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	3.296	113	372.5	113	372.5	201	787.05	170	471.2	181	514.5	118	291
Ian Tarr	0	2	3.177	127	403.5	127	403.5	189	545.85	180	388.4	128	313.95	93	175.8
Cecilia Rogers	0	3	3.169	134	424.7	22	58	40	132.3	72	234.4	122	289.8	64	103.8
George Georgiou	0	4	3.149	129	406.25	33	89	96	317.25	137	359.6	38	92.05	74	123.3
Adam Sinclair	0	5	3.114	204	635.2	83	295	121	340.2	76	193.6	129	309.05	71	132.3
Kev Peters	0	6	3.094	109	337.2	53	168	56	169.2	68	182	135	280.7	118	196.8
Jim Green	0	7	3.066	125	383.2	20	83	35	128.7	36	81.2	34	90.3	47	78
Nick Barham	0	8	3.035	197	597.9	65	201	132	396.9	145	375.2	157	351.4	56	146.7
Ian Anderson	0	9	3.030	101	306	101	306	127	337.05	136	317.6	86	144.9	38	81.9
Simonetta Herrera	0	10	3.022	100	302.2	2	0	13	48.6	85	253.6	97	203	104	205.8
Chris Rogers	0	11	2.980	168	500.7	68	214.5	100	286.2	81	265.6	109	268.45	50	136.8
Stuart Mann	0	12	2.979	126	375.3	19	84	26	81.9	24	67.2	28	88.2	29	54
Andy Boysan	0	13	2.886	194	559.8	20	37	71	194.4	103	328.4	111	256.2	115	192.3
Neil Young	0	14	2.800	115	321.95	19	59	32	114.75	26	60	38	88.2	23	57.6
Simon Baker	0	15	2.745	110	302	19	74	28	80.1	31	80	32	67.9	56	118.2
Dicky Biddle	0	16	2.743	31(+7)	104.25	24	84	7	20.25	.	.	.	.	.	.
Steffen Nowak	0	17	2.697	101	272.4	38	110.5	35	96.3	28	65.6	24	31.5	31	54
Phil Doubtfire	0	18	2.653	76(+3)	209.6	40	125	36	84.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ian Hedges	0	19	2.620	110	288.15	69	208.5	41	79.65	60	146.4	68	136.15	24	29.7
Tim Line	0	20	2.572	139	357.5	139	357.5	248	714.6	224	492	203	468.3	123	189
Michael Petrakas	0	21	2.570	79(+3)	210.75	17	50	30	72.9	30	84	2	3.85	.	.
Steve Pickard	0	22	2.508	84(+2)	215.65	36	100	17	52.2	7	17.6	24	45.85	.	.
Mark Dixon	0	23	2.446	55(+5)	146.75	31	102	.	.	.	.	9	21.35	15	23.4
Warner Solomon	1	24	2.428	116	281.6	28	97	49	120.6	39	64	72	128.8	85	134.4
Roland Herrera	0	25	2.4213	197	477	.	.	.	.	67	148	130	329	102	179.7
Safi Tracy	1	26	2.4207	164	397	4	12	53	124.2	107	260.8	104	209.3	59	77.7
Phil Charlton	1	27	2.390	101	241.4	22	83	28	63	26	52	25	43.4	25	31.2
James Newman	1	28	2.363	102	241	5	24	4	21.6	.	.	50	109.9	43	85.5
Natalie Singh	1	29	2.320	178	413	35	113	50	108	93	192	26	23.45	.	.
Alan Joicey	1	30	2.303	237	545.7	28	90	68	123.3	141	332.4	111	201.95	100	165.9
Simon Tracy	1	31	2.275	204	464	92	212	112	252	118	246.4	90	147.35	64	72
Matt Sharp	1	32	2.267	32(+7)	88.4	19	56	13	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Elias Hamati	1	33	2.257	258	582.3	92	198	166	384.3	159	336.8	122	210.7	.	.
Robin Gunney	1	34	2.249	183	414.4	18	26	42	82.8	123	305.6	80	135.8	85	137.7
Ed Turner	1	35	2.247	114	256.2	20	65	29	68.4	37	64	28	58.8	12	15
Mike Smith	1	36	2.227	109	242.7	21	53.5	28	72	31	64	29	53.2	6	9
Ann Pocknell	0	37	2.211	28(+8)	79.6	23	64	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	15.6
Stephen Little	0	38	2.201	257	565.6	70	188.5	187	377.1	177	343.2	188	324.1	137	225.6
Hemal Getalal	1	39	2.183	82(+2)	183.4	14	40	32	71.1	28	57.6	8	14.7	.	.
Paul Watts	1	40	2.168	107	232	21	57	29	68.4	25	52	32	54.6	70	108.3
Richard Owsley	0	41	2.145	104	223.1	21	64	29	63	29	46.4	25	49.7	29	34.8
Simon Hughes	0	42	2.128	105	223.4	17	34	30	46.8	28	54.4	30	88.2	23	24.3
Gerald Whitehouse	1	43	2.126	102	216.9	34	63	68	153.9	46	92.8	53	96.25	62	72.9
Dave Pym	1	44	2.090	105	219.5	18	45	26	72	24	36	37	66.5	65	99.6
Jon Barnes	0	45	2.087	34(+7)	85.55	.	.	.	.	.	.	11	27.65	23	57.9
Hazel Harper	1	46	2.070	158	327.05	60	152	98	175.05	126	182.8	173	244.95	31	36.3
Michael Corbett	1	47	2.064	65(+4)	142.4	20	60	24	50.4	21	32	.	.	.	.
Ben Crowden	1	48	2.021	102	206.1	17	30	22	44.1	35	92.8	28	39.2	28	26.7
Reece Hodges	0	49	1.991	26(+8)	67.7	5	30	.	.	2	4.8	19	32.9	.	.
Barry Vasili	2	50	1.977	86(+2)	173.95	61	128.5	25	45.45	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Hughes	2	51	1.971	154	303.6	53	102	101	201.6	98	190.4	99	196.35	95	159.9
Jon Organ	2	52	1.963	109	214	19	50	26	67.5	24	48	20	24.5	20	24
Ismail Yilmaz	2	53	1.962	101	198.2	20	50	26	45	27	52.8	28	50.4	37	59.4
Gary Plant	2	54	1.937	116	224.7	17	36	26	40.5	24	56	28	49	21	43.2
Steve Morris	2	55	1.896	115	218	45	105.5	70	112.5	75	89.2	127	228.55	88	115.2
Simon Blinkhorn	2	56	1.835	77(+3)	146.8	59	118	18	28.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anna Parker	2	57	1.781	23(+8)	55.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	35.7	9	19.5
John Hedge	2	58	1.754	31(+7)	66.65	.	.	.	.	.	.	16	33.95	15	32.7
Neil Edwards	2	59	1.750	42(+6)	84	18	30	24	54	.	.	.	.	.	.
Kylie Hedges	2	60	1.739	110	191.3	31	94	4	0	35	56	40	41.3	.	.
Mathew Nicholls	2	61	1.715	109	186.9	22	40	26	49.5	24	41.6	.	.	37	55.8
Adrian Farthing	2	62	1.705	172	293.25	.	.	.	.	34	63.6	49	87.15	89	142.5
Flora von Michel	2	63	1.689	27(+8)	59.1	23	51	4	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Matt Reekie-Black	2	64	1.677	81(+2)	139.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	117.25	20	21.9
Mike Rodwell	2	65	1.647	37(+7)	72.45	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	32.55	22	39.9
Andrew Selby	2	66	1.635	14(+9)	37.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	10	25.9	4	11.7
Pearl Foster	2	67	1.620	118	191.2	20	45	29	54.9	27	52.8	22	17.5	20	21
Rosemary Whitehouse	2	68	1.594	129	205.6	19	32	37	79.2	26	38.4	47	56	65	78
Daniel Eldridge	0	69	1.512	54(+5)	89.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	9	11.2	45	78
Cynthia Roberts	2	70	1.507	129	194.4	43	72	86	122.4	162	199.2	171	207.9	96	93.3
Cliff Blofield	2	71	1.500	119	178.5	18	22	28	36	33	49.6	41	74.9	29	43.5
Eamonn Reay	2	72	1.493	116	173.2	18	31	26	46.8	23	28.8	24	21	25	45.6
Peter Thistlewood	2	73	1.482	55(+5)	88.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	33	55.3	22	33.6
Fred North	2	74	1.480	90(+1)	134.7	15	20	24	46.8	.	.	31	34.3	20	33.6
James Lintell-Smith	2	75	1.423	108	153.7	3	6	29	45.9	24	41.6	27	35	25	25.2
Marcel Bancroft	2	76	1.420	79(+3)	116.4	18	28	24	43.2	24	35.2	3	2.8	10	7.2
Yuri Cherkasenko	2	77	1.415	32(+7)	55.2	3	4.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	29	50.7
Tom Chapman	2	78	1.398	100	139.8	11	12	31	57.6	20	32.4	38	37.8	28	19.5
Simon Hopper	2	79	1.381	24(+8)	44.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	14	36.4	10	7.8
Andrew Cobb	2	80	1.3544	103	139.5	13	20	26	36	24	40	20	31.5	20	12
Mandy Macdonald	2	81	1.3538	117	158.4	20	26	45	61.2	52	71.2	57	53.9	67	67.2
David Tyrrell	3	82	1.240	103	127.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	31	35	72	92.7
Denby Pettitt	3	83	1.223	24(+8)	39.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	17	32.55	7	6.6
Frank Jones	3	84	1.191	113	134.6	26	46	49	41.4	38	47.2	63	60.9	37	51.6
Jordan White	3	85	1.171	87(+2)	104.2	3	6	.	.	26	32	31	43.4	27	22.8
John Lewis	3	86	1.138	24(+8)	36.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	24	36.4	.	.
John Curran	3	87	1.081	124	134	32	26	92	108	117	152	100	85.05	88	81.3
Andy Zographou	3	88	1.079	104	112.2	40	57	28	21.6	36	33.6	10	11.2	.	.
Carwyn Jenkins	3	89	1.075	62(+4)	70.95	.	.	.	.	2	0	38	40.95	22	30
Chas Perry	3	90	1.031	24(+8)	33	3	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	21	27
Caroline Boulton	3	91	1.005	111	111.5	15	12	24	36	21	19.2	27	18.2	24	26.1
Neculai Axinte	3	92	0.970	11(+9)	19.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	7	7.7	4	11.7
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
James Timoney	3	97	0.696	16(+9)	17.4	14	12	2	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rosey Bensley	3	98	0.689	41(+6)	32.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	41	32.4
Richard Davies	3	99	0.648	21(+8)	18.8	14	8	7	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ben Crabb	3	100	0.444	18(+9)	12	18	12	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chris Aquilina	3	101	0.284	10(+9)	5.4	.	.	10	5.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geoff Paffett	3		1.824	7(+10)	31	7	31	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Miles Farren	3		1.642	9(+10)	31.2	4	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	7.2
Mark Ferrin	0		1.350	3(+10)	17.55	.	.	3	17.55	.	.	.	.	.	.
Umut Bilge	3		1.125	6(+10)	18	6	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	.
Dom Verrall	3		0.588	7(+10)	10	4	10	3	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mansour Sedaghatpanah	3		0.554	3(+10)	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	7.2
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	.	.	.	.
Simon Dicken	3		0.273	1(+10)	3	1	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Julian Tucker	3		0.273	1(+10)	3	1	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.
Kev Lee	4		0	1(+10)	0	1	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Andrew Montgomery	4		0	1(+10)	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	0	.	.
Titus Simen	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	.	.	.	.
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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