Bridge is run on a handicap basis. So, please do not be put-off if you are an improver (or, indeed, an international).
The table below shows current handicaps. After being allocated a starting figure your handicap goes up and down depending on your performance - just like the croquet system on which it is based.
The inital handicaps shown below are either a player's starting handicap or their handicap at the end of the 2012/13 season, whichever is the most recent.
Previous handicaps from 2008 to March 2013 can be found by clicking - here.
In each handicap event a pair's handicaps (expressed as percentages) are added to their raw score to get their adjusted score.
Handicaps are reduced by ¼ for adjusted scores above 62% and by ½ for above 68%.
Handicaps are increased by ¼ for adjusted scores below 50% and by ½ for below 44%.
Current Handicap table:
  | Initial | Dec 13 | Mar 14 | May 14 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Dec 15 | Feb 16 | Mar 16 | Current | |
Nick Furse | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | -0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.25 | 0.00 | -1.00 | |
Chas Fellows | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.50 | ||||||
Kevin Carter | 1.00 | -0.50 | 0.50 | ||||||||
Susie Strong | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | -0.25 | 1.25 | ||
Sheila Marks | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.50 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 1.50 | ||
Charlie Sturge | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.50 | 0.00 | 0.25 | -0.50 | 2.25 | |||
Charles Harvey | 3.00 | -0.50 | 2.50 | ||||||||
Mike Hann | 2.75 | 0.00 | -0.25 | 2.50 | |||||||
Don Beck | 2.75 | 0.00 | -0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 3.00 | |||||
Vicky Hilton | 2.75 | -0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 3.25 | |||
Veronique Furse | 3.50 | -0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.25 | 3.25 | |||
Linda Lambert | 3.75 | -0.50 | 3.25 | ||||||||
Colin Dalziel | 3.25 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 3.75 | ||||||
Gina Lewis | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 3.75 | ||||||
Aideen Phillips | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||
Tim Dutton | 4.00 | 0.50 | 4.50 | ||||||||
Avril Rangoni Machiavelli | 5.00 | -0.50 | 4.50 | ||||||||
Ann Baker | 5.00 | -0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.75 | ||||||
David Mooney | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | ||||||||
Roger Mackinnon | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.50 | 5.00 | ||||||
Kitty Carruthers | 5.50 | 0.50 | 6.00 | ||||||||
David Gaitley | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 6.25 | |||||||
Daphne Gaitley | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 6.25 | |||||||
Johanna Duffy | 6.50 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
Visitors | Initial | Dec 13 | Mar 14 | May 14 | Feb 15 | Mar 15 | Dec 15 | Feb 16 | Mar 16 | Current | |
Suleiman Aktar | 5.75 | 0.50 | 6.25 | ||||||||
Susie Buckley | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.50 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 1.50 | ||||
Denis Cross | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 | |||||||
Emma Cross | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 | |||||||
Tony Fathers | 3.25 | 0.00 | 3.25 | ||||||||
John Hobbs | 2.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.75 | |||||||
Wendy Hombersley | 2.50 | 0.25 | 2.75 | ||||||||
Pamela Hills | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | ||||||||
Michael Hague | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 | Annette Jacot | 3.50 | 0.50 | 4.00 | ||||
Raymond James | 4.00 | -0.25 | 0.00 | 3.75 | |||||||
Andy Kelson | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||
Kanchan Madam | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 | ||||||||
Paul Madam | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 | Gill McDiarmid | 4.00 | 0.50 | 4.50 | ||||
Kate O'Dwyer | 5.50 | -0.25 | 5.25 | ||||||||
John Parker | 3.00 | 0.25 | 3.25 | Alan Solomon | 2.50 | 0.00 | 2.50 | Kim Solomon | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
Stephen Waxman | 3.75 | -0.50 | 3.25 |
Updated 2.vii.22 |
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