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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. Blackpool returned as the September event on the calendar for the third consecutive year, and Edinburgh once again occupied the October spot.

The final qualifying tournament of the season will be Braintree in early November, which 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 FOCAL organisation's sixth 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 33 Callum Todd
15 Co:Edinburgh 2023 Edinburgh Scotland 7 October 20 Ed McCullagh
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:Edinburgh 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 7 3 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 9593
2 Dan Byrom 20 5 10 5 9 5 2 2 5 10 9 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 9275
3 Jack Hurst 8 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 7695
4 George Armstrong 6 6 10 14 3 7 6 4 14 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 7353
5 Tim Hebbes 28 10 4 5 15 17 2 7 13 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6985
6 Adam Latchford 28 26 17 8 8 4 11 5 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5784
7 Callum Todd 2 3 7 2 3 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5475
8 Phil Stanton 31 22 22 20 16 22 8 6 22 27 18 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5392
9 Matthew S Rutherford 25 23 23 12 10 6 15 24 21 9 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5172
10 Bradley Horrocks 10 15 4 3 25 7 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4779
11 Steven Grady 9 9 17 15 12 13 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4707
12 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 21 9 11 17 10 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4374
13 Tom Cappleman 5 4 3 6 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4271
14 Jonathan De Souza 7 4 4 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3478
15 Darren Godfrey 13 31 19 16 23 11 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3249
16 Stephen Read 8 14 8 3 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3244
17 Stewart Gordon 16 21 19 29 20 6 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3081
18 Coral Heath 35 19 18 20 14 20 26 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2865
19 Rob Foster 3 1 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2856
20 Jack Worsley 1 3 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2781
21 Alan O'Sullivan 21 2 11 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2771
22 Brendan Whitehurst 16 18 19 14 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2767
23 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 19 16 34 26 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2700
24 Richard Priest 23 13 12 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2591
25 Mike Lee 21 25 11 12 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2590
26 Graeme Cole 4 12 13 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2441
27 Eeshan Malhotra 24 11 15 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2436
28 Tracey Mills 12 14 7 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2423
29 Brendan Duke 5 7 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2389
30 Tim Down 9 1 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2328
31 Dave Ryan 11 27 10 13 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2222
32 Eoin Jackson 3 9 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2193
33 James Robinson 8 13 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2069
34 Adam Dexter 34 16 13 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2059
35 Jason Turner 27 14 27 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2055
36 Gabriel Thallon 13 8 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2032
37 Suzy Turner 30 17 26 5 17 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1995
38 Andy Platt 15 9 6 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1971
39 Ahmed Mohamed 1 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1941
40 Hazel Drury 1 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1915
41 Chris Marshall 26 19 26 17 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1914
42 Ruth Cappleman 15 27 23 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1894
43 Phil Hannan 20 29 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1674
44 Euan Crabb 27 21 10 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1668
45 Joseph Bartram 30 19 24 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1651
46 Stu Harkness 11 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1637
47 Adrian Fletcher 29 11 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1633
48 Gerry Tynan 4 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1626
49 James Haughton 11 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1613
50 Steve Hyde 14 18 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1589
51 Tom Stevenson 6 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1576
52 Ashwin Abinashi 32 25 18 30 29 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1565
53 Roger Stevens 9 14 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1542
54 David Hilton 38 17 24 30 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1431
55 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381
56 Jeff Clayton 7 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1369
57 Damian McEvoy 4 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1122
58 Sam Prouse 28 25 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1061
59 Roshin Sen 7 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1030
60 Conor Travers 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978
61 Ed McCullagh 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 952
62 Ronan Higginson 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 946
63 Zohaib Rehan 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 944
64 Nathan Pace 31 31 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 935
65 Oliver Garner 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 903
66 Paul James 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 902
67 Jessamine O'Connor 18 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 897
68 Zubair Patel 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881
69 Mike Springett 37 13 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 878
70 Samik Sen 6 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 857
71 Edward Byrne 19 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828
72 Ellen Harrison 33 20 35 33 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 823
73 Niall Waters 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783
74 Paul Drury 12 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 775
75 Neil Collins 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 742
76 Sam Cappleman-Lynes 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727
77 Amar Chotai 17 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716
78 Matthew Tassier 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 703
79 Mervyn Tong 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 683
80 Matt Gould 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667
81 Elizabeth Beer 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 659
82 Mark Mills 40 30 39 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 657
83 George Drury 13 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 649
84 Sean Fletcher 22 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 647
85 Paul Worsley 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643
86 Sean Lonergan 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 640
87 Ashling O'Connor 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636
88 Iain Sime 23 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 629
89 Richard Williams 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619
90 Peter Clarke 26 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 601
91 Brian Sullivan 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600
92 Martin Thomas 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600
93 Matt O'Connor 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 571
94 Jonathan Wynn 14 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 548
95 Ben Wilson 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545
96 Ted Burke 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545
97 Piaras Carney 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 542
98 Jonathan Seal 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 541
99 Paul Craib 33 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 528
100 Mark McDonnell 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 520
101 Matty Artell 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500
102 Kathy Gardiner 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500
103 Mark Ivey 28 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 493
104 Phil Jarvis 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 488
105 Steven Turnbull 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 486
106 Mark Tournoff 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 484
107 Tom Drohan 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 480
108 Mike Brailsford 38 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 477
109 George Baker 43 34 31 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 329
110 Dave Cappleman 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 459
111 Kevin O'Sullivan 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 440
112 Anthony Endsor 41 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422
113 Jacob Coventry-Peters 24 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 415
114 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 414
115 Fiona Thorne 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 405
116 Kevin Jackson 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 400
117 Taz Turner 34 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 398
118 George Carey 12 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 390
119 Andrew McNamara 26 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 366
120 Ceara McCovern 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 364
121 Marie McDonald 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 360
122 Catriona Cappleman 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 351
123 Caron Warren 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318
124 Liam Holton 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 280
125 Tasneem Rana 38 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 279
126 Darragh O'Brien 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 273
127 Jayne Wisniewski 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 271
128 Rosie Barrington 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 261
129 Karen Pearson 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 229
130 Aaryanna Waldron 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227
131 Dave Lord 35 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226
132 Paul Talmey 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226
133 Tricia Lowther 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 220
134 Finola Jackson 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200
135 James Laverty 36 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200
136 Chloe Jones 39 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 196
137 Max Benkel 25 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 194
138 Laura Jean Zito 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182
139 Sally Campbell 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 174
140 Eddie Wisniewski 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 171
141 Lynne Cumberland 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 162
142 Elaine McC Dunne 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 160
143 Daaniyal Ali 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 229
144 Melody Coupe 34 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167
145 Craig Tranter 36 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143
146 Steve Doyle 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 136
147 Jake Haider 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 135
148 Nicky Owens 39 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 133
149 Sam Hughes 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 129
150 Alan Lowther 36 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 122
151 Annette Martin 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 120
152 Sam Hodkin 37 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 119
153 Liz Heath 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 111
154 Louis Freedman 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 97
155 Bettina Debon 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95
156 Maria Myles 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 91
157 Dylan Collins 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 87
158 Alison Stevenson 33 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 83
159 Liam T. Davis 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 80
160 Vicci Smith 42 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 67
161 Sandie Simonis 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 65
162 Edward Mason 35 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 54
163 Brandin Allan 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48
164 Christy Cooper 40 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48
165 Clive Moore 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 45
166 Leeny Jackson 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 40
167 Alan Jones 33 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 29
168 Sheamol Obeda 34 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28
169 Joseph Edge 35 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 28
170 Reuben Benkel 36 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 27
171 Michael Armstrong 40 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 24
172 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