2023 FOCAL finals

The 2023 FOCAL finals, also known as Countdown in Milton Keynes 2023, was a co-event, organised by FOCAL chairman Callum Todd and hosted by Adam Beach, on 25 November 2023 as the closing event of the 2023 FOCAL season. It ran concurrently with the Milton Keynes Open: a tournament for those attendees who didn't qualify as one of the top eight finalists. As with the previous season, it was won by Jack Hurst, who beat George Armstrong 54 – 39 in the championship grand final.

It was held at the Novotel in Milton Keynes for the second consecutive year, where the eight finalists underwent a round-robin of seven 9-round games in the Bristol format. There was just a 10-point gap between Hurst and Armstrong going into the championship grand final match, with Hurst having accumulated 454 points and Armstrong 444.

The event experimented with a useful, purpose-built presentation software developed by Series 80 octochamp Fiona Titcombe. Furthermore, it saw FOCAL chairman Callum Todd announce his decision to step down from the role.

Final standings

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Jack Hurst	5	454
2	George Armstrong	5	444
3	Tom Cappleman	5	416
4	Tom Carey	4	429
5	Callum Todd	3	420
6	Tim Hebbes	3	360
7	Adam Latchford	2	368
8	Dan Byrom	1	354

Matches

#	Date	Type	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Host
Round 1
2023FINALS.001	25/11/2023	Table 1	Adam Latchford	53 – 68	Tim Hebbes
2023FINALS.002	25/11/2023	Table 2	Callum Todd	66 – 68	Tom Carey
2023FINALS.003	25/11/2023	Table 3	Dan Byrom	84 – 43	Tom Cappleman
2023FINALS.004	25/11/2023	Table 4	George Armstrong	84 – 74	Jack Hurst
Round 2
2023FINALS.005	25/11/2023	Table 1	Tom Carey	45 – 47	Adam Latchford
2023FINALS.006	25/11/2023	Table 2	Tim Hebbes	33 – 61	Tom Cappleman
2023FINALS.007	25/11/2023	Table 3	Callum Todd	51 – 61*	Jack Hurst
2023FINALS.008	25/11/2023	Table 4	Dan Byrom	34 – 54	George Armstrong
Round 3
2023FINALS.009	25/11/2023	Table 1	Adam Latchford	54 – 61	Tom Cappleman
2023FINALS.010	25/11/2023	Table 2	Tom Carey	64 – 74	Jack Hurst
2023FINALS.011	25/11/2023	Table 3	Tim Hebbes	63 – 61	George Armstrong
2023FINALS.012	25/11/2023	Table 4	Callum Todd	66 – 51	Dan Byrom
Round 4
2023FINALS.013	25/11/2023	Table 1	Jack Hurst	68 – 61	Adam Latchford
2023FINALS.014	25/11/2023	Table 2	Tom Cappleman	56 – 73	George Armstrong
2023FINALS.015	25/11/2023	Table 3	Tom Carey	68 – 51	Dan Byrom
2023FINALS.016	25/11/2023	Table 4	Tim Hebbes	51 – 61	Callum Todd
Round 5
2023FINALS.017	25/11/2023	Table 1	Adam Latchford	56 – 66	George Armstrong
2023FINALS.018	25/11/2023	Table 2	Jack Hurst	69 – 37	Dan Byrom
2023FINALS.019	25/11/2023	Table 3	Tom Cappleman	63 – 54	Callum Todd
2023FINALS.020	25/11/2023	Table 4	Tom Carey	62 – 42	Tim Hebbes
Round 6
2023FINALS.021	25/11/2023	Table 1	Dan Byrom	46 – 50	Adam Latchford
2023FINALS.022	25/11/2023	Table 2	George Armstrong	62 – 51	Callum Todd
2023FINALS.023	25/11/2023	Table 3	Jack Hurst	64 – 35	Tim Hebbes
2023FINALS.024	25/11/2023	Table 4	Tom Cappleman	60 – 57	Tom Carey
Round 7
2023FINALS.025	25/11/2023	Table 1	Adam Latchford	47 – 71	Callum Todd
2023FINALS.026	25/11/2023	Table 2	Dan Byrom	51 – 68	Tim Hebbes
2023FINALS.027	25/11/2023	Table 3	George Armstrong	44 – 65	Tom Carey
2023FINALS.028	25/11/2023	Table 4	Jack Hurst	54 – 72	Tom Cappleman
Championship Grand Final
2023FINALSCGF	25/11/2023	CGF	Jack Hurst	54 – 39	George Armstrong	Adam Beach

*includes 10 points from a tiebreak conundrum.