2024 FOCAL season

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The 2024 FOCAL season is seventh and current season of FOCAL tournaments. It is the first season under the chairmanship of Darren Godfrey, who took over the role from Callum Todd at the end of 2023.

Events

As ever, the season kicked off with the Lincoln double-header on the last weekend of January. Among others yet to be confirmed, tournaments will be taking place in Liverpool, Rugby, Reading, and — for the first time — Sheffield, Oxford and Durham.

The chief Lincoln event, known as COLIN, was the nineteenth annually, bearing the title COLIN XIX accordingly. The February slot will be occupied by Liverpool, which is returning after a five-year absence. For the second year running, March will involve players tackling in the town of Rugby — a double-header this time around, the main Rugby event will be preceded by a 2-round Goatdown tournament on the Friday night. The Reading event (also the first since 2019) in April will use a useful, purpose-built software designed by Series 80 octochamp and quarter-finalist Fiona Titcombe. Three debuting locations on the co-event circuit will be Sheffield, Oxford, and Durham to be hosted in May, June, and July respectively.

Later tournaments in discussion for 2024 include Birmingham, Blackpool, Braintree, and London; thus far, Brighton, Leeds and Manchester will be absent this season.

Round	Event	Location	Country	Date	Entrants	Winner
1	COLIN XIX	Lincoln	England	27 January	45	Jack Hurst
2	COLIN XIX: The Hangover			28 January	34	Rob Foster
3	Co:Liverpool 2024	Liverpool		24 February	39	Jack Hurst
4	Goat:Rugby	Rugby		22 March	TBC	TBC
5	Co:Rugby 2024	Rugby		23 March	TBC	TBC
6	Co:Reading 2024	Reading		15 April	TBC	TBC
7	Co:Sheffield 2024	Sheffield		18 May	TBC	TBC
8	Co:Oxford 2024	Oxford		15 June	TBC	TBC
9	Co:Durham 2024	Durham		July	TBC	TBC
10	Goat:Brum 2024	Birmingham		August	TBC	TBC
11	Co:Brum 2024				TBC	TBC
12	Co:Blackpool 2024	Blackpool		September	TBC	TBC
13	Co:Glasgow	Glasgow	Scotland	October	TBC	TBC
14	Co:Braintree	Braintree	England	early November	TBC	TBC
GF	2024 FOCAL finals	Milton Keynes	late November	TBC	TBC
	Co:MK Open 2024			TBC	TBC

Leaderboards

Since the 2020–22 FOCAL season, the number of FOCAL points has been determined by the formula (1 − [position] ÷ ([players] + 1)) × 1000. Points from both wins and losses count towards each player's final event score. If two or more players finish in the same position on the leaderboard, they are sorted by most conundrum solves, then by highest individual game score, before their FOCAL points are calculated.

Once all of the season's preliminary rounds have been played, the top eight contenders will qualify for the end-of-season finals. Should any of the top eight not attend the finals event, the next highest-ranked person in attendance will take their place.

Each player's overall FOCAL points total will be the sum of their best eight performances only; all others are discounted.

Top 8

Following Co:Liverpool 2024, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LIN LHO LIV GRU RUG REA SHE OXF DUR GBI BIR GLA BRA {{{15}}} {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points 1 Jack Hurst 1 3 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2867 2 Adam Latchford 12 2 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2282 3 George Armstrong 9 10 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2043 4 Bradley Horrocks 22 11 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2033 5 Rob Foster 4 1 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1884 6 James Robinson 29 15 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1841 7 Jack Worsley 3 4 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1821 8 Callum Todd 2 5 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1814

Remaining contenders

Following Co:Liverpool 2024, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LIN LHO LIV GRU RUG REA SHE OXF DUR GBI BIR GLA BRA {{{15}}} {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points 9 Matthew S Rutherford 15 20 12 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1803 10 Adrian Fletcher 14 18 20 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1682 11 Tim Hebbes 19 24 9 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1676 12 Richard Priest 37 17 5 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1585 13 Tom Carey 12 6 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1546 14 Stewart Gordon 17 30 10 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1523 15 Dan Byrom 11 9 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1504 16 Jason Turner 24 22 15 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1474 17 Edward Byrne 6 14 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1470 18 Fiona Titcombe 18 16 28 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1452 19 Tom Cappleman 20 7 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1365 20 Tim Down 28 8 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1162 21 Graeme Cole 23 13 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1129 22 Phil Stanton 36 28 18 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 967 23 Tom Stevenson – – 2 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 950 24 Tracey Mills 33 12 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 940 25 Dylan Taylow – – 3 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 925 26 Anthony Endsor 21 – 26 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 893 27 Andy Platt 5 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 891 28 Brendan Whitehurst – – 6 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 850 29 Jonathan De Souza 7 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 848 30 Conor Travers 8 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 826 31 Matt O'Connor – – 8 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 800 32 Dinos Sfyris 10 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783 33 Jeff Clayton 31 19 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783 34 Chris Kirby – – 11 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 725 35 Matty Artell – – 13 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 675 36 Steve Hyde 16 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 652 37 Mervyn Tong – – 14 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 650 38 Coral Heath 34 – 25 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 636 39 Adam Dexter 30 25 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 634 40 Amar Chotai 27 29 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 584 41 Stephen Read – – 17 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 575 42 David Hilton 38 21 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 574 43 Gevin Chapwell 32 26 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 561 44 Darren Godfrey – – 21 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 475 45 Adam Beach 39 32 31 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 463 46 Sam Prouse 25 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 457 47 Alison Douglas – – 22 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 450 48 Mike Springett 26 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 435 49 Nathan Pace – – 23 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 425 50 Sam Hodkin – – 24 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 400 51 Taz Turner 40 31 35 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 369 52 Mark Mills – 23 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 343 53 Dave Ashton – – 27 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 325 54 Euan Crabb – – 29 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 275 55 Chris Marshall 44 27 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 272 56 Ljubica Lazarevic – – 30 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 250 57 David Roe 35 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 239 58 John Billingsley – – 32 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 59 Eva Dewsbury – – 33 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 175 60 Oli Moore – – 34 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 150 61 James Laverty 41 34 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 138 62 Jack D 43 33 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 122 63 Paul Craib – – 36 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 100 64 Ian Wray 42 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 87 65 Irene Dove – – 37 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 75 66 Selma Reilly – – 38 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 50 67 Paul J. Dove – – 39 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 25 68 Vicci Smith 45 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 22

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Top 10 finish
Blue	Other finish
White	Did not participate