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 2012	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	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1
Gaz Owen	2	2	1	6	9	12	38
Derek Clew	3	5	3	5	6	45
Dave Ablett	4	3	10
Ian Tarr	5	14	12	8	5	5	15	9	3	7	8	6	7	12	12	7	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
Dave Pym	6	12	25	22	23	31	20	11	8	9	16	19	15	8	6	10	4	3	2	2	1	2	3
Simon Hughes	7	11	21	36	49	42
Tim Line	8	7	7	14	16	10	19	36
Roland Herrera	9	6	2	1	7	6	5	18	21	23	26	23	22
Simonetta Herrera	10	4	4	7	15	22	9	10	12	22	28	38	34
Blaine Buchanan	11	16	23	17	10	26	28	16	15	12	13	11	11	14
Steffen Nowak	12	10	9	24	30	17	7	19	23	24	27
Miles Farren	13	8	11	21	26	37	37	51
Julian Fetterlein	14	9	6	10	38
Phil Charlton	15	21	18	11	11	14	6	21	17	8	5	10	6	10	10	4	3	2	4	1	2	1	2
Simon Temme	16	30	29	33	43
Steve Morris	17	33	33	46	45	36	32
Neil Young	18	20	24	19	20	15	30	27	28	31	21	42
Paul Gilbertson	19	13	8	3	3	8	47	37	33	28
Chas Perry	20	24	19	43
Simon Baker	21	26	15	13	17	20	8	17	9	10	9	5	1	2	3	1	13	12	15
Richard Owsley	22	17	32	30	24	32	34	32	31	54
Cecilia Sparke	23	22	27	23	35	48	58
Jason Champion	24		39	31	29	19	4	12	14	20	39
Nick Barham	25	27	28	18	14	9	13
Alex Hodge	26
John Plummer	27	18	20	28
Ann Pocknell	28	15	13	4	2	4	44
Richard Biddle	29	25	62
Peter Edwards	30	19	14	9	4	3	50
Michihito Kageyama	31	23	16
Ed Turner	32	28	17	15	12	18	14	3	13	21	17	20	25
James Lintell-Smith	33	37	36
Jerry Limb	34	47	61	47	41	41	33	23	24	17	12	8	10
Marcus Wrinch	35	29	22	12	13	16
Andy Boysan	36
Mike Smith	37	40	46	39	31	21	21	48	53	44	37	31	32
Jamie Nevill	38	32	45
Ian Preston	39	35	31	26	18	11	18	15	7	4	11	12	23	9	8	6	11	13	16		12
Michael Corbett	40	34	30	20	21	24	25	28	41	53
Gary Plant	41
Paul Watts	42	39	47	41	36	29	29	20	11	11	4	18	21
Richard Holness	43	36	35	42	54
Cynthia Roberts	44	42	48	49	48	47	39	41	36
Alan Parfitt	45	51	51	40	40	40	35	35	35	42					18
Tony Walters	46	41	41	27	33	35	26	29	45
Sean Hopson	47	44	50
Mark Dixon	48	31	26	16	8	2	3	7	22	27
Lewis Young	49	38	34	35	39	53	74
Fred North	50
Andrew Cobb	51	50	55	53	53	49	43	46	65	63	53
John Sprague	52	57	58	54	50	50	54	55	63	55	45
Shay Baabahar	53	45	42
Martin Hemming	54	46	37	25	19	7	2	2	5	5	10	15
Malcolm Patterson	55	48	60	55	84
Phillip Hill	56	49	44	32	32	28	24	22	25	33	34	33
Todd Young	57	58	56	50	52	57	63
Steve Ferrer	58	43	38	29	22	25	12	8	16	6
John Lewis	59	55	52	45	42	44	42	40	37	35	33	36	26	19	16	11	9	8	7
Pam Jakeway	60	54	53	62
John Paton	61	60	57	48	44	34	27	34
Juanita Ferrer	62	53	40	37	28	33	16	24	30
Pearl Foster	63
Mandy Macdonald	64	65	73	85	82
Andy Brown	65
Tim Parker	66	59	59	52
Lily Owsley	67
John Corrado	68	68
George Jakeway	69	62	65	63	59	62	52
Jonathan Loukes	70
Rufus Rozelaar	71	63	64	57
Pat Meek	72
Matt Black	73	61
Colin Sara	74	75	74	79	71	79
Drew Caudwell	75	66	66	58	57	63	65	59	56	48	44	37	28			18	18	19	17	16
Hadi Kermani	76	67
Julia Griffith	77
Charlotte Ryan	78	70	68
Nick Hill	79	74	75	72	69
Matt Walder	80
Shadow Hamilton	81	81	84
Mike Webb	82	78	79	78	73
Michal Ciupak	83	79	81	76
Tom Koeller	84
Anne Buchanan	85	80	80
Chris Roberts	86	83	70	66	61	58	45	49	47
Haydn Beard	87	82	82
Elliot Smart		52	49	38	27	23	17	6	10	13	23	27	18
John Slattery		56	43	34	25	13	11	5	2	3	1	1
Mike Gartside		64	63	56	51	43
Jude Pitt		69	72	65	62	59
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
David Olmo		76	77	71	66
Pete Wright		77	78	73	68	67
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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