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Handicap Teams - 2024

We currently inviting entries into this years Handicap teams event.

The exact format will be confirmed once we have the numbers but is intended to be the same principle as last year:  multiple teams - meaning each team will play all other teams every session.  We will be scoring using IMPs and handicaps will be applied as detailed below.  We have 6 sessions planned from October 2023 to March 2024, with an extra session available in May should we have a need to cancel a session in winter due to snow.  We will only count the best 5 results for each team from the 6 sessions for calculation of the overall competition result.

 

For those curious, we are following the EBUs formula for creating handicaps based on the teams NGS - this will be calculated using the NGS average for the 4 players taking part on a given night, using their current score.

Formula - average out the teams NGS then calculate their variance from 50%.  This variance is then multiplied by the number of boards being played (for 9 teams this will be 24 per session) and this total is multiplied by 0.3086.

For example, should a team's average NGS be 56%, then we take 6 and multiply this by 24 and then 0.3086 = 44.4384.  So that teams handicap will be -44 IMPs.

Similarly, should a team's average NGS be 46%, then we take -4 and multiply this by 24 and then 0.3086 = -29.62.  So, that teams handicap will be +30 IMPs.

For those interested, further reading on NGS and handicapping, can be seen here:  https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/miscellaneous/ngs/full-guide.pdf

Handicap Teams Previous Winners
            1st                  2nd              3rd
1993 Martin          Heywood          Keele
1994 Talathi          Stubbs            Dumbleton
1995 Berrisford      Brandon         Feltbower
1996 Berrisford    Heywood        Savage
1997 Dumbleton     Martin            Bradley
1998 Harrison        Berrisford       Maddock
1999 Dumbleton    Martin          Talathi
2000 Dash              Martin          Feltbower
2001 Copeland      Hawkins         Martin
2002  Baldwin         Dumbleton   Feltbower
2003 Feltbower      Baldwin       Heywood
2004 Baldwin        Weaver         Mayland
2005 Mayland       Martin           Dash
2006 Bennett       Thomason     Weaver
2007 Stubbs        Baldwin         Mayland
2008 Feltbower    Pankhurst      Baldwin
2009 Mayland     Dash              Copeland
2010 Martin        Stubbs           Findlay
2011 Copeland   Baldwin         Martin
2012 Martin        Feltbower      Mayland
2013  Feltbower     Stubbs          Baldwin
2014  Dash           Bennett          Mayland
2023  Togneri       Goode            Aherne