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
Gaz Owen	0	1	3.501	264	924.25	73	283	191	641.25	137	362	201	612.15	170	353.4
Nick Barham	0	2	3.459	121	418.5	121	418.5	157	465.3	97	231.2	132	308.7	145	281.4
James Newman	0	3	3.403	53(+5)	197.4	30	102	13	59.4	6	19.2	4	16.8	.	.
Jim Green	0	4	3.338	127	423.9	21	89	38	140.4	33	94.4	35	100.1	36	60.9
Phil Doubtfire	0	5	3.288	111	365	39	149	72	216	46	120	36	65.8	.	.
Adam Sinclair	0	6	3.258	119	387.65	29	119	90	268.65	95	284.8	121	264.6	76	145.2
Chris Rogers	0	7	3.182	120	381.8	43	186.5	77	195.3	84	230.8	100	222.6	81	199.2
Ann Pocknell	0	8	3.116	148	461.1	45	178.5	103	282.6	24	54.4	.	.	.	.
Ian Tarr	0	9	3.065	107	328	107	328	198	567	170	426.8	189	424.55	180	291.3
Tim Line	0	10	3.027	132	399.5	132	399.5	229	627.75	179	352.8	248	555.8	224	369
Steffen Nowak	0	11	3.014	150	452.1	54	205.5	96	246.6	63	161.6	35	74.9	28	49.2
Kev Peters	0	12	2.986	135	403.1	49	143	86	260.1	58	149.6	56	131.6	68	136.5
Ian Anderson	0	13	2.975	221	657.5	81	315.5	140	342	119	291.2	127	262.15	136	238.2
Alan Joicey	0	14	2.932	137	401.75	36	127	64	179.55	37	95.2	68	95.9	141	249.3
Natalie Singh	0	15	2.874	108	310.4	27	95.5	33	83.7	48	131.2	50	84	93	144
Stuart Mann	0	16	2.843	107	304.15	21	66	32	90.45	28	84	26	63.7	24	50.4
Ian Hedges	0	17	2.831	176	498.3	54	181	42	129.6	80	187.2	41	61.95	60	109.8
Simon Baker	0	18	2.826	105	296.7	19	48	29	93.6	29	92.8	28	62.3	31	60
Dicky Biddle	0	19	2.797	94(+1)	265.7	23	78.5	29	74.25	35	97.2	7	15.75	.	.
Cecilia Rogers	0	20	2.796	132	369.1	26	71	35	115.2	31	80	40	102.9	72	175.8
Steve Pickard	0	21	2.671	115	307.2	36	102	40	118.8	39	86.4	17	40.6	7	13.2
George Georgiou	0	22	2.669	184	491.05	43	133.5	12	39.6	33	71.2	96	246.75	137	269.7
Neil Young	0	23	2.621	118	309.3	55	154.5	63	154.8	32	85.6	32	89.25	26	45
Phil Charlton	0	24	2.558	105	268.6	18	40	28	75.6	32	104	28	49	26	39
Andy Boysan	0	25	2.555	155	396.1	22	81	30	99.9	32	64	71	151.2	103	246.3
Savas Christodoulou	0	26	2.540	35(+7)	106.7	35	90.5	3	16.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Scott Wood	0	27	2.518	136	342.5	42	126.5	94	216	4	9.6	.	.	.	.
Derek Clew	1	28	2.493	22(+8)	74.8	19	64	3	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mark Dixon	1	29	2.477	105	260.1	28	71.5	41	99	36	89.6	.	.	.	.
Michael Petrakas	1	30	2.474	101	249.85	18	49	27	84.15	26	60	30	56.7	30	63
Warner Solomon	1	31	2.400	145	348	22	56	38	106.2	36	92	49	93.8	39	48
Simonetta Herrera	0	32	2.355	106	249.6	.	.	6	21.6	2	0	13	37.8	85	190.2
Jon Organ	1	33	2.350	166	390.15	35	72	131	318.15	26	60	26	52.5	24	36
Hazel Harper	0	34	2.314	166	384.2	54	111.5	112	272.7	88	151.2	98	136.15	126	137.1
Richard Owsley	0	35	2.283	116	264.8	22	73.5	34	71.1	31	71.2	29	49	29	34.8
Elias Hamati	1	36	2.273	226	513.75	66	142.5	160	371.25	92	158.4	166	298.9	159	252.6
Chris Hughes	1	37	2.252	144	324.35	59	134	85	190.35	64	93.6	101	156.8	98	142.8
Steve Morris	1	38	2.234	118	263.65	36	76	82	187.65	75	130	70	87.5	75	66.9
Gerald Whitehouse	1	39	2.208	111	245.1	23	63.5	39	93.6	49	88	68	119.7	46	69.6
Robin Gunney	1	40	2.165	123	266.25	18	55	34	94.05	29	52.8	42	64.4	123	229.2
Barry Vasili	1	41	2.151	158	339.85	67	145	91	194.85	81	133.6	25	35.35	.	.
Paul Watts	1	42	2.107	106	223.35	19	56	28	44.55	30	69.6	29	53.2	25	39
Simon Tracy	1	43	2.046	200	409.2	12	26	76	180	112	203.2	112	196	118	184.8
Reece Hodges	0	44	2.025	15(+9)	48.6	.	.	5	16.2	8	28.8	.	.	2	3.6
Alp Ozbas	1	45	2.023	56(+5)	123.4	41	73	15	50.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mike Smith	2	46	1.987	103	204.65	15	22	28	59.85	32	66.8	28	56	31	48
Ed Turner	2	47	1.978	108	213.6	21	50	30	50.4	28	60	29	53.2	37	48
Hemal Getalal	2	48	1.966	103	202.5	13	22	32	61.2	26	64	32	55.3	28	43.2
Dom Verrall	2	49	1.965	58(+5)	123.8	16	42	26	59.4	13	22.4	3	0	.	.
Stephen Little	0	50	1.952	126	246	126	246	212	468.45	108	231.6	187	293.3	177	257.4
Simon Blinkhorn	2	51	1.943	131	254.55	22	34	43	116.55	66	104	18	22.4	.	.
Gary Plant	2	52	1.925	110	211.8	16	49.5	20	50.4	24	38.4	26	31.5	24	42
Matt Sharp	2	53	1.873	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
Kylie Hedges	2	55	1.860	121	225.1	48	94	34	49.5	39	81.6	4	0	35	42
Steve Cox	2	56	1.856	36(+7)	79.8	16	33	20	46.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andy Zographou	2	57	1.842	102	187.85	39	78.5	63	109.35	56	58.4	28	16.8	36	25.2
Fred North	2	58	1.828	84(+2)	157.2	16	46	20	39.6	24	35.2	24	36.4	.	.
Pete Boxer	2	59	1.824	35(+7)	76.6	10	28	25	48.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Charlie Hetherington	2	60	1.818	24(+9)	60	24	60	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	61	1.789	113	202.2	15	20	23	48.6	38	72	37	61.6	26	28.8
Ismail Yilmaz	2	62	1.759	96(+1)	170.6	17	44	.	.	26	52	26	35	27	39.6
Neil Edwards	2	63	1.713	83(+2)	145.6	13	40	20	39.6	26	24	24	42	.	.
Dave Pym	2	64	1.712	116	198.6	14	28	26	39.6	26	48	26	56	24	27
Umut Bilge	0	65	1.687	14(+9)	38.8	.	.	2	0	12	38.8	.	.	.	.
Ben Crowden	2	66	1.683	119	200.3	17	20	19	32.4	26	44	22	34.3	35	69.6
Michael Corbett	2	67	1.643	97(+1)	161	.	.	26	37.8	26	60	24	39.2	21	24
Flora von Michel	2	68	1.609	51(+5)	90.1	14	28	2	5.4	31	50.4	4	6.3	.	.
Pearl Foster	2	69	1.600	104	166.35	15	14	32	61.65	28	48	29	42.7	27	39.6
Simon Hughes	0	70	1.598	123	196.6	13	28	23	45	29	46.4	30	36.4	28	40.8
Cliff Blofield	2	71	1.582	132	208.8	24	66	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	.	.	.	.
Cynthia Roberts	2	75	1.493	118	176.8	48	76	70	100.8	67	90	86	95.2	162	149.4
Rob Clarke	2	76	1.485	88(+2)	133.65	13	26	68	91.25	7	16.4	.	.	.	.
Frank Jones	2	77	1.439	131	188.5	24	50.5	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	1.367	87(+2)	121.7	11	20	.	.	26	32	26	38.5	24	31.2
Carwyn Jenkins	2	81	1.333	18(+9)	36	16	36	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	0
James Lintell-Smith	2	82	1.332	62(+4)	87.9	.	.	6	16.2	3	4.8	29	35.7	24	31.2
Jordan White	2	83	1.293	55(+5)	77.6	18	38	8	10.8	3	4.8	.	.	26	24
Photis Gittoes	2	84	1.274	31(+7)	48.4	13	16	18	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kev Lee	3	85	1.237	36(+7)	53.2	12	16	20	32.4	4	4.8	.	.	.	.
Tom Chapman	3	86	1.193	65(+4)	82.3	.	.	.	.	14	13.2	31	44.8	20	24.3
John Curran	3	87	1.184	127	150.4	37	54	53	75.6	37	20.8	92	84	117	114
James Timoney	3	88	1.177	66(+4)	82.4	.	.	39	55.8	25	22.4	2	4.2	.	.
Simon Dicken	3	89	1.174	40(+6)	54	13	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	1.039	113	117.4	13	12	27	30.6	28	27.2	45	47.6	52	53.4
Mitch Tucker	3	94	1.015	34(+7)	41.6	13	20	21	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Caroline Boulton	3	95	0.966	87(+2)	86	.	.	18	18	24	25.6	24	28	21	14.4
Freddy Doubtfire	3	96	0.923	17(+9)	24	15	24	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	.	.
Peter Wise	3	99	0.762	12(+9)	16	12	16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martha Beal	3	100	0.713	50(+5)	39.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	22.4	26	16.8
Aidan Kenny	3	101	0.606	17(+9)	15.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	15.75	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	102	0.584	31(+7)	22.2	17	18	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	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jack Rogers-Crane	3		0.308	3(+10)	4	3	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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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