2025 FOCAL season

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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 will see 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 will kick off in Lincoln on the last weekend of January. However, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, COLIN will be a triple-header this time around, with a Friday night "predrinks" tournament preceding the main event on the Saturday; the "hangover" counterpart will then follow this as normal. The February slot will be occupied by Liverpool, returning for its third instalment. March will then oversee three tournaments: one in Oxford, then a double-header in Rugby a fortnight later. April will include London, followed by Sligo at the end of the month. Sheffield will once again hold a slot in May, after which there will be two debuting locations on the co-event circuit: Tunbridge Wells, at the end of May, and Stockport in June. The second Durham tournament will be held at the beginning of July.

Among others, later tournaments planned to go ahead in 2025 include Dublin, Birmingham (provisionally another triple-header), Reading, and Blackpool. Locations absent from this season will be Glasgow and Braintree.

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	TBC	TBC
5	Co:Oxford 2025	Oxford		1 March	TBC	TBC
6	Co:Rugby 2025: Warm-up	Rugby		21 March	TBC	TBC
7	Co:Rugby 2025			22 March	TBC	TBC
8	Co:London 2025	London		12 April	TBC	TBC
9	Co:Mon 2025	Sligo	Ireland	26 April	TBC	TBC
10	Co:Sheffield 2025	Sheffield	England	10 May	TBC	TBC
11	Co:TW 2025	Tunbridge Wells		24 May	TBC	TBC
12	Co:Stockport 2025	Stockport		14 June	TBC	TBC
13	Co:Durham 2025	Durham		5 July	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 the COLIN triple-header, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LPD LIN LHO LIV OXF RWU RUG LON MON SHE TUN STK DHM {{{14}}} {{{15}}} {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points 1 Tom Cappleman 2 1 3 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2844 2 Jack Hurst 4 2 2 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2792 3 Callum Todd 1 4 5 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2748 4 Dylan Taylor 7 3 1 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2715 5 Ed Byrne 3 9 9 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2473 6 Tom Carey 6 6 15 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2303 7 Dan Byrom 8 17 6 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2231 8 Matthew Brockwell 14 10 7 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2205

Remaining contenders

Following the COLIN triple-header, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LPD LIN LHO LIV OXF RWU RUG LON MON SHE TUN STK DHM {{{14}}} {{{15}}} {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points 9 Tim Hebbes 11 18 8 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2073 10 James Robinson 16 11 11 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2023 11 George Armstrong 13 8 19 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1950 12 Adrian Fletcher 10 19 13 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1946 13 Bradley Horrocks 17 15 10 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1929 14 Zohaib Rehan 5 5 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1749 15 Jack Worsley – 7 4 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1732 16 Tim Down 15 16 19 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1710 17 Richard Priest 12 25 17 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1648 18 Sam Prouse 21 21 14 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1576 19 Tracey Mills 25 22 12 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1496 20 Dave Robjohns 23 12 23 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1494 21 Sean Fletcher 9 30 25 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1377 22 Jeff Clayton 22 27 18 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1303 23 Chris Marshall 30 13 24 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1255 24 Adam Dexter 19 23 30 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1162 25 MSR 33 14 25 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1111 26 Stewart Gordon 24 34 21 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 994 27 Graeme Cole 31 20 27 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 986 28 Toby Pereira 18 26 36 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 962 29 Fiona Titcombe 20 29 32 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 943 30 Jason Cullen – 30 16 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 870 31 Zubair Patel 26 38 21 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 847 32 Phil Stanton 27 32 28 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 789 33 Ian Wray 28 36 29 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 630 34 Amar Chotai – 24 31 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 626 35 Mike Springett 34 35 33 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 399 36 Anthony Endsor – 28 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 349 37 Jack D 32 42 35 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 237 38 James Laverty – 33 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 233 39 Adam Beach 28 – – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 230 40 George Baker 36 41 34 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 179 41 Mark Mills 35 39 37 {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 173 42 Steve Hyde – 37 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 140 43 Thomas Roebuck – 40 – {{{16}}} {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 70

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