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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 returned at the end of August; likewise, Blackpool went ahead on the second weekend of September. October oversaw Dublin on the first weekend, and Edinburgh two weeks later. The final preliminary event of the season, occupying the early November slot, was the debuting city of Worcester.

Locations absent from this season were 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 34 Tom Cappleman
17 Co:Blackpool 2025 Blackpool 13 September 28 Jack Worsley
18 Co:Dublin 2025 Dublin Ireland 4 October 17 MSR
19 Co:Edinburgh 2025 Edinburgh Scotland 18 October 26 Dylan Taylor
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:Worcester 2025 — the final qualifier of the season — 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 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 7751
2 Tom Cappleman 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 7616
3 Matthew Brockwell 14 10 7 3 2 9 4 3 2 17 2 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 7146
4 Tom Carey 6 6 15 4 23 3 4 1 8 6 5 8 19 2 2 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 7132
5 Tim Hebbes 11 18 8 2 16 8 12 6 4 4 7 11 10 2 5 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6860
6 Adam Latchford 5 4 6 14 2 3 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6849
7 MSR 33 14 25 13 18 10 17 7 12 1 3 13 9 14 12 3 1 4 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6782
8 Dan Byrom 8 17 6 11 5 5 13 3 5 9 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6719


Remaining contenders

Following Co:Worcester 2025 — the final qualifier of the season — 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 George Armstrong 13 8 19 9 3 14 9 3 5 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6123
10 Ed Byrne 3 9 9 4 10 17 4 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6055
11 Jase Cullen 30 16 10 20 19 16 7 7 18 8 6 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5768
12 Bradley Horrocks 17 15 10 15 13 2 3 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5658
13 Adrian Fletcher 10 19 13 8 15 25 10 21 16 24 7 20 8 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5508
14 Sam Stock 11 6 31 23 12 15 16 17 35 10 7 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4994
15 Graeme Cole 31 20 27 7 7 7 10 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4644
16 Jack Worsley 7 4 2 1 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4614
17 Jonathan De Souza 9 11 9 11 4 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4522
18 Richard Priest 12 25 17 7 8 29 16 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4512
19 Coral Heath 7 10 11 20 24 14 21 17 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4505
20 Ian Wray 28 36 29 27 14 19 29 31 9 8 14 16 11 13 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4492
21 Fiona Titcombe 20 29 32 12 28 11 4 28 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4464
22 Tim Down 15 16 19 8 14 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3973
23 Phil Stanton 27 32 28 12 26 26 35 10 23 12 28 14 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3968
24 Sean Fletcher 9 30 25 19 17 18 30 29 15 22 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3855
25 Ronan Higginson 2 2 2 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3765
26 Tracey Mills 25 22 12 15 9 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3564
27 Gabriel Thallon 16 10 6 15 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3550
28 Darren Godfrey 14 32 20 13 22 19 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3466
29 Adam Dexter 19 23 30 24 5 30 13 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3379
30 Matt O'Connor 3 12 6 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3351
31 Andy Platt 9 22 10 4 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3305
32 James Robinson 16 11 11 18 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3143
33 Tom Stevenson 6 8 12 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3127
34 Stephen Read 6 4 6 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3011
35 Steven Grady 16 8 21 7 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2955
36 Jack Hurst 4 2 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2792
37 Callum Todd 1 4 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2748
38 Dave Ryan 14 8 8 32 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2737
39 Jessica Pratesi 21 15 6 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2707
40 Mike Springett 34 35 33 26 19 18 30 21 11 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2672
41 Zohaib Rehan 5 5 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2499
42 Chris Marshall 30 13 24 36 20 30 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2308
43 Mike Lee 29 12 16 17 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2304
44 Euan Crabb 20 10 27 20 27 19 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2125
45 Suzy Turner 19 15 18 22 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2111
46 Thomas Finn 14 12 25 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1924
47 Logan Skelton 25 25 19 33 9 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1919
48 Stewart Gordon 24 34 21 23 24 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1910
49 Ross King 22 11 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1887
50 Dave Robjohns 23 12 23 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1818
51 Jason Turner 32 4 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1688
52 Sam Prouse 21 21 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1576
53 Alan O'Sullivan 4 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1548
54 Oliver Garner 15 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1485
55 Amar Chotai 24 31 22 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1481
56 Piaras Carney 30 17 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1384
57 Ashwin Abinashi 28 24 32 26 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1378
58 Stu Harkness 6 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1349
59 Jeff Clayton 22 27 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1303
60 Brendan Duke 5 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1283
61 Gordon Lessells 9 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1276
62 Toby Pereira 18 26 36 35 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1276
63 Annie Henry 23 22 28 41 37 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1142
64 Phil Hannan 40 19 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1066
65 Paul Worsley 28 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1049
66 Adam Beach 28 22 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1030
67 Dan Spinks 13 34 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 982
68 Karen Pearson 31 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 958
69 Hazel Drury 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 957
70 Gerry Tynan 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 913
71 Joseph Bartram 34 37 18 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 893
72 Jayne Wisniewski 23 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 876
73 Eoin Jackson 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 870
74 Zubair Patel 26 38 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 847
75 Kate Scranage 29 39 34 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 845
76 Matt Gould 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 844
77 Matthew Tassier 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 843
78 Charles Baker 11 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 835
79 Steve Hyde 37 27 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 832
80 George Baker 36 41 34 35 16 35 24 21 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 797
81 Roger Stevens 6 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 795
82 Ben Wilson 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 791
83 Sean De Loughry 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 778
84 Joe Henry 27 36 44 16 38 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 760
85 Steve Aucello 26 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 702
86 Samik Sen 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 696
87 Lju Lazarevic 15 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 695
88 Rowland Reeves 21 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 687
89 Sandie Simonis 25 29 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 681
90 Thomas Roebuck 40 33 34 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 664
91 Dave Ashton 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 656
92 Roshin Sen 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 652
93 David Holmes 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 647
94 Sam Manojlovic 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 645
95 Neil Collins 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 629
96 Jane Peet 21 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 625
97 Catriona Cappleman 21 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 614
98 Ian Linton 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 611
99 Ed McCullagh 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 593
100 Frank Wharton 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 588
101 Gayle Berry 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 565
102 John Pakenham 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 556
103 Josephine Sinclair 42 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 541
104 Paul McGivern 15 36 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 538
105 Ted Burke 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 522
106 Paul Talmey 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
107 Brendan Whitehurst 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
108 Andy Evans 33 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
109 Robin McKay 18 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 486
110 Paul Drury 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 478
111 Toby Byfield 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 471
112 Hugh Steele 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 469
113 Mark Jeary-Fairbairn 33 26 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 468
114 Eddie Wisniewski 39 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 450
115 Owen Carroll 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 444
116 Elizabeth Beer 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 438
117 Steven Doyle 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 435
117 Dave Cappleman 31 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 435
117 Tasneem Rana 28 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 435
120 Steve Harding 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 411
121 Richard Evans 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 395
122 Kane Oliver 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 395
123 Matty Artell 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 393
124 Aoife Herriott 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 391
125 Mark Ivey 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 375
126 Mauro Pratesi 30 49 23 34 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 372
127 David Roe 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 368
128 Steve Anderson 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 365
129 Kevin Nelson 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 357
130 Jonny Rye 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 353
131 Anthony Endsor 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 349
132 Aryanna Waldron 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 348
133 Troy Prendergast 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 333
134 James Burley 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 333
135 Marc Meakin 45 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 318
136 Chris Parfitt 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 316
137 Ceara McGovern 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 304
138 Iain Sime 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 296
139 Callum Pickering 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 289
140 Taz Turner 36 29 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 285
141 John Clarke 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 281
142 Trevor MacEoin 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 278
143 George Drury 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 261
144 Ravi Choudhary 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 259
145 Mike Brailsford 27 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 259
146 Caroline Wood 38 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 255
147 Jack D 32 42 35 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 237
148 Scott Babb 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 235
149 John Shaw 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 234
150 James Laverty 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 233
151 Euan Sime 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 222
152 Mark Mills 35 39 37 41 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 220
153 Brendan McIntyre 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 217
154 Jeremy Phillips 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 214
155 Max Benkel 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 192
156 Callum Jones 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 185
157 Darragh O'Brien 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 174
158 Jessamine O'Connor 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 167
159 Richard Barnett 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 162
160 David Millar 43 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 157
161 Reuben Benkel 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 154
162 Alan Jones 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 143
162 Ali Stevenson 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 143
164 Tom Byrne 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 130
165 Dave Lord 29 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 128
166 David Hilton 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 125
167 Emma Taylor 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 125
168 Michael Armstrong 34 30 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 119
169 Ellen Harrison 48 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 116
170 Peter Littleton 32 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 111
171 Jay Roberts 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 107
171 Julie Culley 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 107
173 Colin Peet 26 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 102
174 Lynne Cumberland 46 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 98
175 Maria Myles 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 87
176 Ram Patel 32 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 86
177 Tim Scott 47 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 78
178 Jennifer Blyth 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 74
179 Joanne Bailey 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 71
180 George Carey 40 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 70
181 Chloe Jones 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 69
182 Gabriel Sinclair 50 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 58
183 Keelin McBride 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 43
184 Daniel Finn 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 42
185 Brandin Allan 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 37
186 OB 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 36
187 Mathew Harris 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 31
188 Peter Dickinson 37 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 26
189 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