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. London returned to the scene for the August bank holiday weekend, representing the third tournament of the month, this time in the North London suburb of Southgate.

Later tournaments taking place in 2023 include 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	36	Ahmed Mohamed
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:London 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 5 10 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 8510 2 Tom Carey 3 9 — 4 7 – 12 1 — 1 10 2 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 7967 3 Jack Hurst 8 2 2 2 – – 2 — — — 3 1 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 7695 4 Tim Hebbes 28 10 4 – 5 – 15 — — 17 2 7 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6161 5 George Armstrong 6 6 — 10 14 – – 3 — 7 6 4 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6003 6 Adam Latchford 28 26 17 – 8 – – — — 8 4 11 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4931 7 Bradley Horrocks 10 15 — – 4 – – — 3 25 7 8 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4779 8 Callum Todd 2 3 — 7 2 – – — — 3 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4504 9 Tom Cappleman 5 4 — 3 – – 6 — — — — — 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4271 10 Phil Stanton 31 22 22 20 16 – 22 8 — 6 — 22 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4254 11 Matthew S Rutherford 25 23 23 – 12 – 10 6 — — 15 24 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3961 12 Jonathan De Souza 7 — — – – – 4 — — — 4 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3478 13 Steven Grady — — 9 9 – – 17 — — 15 — 12 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3279 14 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 — 21 – – – — — 9 11 17 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3049 15 Stephen Read — — 8 14 – – – — — — 8 3 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2891 16 Rob Foster — — 3 1 1 – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2856 17 Alan O'Sullivan — — 21 – – 2 – 11 4 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2771 18 Mike Lee 21 25 — – – – 11 — — 12 — 18 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2590 19 Stewart Gordon 16 21 19 29 20 – – — 6 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2581 20 Graeme Cole 4 12 — – – – 13 — — — — — 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2441 21 Eeshan Malhotra 24 11 — 15 – – – — — — — — 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2436 22 Brendan Duke – – – – – 5 – 7 2 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2389 23 Coral Heath 35 — — 19 18 – – — — 20 20 26 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2336 24 Darren Godfrey — — 13 31 – – — — — 19 — 16 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2287 25 Dave Ryan — — 11 27 – – – — — 10 13 28 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2222 26 Brendan Whitehurst – – – 16 – – – — — 18 — 19 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2196 27 Eoin Jackson – — — – – 3 – 9 7 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2193 28 Tracey Mills 12 14 7 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2129 29 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 – 19 — — 16 — — 34 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2084 30 Adam Dexter 34 16 — 13 – – – — — — — — 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2059 31 Gabriel Thallon 13 8 18 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2032 32 Suzy Turner — — 30 17 – – 26 — — 5 17 32 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1995 33 Ahmed Mohamed – – – – – – 1 — — — — — 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1941 34 Hazel Drury – – – – – 1 – — 1 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1915 35 Chris Marshall 26 19 26 – 17 – – 12 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1914 36 Ruth Cappleman 15 27 — 23 – – 9 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1894 37 Jack Worsley — — 1 – 3 – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1840 38 Richard Priest 23 13 12 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1797 39 Tim Down 9 1 — – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1769 40 Joseph Bartram 30 19 24 – – – – — — — — — 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1651 41 Andy Platt – – – – 15 – – — — — 9 6 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1647 42 Adrian Fletcher — — 29 11 – – – — — — — 13 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1633 43 Gerry Tynan – – – – – – – 4 5 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1626 44 James Haughton 11 — 6 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1613 45 Steve Hyde 14 — — 18 – – – — — — — 21 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1589 46 Tom Stevenson – – – 6 – – – — — — — 9 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1576 47 Roger Stevens – – – – – 9 – 14 11 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1542 48 Ashwin Abinashi — — 32 25 – – 18 — — 30 — — 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1447 49 Euan Crabb — — 27 – 21 – – 10 — 22 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1430 50 Jason Turner 27 — 14 – – – – — — 27 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1408 51 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 — – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381 52 Jeff Clayton – – – – – – 7 — — — — — 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1369 53 James Robinson – – – 8 13 – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1187 54 Damian McEvoy – – – – – 4 – 16 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1122 55 Sam Prouse – – – 28 – – – — — — — 25 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1061 56 Roshin Sen – – – – – 7 – 15 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1030 57 David Hilton 38 17 — 24 – – 30 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 990 58 Conor Travers 1 — — – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978 59 Ronan Higginson – — — – – – – — — — — — 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 946 60 Zohaib Rehan – – – – – – — — — — 1 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 944 61 Oliver Garner – – – – – – 3 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 903 62 Paul James – – – – – – — — — 4 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 902 63 Jessamine O'Connor – – – – – — – 18 8 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 897 64 Zubair Patel — — 5 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881 65 Samik Sen – – – – – 6 – 20 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 857 66 Edward Byrne 19 24 — – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828 67 Ellen Harrison — — 33 – – – 20 — — 35 — — 33 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 823 68 Phil Hannan — — 20 – – – – — — 29 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 817 69 Niall Waters – – – – – – – 5 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783 70 Paul Drury – – – – – 12 – — 17 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 775 71 Neil Collins – – – – – – 8 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 742 72 Sam Cappleman-Lynes – – — – 6 – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727 73 Amar Chotai 17 29 — – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716 74 Matthew Tassier — — — — — — — — — — — — 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 703 75 Mervyn Tong — — — – – – – — — 13 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 683 76 Matt Gould – – – 12 – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 77 Elizabeth Beer — — — – – – – — — 14 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 659 78 George Drury – – – – – 13 – — 19 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 649 79 Sean Fletcher – – – 22 – – 23 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 647 80 Paul Worsley — — 15 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643 81 Sean Lonergan — — — – – – – — 9 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 640 82 Ashling O'Connor – – – – – 8 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636 83 Richard Williams — — 16 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619 84 Mike Springett 37 — — – – – – 13 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 613 85 Peter Clarke – – – 26 – – 21 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 601 86 Brian Sullivan — — — – – – – — 10 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600 87 Martin Thomas – – – – – – — — — — — 14 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600 88 Matt O'Connor – – – – – – — — — — — 15 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 571 89 Jonathan Wynn – – – – – – 14 — — — — — 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 548 90 Ben Wilson – – – – 10 – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 91 Ted Burke – – – – – 10 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545 92 Jonathan Seal — — — — — — — — — — — — 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 541 93 Mark McDonnell — — — – – – – — 12 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 520 94 Nathan Pace — — 31 – – – – — — 31 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 506 95 Matty Artell — — – – 11 – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 96 Kathy Gardiner — — – – – 11 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500 97 Phil Jarvis — — — – – – – — — 21 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 488 98 Steven Turnbull — — — — — — — — — — — — 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 486 99 Mark Tournoff – – – – – – 16 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 484 100 Tom Drohan — — — – – – – — 13 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 480 101 Dave Cappleman — — — — — — — — — — — — 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 459 102 Kevin O'Sullivan — — — – – – – — 14 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 440 103 Iain Sime — — — – – – – — — 23 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 439 104 Anthony Endsor 41 — 28 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422 105 Jacob Coventry-Peters — — — – – – – — — 24 — 23 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 415 106 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 — – – – – — — — — — 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 414 107 Fiona Thorne — — — — — — — — — — — — 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 405 108 Kevin Jackson — — — – – – – — 15 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 400 109 George Carey — — — – – – – — — — 12 31 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 390 110 Andrew McNamara — — — – – – – — — 26 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 366 111 Ceara McCovern – – – – – 14 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 364 112 Marie McDonald — — — – – – – — 16 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 360 113 Catriona Cappleman — — — — — — — — — — — — 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 351 114 George Baker 43 — — – – – – — — 34 — 31 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 329 115 Caron Warren – – – – – 15 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318 116 Mark Ivey — — — – – – – — — 28 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 317 117 Taz Turner — — — – – – – — — 34 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 310 118 Liam Holton — — — – – – – — 18 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 280 119 Darragh O'Brien – – – – – 16 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 273 120 Jayne Wisniewski — — — – – – – — — — — 25 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 271 121 Rosie Barrington – – – – – — – 17 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 261 122 Mark Mills 40 30 39 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 245 123 Karen Pearson — — — – – – – — — — — 27 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 229 124 Aaryanna Waldron – – – – – 17 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227 125 Paul Talmey – – – – – – 24 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226 126 Tricia Lowther – – – – – — – — — 32 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 220 127 Finola Jackson – – – – – — – — 20 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 128 James Laverty 36 — — – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 129 Paul Craib – – – – – — – — — 33 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 195 130 Max Benkel – – – – – – 25 — — — — — 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 194 131 Laura Jean Zito – – – – – 18 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182 132 Sally Campbell – – – – – — – 19 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 174 133 Eddie Wisniewski — — — – – – – — — — — 29 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 171 134 Dave Lord — — 35 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 135 Lynne Cumberland — — — — — — — — — — — — 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 162 136 Elaine McC Dunne – – – – – — – — 21 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 160 137 Daaniyal Ali — — — – – – – — — — — 30 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 229 138 Melody Coupe – – – 34 – – – — — — 16 — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 139 Craig Tranter — — 36 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143 140 Steve Doyle – – – – – 19 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 136 141 Jake Haider — — — — — — — — — — — — 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 135 142 Nicky Owens 39 — — – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 133 143 Sam Hughes – – – – – – 27 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 129 144 Alan Lowther – – – – – — – — — 36 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 122 145 Annette Martin – – – – – — – — 22 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 120 146 Sam Hodkin — — 37 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 119 147 Liz Heath – – – 32 – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 111 148 Louis Freedman – – – – – – 28 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 97 149 Mike Brailsford — — 38 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95 150 Maria Myles – – – – – 20 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 91 151 Dylan Collins – – – – – — – 21 — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 87 152 Alison Stevenson – – – 33 – – — — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 83 153 Liam T. Davis – – – – – — – — 23 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 80 154 Tasneem Rana – – – – – — – — — 38 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 73 155 Vicci Smith 42 — — – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 67 156 Sandie Simonis – – – – – – 29 — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 65 157 Edward Mason — — — — — — — — — — — — 35 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 54 158 Chloe Jones – – – — – – – — — 39 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 49 159 Christy Cooper – – 40 – – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48 160 Clive Moore – – – – – 21 – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 45 161 Leeny Jackson – – – – – — – — 24 — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 40 162 Sheamol Obeda – – – — – – – — — — — 34 — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 163 Joseph Edge – – – 35 – – – — — — — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28 164 Reuben Benkel — — — — — — — — — — — — 36 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 27 165 Michael Armstrong – — — – – – – — — 40 — — — {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 24 166 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