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Co:Oxford 2025
Countdown in Oxford 2025 was a co-event hosted by Darren Godfrey on 1 March 2025 as the fifth round of the 2025 FOCAL season. It was won by Tom Cappleman, who beat Ronan Higginson 92 – 81 in the grand final.
The event returned to St Clement's Centre in Oxford, where 35 of 36* attendees played six 9-round games in the "Lincoln" format.
Dr Tom Crawford made a special appearance at the end of this event — in conjunction with his first week of episodes as arithmetician being aired — taking on the role of the board assistant in the grand final.
*Richard Barnett missed round 1, but played from round 2 onwards.
Final standings
| Rank | Name | Played | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronan Higginson | 6 | 6 | 374 |
| 2 | Tom Cappleman | 6 | 5 | 435 |
| 3 | Matthew Brockwell | 6 | 5 | 411 |
| 4 | Adam Latchford | 6 | 5 | 374 |
| 5 | Dan Byrom | 6 | 5 | 348 |
| 6 | Tom Stevenson | 6 | 4 | 383 |
| 7 | Graeme Cole | 6 | 4 | 365 |
| 8 | Tim Down | 6 | 4 | 362 |
| 9 | Jonathan De Souza | 6 | 4 | 353 |
| 10 | Coral Heath | 6 | 4 | 343 |
| 11 | Samuel Stock | 6 | 4 | 318 |
| 12 | Fiona Titcombe | 6 | 4 | 315 |
| 13 | Dan Spinks | 6 | 4 | 296 |
| 14 | Dave Ryan | 6 | 4 | 256 |
| 15 | Bradley Horrocks | 6 | 3 | 383 |
| 16 | Tim Hebbes | 6 | 3 | 352 |
| 17 | Sean Fletcher | 6 | 3 | 333 |
| 18 | MSR | 6 | 3 | 329 |
| 19 | Suzy Turner | 6 | 3 | 304 |
| 20 | Jason Cullen | 6 | 3 | 299 |
| 21 | Jessica Pratesi | 6 | 3 | 275 |
| 22 | Annie Henry | 6 | 3 | 259 |
| 23 | Tom Carey | 6 | 2 | 375 |
| 24 | Adam Dexter | 6 | 2 | 320 |
| 25 | Dave Robjohns | 6 | 2 | 306 |
| 26 | Phil Stanton | 6 | 2 | 305 |
| 27 | Ian Wray | 6 | 2 | 303 |
| 28 | Ashwin Abinashi | 6 | 2 | 279 |
| 29 | Mike Lee | 6 | 2 | 277 |
| 30 | Mauro Pratesi | 6 | 2 | 204 |
| 31 | Richard Barnett | 4 | 2 | 186 |
| 32 | Darren Godfrey | 6 | 1 | 294 |
| 33 | Andy Evans | 6 | 1 | 255 |
| 34 | Joseph Bartram | 6 | 1 | 236 |
| 35 | George Baker | 6 | 1 | 212 |
| 36 | Joe Henry | 6 | 0 | 167 |
Matches
Statistics to follow.
FOCAL standings after the event
The top 8 after this round of the 2025 FOCAL season were as follows:
| Pos. | Name | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| +3 | 1 | Tom Cappleman | 3817 |
| +3 | 2 | Dan Byrom | 3703 |
| -2 | 3 | Dylan Taylor | 3679 |
| -1 | 4 | Tim Hebbes | 3570 |
| -3 | 5 | Tom Carey | 3538 |
| +5 | 6 | Matthew Brockwell | 3124 |
| -1 | 7 | Jack Hurst | 2792 |
| -1 | 8 | Callum Todd | 2748 |
Co-event timeline
| Previous event: Co:Liverpool 2025 |
Co:Oxford 2025 Co-event |
Next event: Co:Rugby 2025: Warm-up |
| Previous event: Co:Oxford 2024 |
Countdown in Oxford | Next event: TBC |
