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.

Later tournaments either confirmed or in discussion for 2023 include Brighton, 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 (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	21	Rob Foster
6	Co:Mon 2023	Sligo	Ireland		21	Hazel Drury
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		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 – – {{{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 21 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 Alan O'Sullivan — — 21 – – 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1409 26 Adam Dexter 34 16 — 13 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1383 27 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381 28 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 — 21 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1366 29 Steve Hyde 14 — — 18 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1189 30 James Robinson – – – 8 13 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 778 31 Ruth Cappleman 15 27 — 23 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1184 32 Joseph Bartram 30 19 24 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1137 33 Jason Turner 27 — 14 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1067 34 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1006 35 Adrian Fletcher — — 29 11 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1004 36 Dave Ryan — — 11 27 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 988 37 Conor Travers 1 — — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978 38 David Hilton 38 17 — 24 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 958 39 Hazel Drury – – – – – 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 955 40 Zubair Patel — — 5 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881 41 Coral Heath 35 — — 19 18 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 876 42 Eoin Jackson – — — – – 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 864 43 Jonathan De Souza 7 — — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 844 44 Tom Stevenson – – – 6 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 833 45 Darren Godfrey — — 13 31 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 829 46 Edward Byrne 19 24 — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828 47 Damian McEvoy – – – – – 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 818 48 Suzy Turner — — 30 17 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 814 49 Brendan Duke – – – – – 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 773 50 Mike Lee 21 25 — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 752 51 Sam Cappleman-Lynes – – — – 6 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 51 Samik Sen – – – – – 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 53 Amar Chotai 17 29 — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716 54 Roshin Sen – – – – – 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 682 55 Matt Gould – – – 12 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 56 Paul Worsley — — 15 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643 57 Ashling O'Connor – – – – – 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636 58 Richard Williams — — 16 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619 59 Roger Stevens – – – – – 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 591 60 Brendan Whitehurst – – – 16 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 556 61 Ben Wilson – – – – 10 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 61 Ted Burke – – – – – 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 63 Ashwin Abinashi — — 32 25 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 544 64 Phil Hannan — — 20 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 524 65 Matty Artell — — – – 11 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 65 Kathy Gardiner — — – – – 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 67 Paul Drury – – – – – 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 455 68 Anthony Endsor 41 — 28 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422 69 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 414 70 George Drury – – – – – 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 409 71 Euan Crabb — — 27 – 21 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 402 72 Sean Fletcher – – – 22 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 389 73 Ceara McCovern – – – – – 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 364 74 Andy Platt – – – – 15 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 74 Caron Warren – – – – – 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 76 Peter Clarke – – – 26 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 278 77 Darragh O'Brien – – – – – 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 273 78 Nathan Pace — — 31 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 262 79 Mark Mills 40 30 39 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 245 80 Aaryanna Waldron – – – – – 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227 81 Sam Prouse – – – 28 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 222 82 Ellen Harrison — — 33 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 214 83 Taz Turner — — 34 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 212 84 James Laverty 36 — — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 85 Laura Jean Zito – – – – – 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182 86 Mike Springett 37 — — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 178 87 Dave Lord — — 35 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 88 Craig Tranter — — 36 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143 89 Steve Doyle – – – – – 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 136 90 Nicky Owens 39 — — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 133 91 Sam Hodkin — — 37 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 119 92 Liz Heath – – – 32 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 111 93 Mike Brailsford — — 38 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95 94 Maria Myles – – – – – 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 91 95 Alison Stevenson – – – 33 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 83 99 Vicci Smith 42 — — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 67 100 Melody Coupe – – – 34 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 56 101 Christy Cooper – – 40 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48 102 Clive Moore – – – – – 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 45 103 George Baker 43 — — – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 44 104 Joseph Edge – – – 35 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 105 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