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	21	Tom Carey
9	Co:Waterford 2023	Waterford		17 June	24	Hazel Drury
10	Co:Newcastle 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 Dan Byrom 20 5 10 5 9 – 5 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5362 2 Tom Carey 3 9 — 4 7 – 12 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4791 3 Jack Hurst 8 2 2 2 – – 2 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4591 4 George Armstrong 6 6 — 10 14 – – 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3630 5 Callum Todd 2 3 — 7 2 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3577 6 Tom Cappleman 5 4 — 3 – – 6 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3487 7 Tim Hebbes 28 10 4 – 5 – 15 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3238 8 Matthew S Rutherford 25 23 23 – 12 – 10 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3009 9 Rob Foster — — 3 1 1 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2856 10 Phil Stanton 31 22 22 20 16 – 22 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2743 11 Tracey Mills 12 14 7 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2129 12 Bradley Horrocks 10 15 — – 4 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2127 13 Graeme Cole 4 12 — – – – 13 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2117 14 Gabriel Thallon 13 8 18 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2032 15 Steven Grady — — 9 9 – – 17 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1988 16 Alan O'Sullivan — — 21 – – 2 – 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1909 17 Ruth Cappleman 15 27 — 23 – – 9 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1894 18 Chris Marshall 26 19 26 – 17 – – 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1891 19 Jack Worsley — — 1 – 3 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1840 20 Stewart Gordon 16 21 19 29 20 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1821 21 Adam Latchford 28 26 17 – 8 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 22 Richard Priest 23 13 12 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 23 Tim Down 9 1 — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1769 24 Jonathan De Souza 7 — — – – – 4 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1715 25 Eeshan Malhotra 24 11 — 15 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1706 26 James Haughton 11 — 6 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1613 27 Eoin Jackson – — — – – 3 – 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1455 27 Brendan Duke – – – – – 5 – 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1455 29 Stephen Read — — 8 14 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1421 30 Mike Lee 21 25 — – – – 11 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1397 31 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 – 19 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1393 32 Adam Dexter 34 16 — 13 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1383 33 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381 34 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 — 21 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1366 35 Steve Hyde 14 — — 18 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1189 36 Joseph Bartram 30 19 24 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1137 37 Damian McEvoy – – – – – 4 – 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1091 38 Jason Turner 27 — 14 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1067 39 Adrian Fletcher — — 29 11 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1004 40 Roshin Sen – – – – – 7 – 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1000 41 David Hilton 38 17 — 24 – – 30 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 990 42 Dave Ryan — — 11 27 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 988 43 Conor Travers 1 — — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978 44 Suzy Turner — — 30 17 – – 26 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 975 45 Ahmed Mohamed – – – – – – 1 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 968 46 Ashwin Abinashi — — 32 25 – – 18 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 963 47 Hazel Drury – – – – – 1 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 955 47 Roger Stevens – – – – – 9 – 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 955 49 Euan Crabb — — 27 – 21 – – 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 947 50 Oliver Garner – – – – – – 3 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 903 51 Zubair Patel — — 5 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881 52 Coral Heath 35 — — 19 18 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 876 53 Tom Stevenson – – – 6 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 833 54 Darren Godfrey — — 13 31 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 829 55 Edward Byrne 19 24 — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828 56 Samik Sen – – – – – 6 – 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 818 56 Gerry Tynan – – – – – – – 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 818 58 James Robinson – – – 8 13 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 778 59 Jeff Clayton – – – – – – 7 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 774 60 Niall Waters – – – – – – – 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 773 61 Neil Collins – – – – – – 8 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 742 62 Sam Cappleman-Lynes – – — – 6 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 63 Amar Chotai 17 29 — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716 64 Matt Gould – – – 12 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 65 Sean Fletcher – – – 22 – – 23 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 647 66 Paul Worsley — — 15 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643 67 Ashling O'Connor – – – – – 8 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636 68 Richard Williams — — 16 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619 69 Peter Clarke – – – 26 – – 21 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 601 70 Mike Springett 37 — — – – – – 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 587 72 Ellen Harrison — — 33 – – – 20 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 569 72 Brendan Whitehurst – – – 16 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 556 73 Jonathan Wynn – – – – – – 14 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 548 74 Ben Wilson – – – – 10 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 75 Ted Burke – – – – – 10 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 76 Phil Hannan — — 20 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 524 77 Matty Artell — — – – 11 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 78 Kathy Gardiner — — – – – 11 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 79 Mark Tournoff – – – – – – 16 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 484 80 Paul Drury – – – – – 12 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 455 81 Anthony Endsor 41 — 28 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422 82 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 414 83 George Drury – – – – – 13 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 409 84 Ceara McCovern – – – – – 14 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 364 85 Andy Platt – – – – 15 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 85 Caron Warren – – – – – 15 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 87 Darragh O'Brien – – – – – 16 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 273 88 Nathan Pace — — 31 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 262 89 Mark Mills 40 30 39 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 245 90 Aaryanna Waldron – – – – – 17 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227 90 Rosie Barrington – – – – – — – 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227 92 Paul Talmey – – – – – – 24 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226 93 Sam Prouse – – – 28 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 222 94 Taz Turner — — 34 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 212 95 James Laverty 36 — — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 96 Max Benkel – – – – – – 25 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 194 97 Laura Jean Zito – – – – – 18 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182 97 Jessamine O'Connor – – – – – — – 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182 99 Dave Lord — — 35 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 100 Craig Tranter — — 36 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143 101 Steve Doyle – – – – – 19 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 136 102 Sally Campbell – – – – – — – 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 136 103 Nicky Owens 39 — — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 133 104 Sam Hughes – – – – – – 27 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 129 105 Sam Hodkin — — 37 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 119 106 Liz Heath – – – 32 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 111 107 Louis Freedman – – – – – – 28 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 97 108 Mike Brailsford — — 38 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95 109 Maria Myles – – – – – 20 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 91 110 Alison Stevenson – – – 33 – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 83 111 Vicci Smith 42 — — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 67 112 Sandie Simonis – – – – – – 29 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 65 113 Melody Coupe – – – 34 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 56 114 Christy Cooper – – 40 – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48 115 Clive Moore – – – – – 21 – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 45 115 Dylan Collins – – – – – — – 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 45 117 George Baker 43 — — – – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 44 118 Joseph Edge – – – 35 – – – — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 119 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