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2018 FOCAL finals
- Main article: 2018 FOCAL season
- See also: CoBrum 2018
The 2018 FOCAL finals consisted of the 8 highest ranked players in the FOCAL standings attending, and the Birmingham Open ran like a normal Co-event for the other 27 participants, except there was no grand final.
Jonathan Wynn was crowned 2018 FOCAL champion, beating Thomas Cappleman 71-48 in the grand final. Both players missed an early opportunity to gain a big lead, declaring 8s when ORNAMENTS was available for 18 points. Wynn took the lead in round 2, spotting the darrenic 7 in AUTISTS, forcing Cappleman to risk fatsuits ☓. Round 3 saw the lead extend to 13 points, a margin that T-Cap couldn't decrease over the following rounds, meaning Wynn was confirmed champion after a strong 6 small solve under pressure in round 8. He put the icing on his celebratory cake in the last round, unscrambling AAHSUNBED in less than a second.
Seeding
The standings heading in to the finals were as follows:
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | James Robinson | 0 | 488 |
2 | Bradley Horrocks | 0 | 473 (481) |
— | Edward Byrne | 0 | 448 |
3 | Tracey Mills | 0 | 440 (466) |
4 | Zarte Siempre | 0 | 432 |
5 | Tim Down | 0 | 392 |
6 | Jonathan Wynn | 0 | 383 |
7 | Graeme Cole | 0 | 369 |
8 | Tom Cappleman | 0 | 366 |
Not a single FOCAL co-event winner for 2018 qualified, adding a further complaint to the points system that would eventually be changed for 2020.
Edward Byrne qualified as number 3 seed, but did not attend, promoting Tom Cappleman into the finals.
Matches
# | Date | Type | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Host |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FOCAL20181 | 24/11/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 60 – 46 | Tracey Mills | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20181 | 24/11/2018 | P | Bradley Horrocks | 51 – 55 | Tom Cappleman | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20181 | 24/11/2018 | P | Graeme Cole | 43 – 50 | Tim Down | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20181 | 24/11/2018 | P | James Robinson | 47 – 58 | Jonathan Wynn | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20182 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tom Cappleman | 63 – 61 | Zarte Siempre | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20182 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tracey Mills | 60 – 62 | Zarte Siempre | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20182 | 24/11/2018 | P | Bradley Horrocks | 47 – 71 | Jonathan Wynn | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20182 | 24/11/2018 | P | Graeme Cole | 71 – 55 | James Robinson | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20183 | 24/11/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 56 – 60 | Tim Down | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20183 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tom Cappleman | 66* – 56 | Jonathan Wynn | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20183 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tracey Mills | 26 – 58 | James Robinson | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20183 | 24/11/2018 | P | Bradley Horrocks | 62 – 44 | Graeme Cole | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20184 | 24/11/2018 | P | Jonathan Wynn | 49 – 60 | Zarte Siempre | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20184 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tim Down | 43 – 66 | James Robinson | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20184 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tom Cappleman | 53 – 51 | Graeme Cole | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20184 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tracey Mills | 60 – 58 | Bradley Horrocks | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20185 | 24/11/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 63 – 54 | James Robinson | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20185 | 24/11/2018 | P | Jonathan Wynn | 54 – 53 | Graeme Cole | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20185 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tim Down | 55 – 58 | Bradley Horrocks | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20185 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tom Cappleman | 67 – 44 | Tracey Mills | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20186 | 24/11/2018 | P | Graeme Cole | 50 – 75 | Zarte Siempre | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20186 | 24/11/2018 | P | James Robinson | 70 – 54 | Bradley Horrocks | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20186 | 24/11/2018 | P | Jonathan Wynn | 61 – 53 | Tracey Mills | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20186 | 24/11/2018 | P | Tim Down | 64 – 53 | Tom Cappleman | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20187 | 24/11/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 65 – 75 | Bradley Horrocks | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20187 | 24/11/2018 | P | Graeme Cole | 50 – 62 | Mark Mills | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20187 | 24/11/2018 | P | James Robinson | 57 – 61 | Tom Cappleman | Jeff Clayton |
FOCAL20187 | 24/11/2018 | P | Jonathan Wynn | 75 – 58 | Tim Down | Jeff Clayton |
Standings after the preliminaries
The standings after the preliminary matches were as follows:
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Cappleman | 6 | 408 |
2 | Jonathan Wynn | 5 | 424 |
3 | Zarte Siempre | 4 | 440 |
4 | Tim Down | 4 | 392 |
5 | James Robinson | 3 | 407 |
6 | Bradley Horrocks | 3 | 405 |
7 | Tracey Mills | 2 | 351 |
8 | Graeme Cole | 1 | 362 |
Grand Final
# | Date | Type | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Host |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FOCAL2018GF | 24/11/2018 | GF | Tom Cappleman | 48 – 71 | Jonathan Wynn | Jeff Clayton |