7	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Daniel Pedrecal	3		0.857	4(+10)	12	4	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kristian Mills	1		0.803	7(+10)	13.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	13.65	2	0
Mohammad Torkani	3		0.800	3(+10)	10.4	.	.	.	.	3	10.4	.	.	.	.
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.2
James Timoney	3		0.522	8(+10)	9.4	6	4	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tim Paulden	2		0.514	4(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Carmen van-der-l'Isle	3		0.450	2(+10)	5.4	.	.	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
John Hurst	0		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Thibaud Thompson	1		0.433	2(+10)	5.2	.	.	.	.	2	5.2	.	.	.	.
Stuart Whittingham	2		0.394	6(+10)	6.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	6.3	.	.
Daniel Miles	3		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	4	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Blaine Buchanan	1		0.386	4(+10)	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	5.4
Matt Hopkins	3		0.350	2(+10)	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	4.2	.	.
Kat Cherkasenko	3		0.347	9(+10)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	6.6
Paul Statter	2		0.325	4(+10)	4.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	4.55	.	.
Derek Clew	1		0.321	2(+10)	3.85	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.85	.	.
Jake Mochnacz	3		0.318	7(+10)	5.4	.	.	7	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Michihito Kageyama	0		0.300	3(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	3.9
Iman Bayandorian	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Tony Walters	3		0.300	2(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3.6
Jost Mueller-Kreth	1		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Jysen Quah	1		0.277	3(+10)	3.6	.	.	.	.	3	3.6	.	.	.	.
Tim Parfitt	2		0.208	3(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.7
Andrew Gay	3		0.205	9(+10)	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	3.9
Rob Wills	2		0.193	4(+10)	2.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2.7
Eamon Devlin	3		0.185	3(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2.4
George Devlin	3		0.160	5(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.4
Kian Sabet	3		0.160	5(+10)	2.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2.4
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	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Darby	0		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Olivier Evard	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Mary French	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
Mustafa Mohammed	4		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Lily Owsley	3		0	2(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	2	0	.	.	.	.
Dom Verrall	4		0	3(+10)	0	.	.	3	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Marcus Evans	3		0	4(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	4	0	.	.	.	.
Mike Ireland	2		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 (2020-2024).
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.
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
2020: Played and Points, see 2020 player data

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