Handicap Table
TABLE III (Game of 21)
For differentiating Received Odds, the giver of odds starting at 0.
Handicap Table
TABLE I (Game of 15)
For differentiating Received Odds, the giver of odds starting at 0.
Handicap Table
TABLE II(Game of 15)
Handicap Table
TABLE V (Game of 11)
For differentiating Received Odds, the giver of odds starting at 0.
TABLE VI (Game of 11)
For differentiating Owed Odds, the receiver of odds starting at 0.
WHEN TO CHANGE ENDS IN HANDICAP GAMES
The tables below show the scores at which players in handicap games change ends when playing a third
game, or in matches decided by a single game.
IN GAMES OF:
11 points
15 points
21 points
Handicap Change
received
at
9
10
8
10
7
9
6
9
5
8
4
8
3
7
2
7
1
6
Scratch
6
Owe 1
5
Owe 2
5
Owe 3
4
Owe 4
4
Owe 5
3
Owe 6
3
Owe 7
2
Owe 8
2
Owe 9
1
Owe 10
1
Owe 11
0
Handicap Change
received
at
12
14
11
13
10
13
9
12
8
12
7
11
6
11
5
10
4
10
3
9
2
9
1
8
Scratch
8
Owe 1
7
Owe 2
7
Owe 3
6
Owe 4
6
Owe 5
5
Owe 6
5
Owe 7
4
Owe 8
4
Owe 9
3
Owe 10
3
Owe 11
2
Owe 12
2
Handicap Change
received
at
18
20
17
19
16
19
15
18
14
18
13
17
12
17
11
16
10
16
9
15
8
15
7
14
6
14
5
13
4
13
3
12
2
12
1
11
Scratch
11
Owe 1
10
Owe 2
10
Owe 3
9
Owe 4
9
Owe 5
8
Owe 6
8
Owe 7
7
Owe 8
7
Owe 9
6
Owe 10
6
Owe 11
5
Owe 12
5
Owe 13
4
Owe 14
4
Hints for running handicap tournaments:
Why use fractions?
Fractions enable you to differentiate between several
players of a similar standard.
Handicap tournaments are good events for leagues
and clubs where the standard of players and results
are known.
They are not good events to organise if the standard
of players is unknown to you.
It may be possible to set handicaps from the ranking
lists.
Graded handicaps.
These events are normally pool events, and in the
first round players of a similar grade (league) are
placed in pools together. Players are handicapped
within these pools .
Prior to the start of the event the pool winner is
allocated a handicap which is used for subsequent
matches.
How do we go about handicapping an entry:
Once you have received your entry, from results
known to you arrange your list in order of strength.
Work downwards and try to indentify how many
points the best player should be giving each player
in the list to give both players an equal chance of
winning the game.
Identify the range of points required to
accommodate this (should be number of points given
to weakest player)
Set handicaps using appropriate table.