Bristol Backgammon

Year end rankings

Based on handicapping system

1990 to date

The handicapping system used to calculate handicaps for our Handicap Trophy events has given rise to a by-product, namely an unofficial ranking system, which seems to be of interest to more and more players.
While the year end positions from 2006 onwards were those produced by the system, previous years' ranking positions have now been reconstructed using similar data.
Prior to 2000, the amount of data is minimal, simply because the number of competitions available to be used were few and far between.
Nevertheless the positions for those early years give some idea of the hierarchy of Bristol Backgammon at that time.
From 2000 onwards, with more and more competitions taking place, there is more and more substance to the rankings.

PLAYER	Year End position 2011	Year End position 2010	Year End position 2009	Year End position 2008	Year End position 2007	Year End position 2006	Year End position 2005	Year End position 2004	Year End position 2003	Year End position 2002	Year End position 2001	Year End position 2000	Year End position 1999	Year End position 1998	Year End position 1997	Year End position 1996	Year End position 1995	Year End position 1994	Year End position 1993	Year End position 1992	Year End position 1991	Year End position 1990
Stuart Mann	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1
Gaz Owen	2	1	6	9	12	38
Dave Ablett	3	10
Simonetta Herrera	4	4	7	15	22	9	10	12	22	28	38	34
Derek Clew	5	3	5	6	45
Roland Herrera	6	2	1	7	6	5	18	21	23	26	23	22
Tim Line	7	7	14	16	10	19	36
Miles Farren	8	11	21	26	37	37	51
Julian Fetterlein	9	6	10	38
Steffen Nowak	10	9	24	30	17	7	19	23	24	27
Simon Hughes	11	21	36	49	42
Dave Pym	12	25	22	23	31	20	11	8	9	16	19	15	8	6	10	4	3	2	2	1	2	3
Paul Gilbertson	13	8	3	3	8	47	37	33	28
Ian Tarr	14	12	8	5	5	15	9	3	7	8	6	7	12	12	7	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
Ann Pocknell	15	13	4	2	4	44
Blaine Buchanan	16	23	17	10	26	28	16	15	12	13	11	11	14
Richard Owsley	17	32	30	24	32	34	32	31	54
John Plummer	18	20	28
Peter Edwards	19	14	9	4	3	50
Neil Young	20	24	19	20	15	30	27	28	31	21	42
Phil Charlton	21	18	11	11	14	6	21	17	8	5	10	6	10	10	4	3	2	4	1	2	1	2
Cecilia Sparke	22	27	23	35	48	58
Michihito Kageyama	23	16
Chas Perry	24	19	43
Richard Biddle	25	62
Simon Baker	26	15	13	17	20	8	17	9	10	9	5	1	2	3	1	13	12	15
Nick Barham	27	28	18	14	9	13
Ed Turner	28	17	15	12	18	14	3	13	21	17	20	25
Marcus Wrinch	29	22	12	13	16
Simon Temme	30	29	33	43
Mark Dixon	31	26	16	8	2	3	7	22	27
Jamie Nevill	32	45
Steve Morris	33	33	46	45	36	32
Michael Corbett	34	30	20	21	24	25	28	41	53
Ian Preston	35	31	26	18	11	18	15	7	4	11	12	23	9	8	6	11	13	16		12
Richard Holness	36	35	42	54
James Lintell-Smith	37	36
Lewis Young	38	34	35	39	53	74
Paul Watts	39	47	41	36	29	29	20	11	11	4	18	21
Mike Smith	40	46	39	31	21	21	48	53	44	37	31	32
Tony Walters	41	41	27	33	35	26	29	45
Cynthia Roberts	42	48	49	48	47	39	41	36
Steve Ferrer	43	38	29	22	25	12	8	16	6
Sean Hopson	44	50
Shay Baabahar	45	42
Martin Hemming	46	37	25	19	7	2	2	5	5	10	15
Jerry Limb	47	61	47	41	41	33	23	24	17	12	8	10
Malcolm Patterson	48	60	55	84
Phillip Hill	49	44	32	32	28	24	22	25	33	34	33
Andrew Cobb	50	55	53	53	49	43	46	65	63	53
Alan Parfitt	51	51	40	40	40	35	35	35	42					18
Elliot Smart	52	49	38	27	23	17	6	10	13	23	27	18
Juanita Ferrer	53	40	37	28	33	16	24	30
Pam Jakeway	54	53	62
John Lewis	55	52	45	42	44	42	40	37	35	33	36	26	19	16	11	9	8	7
John Slattery	56	43	34	25	13	11	5	2	3	1	1
John Sprague	57	58	54	50	50	54	55	63	55	45
Todd Young	58	56	50	52	57	63
Tim Parker	59	59	52
John Paton	60	57	48	44	34	27	34
Matt Black	61
George Jakeway	62	65	63	59	62	52
Rufus Rozelaar	63	64	57
Mike Gartside	64	63	56	51	43
Mandy Macdonald	65	73	85	82
Drew Caudwell	66	66	58	57	63	65	59	56	48	44	37	28			18	18	19	17	16
Hadi Kermani	67
John Corrado	68
Jude Pitt	69	72	65	62	59
Lotte Ryan	70	68
Mike Osborne	71	69	64	58	54	60	54	54
Jim Best	72	71	70	74	68
Nina Evangelou	73	76	68	65	61	66
Nick Hill	74	75	72	69
Colin Sara	75	74	79	71	79
David Olmo	76	77	71	66
Pete Wright	77	78	73	68	67
Mike Webb	78	79	78	73
Michal Ciupak	79	81	76
Anne Buchanan	80	80
Shadow Hamilton	81	84
Haydn Beard	82	82
Chris Roberts	83	70	66	61	58	45	49	47
Jason Champion		39	31	29	19	4	12	14	20	39
Richard Cartwright		54	44	34	27	10	4	6
Martin Potter		67	61	56	52
Mark Skelton		83	77	72	69	57
Gabriela Perales		85	82	78
Ian Senior		86	83	79	75	71
John Ould			51	37	30	22	14	18	25	41
Charlie Hetherington			59	46	38	23	13	4	2	3	4	2	7	9	5	2	4	1	4	3	3	1
Tim Jefferies			60	47	39	31	25	19	18	22	16	9
Thomas Liedtke			67	60	55	46	38	49
Simon Fahoury			69	63	56	48	39	44	41
Heike Faulhaber			74	67	64	53	50	62
Robert Hampson			75	70	66	56	52
Tim Oldfield			80	77	74	70	65	72
Shane Roberts			81	76	73	69	64	73
Nigel Mitchell			84	81	77	73	67
Graham Ross			86	83	78	75	69
Susy Liedtke			87	80	76	72	66	66
Rosey Bensley				55	46	36	26	20	14	6	9
Elias Hamati				64	60	51	42	39	36	29			15	13	9	7	15
Gerry Carolan				75	70	62	58	57
Kevin White					51	41	31	27	16	14	7	5
Jeremy Axford					65	55	45	43	38	38	35
John Sutcliffe					71	61	56	55	45
Rob Allen					72	64	60	59	50
John Napier						40	33	29	19	15	17	12	4
David Horner						49	43	34	29	20	26
John Renicks						59	53	52	43	35
Michael Castle						67	62	60	52	46
John Ryan						68	57	50	40	32	28	20
Tony Lee							30	26	15	7	2	3	1	2
Sarah Rosich							44	32	26	18	13	16
Jonathan Prager							47	38	32	24	21
Kevin Carter							61	58	49
Sarah Webber							63	61	51	42	34
Mike Woodland							68	67	57	48	41
Max Limb							70	71	60	50
Phil Doubtfire								40	30	19	14	8	5	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	9
Graham Alder								42	39	31	25	14
Mike Rodwell								46	37	30	24
Richard Moody								48	47	36	29	17	17	14	15
Grant Shortland								51	34	26	22	13
Liz Chappell								64	58	47	40	29	20	19	17	15	11	12	11	8	7	6
Phil Pulsford								68	56	43	30	19	6	5
Adam King								69	59	49	44	31
Mike Taylor								70	61	52	45
Ted Morgan								74	64	54	46	33
Paul Randell									46	40	32	24	13	17	13	10
Don Hatt									62	51	43	30	16		14
John Chidgey											39	27	11	11	8	6	6	11	13	14	14	9
Mark Oldham													18	15	17		17	13	9	9	6	11
Louise Franklin														7	3
Rob Warren														20	19	16	16
Simon Gonzales															12	8	7	6	8
John Heritage															16	12	10	8	7
Richard Grant																14	14	10	12	10	8	4
Simon Osborne																17	18	14	10	5	10
Steve Townsend																	9	9	6	7	4	7
Nigel Austin																		18
Adrian Miles																			14	11	12
Pete Fyvie																			15	13	11	10
Keith Wiltshire																				15	15	12
Dave Rees																					13	8

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