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Darren Breen

Top 10%
Team: Ledsham RoyalDivision: Division ALast updated: 10/24/2026

Rating

1198

Current Handicap

2
Honours
Season:

44

Matches Played

28

Wins

16

Losses

64%

Win Rate

8.6

Avg Win Margin

8.0

Avg Loss Margin

14-4

Home Record

14-12

Away Record

80%

Handicap Confidence

Provisional
9 / 33 matches for full confidence· Last recorded match: 8/6/2024

The handicap is built on a small recent sample (9 matches so far). It is deliberately conservative and will move as more results come in.

Milestones

Career

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Next goal: Decade Player7/10
✦SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

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Handicap Trend

All Time · 44 matches

+2 Rising
Win on the night Loss on the nightLower handicap = stronger player

The line re-checks the handicap after every match — from results, winning and losing margins, the strength of who was played, and home or away. Each dot is the number that applied going into the next game.

6 Jul22 Aug10 Jul2 Aug20 Jun6 Aug27 Jul6 Aug-1258

Gives 2 more chalks than at the start of this period.

Started0
Lowest0
Current2
Win Percentage(35%)
100%
score+1.00→contribution+0.35
Avg Winning Margin(23%)
8.2
score+0.04→contribution+0.01
Avg Losing Margin(15%)
0.0
score+0.00→contribution+0.00
Recent Form (last 20)(10%)
100%
score+1.00→contribution+0.10
Opponent Strength(15%)
1009
score+1.00→contribution+0.15
Weighted Score+0.621
Sample Size Confidence
80%(9/33 matches)
Rating1248 → shrunk 1198
Recent 5-Season Rating (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)1198
Recency Blend12% (9 recent matches)
Final Rating1198
Handicap
2

Formula: Rating = 1000 + (weighted score × 400). Each factor is normalized to −1…+1, multiplied by its weight, then summed. Window: factors are computed from the Handicap Calculation Years only (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), excluding walkovers — the same window the official recalculation uses. Bayesian shrinkage: the raw rating is pulled toward 1000 by confidence (window matches ÷ 33, an adaptive threshold set by the last recalculation). Offsets: division and B/C/D team offsets are then applied, weighted by where each window match was played. Recency blend: the calculation years are re-weighted at up to 40% by match volume. Players with a long career but fewer than 5 window matches fall back to their full career record. Rating maps to handicap 0–15 (lower = stronger) via the league's spread multiplier.

League

28W16L44 matches·63.6% win rate
ClubSeasonsDivision(s)PWLWin %
Ledsham Royal2016–2024Division A44281663.6%
DateOpponentH/AScoreResultMarginCompetitionDivision
8/6/2024vs ThingwallH21-12WIN+9LeagueDivision A
8/1/2024vs Lever ClubA21-16WIN+5LeagueDivision A
7/18/2024vs Oxton ConsA21-7WIN+14LeagueDivision A
7/16/2024vs Pt Sunlight Vill & WksH21-12WIN+9LeagueDivision A
6/27/2024vs Heswall RblH21-14WIN+7LeagueDivision A
8/17/2023vs TixallH21-20WIN+1LeagueDivision A
7/27/2023vs Pt Sunlight Vill & WksA21-2WIN+19LeagueDivision A
7/20/2023vs Heswall RblH21-17WIN+4LeagueDivision A
6/23/2022Mark HadfieldA21-15WIN+6LeagueDivision A
8/13/2019vs TixallA20-21LOSS-1LeagueDivision A
8/8/2019vs ParkfieldH21-16WIN+5LeagueDivision A
8/6/2019vs GladstoneA21-17WIN+4LeagueDivision A
7/30/2019vs PensbyA21-19WIN+2LeagueDivision A
7/23/2019vs Oxton ConsA10-21LOSS-11LeagueDivision A
7/16/2019vs Pt Sunlight Vill & WksA6-21LOSS-15LeagueDivision A
7/2/2019vs ThingwallH21-6WIN+15LeagueDivision A
6/27/2019vs TixallH16-21LOSS-5LeagueDivision A
6/20/2019vs ParkfieldA6-21LOSS-15LeagueDivision A
6/6/2019vs PensbyH16-21LOSS-5LeagueDivision A
5/16/2019vs Lever ClubA21-7WIN+14LeagueDivision A
5/2/2019vs ThingwallA21-17WIN+4LeagueDivision A
8/21/2018vs Pt Sunlight Vill & WksH21-18WIN+3LeagueDivision A
8/9/2018vs Oxton ConsA15-21LOSS-6LeagueDivision A
8/2/2018vs ParkfieldA21-16WIN+5LeagueDivision A
7/31/2018vs TixallH21-9WIN+12LeagueDivision A
7/26/2018vs Heswall RblA21-10WIN+11LeagueDivision A
7/24/2018vs GladstoneH14-21LOSS-7LeagueDivision A
7/19/2018vs Oxton Cons BA21-6WIN+15LeagueDivision A
7/10/2018vs AlbanyA21-10WIN+11LeagueDivision A
6/26/2018vs Lever ClubA8-21LOSS-13LeagueDivision A
6/12/2018vs Oxton ConsH21-10WIN+11LeagueDivision A
6/7/2018vs TixallA5-21LOSS-16LeagueDivision A
5/31/2018vs Heswall RblH21-12WIN+9LeagueDivision A
5/24/2018vs GladstoneA16-21LOSS-5LeagueDivision A
8/22/2017vs Tixall BH21-6WIN+15LeagueDivision A
8/17/2017vs Heswall RblA18-21LOSS-3LeagueDivision A
8/15/2017vs Oxton Cons BH21-2WIN+19LeagueDivision A
8/10/2017vs GladstoneA14-21LOSS-7LeagueDivision A
8/1/2017vs Lever ClubA21-20WIN+1LeagueDivision A
7/11/2017vs Kings 2000A21-12WIN+9LeagueDivision A
7/6/2017vs Tixall BA14-21LOSS-7LeagueDivision A
7/28/2016vs TixallH21-20WIN+1LeagueDivision A
6/21/2016vs Tixall BH13-21LOSS-8LeagueDivision A
6/2/2016vs TixallA17-21LOSS-4LeagueDivision A
George ONeill Trophy3 games · 1W
20221 round
RoundOpponentTeamScoreResultTeam
Preliminary RoundPaul Harris / Ray WhartonSea Dog6-15LOSSWON
20182 rounds
RoundOpponentTeamScoreResultTeam
Quarters Round# Stan Newell / David CrawfordOxton Cons15-7WINWON
Semi Final RoundDarren Hankin / James MotleyGladstone13-15LOSSWON
Leverhulme Cup3 games · 3W
20181 round
RoundOpponentTeamScoreResultTeam
Round of 32 RoundKath DaviesPensby21-13WINLOST
20172 rounds
RoundOpponentTeamScoreResultTeam
Quarters RoundBabs WoodwardPt Sunlight Vill & Wks21-15WINWON
Semi Final RoundJohn GorriePensby21-11WINWON

Current Streak

9wins

On a hot run

Longest Win Run

9

Career best winning streak

Longest Loss Run

3

Career worst losing streak

Last 5100% win rate
WWWWW
Last 1090% win rate— steady
WWWWWWWWWL
OpponentWLTotalWin %Last Met
Tixall34742.9%8/17/2023
Heswall Rbl41580%6/27/2024
Lever Club31475%8/1/2024
Oxton Cons22450%7/18/2024
Pt Sunlight Vill & Wks31475%7/16/2024
Gladstone13425%8/6/2019
Thingwall303100%8/6/2024
Parkfield21366.7%8/8/2019
Tixall B12333.3%8/22/2017
Pensby11250%7/30/2019
Biggest Win
Unknown (+19)7/27/2023
Heaviest Defeat
Unknown (-16)6/7/2018
Nemesis
Tixall3-4 H2H
Favourite Victim
Heswall Rbl4-1 H2H
Best Season
201862% · 13 matches
Worst Season
201950% · 12 matches
Form Arc (1st half → 2nd half)
55% → 73%improving
Avg Opponent Rating Faced
10801 known · 43 unknown
vs Strong Opponents (rating ≥ 1000)
1-0100% win rate
Division A63.6%
28W·16L·44 played

Debut

Jun 2, 2016

Latest

Aug 6, 2024

Seasons Active

7 (8.2 yr span)

Matches / Season

6.3 (44 total)

Seasons

2016201720182019202220232024