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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 Jack Hurst 8 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 7314
2 Tom Carey 3 9 4 7 12 1 1 10 2 7 3 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 7140
3 Dan Byrom 20 5 10 5 9 5 2 2 5 10 9 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6692
4 George Armstrong 6 6 10 14 3 7 6 4 14 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6401
5 Tim Hebbes 28 10 4 5 15 17 2 7 13 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 6113
6 Adam Latchford 28 26 17 8 8 4 11 5 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5596
7 Callum Todd 2 3 7 2 3 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5475
8 Bradley Horrocks 10 15 4 3 25 7 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4779
9 Steven Grady 9 9 17 15 12 13 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4707
10 Matthew S Rutherford 25 23 23 12 10 6 15 24 21 9 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4410
11 Fiona Titcombe 22 18 21 9 11 17 10 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4374
12 Phil Stanton 31 22 22 20 16 22 8 6 22 27 18 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4295
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}}} 2720
23 Adam Beach 33 31 25 30 19 19 16 34 26 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2636
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 Jonathan Wynn 14 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1386
56 Dinos Sfyris 18 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1381
57 Jeff Clayton 7 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1369
58 Damian McEvoy 4 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1122
59 Sam Prouse 28 25 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1061
60 Roshin Sen 7 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1030
61 Conor Travers 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 978
62 Ed McCullagh 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 952
63 Ronan Higginson 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 946
64 Zohaib Rehan 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 944
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 Nathan Pace 31 31 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 887
69 Zubair Patel 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 881
70 Mike Springett 37 13 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 878
71 Samik Sen 6 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 857
72 Edward Byrne 19 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 828
73 Ellen Harrison 33 20 35 33 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 823
74 Niall Waters 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783
75 Paul Drury 12 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 775
76 Jacob Coventry-Peters 24 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 758
77 Neil Collins 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 742
78 Sam Cappleman-Lynes 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 727
79 Amar Chotai 17 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 716
80 Matthew Tassier 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 703
81 Mervyn Tong 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 683
82 Matt Gould 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667
83 Elizabeth Beer 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 659
84 Mark Mills 40 30 39 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 657
85 Gevin Chapwell 32 28 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 657
86 George Drury 13 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 649
87 Sean Fletcher 22 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 647
88 Paul Worsley 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 643
89 Sean Lonergan 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 640
90 Ashling O'Connor 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636
91 Iain Sime 23 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 629
92 Richard Williams 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619
93 Peter Clarke 26 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 601
94 Brian Sullivan 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600
95 Martin Thomas 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 600
96 Piaras Carney 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 571
97 Matt O'Connor 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 571
98 Ben Wilson 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545
99 Ted Burke 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 545
100 Jonathan Seal 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 541
101 Paul Craib 33 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 528
102 Mark McDonnell 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 520
103 Matty Artell 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500
104 Kathy Gardiner 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 500
105 Mark Ivey 28 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 493
106 Phil Jarvis 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 488
107 Steven Turnbull 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 486
108 Mark Tournoff 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 484
109 Tom Drohan 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 480
110 Mike Brailsford 38 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 477
111 George Baker 43 34 31 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 472
112 Dave Cappleman 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 459
113 Kevin O'Sullivan 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 440
114 Anthony Endsor 41 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 422
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 Max Benkel 25 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 383
120 Andrew McNamara 26 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 366
121 Ceara McCovern 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 364
122 Marie McDonald 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 360
123 Catriona Cappleman 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 351
124 Caron Warren 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 318
125 Liam Holton 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 280
126 Tasneem Rana 38 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 279
127 Darragh O'Brien 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 273
128 Jayne Wisniewski 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 271
129 Rosie Barrington 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 261
130 Karen Pearson 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 229
131 Aaryanna Waldron 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 227
132 Dave Lord 35 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226
133 Paul Talmey 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 226
134 Tricia Lowther 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 220
135 Finola Jackson 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200
136 James Laverty 36 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200
137 Chloe Jones 39 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 196
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 Melody Coupe 34 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167
142 Lynne Cumberland 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 162
143 Elaine McC Dunne 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 160
144 Daaniyal Ali 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143
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