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Natcor Grading List 2006/2007

 These grades should not be quoted for OTB competition.

The 2007 Grading List

  There’s been a longer than usual gap between grading lists, because I was concerned that too many grades were based on too few results, and I wanted to use a longer base period for the new list. The new grades are based on 909 results reported between EP847 and EP864. As in the previous list, anyone with fewer than 15 results has a grade based partly on their previous (2005) results. All the quoted grades are based on a minimum of 5 results, but well over half the grades are based on more than 10 results from this period. Congratulations to Vivian Jones, replacing Peter Catt at the top of the heap after a very strong series of results. 

I’m in the process of establishing a new system which will give a continuously updated grading, so there will be no need to wait for a whole new list to see how your results ae improving – or not! Once that is up and running we will probably print an annual list, but I hope to keep an up to date list on the website.

If anyone wants to know which results their grading is based on, and how the final figure is calculated, I can provide individual records by e-mail, or send me a SAE. This includes members not listed, who may have played too few games to produce a meaningful grade. I can also provide details of the system I’ve used to anyone who’s interested – though “system” might be stretching things a bit far!

Because the grades are based solely on games within the club, there is no guarantee that they are equivalent to any external grades. You shouldn’t quote them as evidence of playing strength for other competitions. As I wrote last time, I would like to benchmark our grades against other systems, postal or OTB, and to do this I would need as many members as possible who have “external” grades to let me know how those compare to Natcor grades. If 30 or so members were willing to do so, I think I could work out a reasonable reliable “exchange rate”. Contact me if you have a grade you are willing to disclose!

One final note of caution. Any grading is fairly arbitrary, depending on the strength of opponents you happen to play, as much as your results against them. Almost half the players listed have less than ten results during the period, further reducing accuracy. I would suggest that differences between grades of less than 50 points are fairly unhelpful as a guide to relative playing strength, and even larger differences will sometimes be misleading.

Chris Jones


Name order                Grading order

NAME

2006/2007

2004/2005

2003/2004

2002

Ackerley, Les

1634 1829 2171

2299

Ackley, Peter

1984 1999 1982

1904

Allport, Andy

1845 1751 1854

1859

Arney, Anthony

1811 1791 1956

1870

Ayres, Jim

1935 - -

-

Bailey, Stephen

2076 2165 2033

1921

Banks, Geoff

1840 1929 1954

1924

Barrett, Gordon

2005 1974 1960

1960

Beresford, Alan

2195 - -

-

Bickley, Charles

1592 1724 1730

1718

Birch, Owen

1883 1814 1676

1676

Blackwell, Eric

1662 - -

-

Borg, Spiro

1956 - -

-

Brown, Julian

1908 1716 -

-

Bush, Freddie

2008 1987 -

-

Butcher, Doug

2046 2083 -

-

Callow, Chris

2197 2215 1958

1860

Catt, Peter

2226 2236 2173

2173

Caulkett, Peter

2063 1781 1864

1906

Chamberlain, Andy

2193 2194 2081

2101

Clements, Michael

2101 - -

-

Cope, Jerry

1828 1885 1894

1894

Coyne, Dave

2199 2145 2069

1994

Cranmer, Stan

1960 1958 1886

1822

Davey, Alan

2131 - -

-

Davies, Barry

1875 1836 1865

1865

Dawkins, John

2126 2040 1986

1759

Donovan, John

1878 - -

-

Douglas, Craig

1970 1816 1702

1661

Dowell, Chris

1738 1882 1837

1837

Drury, Phil

1918 2022 1891

1740

Elwood, David

1970 1758 1897

1867

Evans, David

1903 1872 1949

1949

Finch, John

1751 1766 1846

1956

Foran,Jim

2020 2103 2016

2016

Frith David

1678 - -

-

Frith, Ron

1933 2057 1906

1889

Garvock, Jim

2134 1843 2008

1857

Goodwin, Brian

2115 2075 1994

1994

Hardy, David

2222 2048 1959

2009

Hipwell, Colin

1638 1681 1822

1863

Hurley, Karen

1632 - -

-

Hutton, Harry

1661 1813 1750

1812

Iles, Stuart

1925 2017 1896

1812

Jones, Bryan

1794 1625 1757

1919

Jones, Chris

1786 1912 1829

1829

Jones, Vivian

2276 2154 2002

2002

King, Norman

1661 1619 1779

1717

Knowles, Alan

2114 2152 2081

2081

Martin, Chris

1832 1621 1750

1777

Mason, Ian

2146 2052 1830

1969

McCrudden, Bob

1926 1946 1937 -

McGuigan, Michael

1865 1806 1903

1725

McGuire, Peter

1659 1557 1792

1792

Mill-Wilson, Graham

1764 1906 1866

1889

Murphy, Eamon

1815 1924 1907

1718

Neil, Charles

1591 - -

-

Oliver, Robert

2073 1985 1959

1752

Pattrick, Graham

2060 - -

-

Paul, John

2037 1855 1844

1844

Perrygrove, Colin

2048 2041 1912

1738

Pomeroy, Ray

1929 2054 1970

2024

Pooley, Mark

1987 1967 - -

Preston, Ken

2131 2007 1839

1918

Richardson, Dave

1743 1799 1874

1978

Richardson, Keith

2092 1945 1962

1880

Rixon, Anthony

1949 - -

-

Sawdon, Dennis

2094 2030 2000 -

Senior, Lee

1652 1687 1825

1855

Sheriff, Ron

1925 1784 1833

1950

Steed, Michael

1712 - -

-

Steiner-Goldberg, Shaun

1594 1744 - -

Sutton, Alan

2016 2112 2020

2038

Tabor, Jim

1609 1581 1785

1785

Taggart, William

1844 1959 1910

1910

Truelove, Colin

2161 2193 1946

1914

Tupper, Alex

2085 1984 1774

1686

Upton, Robert

1753 1847 1802

1701

Wakeham, Marc

1857 1864 1943

1896

Walker, John

1769 1725 1780

1831

Warren, Stan

1758 1921 1754

1773

Waters, Roger

1834 1847 1787

1787

West, Bob

1700 1781 1762

1762

White, John

1825 1803 1720

1600

Wilson, Aaron

1715 1954 - -

Wood, Michael

1970 - -

-

Wusteman, Fred

1917 1802 1795 -

2007 Gradings - rank order

Jones, Vivian

2276

Catt, Peter

2226

Hardy, David

2222

Coyne, Dave

2199

Beresford, Alan

2197

Callow, Chris

2197

Chamberlain, Andy

2193

Truelove, Colin

2161

Mason, Ian

2146

Garvock, Jim

2134

Davey, Alan

2131

Preston, Ken

2131

Dawkins, John

2126

Goodwin, Brian

2115

Knowles, Alan

2114

Clements, Michael

2101

Sawdon, Dennis

2094

Richardson, Keith

2092

Tupper, Alex

2085

Bailey, Stephen

2076

Oliver, Robert

2073

Caulkett, Peter

2063

Pattrick, Graham

2060

Perrygrove, Colin

2048

Butcher, Doug

2046

Paul, John

2037

Foran, Jim

2020

Sutton, Alan

2016

Bush, Freddie

2008

Barrett, Gordon

2005

Pooley, Mark

1987

Ackley, Peter

1984

Douglas, Craig

1970

Elwood, David

1970

Wood, Michael

1970

Cranmer, Stan

1960

Borg, Spiro

1956

Rixon, Anthony

1949

Ayres, Jim

1935

Frith, Ron

1933

Pomeroy, Ray

1929

McCrudden, Bob

1926

Iles,Stuart

1925

Sheriff, Ron

1925

Drury, Phil

1918

Wusteman, Fred

1917

Brown, Julian

1908

Evans, David

1903

Birch, Owen

1883

Donovan, John

1878

Davies, Barry

1875

McGuigan, Michael

1865

Wakeham, Marc

1857

Allport, Andy

1845

Taggart, William

1844

Banks, Geoff

1840

Waters, Roger

1834

Martin, Chris

1832

Cope, Jerry

1828

White, John

1825

Murphy, Eamon

1815

Arney, Anthony

1811

Jones, Bryan

1794

Jones, Chris

1786

Walker, John

1769

Mill-Wilson, Graham

1764

Warren, Stan

1758

Upton, Robert

1753

Finch, John

1751

Richardson, Dave

1743

Dowell, Chris

1738

Wilson, Aaron

1715

Steed, Michael

1712

West, Bob

1700

Frith, David

1678

Blackwell, Eric

1662

Hutton, Harry

1661

King, Norman

1661

McGuire, Peter

1659

Senior, Lee

1652

Hipwell, Colin

1638

Ackerley, Les

1634

Hurley, Karen

1632

Tabor, Jim

1609

Steiner-Goldberg, Shaun

1594

Bickley, Charles

1592

Neil, Charles

1591

Jenkins, Kevin

1478

Name order                Grading order

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