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. June's Irish double-header saw events take place in Dublin and Waterford, meaning the 2023 season has been the first in which three tournaments have been held in the Republic of Ireland. July's medieval festivities took place at Newcastle Castle in Newcastle upon Tyne, where the two finalists from the Dublin event battled it out once more.

Later tournaments taking place in 2023 include 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. The finals will return to Milton Keynes on 25 November to close the season.

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	40	Tom Carey
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	Milton Keynes		25 November	TBC	TBC
	Co:MK Open 2023				TBC	TBC

Points table

Following Co:Newcastle 2023, the standings are as follows:

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 — 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6317 2 Tom Carey 3 9 — 4 7 – 12 1 — 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5769 3 Jack Hurst 8 2 2 2 – – 2 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4591 4 Callum Todd 2 3 — 7 2 – – — — 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4504 5 George Armstrong 6 6 — 10 14 – – 3 — 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4465 6 Tim Hebbes 28 10 4 – 5 – 15 — — 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3823 7 Phil Stanton 31 22 22 20 16 – 22 8 — 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3613 8 Tom Cappleman 5 4 — 3 – – 6 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3487 9 Bradley Horrocks 10 15 — – 4 – – — 3 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3397 10 Matthew S Rutherford 25 23 23 – 12 – 10 6 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3048 11 Rob Foster — — 3 1 1 – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2856 12 Alan O'Sullivan — — 21 – – 2 – 11 4 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1909 13 Steven Grady — — 9 9 – – 17 — — 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2622 14 Adam Latchford 28 26 17 – 8 – – — — 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2602 15 Stewart Gordon 16 21 19 29 20 – – — 6 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2581 16 Brendan Duke – – – – – 5 – 7 2 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2389 17 Eoin Jackson – — — – – 3 – 9 7 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2193 18 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 — 21 – – – — — 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2146 19 Tracey Mills 12 14 7 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2129 20 Graeme Cole 4 12 — – – – 13 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2117 21 Mike Lee 21 25 — – – – 11 — — 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2104 22 Gabriel Thallon 13 8 18 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2032 23 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 – 19 — — 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1393 24 Hazel Drury – – – – – 1 – — 1 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1915 25 Chris Marshall 26 19 26 – 17 – – 12 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1914 26 Ruth Cappleman 15 27 — 23 – – 9 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1894 27 Suzy Turner — — 30 17 – – 26 — — 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1853 28 Jack Worsley — — 1 – 3 – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1840 29 Richard Priest 23 13 12 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 30 Tim Down 9 1 — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1769 31 Dave Ryan — — 11 27 – – – — — 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1744 32 Jonathan De Souza 7 — — – – – 4 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1715 33 Eeshan Malhotra 24 11 — 15 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1706 34 Gerry Tynan – – – – – – – 4 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1626 35 James Haughton 11 — 6 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1613 36 Roger Stevens – – – – – 9 – 14 11 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1542 37 Euan Crabb — — 27 – 21 – – 10 — 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1430 38 Stephen Read — — 8 14 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1421 39 Jason Turner 27 — 14 – – – – — — 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1408 40 Coral Heath 35 — — 19 18 – – — — 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1388 41 Adam Dexter 34 16 — 13 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1383 42 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381 43 Darren Godfrey — — 13 31 – – — — — 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1366 44 Ashwin Abinashi — — 32 25 – – 18 — — 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1231 45 Steve Hyde 14 — — 18 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1189 46 James Robinson – – – 8 13 – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1187 47 Joseph Bartram 30 19 24 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1137 48 Damian McEvoy – – – – – 4 – 16 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1122 49 Brendan Whitehurst – – – 16 – – – — — 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1117 50 Roshin Sen – – – – – 7 – 15 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1030 51 Adrian Fletcher — — 29 11 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1004 52 David Hilton 38 17 — 24 – – 30 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 990 53 Conor Travers 1 — — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978 54 Ahmed Mohamed – – – – – – 1 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 968 55 Oliver Garner – – – – – – 3 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 903 56 Paul James – – – – – – — — — 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 902 57 Jessamine O'Connor – – – – – — – 18 8 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 897 58 Zubair Patel — — 5 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881 59 Samik Sen – – – – – 6 – 20 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 857 60 Tom Stevenson – – – 6 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 833 61 Edward Byrne 19 24 — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828 62 Phil Hannan — — 20 – – – – — — 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 817 63 Niall Waters – – – – – – – 5 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783 64 Paul Drury – – – – – 12 – — 17 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 775 65 Jeff Clayton – – – – – – 7 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 774 66 Neil Collins – – – – – – 8 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 742 67 Sam Cappleman-Lynes – – — – 6 – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 68 Amar Chotai 17 29 — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716 69 Ellen Harrison — — 33 – – – 20 — — 35 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 715 70 Mervyn Tong — — — – – – – — — 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 683 71 Matt Gould – – – 12 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 72 Elizabeth Beer — — — – – – – — — 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 659 73 George Drury – – – – – 13 – — 19 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 649 74 Sean Fletcher – – – 22 – – 23 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 647 75 Paul Worsley — — 15 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643 76 Sean Lonergan — — — – – – – — 9 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 640 77 Ashling O'Connor – – – – – 8 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636 78 Richard Williams — — 16 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619 79 Mike Springett 37 — — – – – – 13 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 613 80 Peter Clarke – – – 26 – – 21 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 601 81 Brian Sullivan — — — – – – – — 10 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600 82 Jonathan Wynn – – – – – – 14 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 548 83 Ben Wilson – – – – 10 – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 84 Ted Burke – – – – – 10 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 85 Mark McDonnell — — — – – – – — 12 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 520 86 Nathan Pace — — 31 – – – – — — 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 506 87 Matty Artell — — – – 11 – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 87 Kathy Gardiner — — – – – 11 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 89 Phil Jarvis — — — – – – – — — 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 488 90 Mark Tournoff – – – – – – 16 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 484 91 Tom Drohan — — — – – – – — 13 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 480 92 Kevin O'Sullivan — — — – – – – — 14 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 440 93 Iain Sime — — — – – – – — — 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 439 94 Anthony Endsor 41 — 28 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422 95 Jake Coventry-Peters — — — – – – – — — 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 415 96 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 414 97 Kevin Jackson — — — – – – – — 15 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 400 98 Andrew McNamara — — — – – – – — — 26 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 366 99 Ceara McCovern – – – – – 14 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 364 100 Marie McDonald — — — – – – – — 16 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 360 101 Andy Platt – – – – 15 – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 101 Caron Warren – – – – – 15 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 103 Mark Ivey — — — – – – – — — 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 317 104 Taz Turner — — — – – – – — — 34 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 310 105 Liam Holton — — — – – – – — 18 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 280 106 Darragh O'Brien – – – – – 16 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 273 107 Rosie Barrington – – – – – — – 17 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 261 108 Mark Mills 40 30 39 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 245 109 Aaryanna Waldron – – – – – 17 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227 110 Paul Talmey – – – – – – 24 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226 111 Sam Prouse – – – 28 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 222 112 Tricia Lowther – – – – – — – — — 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 220 113 George Baker 43 — — – – – – — — 34 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 215 114 Finola Jackson – – – – – — – — 20 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 114 James Laverty 36 — — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 116 Paul Craib – – – – – — – — — 33 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 195 117 Max Benkel – – – – – – 25 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 194 118 Laura Jean Zito – – – – – 18 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182 119 Sally Campbell – – – – – — – 19 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 174 120 Dave Lord — — 35 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 121 Elaine McC Dunne – – – – – — – — 21 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 160 122 Craig Tranter — — 36 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143 123 Steve Doyle – – – – – 19 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 136 124 Nicky Owens 39 — — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 133 125 Sam Hughes – – – – – – 27 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 129 126 Alan Lowther – – – – – — – — — 36 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 122 127 Annette Martin – – – – – — – 22 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 120 128 Sam Hodkin — — 37 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 119 129 Liz Heath – – – 32 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 111 130 Louis Freedman – – – – – – 28 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 97 131 Mike Brailsford — — 38 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95 132 Maria Myles – – – – – 20 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 91 133 Dylan Collins – – – – – — – — 21 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 87 134 Alison Stevenson – – – 33 – – — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 83 135 Liam T. Davis – – – – – — – — 23 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 80 136 Tasneem Rana – – – – – — – — — 38 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 73 137 Vicci Smith 42 — — – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 67 138 Sandie Simonis – – – – – – 29 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 65 139 Melody Coupe – – – 34 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 56 140 Chloe Jones – – – — – – – — — 39 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 49 141 Christy Cooper – – 40 – – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48 142 Clive Moore – – – – – 21 – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 45 143 Leeny Jackson – – – – – — – — 24 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 40 144 Joseph Edge – – – 35 – – – — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 145 Michael Armstrong – — — – – – – — — 40 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 24 145 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