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Revision as of 18:58, 24 November 2020

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
Previous event:
CoBrum 2018
2018 FOCAL finals
Co-event
Next event:
COLIN XV
Previous event:
2017 FOCAL finals
Countdown in Birmingham Next event:
2019 FOCAL finals