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2025 FOCAL season

From Countdown

The 2025 FOCAL season is the eighth and current season of FOCAL tournaments. It is the first season under the chairmanship of George Armstrong, who took over the role from Darren Godfrey at the end of 2024.

Events

The 2025 season has seen a noticeable increase in the number of tournaments as a result of additional multi-event weekends and shorter breaks between some (two weeks as opposed to the conventional three or four).

As ever, the season kicked off in Lincoln on the last weekend of January. However, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, COLIN was a triple-header this time around, with a Friday night "predrinks" tournament preceding the main event on the Saturday; the "hangover" counterpart then followed this as normal. The February slot was occupied by Liverpool, returning for its third instalment. March oversaw three tournaments altogether: one in Oxford, then a double-header in Rugby three weeks later. April included London, followed by Sligo at the end of the month. Sheffield retained the slot for the second weekend of May, followed by two debuting locations on the co-event circuit: Tunbridge Wells at the end of May, and Stockport in June. The second Durham tournament was held at the beginning of July, and for the fourth successive year, Birmingham ran in early August. Reading will return at the end of August; likewise, Blackpool will go ahead on the second weekend of September. October will oversee Dublin on the first weekend, and Edinburgh two weeks later. The final preliminary event of the season, occupying the early November slot, will be the debuting city of Worcester.

Locations absent from this season will be Glasgow and Braintree, with Glasgow being replaced by Edinburgh, and Braintree by Worcester. The season finals event will return to Milton Keynes for the fourth successive year.

Round Event Location Country Date Entrants Winner
1 COLIN XX: The Predrinks Lincoln England 24 January 36 Callum Todd
2 COLIN XX 25 January 42 Tom Cappleman
3 COLIN XX: The Hangover 26 January 37 Dylan Taylor
4 Co:Liverpool 2025 Liverpool 15 February 27
5 Co:Oxford 2025 Oxford 1 March 36 Tom Cappleman
6 Co:Rugby 2025: Warm-Up Rugby 21 March 16 Dylan Taylor
7 Co:Rugby 2025 22 March 35
8 Co:London 2025 London 12 April 50 Tom Carey
9 Co:Mon 2025 Sligo Ireland 26 April 22 Hazel Drury
10 Co:Sheffield 2025 Sheffield England 10 May 37 Dylan Taylor
11 Co:TW 2025 Tunbridge Wells 24 May 25 MSR
12 Co:Stockport 2025 Stockport 14 June 31 Jack Worsley
13 Co:Durham 2025 Durham 5 July 31 Dylan Taylor
14 Co:Brum 2025: Warm-Up Birmingham 1 August 23
15 Co:Brum 2025 2 August 42
16 Co:Reading 2025 Reading 30 August TBC TBC
17 Co:Blackpool 2025 Blackpool 13 September TBC TBC
18 Co:Dublin 2025 Dublin Ireland 4 October TBC TBC
19 Co:Edinburgh 2025 Edinburgh Scotland 18 October TBC TBC
20 Co:Worcester 2025 Worcester England 1 November 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. In each tournament, points from both wins and losses count towards a player's final standing. If two or more attendees finish an event in the same position, they will receive the same number of FOCAL points. However, it the contenders in second and third place are tied, the event host will conduct either a play-off match or tiebreak conundrum.

Once all of the season's preliminary rounds have been played, the top eight contenders will be invited to play in the end-of-season finals tournament. Should any of the top eight not attend this, they will be substituted by the next highest-ranked player(s) in attendance. Each player's FOCAL points total will be the sum of their best eight performances across the season; all others are discounted.

Top 8

Following Co:Blackpool 2025, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LPD LIN LHO LIV OXF RWU RUG LON MON SHE TUN STK DHM BWU BHM REA BLA DUB EDI WOR {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points
1 Dylan Taylor 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 7729
2 Matthew Brockwell 14 10 7 3 2 9 4 3 2 17 2 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 7146
3 Tom Carey 6 6 15 4 23 3 4 1 8 6 5 8 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6875
4 Tim Hebbes 11 18 8 2 16 8 12 6 4 4 7 11 10 2 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6860
5 Tom Cappleman 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6652
6 Dan Byrom 8 17 6 11 5 5 13 3 5 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6469
7 MSR 33 14 25 13 18 10 17 7 12 1 3 13 9 14 12 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6317
8 George Armstrong 13 8 19 9 3 14 9 3 5 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6123


Remaining contenders

Following Co:Blackpool 2025, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LPD LIN LHO LIV OXF RWU RUG LON MON SHE TUN STK DHM BWU BHM REA BLA DUB EDI WOR {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points
9 Ed Byrne 3 9 9 4 10 17 4 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6055
10 Bradley Horrocks 17 15 10 15 13 2 3 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5658
11 Adrian Fletcher 10 19 13 8 15 25 10 21 16 24 7 20 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5508
12 Jase Cullen 30 16 10 20 19 16 7 7 18 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5219
13 Adam Latchford 5 4 6 14 2 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5139
14 Graeme Cole 31 20 27 7 7 7 10 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4644
15 Jack Worsley 7 4 2 1 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4614
16 Jonathan De Souza 9 11 9 11 4 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4522
17 Samuel Stock 11 6 31 23 12 15 16 17 35 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4474
18 Ian Wray 28 36 29 27 14 19 29 31 9 8 14 16 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4243
19 Richard Priest 12 25 17 7 8 29 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3976
20 Tim Down 15 16 19 8 14 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3973
21 Coral Heath 7 10 11 20 24 14 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3881
22 Sean Fletcher 9 30 25 19 17 18 30 29 15 22 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3855
23 Fiona Titcombe 20 29 32 12 28 11 4 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3836
24 Ronan Higginson 2 2 2 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3765
25 Phil Stanton 27 32 28 12 26 26 35 10 23 12 28 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3616
26 Tracey Mills 25 22 12 15 9 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3564
27 Darren Godfrey 14 32 20 13 22 19 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3466
28 Adam Dexter 19 23 30 24 5 30 13 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3379
29 Andy Platt 9 22 10 4 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3305
30 James Robinson 16 11 11 18 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3143
31 Tom Stevenson 6 8 12 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3127
32 Stephen Read 6 4 6 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3011
33 Steven Grady 16 8 21 7 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2955
34 Jack Hurst 4 2 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2792
35 Callum Todd 1 4 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2748
36 Gabriel Thallon 16 10 6 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2735
37 Jessica Pratesi 21 15 6 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2707
38 Matt O'Connor 3 12 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2518
39 Zohaib Rehan 5 5 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2499
40 Mike Lee 29 12 16 17 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2304
41 Dave Ryan 14 8 8 32 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2237
42 Chris Marshall 30 13 24 36 20 30 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2086
43 Mike Springett 34 35 33 26 19 18 30 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2015
44 Euan Crabb 20 10 27 20 27 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2014
45 Thomas Finn 14 12 25 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1924
46 Stewart Gordon 24 34 21 23 24 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1910
47 Dave Robjohns 23 12 23 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1818
48 Jason Turner 32 4 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1688
49 Suzy Turner 19 15 18 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1647
50 Sam Prouse 21 21 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1576
51 Oliver Garner 15 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1485
52 Amar Chotai 24 31 22 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1481
53 Ashwin Abinashi 28 24 32 26 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1378
54 Jeff Clayton 22 27 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1303
55 Toby Pereira 18 26 36 35 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1276
56 Ross King 22 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1173
57 Annie Henry 23 22 28 41 37 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1142
58 Paul Worsley 28 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1049
59 Adam Beach 28 22 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1030
60 Logan Skelton 25 25 19 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1002
61 Dan Spinks 13 34 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 982
62 Hazel Drury 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 957
63 Gerry Tynan 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 913
64 Joseph Bartram 34 37 18 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 893
65 Eoin Jackson 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 870
66 Zubair Patel 26 38 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 847
67 Kate Scranage 29 39 34 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 845
68 Matt Gould 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 844
69 Matthew Tassier 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 843
70 Steve Hyde 37 27 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 832
71 Alan O'Sullivan 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 826
72 George Baker 36 41 34 35 16 35 24 21 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 797
73 Stu Harkness 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 793
74 Ben Wilson 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 791
75 Brendan Duke 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 783
76 Roger Stevens 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 739
77 Steve Aucello 26 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 702
78 Samik Sen 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 696
79 Lju Lazarevic 15 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 695
80 Rowland Reeves 21 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 687
81 Sandie Simonis 25 29 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 681
82 Piaras Carney 30 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 680
83 Thomas Roebuck 40 33 34 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 664
84 Charles Baker 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 656
85 Dave Ashton 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 656
86 Roshin Sen 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 652
87 Joe Henry 27 36 44 16 38 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 649
88 David Holmes 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 647
89 Sam Manojlovic 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 645
90 Neil Collins 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 629
91 Jane Peet 21 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 625
92 Phil Hannan 40 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 622
93 Gordon Lessells 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 609
94 Frank Wharton 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 588
95 Gayle Berry 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 565
96 Josephine Sinclair 42 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 541
97 Paul McGivern 15 36 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 538
98 Ted Burke 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 522
99 Paul Talmey 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
100 Brendan Whitehurst 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
101 Andy Evans 33 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
102 Robin McKay 18 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 486
103 Paul Drury 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 478
104 Toby Byfield 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 471
105 Hugh Steele 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 469
106 Jayne Wisniewski 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 465
107 Elizabeth Beer 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 438
108 Steven Doyle 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 435
109 Tasneem Rana 28 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 435
110 Catriona Cappleman 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 400
111 Richard Evans 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 395
112 Kane Oliver 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 395
113 Matty Artell 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 393
114 Aoife Herriott 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 391
115 Mark Ivey 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 375
116 Mauro Pratesi 30 49 23 34 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 372
117 David Roe 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 368
118 Steve Anderson 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 365
119 Kevin Nelson 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 357
120 Jonny Rye 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 353
121 Anthony Endsor 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 349
122 Aryanna Waldron 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 348
123 Mark Jeary-Fairbairn 33 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 320
124 Marc Meakin 45 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 318
125 Chris Parfitt 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 316
126 Ceara McGovern 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 304
127 Callum Pickering 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 289
128 Taz Turner 36 29 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 285
129 John Clarke 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 281
130 Karen Pearson 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 279
131 George Drury 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 261
132 Mike Brailsford 27 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 259
133 Caroline Wood 38 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 255
134 Jack D 32 42 35 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 237
135 Scott Babb 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 235
136 John Shaw 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 234
137 James Laverty 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 233
138 Mark Mills 35 39 37 41 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 220
139 Brendan McIntyre 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 217
140 Jeremy Phillips 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 214
141 Max Benkel 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 192
142 Darragh O'Brien 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 174
143 Richard Barnett 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 162
144 David Millar 43 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 157
145 Reuben Benkel 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 154
146 Alan Jones 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 143
147 Tom Byrne 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 130
148 Dave Lord 29 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 128
149 David Hilton 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 125
150 Emma Taylor 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 125
151 Michael Armstrong 34 30 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 119
152 Ellen Harrison 48 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 116
153 Dave Cappleman 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 114
154 Peter Littleton 32 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 111
155 Jay Roberts 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 107
156 Colin Peet 26 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 102
157 Lynne Cumberland 46 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 98
158 Eddie Wisniewski 39 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 93
159 Maria Myles 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 87
160 Ram Patel 32 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 86
161 Tim Scott 47 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 78
162 George Carey 40 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 70
163 Chloe Jones 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 69
164 Gabriel Sinclair 50 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 58
165 Keelin McBride 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 43
166 Daniel Finn 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 42
167 Mathew Harris 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 31
168 Peter Dickinson 37 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 26
169 Sheamol Obeda 42 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 23


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