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. The first weekend of August saw a double-header of events held in Birmingham, with a two-round Goatdown tournament on the Friday evening and a four-game standard tournament the following day.

Later tournaments taking place in 2023 include London at the end of August, Blackpool in September, Edinburgh in October and Braintree in early November. The Braintree event will comprise a rotation of 14-round games of Countdown and a quiz. The season finals will return to Milton Keynes on 25 November to determine the champion of the sixth FOCAL 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	17	Zohaib Rehan
12	Co:Brum 2023			5 August	34	Jack Hurst
13	Co:London 2023	London		26 August	TBC	TBC
14	Co:Blackpool 2023	Blackpool		16 September	TBC	TBC
15	Co:Edinburgh 2023	Edinburgh	Scotland	7 October	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:Brum 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 Tom Carey 3 9 — 4 7 – 12 1 — 1 10 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6712 2 Dan Byrom 20 5 10 5 9 – 5 2 — 2 5 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6606 3 Jack Hurst 8 2 2 2 – – 2 — — — 3 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6395 4 George Armstrong 6 6 — 10 14 – – 3 — 7 6 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6003 5 Tim Hebbes 28 10 4 – 5 – 15 — — 17 2 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5512 6 Bradley Horrocks 10 15 — – 4 – – — 3 25 7 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4779 7 Callum Todd 2 3 — 7 2 – – — — 3 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4504 8 Adam Latchford 28 26 17 – 8 – – — — 8 4 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4066 9 Phil Stanton 31 22 22 20 16 – 22 8 — 6 — 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3711 10 Matthew S Rutherford 25 23 23 – 12 – 10 6 — — 15 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3529 11 Tom Cappleman 5 4 — 3 – – 6 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3487 12 Steven Grady — — 9 9 – – 17 — — 15 — 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3279 13 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 — 21 – – – — — 9 11 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3049 14 Stephen Read — — 8 14 – – – — — — 8 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2891 15 Rob Foster — — 3 1 1 – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2856 16 Mike Lee 21 25 — – – – 11 — — 12 — 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2590 17 Jonathan De Souza 7 — — – – – 4 — — — 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2586 18 Alan O'Sullivan — — 21 – – 2 – 11 4 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1909 19 Stewart Gordon 16 21 19 29 20 – – — 6 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2581 20 Brendan Duke – – – – – 5 – 7 2 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2389 21 Dave Ryan — — 11 27 – – – — — 10 13 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2222 22 Eoin Jackson – — — – – 3 – 9 7 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2193 23 Tracey Mills 12 14 7 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2129 24 Graeme Cole 4 12 — – – – 13 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2117 25 Coral Heath 35 — — 19 18 – – — — 20 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2039 26 Gabriel Thallon 13 8 18 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2032 27 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 – 19 — — 16 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2003 28 Suzy Turner — — 30 17 – – 26 — — 5 17 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1995 29 Hazel Drury – – – – – 1 – — 1 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1915 30 Chris Marshall 26 19 26 – 17 – – 12 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1914 31 Darren Godfrey — — 13 31 – – — — — 19 — 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1909 32 Ruth Cappleman 15 27 — 23 – – 9 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1894 33 Jack Worsley — — 1 – 3 – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1840 34 Richard Priest 23 13 12 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 35 Tim Down 9 1 — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1769 36 Eeshan Malhotra 24 11 — 15 – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1706 37 Andy Platt – – – – 15 – – — — — 9 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1647 38 Adrian Fletcher — — 29 11 – – – — — — — 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1633 39 Gerry Tynan – – – – – – – 4 5 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1626 40 James Haughton 11 — 6 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1613 41 Steve Hyde 14 — — 18 – – – — — — — 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1589 42 Tom Stevenson – – – 6 – – – — — — — 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1576 43 Brendan Whitehurst – – – 16 – – – — — 18 — 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1574 44 Roger Stevens – – – – – 9 – 14 11 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1542 45 Euan Crabb — — 27 – 21 – – 10 — 22 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1430 46 Jason Turner 27 — 14 – – – – — — 27 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1408 47 Adam Dexter 34 16 — 13 – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1383 48 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381 49 Ashwin Abinashi — — 32 25 – – 18 — — 30 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1231 50 James Robinson – – – 8 13 – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1187 51 Joseph Bartram 30 19 24 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1137 52 Damian McEvoy – – – – – 4 – 16 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1122 53 Roshin Sen – – – – – 7 – 15 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1030 54 David Hilton 38 17 — 24 – – 30 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 990 55 Conor Travers 1 — — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978 56 Ahmed Mohamed – – – – – – 1 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 968 57 Zohaib Rehan – – – – – – — — — — 1 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 944 58 Oliver Garner – – – – – – 3 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 903 59 Paul James – – – – – – — — — 4 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 902 60 Jessamine O'Connor – – – – – — – 18 8 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 897 61 Zubair Patel — — 5 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881 62 Samik Sen – – – – – 6 – 20 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 857 63 Edward Byrne 19 24 — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828 64 Phil Hannan — — 20 – – – – — — 29 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 817 65 Niall Waters – – – – – – – 5 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783 66 Paul Drury – – – – – 12 – — 17 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 775 67 Jeff Clayton – – – – – – 7 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 774 68 Neil Collins – – – – – – 8 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 742 69 Sam Cappleman-Lynes – – — – 6 – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 70 Amar Chotai 17 29 — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716 71 Ellen Harrison — — 33 – – – 20 — — 35 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 715 72 Mervyn Tong — — — – – – – — — 13 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 683 73 Matt Gould – – – 12 – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 74 Elizabeth Beer — — — – – – – — — 14 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 659 75 George Drury – – – – – 13 – — 19 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 649 76 Sean Fletcher – – – 22 – – 23 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 647 77 Paul Worsley — — 15 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643 78 Sean Lonergan — — — – – – – — 9 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 640 79 Ashling O'Connor – – – – – 8 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636 80 Richard Williams — — 16 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619 81 Mike Springett 37 — — – – – – 13 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 613 82 Peter Clarke – – – 26 – – 21 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 601 83 Brian Sullivan — — — – – – – — 10 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600 84 Martin Thomas – – – – – – — — — — — 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600 85 Matt O'Connor – – – – – – — — — — — 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 571 86 Jonathan Wynn – – – – – – 14 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 548 87 Ben Wilson – – – – 10 – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 88 Ted Burke – – – – – 10 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 89 Mark McDonnell — — — – – – – — 12 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 520 90 Nathan Pace — — 31 – – – – — — 31 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 506 91 Matty Artell — — – – 11 – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 92 Kathy Gardiner — — – – – 11 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 93 Sam Prouse – – – 28 – – – — — — — 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 493 94 Phil Jarvis — — — – – – – — — 21 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 488 95 Mark Tournoff – – – – – – 16 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 484 96 Tom Drohan — — — – – – – — 13 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 480 97 Kevin O'Sullivan — — — – – – – — 14 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 440 98 Iain Sime — — — – – – – — — 23 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 439 99 Anthony Endsor 41 — 28 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422 100 Jacob Coventry-Peters — — — – – – – — — 24 — 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 415 101 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 414 102 Kevin Jackson — — — – – – – — 15 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 400 103 George Carey — — — – – – – — — — 12 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 390 104 Andrew McNamara — — — – – – – — — 26 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 366 105 Ceara McCovern – – – – – 14 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 364 106 Marie McDonald — — — – – – – — 16 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 360 107 George Baker 43 — — – – – – — — 34 — 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 329 108 Caron Warren – – – – – 15 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 109 Mark Ivey — — — – – – – — — 28 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 317 110 Taz Turner — — — – – – – — — 34 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 310 111 Liam Holton — — — – – – – — 18 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 280 112 Darragh O'Brien – – – – – 16 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 273 113 Jayne Wisniewski — — — – – – – — — — — 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 271 114 Rosie Barrington – – – – – — – 17 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 261 115 Mark Mills 40 30 39 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 245 116 Karen Pearson — — — – – – – — — — — 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 229 117 Aaryanna Waldron – – – – – 17 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227 118 Paul Talmey – – – – – – 24 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226 119 Tricia Lowther – – – – – — – — — 32 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 220 120 Finola Jackson – – – – – — – — 20 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 121 James Laverty 36 — — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 122 Paul Craib – – – – – — – — — 33 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 195 123 Max Benkel – – – – – – 25 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 194 124 Laura Jean Zito – – – – – 18 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182 125 Sally Campbell – – – – – — – 19 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 174 126 Eddie Wisniewski — — — – – – – — — — — 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 171 127 Dave Lord — — 35 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 128 Elaine McC Dunne – – – – – — – — 21 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 160 129 Daaniyal Ali — — — – – – – — — — — 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 229 130 Melody Coupe – – – 34 – – – — — — 16 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 131 Craig Tranter — — 36 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143 132 Steve Doyle – – – – – 19 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 136 133 Nicky Owens 39 — — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 133 134 Sam Hughes – – – – – – 27 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 129 135 Alan Lowther – – – – – — – — — 36 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 122 136 Annette Martin – – – – – — – — 22 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 120 137 Sam Hodkin — — 37 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 119 138 Liz Heath – – – 32 – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 111 139 Louis Freedman – – – – – – 28 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 97 140 Mike Brailsford — — 38 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95 141 Maria Myles – – – – – 20 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 91 142 Dylan Collins – – – – – — – 21 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 87 143 Alison Stevenson – – – 33 – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 83 144 Liam T. Davis – – – – – — – — 23 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 80 145 Tasneem Rana – – – – – — – — — 38 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 73 146 Vicci Smith 42 — — – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 67 147 Sandie Simonis – – – – – – 29 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 65 148 Chloe Jones – – – — – – – — — 39 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 49 149 Christy Cooper – – 40 – – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48 150 Clive Moore – – – – – 21 – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 45 151 Leeny Jackson – – – – – — – — 24 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 40 152 Sheamol Obeda – – – — – – – — — — — 34 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 153 Joseph Edge – – – 35 – – – — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 154 Michael Armstrong – — — – – – – — — 40 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 24 155 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