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 2024	Year End position 2023	Year End position 2022	Year End position 2021	Year End position 2020	Year End position 2019	Year End position 2018	Year End position 2017	Year End position 2016	Year End position 2015	Year End position 2014	Year End position 2013	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
Gaz Owen	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	6	9	12	38
Cecilia Rogers	2	2	4	6	10	7	6	5	3	8	21	22	23	22	27	23	35	48	58
Stuart Mann	3	12	5	7	5	4	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1
Adam Sinclair	4	11	9	5	8	6	7	14	29	31	45
Jim Green	5	6	21	16	29	32	64	84
George Georgiou	6	5	6	19	18	17	15	9	37
Ian Tarr	7	7	24	4	21	24	11	7	10	7	6	6	5	14	12	8	5	5	15	9	3	7	8	6	7	12	12	7	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
Kev Peters	8	10	15	14	16	21
Chris Rogers	9	9	2	3	2	2	1	10	21	33
Ian Anderson	10	14	14	22	9
Simonetta Herrera	11	15	8	13	4	13	17	16	12	6	12	10	10	4	4	7	15	22	9	10	12	22	28	38	34
Nick Barham	12	4	7	10	3	3	9	6	6	3	4	9	25	27	28	18	14	9	13
Dicky Biddle	13	60				47		54	53	35	32	27	29	25	62
Neil Young	14	13	17	15	12	18	22	23	16	9	13	28	18	20	24	19	20	15	30	27	28	31	21	42
Steffen Nowak	15	29	34	46	31	23	19	11	11	12	7	8	12	10	9	24	30	17	7	19	23	24	27
Simon Baker	16	19	16	20	6	11	10	27	31	29	27	24	21	26	15	13	17	20	8	17	9	10	9	5	1	2	3	1	13	12	15
Phil Doubtfire	17	36																			40	30	19	14	8	5	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	9
Stephen Little	18	31	29	29	19	19	23	22	20	19	42
Andy Boysan	19	3	1	8	15	5	14	17	13	18	11	11	36
Michael Petrakas	20	17	18
Phil Charlton	21	41	32	30	27	14	18	19	14	13	17	18	15	21	18	11	11	14	6	21	17	8	5	10	6	10	10	4	3	2	4	1	2	1	2
Ian Hedges	22	23	19	42	44	25	20	32	32	39
Steve Pickard	23	28	45	52
Tim Line	24	8	22	9	24	10	8	20	27	14	10	5	8	7	7	14	16	10	19	36
Mark Dixon	25	54	44	37	34								48	31	26	16	8	2	3	7	22	27
Natalie Singh	26	30	33	93
Roland Herrera	27	16	11	2	11	12	12	8	5	4	3	4	9	6	2	1	7	6	5	18	21	23	26	23	22
Warner Solomon	28	34	37	31	25	70	55	48	41	63
Safi Tracy	29	18	12	18	48
Hemal Getalal	30	32	47
Robin Gunney	31	20	10	34	23	67
James Newman	32	22	23	12	26	45	36	34	22	21	30	58
Umut Bilge	33
Alan Joicey	34	25	13	23	17	49
Matt Sharp	35	64
Mike Smith	36	38	53	55	50	37	31	31	25	20	14	23	37	40	46	39	31	21	21	48	53	44	37	31	32
Simon Tracy	37	24	26	49	60
Ann Pocknell	38												28	15	13	4	2	4	44
Paul Watts	39	40	38	40	20	16	13	13	18	25	33	43	42	39	47	41	36	29	29	20	11	11	4	18	21
Elias Hamati	40	21	25	28	51	29	24	15	7								64	60	51	42	39	36	29			15	13	9	7	15
Gerald Whitehouse	41	27	50	47	58	69
Ed Turner	42	35	35	41	38	20	16	12	8	10	8	7	32	28	17	15	12	18	14	3	13	21	17	20	25
Richard Owsley	43	48	57	51	55	36	34	30	28	22	22	26	22	17	32	30	24	32	34	32	31	54
Miles Farren	44	91	86	78	53	46	37	37	26	32	24	20	13	8	11	21	26	37	37	51
Michael Corbett	45	56	80						80	65	66	53	40	34	30	20	21	24	25	28	41	53
Simon Hughes	46	37	27	17	30	15	28	21	17	16	20	16	7	11	21	36	49	42
Jon Barnes	47	26	20	11	7
Ben Crowden	48	44	43	71	77
Dave Pym	49	42	51	38	33	27	21	24	30	23	19	12	6	12	25	22	23	31	20	11	8	9	16	19	15	8	6	10	4	3	2	2	1	2	3
Jon Organ	50	50	60	65	56	42	47
Rosemary Whitehouse	51	59	69	63	52	58
Barry Vasili	52	71
Ismail Yilmaz	53	46	49	48	57	56	49	51	62	49
Reece Hodges	54	73	64	67
Hazel Harper	55	57	59	54	65
Chris Hughes	56	33	28	21	22	38	33	35	34	30	23
Gary Plant	57	39	39	45	35	30	30	25	33	26	28	32	41
Steve Morris	58	69	54	25	43	34	32	33	23	15	16	15	17	33	33	46	45	36	32
Simon Blinkhorn	59	88
Anna Parker	60	43	30	24
John Hedge	61	45	31	26	37
Pearl Foster	62	68	72	79	66	51	45	43	40	42	38	45	63
Adrian Farthing	63	47	36	32	32	40
Flora von Michel	64
Kylie Hedges	65	84	73	81
Matt Black	66	49	41	36	80					83	77	78	73	61
Mathew Nicholls	67	62	65	72	62	66	58	75
Mike Rodwell	68	51	42	35	40																46	37	30	24
Andrew Selby	69	52	46	39
Yuri Cherkasenko	70	65	58	50	36
Fred North	71	61	62	57	39	35	35	39	48	51	52	55	50
Eamonn Reay	72	70	71	66	45	65	62	56	50	43	39	40
Cynthia Roberts	73	74	74	64	61	39	41	41	43	56	58	54	44	42	48	49	48	47	39	41	36
Neil Edwards	74	53						78	75	67	68	64
Marcel Bancroft	75	72	84	98	89
Cliff Blofield	76	58	48	53	59	48	38	49	56
Daniel Eldridge	77	63	56	44	28	22	26	26	51
Peter Thistlewood	78	55	55	43	46	41	44	42	39	44	44	57
James Lintell-Smith	79	66	77	73	71	50	42	38	36	28	36	34	33	37	36
Tom Chapman	80	76	83	80	75	54	54	58	60	73	84
Simon Hopper	81	67	61	56	90
Mandy Macdonald	82	83	78	74	64	60	59	66	66	61	62	62	64	65	73	85	82
Andrew Cobb	83	78	81	86	83	72	66	64	61	50	43	49	51	50	55	53	53	49	43	46	65	63	53
Frank Jones	84	92	82	69	63	82
David Tyrrell	85	75	66	60	41	43
Denby Pettitt	86	79	70	62
Jordan White	87	89	88	85	86	89	85
Ben Crabb	88
John Lewis	89	85	76	70							82	69	59	55	52	45	42	44	42	40	37	35	33	36	26	19	16	11	9	8	7
Dom Verrall	90
Caroline Boulton	91	90	89	90	76
Carwyn Jenkins	92	86	79	68	69	52	48	52	57
Andy Zographou	93	96	91	95
John Curran	94	81	68	83	70	64	57	62
Chas Perry	95	77	67	58	42	28	39	29	24	24	18	21	20	24	19	43
Neculai Axinte	96	93	85	75
James Timoney	97		98	97	85	71	63
Pat Holly	98	94	87	77	67
Martha Beal	99	95	96	100
Aidan Kenny	100	100
David Hoare	101	98	90	82	72	74
Richard Davies	102
Rosey Bensley	103	101	94	88	78												55	46	36	26	20	14	6	9
Chris Aquilina	104	104
Rufus Rozelaar		80	63	59	47	26	27	28	38				71	63	64	57
Alex Hodge		82	40	27	13	8	3	3	9	5	9	14	26
Tony Walters		87	75	61	49	31	29	40	46	46	41	47	46	41	41	27	33	35	26	29	45
Jason Champion		97	52	33	14	9	5	4	4	11	15	19	24		39	31	29	19	4	12	14	20	39
Alan Parfitt		99	92	84	73	53	67	59	49	48	48	41	45	51	51	40	40	40	35	35	35	42					18
George Devlin		102	97	94	68	44	40	36	19
Drew Caudwell		103	93	92	82	61	52	53	55	62	69	75	75	66	66	58	57	63	65	59	56	48	44	37	28			18	18	19	17	16
Steve Cox			95	91	79	59	50	71
Marcus Evans			99	89	74	57	46	46	71
Andrew Gay			100	99	88	77	69	73
Derek Clew				76	54	33	25	18	15	17	5	3	3	5	3	5	6	45
Andy Brown				87	81	55	43	45	58	47	59	65	65
Mary French				96	87	76	76	74	87	82
Bob Markham				101	91	79	71	70	76
John Chester				102	95	73	60	55	45	38	40
Graham Smith				103	96	85	80	83
Seb Wilkinson					84	62	53	60	70
Matt Robson					92	81	73
Rob Wills					93	80	65	61	59	52	63
Julian Minwalla					94	83	74
Horst Stenzel					97	86	79	82	81	77	79
Blaine Buchanan						63	51	44	35	27	25	17	11	16	23	17	10	26	28	16	15	12	13	11	11	14
Rob Brito						68	56	50	42	34	55
John Corrado						75	61	47	44	41	37	35	68	68
Alin Buzescu						78	68	68	68
Jude Pitt						84	70	69	67	59	70			69	72	65	62	59
Paul Male						87	82	85	83	78
Jon Pemberton						88	83	87	85	80
Malcolm Patterson						90	81	72	69	58	57	48	55	48	60	55	84
Chrissy Carter							72	63	64	53	49	51
Simon Temme							75	65	47	36	34	30	16	30	29	33	43
Sean Hopson							77	67	65	54	53	46	47	44	50
Dave Cank							78	81	79	75	72
Colin Sara							84	86	82	76	80	79	74	75	74	79	71	79
Angie Vick							86	89	91	88	89
Alexi Solomou								57	52	45	35	31
Richard Holness								76	72	60	47	42	43	36	35	42	54
Adrian Barnes								77	74	66	67	60
John Paton								79	73	64	64	59	61	60	57	48	44	34	27	34
Matt Walder								80	78	74	73	71	80
Alan David								88	89	86	86	83
Tom Koeller								90	90	87	88	86	84
Jerry Limb									54	40	31	25	34	47	61	47	41	41	33	23	24	17	12	8	10
John Plummer									63	68	51	33	27	18	20	28
Lily Owsley									77	70	74	70	67
Jonathan Loukes									84	79	75	72	70
Pat Meek									86	81	76	74	72
Julia Griffith									88	84	78	77	77
Dave Ablett										37	26	13	4	3	10
Jamie Nevill										55	54	44	38	32	45
Bahman Salahshour										57	50
Lewis Young										69	56	52	49	38	34	35	39	53	74
Phillip Hill										71	71	63	56	49	44	32	32	28	24	22	25	33	34	33
Ian Preston										72	60	50	39	35	31	26	18	11	18	15	7	4	11	12	23	9	8	6	11	13	16		12
Hadi Kermani										85	81	76	76	67
Michihito Kageyama											29	38	31	23	16
Julian Fetterlein											46	29	14	9	6	10	38
Paul Gilbertson											61	36	19	13	8	3	3	8	47	37	33	28
Marcus Wrinch											65	37	35	29	22	12	13	16
Lotte Ryan											83	80	78	70	68
Shadow Hamilton											85	81	81	81	84
Haydn Beard											87	85	87	82	82
Anne Buchanan											90	84	85	80	80
Peter Edwards												39	30	19	14	9	4	3	50
John Sprague												56	52	57	58	54	50	50	54	55	63	55	45
Shay Baabahar												61	53	45	42
Pam Jakeway												66	60	54	53	62
Todd Young												67	57	58	56	50	52	57	63
Tim Parker												68	66	59	59	52
George Jakeway												73	69	62	65	63	59	62	52
Michal Ciupak												82	83	79	81	76
Martin Hemming													54	46	37	25	19	7	2	2	5	5	10	15
Steve Ferrer													58	43	38	29	22	25	12	8	16	6
Juanita Ferrer													62	53	40	37	28	33	16	24	30
Nick Hill													79	74	75	72	69
Mike Webb													82	78	79	78	73
Chris Roberts													86	83	70	66	61	58	45	49	47
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
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
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
Graham Alder																					42	39	31	25	14
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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