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	3.627	134	486	134	486	137	407.25	201	699.6	170	412.3	181	441
Nick Barham	0	2	3.386	127	430	127	430	97	260.1	132	352.8	145	328.3	157	301.2
Kev Peters	0	3	3.336	114	380.3	56	212	58	168.3	56	150.4	68	159.25	135	240.6
Adam Sinclair	0	4	3.322	180	597.9	85	277.5	95	320.4	121	302.4	76	169.4	129	264.9
Ian Tarr	0	5	3.307	148	489.5	148	489.5	170	480.15	189	485.2	180	339.85	128	269.1
Phil Doubtfire	0	6	3.139	101	317	55	182	46	135	36	75.2	.	.	.	.
Tim Line	0	7	3.093	162	501	162	501	179	396.9	248	635.2	224	430.5	203	401.4
Stuart Mann	0	8	3.054	103	314.6	25	88.5	28	94.5	26	72.8	24	58.8	28	75.6
Cecilia Rogers	0	9	3.045	171	520.7	28	108	31	90	40	117.6	72	205.1	122	248.4
Chris Rogers	0	10	3.042	148	450.15	64	190.5	84	259.65	100	254.4	81	232.4	109	230.1
Jim Green	0	11	3.027	134	405.65	30	114	33	106.2	35	114.4	36	71.05	34	77.4
Simon Baker	0	12	3.015	109	328.6	21	83	29	104.4	28	71.2	31	70	32	58.2
Neil Young	0	13	2.994	112	335.3	48	137	32	96.3	32	102	26	52.5	38	75.6
Ann Pocknell	0	14	2.898	95(+1)	278.2	71	217	24	61.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ian Hedges	0	15	2.892	115	332.6	35	122	80	210.6	41	70.8	60	128.1	68	116.7
George Georgiou	0	16	2.807	129	362.1	.	.	33	80.1	96	282	137	314.65	38	78.9
Dicky Biddle	0	17	2.7993	70(+3)	204.35	28	77	35	109.35	7	18	.	.	.	.
Steve Pickard	0	18	2.7990	102	285.5	39	126.5	39	97.2	17	46.4	7	15.4	24	39.3
Jon Organ	0	19	2.750	124	341	99	273.5	26	67.5	26	60	24	42	20	21
Simonetta Herrera	0	20	2.727	106	289.1	6	24	2	0	13	43.2	85	221.9	97	174
Steffen Nowak	0	21	2.701	138	372.8	75	191	63	181.8	35	85.6	28	57.4	24	27
Scott Wood	0	22	2.696	69(+4)	196.8	65	186	4	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Warner Solomon	0	23	2.693	120	323.2	35	112.5	36	103.5	49	107.2	39	56	72	110.4
Elias Hamati	0	24	2.639	119	314	119	314	92	178.2	166	341.6	159	294.7	122	180.6
Phil Charlton	0	25	2.631	107	281.5	21	63	32	117	28	56	26	45.5	25	37.2
Michael Petrakas	0	26	2.621	110	288.3	24	82.5	26	67.5	30	64.8	30	73.5	2	3.3
Andy Boysan	0	27	2.562	126	322.8	23	78	32	72	71	172.8	103	287.35	111	219.6
Ian Anderson	0	28	2.561	106	271.5	106	271.5	119	327.6	127	299.6	136	277.9	86	124.2
Natalie Singh	0	29	2.525	125	315.6	27	72	48	147.6	50	96	93	168	26	20.1
James Newman	0	30	2.507	70(+3)	183	10	48	6	21.6	4	19.2	.	.	50	94.2
Mark Dixon	1	31	2.495	79(+3)	204.6	34	85.5	36	100.8	.	.	.	.	9	18.3
Stephen Little	0	32	2.480	152	377	152	377	108	260.55	187	335.3	177	300.3	188	277.8
Hazel Harper	0	33	2.401	171	410.6	83	240.5	88	170.1	98	155.6	126	159.95	173	209.1
Alan Joicey	1	34	2.360	149	351.7	44	135	37	107.1	68	109.6	141	290.85	111	173.1
Simon Tracy	1	35	2.316	179	414.6	67	186	112	228.6	112	224	118	215.6	90	126.3
Steve Morris	1	36	2.304	134	308.75	59	162.5	75	146.25	70	100	75	78.05	127	195.9
Hemal Getalal	1	37	2.242	110	246.6	24	61	26	72	32	63.2	28	50.4	8	12.6
Gerald Whitehouse	1	38	2.173	149	323.8	32	88	49	99	68	136.8	46	81.2	53	82.5
Robin Gunney	1	39	2.165	223	482.9	29	82.5	29	59.4	42	73.6	123	267.4	80	116.4
Safi Tracy	1	40	2.147	170	365	3	12	7	14.4	53	110.4	107	228.2	104	179.4
Mike Smith	1	41	2.140	112	239.65	21	44.5	32	75.15	28	64	31	56	29	45.6
Richard Owsley	0	42	2.105	116	244.2	27	67.5	31	80.1	29	56	29	40.6	25	42.6
Matt Sharp	1	43	2.096	66(+4)	146.7	25	49.5	28	68.4	13	28.8	.	.	.	.
Roland Herrera	0	44	2.089	197	411.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	67	129.5	130	282
Simon Blinkhorn	1	45	2.074	117	242.6	33	100	66	117	18	25.6	.	.	.	.
Chris Hughes	1	46	2.061	120	247.3	56	142	64	105.3	101	179.2	98	166.6	99	168.3
Barry Vasili	1	47	2.054	153	314.3	72	164	81	150.3	25	40.4	.	.	.	.
Reece Hodges	0	48	2.020	34(+7)	82.8	5	18	8	32.4	.	.	2	4.2	19	28.2
Paul Watts	2	49	1.949	130	253.4	14	22	30	78.3	29	60.8	25	45.5	32	46.8
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	50	1.941	119	231	18	46	38	81	37	70.4	26	33.6	47	48
Steve Cox	2	51	1.913	14(+9)	44	14	44	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Umut Bilge	0	52	1.898	14(+9)	43.65	2	0	12	43.65	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ben Crowden	2	53	1.869	126	235.5	15	32	26	49.5	22	39.2	35	81.2	28	33.6
Gary Plant	2	54	1.867	119	222.2	17	52	24	43.2	26	36	24	49	28	42
Ed Turner	2	55	1.865	120	223.8	26	38.5	28	67.5	29	60.8	37	56	28	50.4
Pearl Foster	2	56	1.860	111	206.5	27	57.5	28	54	29	48.8	27	46.2	22	15
Kylie Hedges	2	57	1.830	104	190.3	26	49.5	39	91.8	4	0	35	49	40	35.4
Dave Pym	2	58	1.827	136	248.5	23	44	26	54	26	64	24	31.5	37	57
Michael Corbett	2	59	1.773	90(+1)	161.3	19	21	26	67.5	24	44.8	21	28	.	.
Ismail Yilmaz	2	60	1.756	107	187.9	.	.	26	58.5	26	40	27	46.2	28	43.2
Simon Hughes	0	61	1.720	102	175.4	15	34	29	52.2	30	41.6	28	47.6	30	75.6
Dom Verrall	2	62	1.680	33(+7)	67.2	17	42	13	25.2	3	0	.	.	.	.
Titus Simen	2	63	1.594	23(+8)	49.4	16	44	7	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Black	2	64	1.546	61(+4)	100.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	100.5
Adrian Farthing	2	65	1.534	83(+2)	130.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	34	55.65	49	74.7
Pete Boxer	2	66	1.533	22(+8)	46	22	46	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Simon Dicken	2	67	1.529	20(+8)	42.8	15	32	5	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Zographou	2	68	1.522	102	155.2	46	89.5	56	65.7	28	19.2	36	29.4	10	9.6
Flora von Michel	2	69	1.521	35(+7)	63.9	.	.	31	56.7	4	7.2	.	.	.	.
Marcel Bancroft	2	70	1.513	91(+1)	139.2	16	28	24	39.6	24	38.4	24	30.8	3	2.4
Cynthia Roberts	2	71	1.502	114	171.25	47	70	67	101.25	86	108.8	162	174.3	171	178.2
Fred North	2	72	1.501	94(+1)	142.6	15	32	24	39.6	24	41.6	.	.	31	29.4
Rob Clarke	2	73	1.500	62(+4)	99	55	80.5	7	18.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Neil Edwards	2	74	1.493	65(+4)	103	15	28	26	27	24	48	.	.	.	.
Cliff Blofield	2	75	1.491	106	158	19	52	26	30.6	28	32	33	43.4	41	64.2
Mathew Nicholls	2	76	1.473	76(+3)	116.4	.	.	26	36	26	44	24	36.4	.	.
James Lintell-Smith	2	77	1.400	87(+2)	124.6	4	12	3	5.4	29	40.8	24	36.4	27	30
James Timoney	2	78	1.387	57(+5)	86	30	56	25	25.2	2	4.8	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	79	1.358	102	138.5	23	49.5	30	52.2	49	36.8	38	41.3	63	52.2
Simon Hopper	2	80	1.357	14(+9)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	31.2
Anna Parker	2	81	1.330	14(+9)	30.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	30.6
Eamonn Reay	2	82	1.325	116	153.7	14	14	29	54.9	26	41.6	23	25.2	24	18
John Rixon	2	83	1.262	12(+9)	26.5	12	26.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	84	1.231	103	126.8	.	.	14	14.85	31	51.2	20	28.35	38	32.4
Andrew Cobb	3	85	1.227	104	127.6	13	12	21	21.6	26	32	24	35	20	27
Photis Gittoes	3	86	1.217	14(+9)	28	14	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peter Thistlewood	3	87	1.185	33(+7)	47.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	33	47.4
Jon Barnes	0	88	1.185	11(+9)	23.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	23.7
Andrew Selby	3	89	1.168	10(+9)	22.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	22.2
John Hedge	3	90	1.164	16(+9)	29.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	16	29.1
Mike Rodwell	3	91	1.163	15(+9)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	27.9
Mandy Macdonald	3	92	1.128	143	161.3	18	14	28	30.6	45	54.4	52	62.3	57	46.2
John Curran	3	93	1.118	182	203.4	53	84	37	23.4	92	96	117	133	100	72.9
Ceri Pierce	3	94	1.097	22(+9)	34	22	34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Denby Pettitt	3	95	1.073	17(+9)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	27.9
Jordan White	3	96	1.038	64(+4)	70.6	4	0	3	5.4	.	.	26	28	31	37.2
John Lewis	3	97	0.975	24(+8)	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	31.2
Ben Crabb	3	98	0.973	29(+8)	36	2	0	27	36	.	.	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3	99	0.965	109	105.2	13	12	24	28.8	24	32	21	16.8	27	15.6
Richard Davies	3	100	0.833	41(+7)	40	13	16	21	14.4	7	9.6	.	.	.	.
Kev Lee	3	101	0.823	17(+9)	21.4	13	16	4	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	0.640	16(+9)	16	16	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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Ferrin	0		1.200	3(+10)	15.6	.	.	.	.	3	15.6	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.	.	.
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
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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