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The '''2025 FOCAL finals''', is an upcoming [[co-event]], organised by [[FOCAL]] chairman [[George Armstrong]] and to be hosted by [[Adam Beach]], on 29 November as the closing event of the [[2025 FOCAL season]]. It will run concurrently with the [[Co:MK 2025 Open|Milton Keynes Open]] — a tournament for those attendees who didn't qualify as one of the top eight finalists — to form '''Countdown in Milton Keynes 2025'''.
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The '''2025 FOCAL finals''' was a [[co-event]], organised and hosted by [[FOCAL]] chairman [[George Armstrong]] with [[Adam Beach]], on 29 November as the closing event of the [[2025 FOCAL season]]. It ran concurrently with the [[Co:MK 2025 Open|Milton Keynes Open]] — a tournament for those attendees who didn't qualify as one of the top eight finalists — to form '''Countdown in Milton Keynes 2025'''. It was won by [[Dylan Taylor]], who beat [[Tom Cappleman]] {{score|62|30}} in the [[FOCAL2025CGF|championship grand final]].
  
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For the fourth consecutive year, the event will take place at the Novotel in the Heelands neighbourhood of Milton Keynes, where the finalists will undergo a round-robin of seven [[9-round format|9-round]] games in the [[Bristol format|"Bristol" format]]. Following these, the top two will play against each other in the championship grand final to determine the winner of the season.
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For the fourth consecutive year, the event returned to the Novotel in Milton Keynes, where the finalists underwent a round-robin of seven [[9-round format|9-round]] games in the [[Bristol format|"Bristol" format]].
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==Final standings==
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{| class=episode_table
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! Rank !! Name !! Played !! Wins !! Points
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|-
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|1  || '''[[Dylan Taylor]]''' || 7 || 6 || 504
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|-
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|2  || [[Tom Cappleman]] || 7 || 5 || 511
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|-
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|3  || [[Tom Carey]] || 7 || 5 || 493
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|-
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|4  || [[Dan Byrom]] || 7 || 5 || 463
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|-
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|5  || [[Matthew Brockwell]] || 7 || 3 || 456
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|-
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|6  || [[Tim Hebbes]] || 7 || 2 || 398
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|-
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|7  || [[Adam Latchford]] || 7 || 1 || 397
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|-
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|8  || [[MSR]] || 7 || 1 || 369
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|}
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==Matches==
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{{game table}}
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{{game table block|Round 1}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.001|29/11/2025|Table 1|[[Adam Latchford]]| 54 – 65 |[[Tom Carey]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.002|29/11/2025|Table 2|[[Dan Byrom]]| 67 – 45 |[[Tim Hebbes]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.003|29/11/2025|Table 3|[[Dylan Taylor]]| 67 – 63 |[[Tom Cappleman]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.004|29/11/2025|Table 4|[[MSR]]| 53 – 59 |[[Matthew Brockwell]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game table block|Round 2}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.005|29/11/2025|Table 1|[[Tim Hebbes]]| 70 – 74 |[[Adam Latchford]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.006|29/11/2025|Table 2|[[Tom Carey]]| 84 – 74 |[[Tom Cappleman]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.007|29/11/2025|Table 3|[[Dan Byrom]]| 84 – 74 |[[Matthew Brockwell]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.008|29/11/2025|Table 4|[[Dylan Taylor]]| 84 – 67 |[[MSR]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game table block|Round 3}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.009|29/11/2025|Table 1|[[Adam Latchford]]| 44 – 68 |[[Tom Cappleman]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.010|29/11/2025|Table 2|[[Tim Hebbes]]| 55 – 52 |[[Matthew Brockwell]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.011|29/11/2025|Table 3|[[Tom Carey]]| 73 – 31 |[[MSR]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.012|29/11/2025|Table 4|[[Dan Byrom]]| 45 – 73 |[[Dylan Taylor]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game table block|Round 4}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.013|29/11/2025|Table 1|[[Matthew Brockwell]]| 73 – 59 |[[Adam Latchford]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.014|29/11/2025|Table 2|[[Tom Cappleman]]| 83 – 55 |[[MSR]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.015|29/11/2025|Table 3|[[Tim Hebbes]]| 45 – 83 |[[Dylan Taylor]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.016|29/11/2025|Table 4|[[Tom Carey]]| 73 – 83 |[[Dan Byrom]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game table block|Round 5}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.017|29/11/2025|Table 1|[[Adam Latchford]]| 54 – 61 |[[MSR]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.018|29/11/2025|Table 2|[[Matthew Brockwell]]| 63 – 56 |[[Dylan Taylor]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.019|29/11/2025|Table 3|[[Tom Cappleman]]| 67 – 56 |[[Dan Byrom]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.020|29/11/2025|Table 4|[[Tim Hebbes]]| 57 – 61 |[[Tom Carey]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game table block|Round 6}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.021|29/11/2025|Table 1|[[Dylan Taylor]]| 63 – 56|[[Adam Latchford]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.022|29/11/2025|Table 2|[[MSR]]| 42 – 55 |[[Dan Byrom]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.023|29/11/2025|Table 3|[[Matthew Brockwell]]| 62 – 72 |[[Tom Carey]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.024|29/11/2025|Table 4|[[Tom Cappleman]]| 73 – 56 |[[Tim Hebbes]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game table block|Round 7}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.025|29/11/2025|Table 1|[[Adam Latchford]]| 56 – 73 |[[Dan Byrom]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.026|29/11/2025|Table 2|[[Dylan Taylor]]| 78 – 65 |[[Tom Carey]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.027|29/11/2025|Table 3|[[MSR]]| 60 – 70 |[[Tim Hebbes]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game|FOCAL2025.028|29/11/2025|Table 4|[[Matthew Brockwell]]| 73 – 83 |[[Tom Cappleman]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
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{{game table block|Grand Final}}
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{{game|[[FOCAL2025CGF]]|29/11/2025|CGF|[[Tom Cappleman]]| 30 – '''62''' |'''[[Dylan Taylor]]'''|[[Fiona Titcombe]]}}
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{{game table end}}
  
 
==Co-event timeline==
 
==Co-event timeline==

Revision as of 23:03, 5 December 2025

See also: Co:MK Open 2025

The 2025 FOCAL finals was a co-event, organised and hosted by FOCAL chairman George Armstrong with Adam Beach, on 29 November as the closing event of the 2025 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 — to form Countdown in Milton Keynes 2025. It was won by Dylan Taylor, who beat Tom Cappleman 62 – 30 in the championship grand final.

For the fourth consecutive year, the event returned to the Novotel in Milton Keynes, where the finalists underwent a round-robin of seven 9-round games in the "Bristol" format.

Final standings

Rank Name Played Wins Points
1 Dylan Taylor 7 6 504
2 Tom Cappleman 7 5 511
3 Tom Carey 7 5 493
4 Dan Byrom 7 5 463
5 Matthew Brockwell 7 3 456
6 Tim Hebbes 7 2 398
7 Adam Latchford 7 1 397
8 MSR 7 1 369

Matches

# Date Type Player 1 Score Player 2 Host
Round 1
FOCAL2025.001 29/11/2025 Table 1 Adam Latchford 54 – 65 Tom Carey George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.002 29/11/2025 Table 2 Dan Byrom 67 – 45 Tim Hebbes George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.003 29/11/2025 Table 3 Dylan Taylor 67 – 63 Tom Cappleman George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.004 29/11/2025 Table 4 MSR 53 – 59 Matthew Brockwell George Armstrong
Round 2
FOCAL2025.005 29/11/2025 Table 1 Tim Hebbes 70 – 74 Adam Latchford George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.006 29/11/2025 Table 2 Tom Carey 84 – 74 Tom Cappleman George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.007 29/11/2025 Table 3 Dan Byrom 84 – 74 Matthew Brockwell George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.008 29/11/2025 Table 4 Dylan Taylor 84 – 67 MSR George Armstrong
Round 3
FOCAL2025.009 29/11/2025 Table 1 Adam Latchford 44 – 68 Tom Cappleman George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.010 29/11/2025 Table 2 Tim Hebbes 55 – 52 Matthew Brockwell George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.011 29/11/2025 Table 3 Tom Carey 73 – 31 MSR George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.012 29/11/2025 Table 4 Dan Byrom 45 – 73 Dylan Taylor George Armstrong
Round 4
FOCAL2025.013 29/11/2025 Table 1 Matthew Brockwell 73 – 59 Adam Latchford George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.014 29/11/2025 Table 2 Tom Cappleman 83 – 55 MSR George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.015 29/11/2025 Table 3 Tim Hebbes 45 – 83 Dylan Taylor George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.016 29/11/2025 Table 4 Tom Carey 73 – 83 Dan Byrom George Armstrong
Round 5
FOCAL2025.017 29/11/2025 Table 1 Adam Latchford 54 – 61 MSR George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.018 29/11/2025 Table 2 Matthew Brockwell 63 – 56 Dylan Taylor George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.019 29/11/2025 Table 3 Tom Cappleman 67 – 56 Dan Byrom George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.020 29/11/2025 Table 4 Tim Hebbes 57 – 61 Tom Carey George Armstrong
Round 6
FOCAL2025.021 29/11/2025 Table 1 Dylan Taylor 63 – 56 Adam Latchford George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.022 29/11/2025 Table 2 MSR 42 – 55 Dan Byrom George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.023 29/11/2025 Table 3 Matthew Brockwell 62 – 72 Tom Carey George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.024 29/11/2025 Table 4 Tom Cappleman 73 – 56 Tim Hebbes George Armstrong
Round 7
FOCAL2025.025 29/11/2025 Table 1 Adam Latchford 56 – 73 Dan Byrom George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.026 29/11/2025 Table 2 Dylan Taylor 78 – 65 Tom Carey George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.027 29/11/2025 Table 3 MSR 60 – 70 Tim Hebbes George Armstrong
FOCAL2025.028 29/11/2025 Table 4 Matthew Brockwell 73 – 83 Tom Cappleman George Armstrong
Grand Final
FOCAL2025CGF 29/11/2025 CGF Tom Cappleman 30 – 62 Dylan Taylor Fiona Titcombe

Co-event timeline

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Co:Worcester 2025 		2025 FOCAL finals
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Co:MK Open 2025
Previous event:
Co:MK Open 2024 		Countdown in Milton Keynes Next event:
Co:MK Open 2025
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