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 2025	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	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	6	9	12	38
Jim Green	2	5	6	21	16	29	32	64	84
Adam Sinclair	3	4	11	9	5	8	6	7	14	29	31	45
Nick Barham	4	12	4	7	10	3	3	9	6	6	3	4	9	25	27	28	18	14	9	13
Ian Tarr	5	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
Phil Doubtfire	6	17	36																			40	30	19	14	8	5	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	9
Kev Peters	7	8	10	15	14	16	21
Cecilia Rogers	8	2	2	4	6	10	7	6	5	3	8	21	22	23	22	27	23	35	48	58
Ann Pocknell	9	38												28	15	13	4	2	4	44
Tim Line	10	24	8	22	9	24	10	8	20	27	14	10	5	8	7	7	14	16	10	19	36
Alan Joicey	11	34	25	13	23	17	49
Simon Baker	12	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
Stuart Mann	13	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
Chris Rogers	14	9	9	2	3	2	2	1	10	21	33
Neil Young	15	14	13	17	15	12	18	22	23	16	9	13	28	18	20	24	19	20	15	30	27	28	31	21	42
Ian Hedges	16	22	23	19	42	44	25	20	32	32	39
George Georgiou	17	6	5	6	19	18	17	15	9	37
Steffen Nowak	18	15	29	34	46	31	23	19	11	11	12	7	8	12	10	9	24	30	17	7	19	23	24	27
Dicky Biddle	19	13	60				47		54	53	35	32	27	29	25	62
Steve Pickard	20	23	28	45	52
Simonetta Herrera	21	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
Ian Anderson	22	10	14	14	22	9
Hazel Harper	23	55	57	59	54	65
Jon Organ	24	50	50	60	65	56	42	47
Andy Boysan	25	19	3	1	8	15	5	14	17	13	18	11	11	36
Warner Solomon	26	28	34	37	31	25	70	55	48	41	63
Phil Charlton	27	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
Michael Petrakas	28	20	17	18
James Newman	29	32	22	23	12	26	45	36	34	22	21	30	58
Mark Dixon	30	25	54	44	37	34								48	31	26	16	8	2	3	7	22	27
Elias Hamati	31	40	21	25	28	51	29	24	15	7								64	60	51	42	39	36	29			15	13	9	7	15
Natalie Singh	32	26	30	33	93
Scott Wood	33
Stephen Little	34	18	31	29	29	19	19	23	22	20	19	42
Alp Ozbas	35
Simon Tracy	36	37	24	26	49	60
Robin Gunney	37	31	20	10	34	23	67
Simon Blinkhorn	38	59	88
Steve Morris	39	58	69	54	25	43	34	32	33	23	15	16	15	17	33	33	46	45	36	32
Mike Smith	40	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
Gerald Whitehouse	41	41	27	50	47	58	69
Matt Sharp	42	35	64
Safi Tracy	43	29	18	12	18	48
Hemal Getalal	44	30	32	47
Barry Vasili	45	52	71
Chris Hughes	46	56	33	28	21	22	38	33	35	34	30	23
Paul Watts	47	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
Roland Herrera	48	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
Richard Owsley	49	43	48	57	51	55	36	34	30	28	22	22	26	22	17	32	30	24	32	34	32	31	54
Reece Hodges	50	54	73	64	67
Ben Crowden	51	48	44	43	71	77
Ed Turner	52	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
Rosemary Whitehouse	53	51	59	69	63	52	58
Dom Verrall	54	90
Umut Bilge	55	33
Dave Pym	56	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
Pearl Foster	57	62	68	72	79	66	51	45	43	40	42	38	45	63
Michael Corbett	58	45	56	80						80	65	66	53	40	34	30	20	21	24	25	28	41	53
Steve Cox	59			95	91	79	59	50	71
Gary Plant	60	57	39	39	45	35	30	30	25	33	26	28	32	41
Ismail Yilmaz	61	53	46	49	48	57	56	49	51	62	49
Kylie Hedges	62	65	84	73	81
Simon Hughes	63	46	37	27	17	30	15	28	21	17	16	20	16	7	11	21	36	49	42
Titus Simen	64
Pete Boxer	65
Neil Edwards	66	74	53						78	75	67	68	64
Flora von Michel	67	64
Andy Zographou	68	93	96	91	95
Cynthia Roberts	69	73	74	74	64	61	39	41	41	43	56	58	54	44	42	48	49	48	47	39	41	36
Rob Clarke	70
Matt Black	71	66	49	41	36	80					83	77	78	73	61
Fred North	72	71	61	62	57	39	35	35	39	48	51	52	55	50
Adrian Farthing	73	63	47	36	32	32	40
Cliff Blofield	74	76	58	48	53	59	48	38	49	56
Mathew Nicholls	75	67	62	65	72	62	66	58	75
Marcel Bancroft	76	75	72	84	98	89
Frank Jones	77	84	92	82	69	63	82
James Lintell-Smith	78	79	66	77	73	71	50	42	38	36	28	36	34	33	37	36
Simon Hopper	79	81	67	61	56	90
Andrew Cobb	80	83	78	81	86	83	72	66	64	61	50	43	49	51	50	55	53	53	49	43	46	65	63	53
Simon Dicken	81
Photis Gittoes	82
Anna Parker	83	60	43	30	24
James Timoney	84	97		98	97	85	71	63
Eamonn Reay	85	72	70	71	66	45	65	62	56	50	43	39	40
Kev Lee	86
John Rixon	87
Ceri Pierce	88
Tom Chapman	89	80	76	83	80	75	54	54	58	60	73	84
Mandy Macdonald	90	82	83	78	74	64	60	59	66	66	61	62	62	64	65	73	85	82
Peter Thistlewood	91	78	55	55	43	46	41	44	42	39	44	44	57
Jon Barnes	92	47	26	20	11	7
Andrew Selby	93	69	52	46	39
John Hedge	94	61	45	31	26	37
Mike Rodwell	95	68	51	42	35	40																46	37	30	24
Jordan White	96	87	89	88	85	86	89	85
John Curran	97	94	81	68	83	70	64	57	62
Denby Pettitt	98	86	79	70	62
Caroline Boulton	99	91	90	89	90	76
John Lewis	100	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
Ben Crabb	101	88
Richard Davies	102	102
Mitch Tucker	103
David Tyrrell	104	85	75	66	60	41	43
Martha Beal	105	99	95	96	100
Carwyn Jenkins	106	92	86	79	68	69	52	48	52	57
Aidan Kenny	107	100	100
Chris Aquilina	108	104	104
Miles Farren		44	91	86	78	53	46	37	37	26	32	24	20	13	8	11	21	26	37	37	51
Yuri Cherkasenko		70	65	58	50	36
Daniel Eldridge		77	63	56	44	28	22	26	26	51
Chas Perry		95	77	67	58	42	28	39	29	24	24	18	21	20	24	19	43
Neculai Axinte		96	93	85	75
Pat Holly		98	94	87	77	67
David Hoare		101	98	90	82	72	74
Rosey Bensley		103	101	94	88	78												55	46	36	26	20	14	6	9
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
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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