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. April had a double-header of events, both occurring on the same day: Leeds — which represented the inaugural Goatdown tournament — and Monasteraden, Ireland. The season's southernmost event was held in Brighton on 13 May, with Series 84 and Championship of Champions XVI winner Ahmed Mohamed taking the crown.

Later tournaments either confirmed or in discussion for 2023 include Dublin, Waterford, Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham, London, Blackpool, Edinburgh and Braintree. The Birmingham tournament — taking place at the beginning of August — will be the third double-header of the season, with a two-round Goatdown event taking place on the Friday evening. 2023 is the first season in which three tournaments are being held in the Republic of Ireland within a single calendar: Dublin, Waterford, and — for the first time under the FOCAL name — Sligo.

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	21	Rob Foster
6	Co:Mon 2023	Sligo	Ireland		21	Hazel Drury
7	Co:Brighton 2023	Brighton	England	13 May	30	Ahmed Mohamed
8	Co:Dublin 2023	Dublin	Ireland	10 June	TBC	TBC
9	Co:Waterford 2023	Waterford		17 June	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		26 August	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 – – 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4591 2 Dan Byrom 20 5 10 5 9 – 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4453 3 Tom Carey 3 9 — 4 7 – 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3836 4 Callum Todd 2 3 — 7 2 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3577 5 Tom Cappleman 5 4 — 3 – – 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3487 6 Tim Hebbes 28 10 4 – 5 – 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3238 7 Rob Foster — — 3 1 1 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2856 8 George Armstrong 6 6 — 10 14 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2766 9 Matthew S Rutherford 25 23 23 – 12 – 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2309 10 Tracey Mills 12 14 7 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2129 11 Bradley Horrocks 10 15 — – 4 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2127 12 Graeme Cole 4 12 — – – – 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2117 13 Phil Stanton 31 22 22 20 16 – 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2107 14 Gabriel Thallon 13 8 18 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2032 15 Steven Grady — — 9 9 – – 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1988 16 Ruth Cappleman 15 27 — 23 – – 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1894 17 Jack Worsley — — 1 – 3 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1840 18 Stewart Gordon 16 21 19 29 20 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1821 19 Adam Latchford 28 26 17 – 8 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 20 Richard Priest 23 13 12 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 21 Tim Down 9 1 — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1769 22 Jonathan De Souza 7 — — – – – 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1715 23 Eeshan Malhotra 24 11 — 15 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1706 24 James Haughton 11 — 6 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1613 25 Chris Marshall 26 19 26 – 17 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1436 26 Stephen Read — — 8 14 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1421 27 Mike Lee 21 25 — – – – 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1397 28 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 – 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1393 29 Alan O'Sullivan — — 21 – – 2 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1409 30 Adam Dexter 34 16 — 13 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1383 31 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381 32 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 — 21 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1366 33 Steve Hyde 14 — — 18 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1189 34 James Robinson – – – 8 13 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 778 35 Joseph Bartram 30 19 24 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1137 36 Jason Turner 27 — 14 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1067 37 Adrian Fletcher — — 29 11 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1004 38 David Hilton 38 17 — 24 – – 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 990 39 Dave Ryan — — 11 27 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 988 40 Conor Travers 1 — — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978 41 Suzy Turner — — 30 17 – – 26 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 975 42 Ahmed Mohamed – – – – – – 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 968 43 Ashwin Abinashi — — 32 25 – – 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 963 44 Hazel Drury – – – – – 1 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 955 45 Oliver Garner – – – – – – 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 903 46 Zubair Patel — — 5 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881 47 Coral Heath 35 — — 19 18 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 876 48 Eoin Jackson – — — – – 3 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 864 49 Tom Stevenson – – – 6 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 833 50 Darren Godfrey — — 13 31 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 829 51 Edward Byrne 19 24 — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828 52 Damian McEvoy – – – – – 4 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 818 53 Jeff Clayton – – – – – – 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 774 54 Brendan Duke – – – – – 5 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 773 55 Neil Collins – – – – – – 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 742 56 Sam Cappleman-Lynes – – — – 6 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 57 Samik Sen – – – – – 6 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 58 Amar Chotai 17 29 — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716 59 Roshin Sen – – – – – 7 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 682 60 Matt Gould – – – 12 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 61 Sean Fletcher – – – 22 – – 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 647 62 Paul Worsley — — 15 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643 63 Ashling O'Connor – – – – – 8 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636 64 Richard Williams — — 16 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619 65 Peter Clarke – – – 26 – – 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 601 66 Roger Stevens – – – – – 9 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 591 67 Ellen Harrison — — 33 – – – 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 569 68 Brendan Whitehurst – – – 16 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 556 69 Jonathan Wynn – – – – – – 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 548 70 Ben Wilson – – – – 10 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 71 Ted Burke – – – – – 10 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 72 Phil Hannan — — 20 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 524 73 Matty Artell — — – – 11 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 74 Kathy Gardiner — — – – – 11 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 75 Mark Tournoff – – – – – – 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 484 76 Paul Drury – – – – – 12 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 455 77 Anthony Endsor 41 — 28 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422 78 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 414 79 George Drury – – – – – 13 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 409 80 Euan Crabb — — 27 – 21 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 402 81 Ceara McCovern – – – – – 14 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 364 82 Andy Platt – – – – 15 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 83 Caron Warren – – – – – 15 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 84 Darragh O'Brien – – – – – 16 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 273 85 Nathan Pace — — 31 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 262 86 Mark Mills 40 30 39 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 245 87 Aaryanna Waldron – – – – – 17 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227 88 Paul Talmey – – – – – – 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226 89 Sam Prouse – – – 28 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 222 90 Taz Turner — — 34 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 212 91 James Laverty 36 — — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 92 Max Benkel – – – – – – 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 194 93 Laura Jean Zito – – – – – 18 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182 94 Mike Springett 37 — — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 178 95 Dave Lord — — 35 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 96 Craig Tranter — — 36 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143 97 Steve Doyle – – – – – 19 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 136 98 Nicky Owens 39 — — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 133 99 Sam Hughes – – – – – – 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 129 100 Sam Hodkin — — 37 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 119 101 Liz Heath – – – 32 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 111 102 Louis Freedman – – – – – – 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 97 103 Mike Brailsford — — 38 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95 104 Maria Myles – – – – – 20 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 91 105 Alison Stevenson – – – 33 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 83 106 Vicci Smith 42 — — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 67 107 Sandie Simonis – – – – – – 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 65 108 Melody Coupe – – – 34 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 56 109 Christy Cooper – – 40 – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48 110 Clive Moore – – – – – 21 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 45 111 George Baker 43 — — – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 44 112 Joseph Edge – – – 35 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 113 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