2023 FOCAL season

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The 2023 FOCAL season is the sixth and current season of FOCAL tournaments. It is the first standalone season since 2019, as the previous three were amalgamated due to the COVID-19 pandemic preventing many events in 2020 and 2021 from going ahead.

As per tradition, the season commenced at the end of January with the Lincoln event — the eighteenth annually, titled COLIN XVIII — and its ‘hangover’ counterpart the following day. For the second year running, the February event took place in Manchester, wherein the grand final was a rematch from the previous year. The fourth, held in March, saw the town of Rugby make its debut on the co-event scene.

Later tournaments either confirmed or in discussion for 2023 include Leeds, Brighton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham, London, Blackpool and Braintree. At the Leeds event in April, games will be played using the Goatdown variant, the first FOCAL co-event to do so. The Birmingham tournament — taking place at the beginning of August — will be a double-header, with a Goatdown event on the Friday evening. 2023 will be the first season in which three tournaments will be based in the Republic of Ireland within a single calendar: Dublin, Waterford, and — for the first time under the FOCAL name — Sligo (Co:Monasteraden).

Events

Round	Event	Location	Country	Date	Entrants	Winner
1	COLIN XVIII	Lincoln	England	28 January	44	Conor Travers
2	COLIN XVIII: The Hangover	Lincoln		29 January	31	Tim Down
3	Co:Man 2023	Manchester		25 February	41	Jack Worsley
4	Co:Rugby	Rugby		18 March	35	Rob Foster
5	Goat:Leeds	Leeds		15 April	TBC	TBC
6	Co:Mon 2023	Sligo	Ireland		TBC	TBC
7	Co:Brighton 2023	Brighton	England	13 May	TBC	TBC
8	Co:Dublin 2023	Dublin	Ireland	10 June	TBC	TBC
9	Co:Waterford 2023	Waterford		TBC	TBC	TBC
10	Co:NuT 2023	Newcastle	England	8 July	TBC	TBC
11	Goat:Brum 2023	Birmingham		4 August	TBC	TBC
12	Co:Brum 2023			5 August	TBC	TBC
13	Co:London 2023	London		TBC	TBC	TBC
14	Co:Blackpool 2023	Blackpool		16 September	TBC	TBC
15	Co:Edinburgh 2023	Edinburgh	Scotland	TBC	TBC	TBC
16	Co:Braintree 2023	Braintree	England	4 November	TBC	TBC
GF	2023 FOCAL Finals	TBC		TBC	TBC	TBC
	2023 Finals Open	TBC			TBC	TBC

Points table

Pos. Entrant LIN LHO MAN RUG LEE MON BRI DUB WAT NUT GBIR CBIR LON BLA EDI BRA {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points 1 Jack Hurst 8 2 2 2 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3656 2 Dan Byrom 20 5 10 5 9 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3614 3 Callum Todd 2 3 — 7 2 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3577 4 Tom Carey 3 9 — 4 7 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3223 5 Rob Foster — — 3 1 1 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2856 6 George Armstrong 6 6 — 10 14 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2766 7 Tim Hebbes 28 10 4 – 5 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2722 8 Tom Cappleman 5 4 — 3 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2681 9 Tracey Mills 12 14 7 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2129 10 Bradley Horrocks 10 15 — – 4 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2127 11 Gabriel Thallon 13 8 18 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2032 12 Jack Worsley — — 1 – 3 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1840 13 Stewart Gordon 16 21 19 29 20 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1821 14 Phil Stanton 31 22 22 20 16 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1817 15 Adam Latchford 28 26 17 – 8 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 16 Richard Priest 23 13 12 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 17 Tim Down 9 1 — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1769 18 Eeshan Malhotra 24 11 — 15 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1706 19 Matthew S Rutherford 25 23 23 – 12 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1632 20 James Haughton 11 — 6 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1613 21 Graeme Cole 4 12 — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1536 22 Steven Grady — — 9 9 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1536 23 Chris Marshall 26 19 26 – 17 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1436 24 Stephen Read — — 8 14 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1421 25 Adam Dexter 34 16 — 13 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1383 26 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381 27 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 — 21 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1366 28 Steve Hyde 14 — — 18 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1189 29 James Robinson – – – 8 13 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 778 30 Ruth Cappleman 15 27 — 23 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1184 31 Joseph Bartram 30 19 24 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1137 32 Jason Turner 27 — 14 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1067 33 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1006 34 Adrian Fletcher — — 29 11 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1004 35 Dave Ryan — — 11 27 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 988 36 Conor Travers 1 — — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978 37 David Hilton 38 17 — 24 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 958 38 Zubair Patel — — 5 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881 39 Coral Heath 35 — — 19 18 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 876 40 Jonathan De Souza 7 — — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 844 41 Tom Stevenson – – – 6 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 833 42 Darren Godfrey — — 13 31 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 829 43 Edward Byrne 19 24 — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828 44 Suzy Turner — — 30 17 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 814 45 Mike Lee 21 25 — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 752 46 Sam Cappleman-Lynes – – — – 6 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 47 Amar Chotai 17 29 — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716 48 Matt Gould – – – 12 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 49 Paul Worsley — — 15 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643 50 Richard Williams — — 16 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619 51 Brendan Whitehurst – – – 16 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 556 52 Ben Wilson – – – – 10 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 53 Ashwin Abinashi — — 32 25 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 544 54 Phil Hannan — — 20 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 524 55 Matty Artell — — – – 11 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 56 Alan O'Sullivan — — 21 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 57 Anthony Endsor 41 — 28 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422 58 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 414 59 Euan Crabb — — 27 – 21 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 402 60 Sean Fletcher – – – 22 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 389 61 Andy Platt – – – – 15 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 62 Peter Clarke – – – 26 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 278 63 Nathan Pace — — 31 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 262 64 Mark Mills 40 30 39 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 245 65 Sam Prouse – – – 28 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 222 66 Ellen Harrison — — 33 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 214 67 Taz Turner — — 34 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 212 68 James Laverty 36 — — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 69 Mike Springett 37 — — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 178 70 Dave Lord — — 35 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 71 Craig Tranter — — 36 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143 72 Nicky Owens 39 — — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 133 73 Sam Hodkin — — 37 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 119 74 Liz Heath – – – 32 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 111 75 Mike Brailsford — — 38 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95 76 Alison Stevenson – – – 33 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 83 77 Vicci Smith 42 — — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 67 78 Melody Coupe – – – 34 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 56 79 Christy Cooper – – 40 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48 80 George Baker 43 — — – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 44 81 Joseph Edge – – – 35 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 82 David Atherton – — 41 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 24 Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Top 10 finish Blue Other finish White Did not participate