2024 FOCAL season

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The 2024 FOCAL season is seventh and current season of FOCAL tournaments. It is the first season under the chairmanship of Darren Godfrey, who took over the role from Callum Todd at the end of 2023.

Events

As ever, the season kicked off with the Lincoln double-header on the last weekend of January. Among others yet to be confirmed, future tournaments will be taking place in Liverpool, Rugby, Reading, and Sheffield, Oxford and Durham — all debuting location on the co-event scene — Birmingham, London, Blackpool and Dublin.

The chief Lincoln event, known as COLIN, was the nineteenth annually, bearing the title COLIN XIX accordingly. The February slot was occupied by Liverpool, which returned after a five-year absence. For the second year running, March involved players tackling in the town of Rugby — a double-header this time around, the main Rugby event was preceded by a 2-round Goatdown tournament on the Friday night. The Reading event in April (also the first since 2019) used a useful, purpose-built software designed by Series 80 octochamp and quarter-finalist Fiona Titcombe. Three debuting locations on the co-event circuit will be Sheffield, Oxford and Durham, to be hosted in May, June, and July respectively. Following these will be a double-header in Birmingham at the start of August, London over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Blackpool in mid-September, and Dublin at the end of September.

Later tournaments in discussion for 2024 include Glasgow (October) and Braintree (November). The 2024 FOCAL finals will be held at the end of November, and will be returning to Milton Keynes for the third successive year. Brighton, Leeds and Manchester were absent this season.

Round	Event	Location	Country	Date	Entrants	Winner
1	COLIN XIX	Lincoln	England	27 January	45	Jack Hurst
2	COLIN XIX: The Hangover			28 January	34	Rob Foster
3	Co:Liverpool 2024	Liverpool		24 February	39	Jack Hurst
4	Goat:Rugby 2024	Rugby		22 March	19	Zohaib Rehan
5	Co:Rugby 2024	Rugby		23 March	37	Jack Hurst
6	Co:Mon 2024	Monasteraden	Ireland	6 April	20	Brendan Duke
7	Co:Reading 2024	Reading	England	20 April	53	Tom Carey
8	Co:Sheffield 2024	Sheffield		18 May	37	Jack Worsley
9	Co:Oxford 2024	Oxford		15 June	TBC	TBC
10	Co:Durham 2024	Durham		6 July	TBC	TBC
11	Goat:Brum 2024	Birmingham		2 August	TBC	TBC
12	Co:Brum 2024			3 August	TBC	TBC
13	Co:Blackpool 2024	Blackpool		14 September	TBC	TBC
14	Co:Dublin 2024	Dublin	Ireland	28 September	TBC	TBC
15	Co:Glasgow 2024	Glasgow	Scotland	October	TBC	TBC
16	Co:Braintree 2024	Braintree	England	early November	TBC	TBC
GF	2024 FOCAL finals	Milton Keynes	late November	TBC	TBC
	Co:MK Open 2024			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. Points from both wins and losses count towards each player's final event score. If two or more players finish in the same position on the leaderboard, they are sorted by most conundrum solves, then by highest individual game score, before their FOCAL points are calculated.

Once all of the season's preliminary rounds have been played, the top eight contenders will qualify for the end-of-season finals. Should any of the top eight not attend the finals event, the next highest-ranked person in attendance will take their place.

Each player's overall FOCAL points total will be the sum of their best eight performances only; all others are discounted.

Top 8

Following Co:Sheffield 2024, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LIN LHO LIV GRU RUG MON REA SHE OXF DUR GBI BIR LON BLA GLA BRA {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points 1 Jack Hurst 1 3 1 2 1 – 11 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 5537 2 Adam Latchford 12 2 16 4 17 – 28 7 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4932 3 Dan Byrom 11 9 – 6 10 – 5 10 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4585 4 Tom Carey 12 6 – 11 11 – 1 5 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 4556 5 Adrian Fletcher 14 18 20 16 14 – 6 26 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3694 6 George Armstrong 9 10 19 3 9 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3656 7 James Robinson 29 15 4 – – – 7 6 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3553 8 Matthew S Rutherford 15 20 12 16 18 – 29 18 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3493

Remaining contenders

Following Co:Sheffield 2024, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LIN LHO LIV GRU RUG MON REA SHE OXF DUR GBI BIR LON BLA GLA BRA {{{17}}} {{{18}}} {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points 9 Tim Hebbes 19 24 9 9 16 – 27 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3305 10 Dylan Taylor – – 3 10 2 – – 4 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3241 11 Jonathan De Souza 7 – – – 13 – 15 2 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3175 12 Tom Cappleman 20 7 – – 7 – 2 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3144 13 Eeshan Malhotra – – – 7 4 – 9 12 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 3062 14 Ed Byrne 6 14 – 12 27 – – 8 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2948 15 Rob Foster 4 1 – – – – 3 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2828 16 Bradley Horrocks 22 11 7 – – – – 9 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2796 17 Jack Worsley 3 4 – – – – – 1 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2795 18 Callum Todd 2 5 – – – – – 3 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2735 19 Phil Stanton 36 28 18 14 12 – 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2562 20 Fiona Titcombe 18 16 28 18 22 – – 17 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2526 21 Adam Dexter 30 25 – 5 29 – 8 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2473 22 Tom Stevenson – – 2 – 2 – 26 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2416 23 Coral Heath 34 – 25 15 15 – 18 29 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2395 24 Richard Priest 37 17 5 – – – 16 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2289 25 Stephen Read – – 17 8 25 – – 11 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2228 26 Stewart Gordon 17 30 10 – 31 – – 21 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2154 27 Tim Down 28 8 – – – – 4 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 2088 28 Graeme Cole 23 13 – – – – 14 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1870 29 Zohaib Rehan – – – 1 5 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1818 30 Steve Hyde 16 – – – 19 – 43 28 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1619 31 Matt O'Connor – – 8 – 8 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1589 32 Jason Turner 24 22 15 – – – – 35 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1553 33 Tracey Mills 33 12 – – – – – 15 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1545 34 Anthony Endsor 21 – 26 – – – – 14 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1525 35 Darren Godfrey – – 21 – 34 – 31 19 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1506 36 Andy Platt 5 – – – – – – 16 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1470 37 Ashwin Abinashi – – – – 35 – 22 13 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1330 38 Adam Beach 39 32 31 – – – 24 27 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1308 39 Brendan Whitehurst – – 6 – 28 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1113 40 Sean Fletcher – – – – 23 – 20 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 1025 41 Dave Robjohns – – – 13 26 – 38 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 962 42 Brendan Duke – – – – – 1 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 952 43 Ian Wray 42 – – – 24 – – 20 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 929 44 Eoin Jackson – – – – – 2 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 905 45 Mike Lee – – – – 21 – 30 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 891 46 Hazel Drury – – – – – 3 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 857 47 Jonathan Wynn – – – – 6 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 842 48 Conor Travers 8 – – – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 826 49 Paul Talmey – – – – – – 10 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 815 50 Alan O'Sullivan – – – – – 4 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 810 51 Dinos Sfyris 10 – – – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783 51 Jeff Clayton 31 19 – – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 783 53 Matthew Brockwell – – – – – – 12 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 778 54 Sarah McDonagh – – – – – 5 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 762 55 Neil Collins – – – – – – 13 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 759 56 David Hilton 38 21 – – 32 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 732 57 Chris Kirby – – 11 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 725 58 Roger Stevens – – – – – 6 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 714 59 Mark Mills – 23 – – – – – 24 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 711 60 Mike Springett 26 – – – – – 40 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 694 61 Dave Ryan – – – – – – 17 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 685 62 Matty Artell – – 13 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 675 63 Sam Prouse 25 – – – 30 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 668 64 Chris Marshall 44 27 – – – – – 23 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 64 Gale Berry – – – – – 7 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 667 66 Mervyn Tong – – 14 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 650 67 Catriona Cappleman – – – – – – 19 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 648 68 Wes Pollington – – – – – 8 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 619 69 Amar Chotai 27 29 – – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 584 70 Suzy Turner – – – – – – 15 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 574 71 Séan O'Connor – – – – – 9 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 571 72 Gevin Chapwell 32 26 – – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 561 73 Martyn Pegram – – – – – – 25 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 537 74 Diarmuid Henry – – – – – 10 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 524 75 Euan Crabb – – 29 – – – – 30 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 486 76 Roshin Sen – – – – – 11 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 476 77 Steven Grady – – – – 20 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 474 78 Alison Douglas – – 22 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 450 79 Ted Burke – – – – – 12 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 429 80 Nathan Pace – – 23 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 425 81 Kate Scranage – – – – – – – 22 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 421 82 Jessica Pratesi – – – – – – 32 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 407 83 Sam Hodkin – – 24 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 400 84 Taz Turner 40 31 35 – – – – 37 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 395 85 Toby Byfield – – – – – – 33 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 389 86 Paul Drury – – – – – 13 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 381 87 Joseph Bartram – – – – – – 34 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 370 88 Andy Evans – – – – – – 35 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 352 89 Paul Worsley – – – – – – – 25 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 342 90 Dave Cappleman – – – – – – 36 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 333 90 Aaryanna Walton – – – – – 14 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 333 92 Dave Ashton – – 27 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 325 93 Graham Harding – – – – – – 37 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 315 94 Ljubica Lazarevic – – 30 – – – 52 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 287 95 Dee Barry – – – – – 15 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 286 96 Ruth Cappleman – – – – – – 38 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 278 97 Mauro Pratesi – – – – – – 39 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 241 98 David Roe 35 – – – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 239 99 Natasha Rodgers – – – – – 16 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 238 100 Helen Harding – – – – – – 40 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 222 101 John Billingsley – – 32 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 200 102 Sarah Waldon – – – – – 17 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 190 103 Archie Rodger – – – – – – 44 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 185 104 George Carey – – – – – – – 31 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 184 105 Mel Coupe – – – 19 33 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 182 106 Jack D 43 33 – – – – – 36 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 175 106 Eva Dewsbury – – 33 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 175 108 Ben Leyburn – – – – – – 45 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 167 109 Michael Armstrong – – – – – – – 32 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 158 110 Oli Moore – – 34 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 150 111 Nick Sellars – – – – – – 46 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 148 112 George Drury – – – – – 18 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 143 113 James Laverty 41 34 – – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 138 114 Ellen Harrison – – – – 37 – 48 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 137 115 Sam Manojlovic – – – – – – – 33 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 132 116 Daaniyal Ali – – – – – – 47 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 130 117 George Baker – – – – – – – 34 {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 105 118 Paul Craib – – 36 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 100 119 Ceara McGovern – – – – – 19 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 95 120 Rachael Montgomery – – – – – – 49 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 93 121 Irene Dove – – 37 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 75 122 Katy Bowen – – – – – – 50 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 74 123 Pete Borrett – – – – – – 51 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 56 124 Ali Stevenson – – – – 36 – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 53 125 Selma Reilly – – 38 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 50 126 Paddy Meskell – – – – – 20 – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 48 127 Paul J. Dove – – 39 – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 25 128 Vicci Smith 45 – – – – – – – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 22 129 Maire Bennett – – – – – – 53 – {{{19}}} {{{20}}} {{{21}}} 19

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