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2025 FOCAL season

From Countdown

The 2025 FOCAL season is the eighth and current season of FOCAL tournaments. It is the first season under the chairmanship of George Armstrong, who took over the role from Darren Godfrey at the end of 2024.

Events

The 2025 season has seen a noticeable increase in the number of tournaments as a result of additional multi-event weekends and shorter breaks between some (two weeks as opposed to the conventional three or four).

As ever, the season kicked off in Lincoln on the last weekend of January. However, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, COLIN was a triple-header this time around, with a Friday night "predrinks" tournament preceding the main event on the Saturday; the "hangover" counterpart then followed this as normal. The February slot was occupied by Liverpool, returning for its third instalment. March oversaw three tournaments altogether: one in Oxford, then a double-header in Rugby three weeks later. April included London, followed by Sligo at the end of the month. Sheffield retained the slot for the second weekend of May, followed by two debuting locations on the co-event circuit: Tunbridge Wells at the end of May, and Stockport in June. The second Durham tournament was held at the beginning of July, and for the fourth successive year, Birmingham ran in early August. Reading will return at the end of August; likewise, Blackpool will go ahead on the second weekend of September. October will oversee Dublin on the first weekend, and Edinburgh two weeks later. The final preliminary event of the season, occupying the early November slot, will be the debuting city of Worcester.

Locations absent from this season will be Glasgow and Braintree, with Glasgow being replaced by Edinburgh, and Braintree by Worcester. The season finals event will return to Milton Keynes for the fourth successive year.

Round Event Location Country Date Entrants Winner
1 COLIN XX: The Predrinks Lincoln England 24 January 36 Callum Todd
2 COLIN XX 25 January 42 Tom Cappleman
3 COLIN XX: The Hangover 26 January 37 Dylan Taylor
4 Co:Liverpool 2025 Liverpool 15 February 27
5 Co:Oxford 2025 Oxford 1 March 36 Tom Cappleman
6 Co:Rugby 2025: Warm-Up Rugby 21 March 16 Dylan Taylor
7 Co:Rugby 2025 22 March 35
8 Co:London 2025 London 12 April 50 Tom Carey
9 Co:Mon 2025 Sligo Ireland 26 April 22 Hazel Drury
10 Co:Sheffield 2025 Sheffield England 10 May 37 Dylan Taylor
11 Co:TW 2025 Tunbridge Wells 24 May 25 MSR
12 Co:Stockport 2025 Stockport 14 June 31 Jack Worsley
13 Co:Durham 2025 Durham 5 July 31 Dylan Taylor
14 Co:Brum 2025: Warm-Up Birmingham 1 August 23
15 Co:Brum 2025 2 August 42
16 Co:Reading 2025 Reading 30 August 34 Tom Cappleman
17 Co:Blackpool 2025 Blackpool 13 September 28 Jack Worsley
18 Co:Dublin 2025 Dublin Ireland 4 October 17 MSR
19 Co:Edinburgh 2025 Edinburgh Scotland 18 October 26 Dylan Taylor
20 Co:Worcester 2025 Worcester England 1 November 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. In each tournament, points from both wins and losses count towards a player's final standing. If two or more attendees finish an event in the same position, they will receive the same number of FOCAL points. However, it the contenders in second and third place are tied, the event host will conduct either a play-off match or tiebreak conundrum.

Once all of the season's preliminary rounds have been played, the top eight contenders will be invited to play in the end-of-season finals tournament. Should any of the top eight not attend this, they will be substituted by the next highest-ranked player(s) in attendance. Each player's FOCAL points total will be the sum of their best eight performances across the season; all others are discounted.

Top 8

Following Co:Dublin 2025, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LPD LIN LHO LIV OXF RWU RUG LON MON SHE TUN STK DHM BWU BHM REA BLA DUB EDI WOR {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points
1 Dylan Taylor 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 7729
2 Matthew Brockwell 14 10 7 3 2 9 4 3 2 17 2 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 7146
3 Tom Carey 6 6 15 4 23 3 4 1 8 6 5 8 19 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6951
4 Tim Hebbes 11 18 8 2 16 8 12 6 4 4 7 11 10 2 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6860
5 Tom Cappleman 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6652
6 Dan Byrom 8 17 6 11 5 5 13 3 5 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6605
7 MSR 33 14 25 13 18 10 17 7 12 1 3 13 9 14 12 3 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6604
8 George Armstrong 13 8 19 9 3 14 9 3 5 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6123


Remaining contenders

Following Co:Dublin 2025, the standings were as follows:

Pos. Entrant LPD LIN LHO LIV OXF RWU RUG LON MON SHE TUN STK DHM BWU BHM REA BLA DUB EDI WOR {{{21}}} {{{22}}} {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} {{{26}}} {{{27}}} {{{28}}} {{{29}}} {{{30}}} Points
9 Ed Byrne 3 9 9 4 10 17 4 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 6055
10 Bradley Horrocks 17 15 10 15 13 2 3 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5658
11 Adrian Fletcher 10 19 13 8 15 25 10 21 16 24 7 20 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5508
12 Jase Cullen 30 16 10 20 19 16 7 7 18 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5219
13 Adam Latchford 5 4 6 14 2 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 5139
14 Graeme Cole 31 20 27 7 7 7 10 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4644
15 Jack Worsley 7 4 2 1 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4614
16 Jonathan De Souza 9 11 9 11 4 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4522
17 Samuel Stock 11 6 31 23 12 15 16 17 35 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4474
18 Ian Wray 28 36 29 27 14 19 29 31 9 8 14 16 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 4243
19 Richard Priest 12 25 17 7 8 29 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3976
20 Tim Down 15 16 19 8 14 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3973
21 Coral Heath 7 10 11 20 24 14 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3881
22 Sean Fletcher 9 30 25 19 17 18 30 29 15 22 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3855
23 Fiona Titcombe 20 29 32 12 28 11 4 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3836
24 Ronan Higginson 2 2 2 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3765
25 Phil Stanton 27 32 28 12 26 26 35 10 23 12 28 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3616
26 Tracey Mills 25 22 12 15 9 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3564
27 Darren Godfrey 14 32 20 13 22 19 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3466
28 Adam Dexter 19 23 30 24 5 30 13 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3379
29 Matt O'Connor 3 12 6 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3351
30 Andy Platt 9 22 10 4 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3305
31 James Robinson 16 11 11 18 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3143
32 Tom Stevenson 6 8 12 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3127
33 Stephen Read 6 4 6 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 3011
34 Steven Grady 16 8 21 7 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2955
35 Jack Hurst 4 2 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2792
36 Callum Todd 1 4 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2748
37 Gabriel Thallon 16 10 6 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2735
38 Jessica Pratesi 21 15 6 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2707
39 Zohaib Rehan 5 5 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2499
40 Mike Springett 34 35 33 26 19 18 30 21 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2323
41 Chris Marshall 30 13 24 36 20 30 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2308
42 Mike Lee 29 12 16 17 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2304
43 Dave Ryan 14 8 8 32 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2237
44 Euan Crabb 20 10 27 20 27 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 2014
45 Thomas Finn 14 12 25 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1924
46 Stewart Gordon 24 34 21 23 24 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1910
47 Dave Robjohns 23 12 23 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1818
48 Jason Turner 32 4 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1688
49 Suzy Turner 19 15 18 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1647
50 Sam Prouse 21 21 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1576
51 Alan O'Sullivan 4 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1548
52 Oliver Garner 15 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1485
53 Amar Chotai 24 31 22 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1481
54 Ashwin Abinashi 28 24 32 26 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1378
55 Jeff Clayton 22 27 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1303
56 Brendan Duke 5 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1283
57 Gordon Lessells 9 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1276
58 Toby Pereira 18 26 36 35 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1276
59 Ross King 22 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1173
60 Annie Henry 23 22 28 41 37 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1142
61 Paul Worsley 28 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1049
62 Adam Beach 28 22 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1030
63 Logan Skelton 25 25 19 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 1002
64 Dan Spinks 13 34 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 982
65 Hazel Drury 1 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 957
66 Gerry Tynan 2 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 913
67 Joseph Bartram 34 37 18 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 893
68 Eoin Jackson 3 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 870
69 Zubair Patel 26 38 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 847
70 Kate Scranage 29 39 34 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 845
71 Matt Gould 5 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 844
72 Matthew Tassier 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 843
73 Steve Hyde 37 27 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 832
74 George Baker 36 41 34 35 16 35 24 21 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 797
75 Roger Stevens 6 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 795
77 Stu Harkness 6 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 793
78 Ben Wilson 9 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 791
79 Sean De Loughry 4 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 778
80 Joe Henry 27 36 44 16 38 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 760
81 Steve Aucello 26 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 702
82 Samik Sen 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 696
83 Lju Lazarevic 15 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 695
84 Rowland Reeves 21 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 687
85 Sandie Simonis 25 29 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 681
86 Piaras Carney 30 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 680
87 Thomas Roebuck 40 33 34 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 664
88 Charles Baker 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 656
89 Dave Ashton 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 656
90 Roshin Sen 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 652
91 David Holmes 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 647
92 Sam Manojlovic 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 645
93 Neil Collins 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 629
94 Jane Peet 21 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 625
95 Phil Hannan 40 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 622
96 Ian Linton 7 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 611
97 Frank Wharton 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 588
98 Gayle Berry 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 565
99 John Pakenham 8 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 556
100 Josephine Sinclair 42 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 541
101 Paul McGivern 15 36 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 538
102 Ted Burke 11 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 522
103 Paul Talmey 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
104 Brendan Whitehurst 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
105 Andy Evans 33 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 500
106 Robin McKay 18 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 486
107 Paul Drury 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 478
108 Toby Byfield 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 471
109 Hugh Steele 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 469
110 Jayne Wisniewski 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 465
111 Owen Carroll 10 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 444
112 Elizabeth Beer 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 438
113 Steven Doyle 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 435
114 Tasneem Rana 28 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 435
115 Catriona Cappleman 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 400
116 Richard Evans 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 395
117 Kane Oliver 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 395
118 Matty Artell 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 393
119 Aoife Herriott 14 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 391
120 Mark Ivey 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 375
121 Mauro Pratesi 30 49 23 34 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 372
122 David Roe 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 368
123 Steve Anderson 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 365
124 Kevin Nelson 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 357
125 Jonny Rye 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 353
126 Anthony Endsor 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 349
127 Aryanna Waldron 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 348
128 Troy Prendergast 12 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 333
129 Mark Jeary-Fairbairn 33 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 320
130 Marc Meakin 45 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 318
131 Chris Parfitt 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 316
132 Ceara McGovern 16 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 304
133 Callum Pickering 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 289
134 Taz Turner 36 29 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 285
135 John Clarke 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 281
136 Karen Pearson 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 279
137 Trevor MacEoin 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 278
138 George Drury 17 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 261
139 Mike Brailsford 27 26 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 259
140 Caroline Wood 38 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 255
141 Jack D 32 42 35 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 237
142 Scott Babb 13 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 235
143 John Shaw 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 234
144 James Laverty 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 233
145 Mark Mills 35 39 37 41 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 220
146 Brendan McIntyre 18 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 217
147 Jeremy Phillips 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 214
148 Max Benkel 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 192
149 Darragh O'Brien 19 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 174
150 Jessamine O'Connor 15 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 167
151 Richard Barnett 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 162
152 David Millar 43 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 157
153 Reuben Benkel 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 154
154 Alan Jones 24 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 143
155 Tom Byrne 20 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 130
156 Dave Lord 29 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 128
157 David Hilton 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 125
158 Emma Taylor 28 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 125
159 Michael Armstrong 34 30 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 119
160 Ellen Harrison 48 33 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 116
161 Dave Cappleman 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 114
162 Peter Littleton 32 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 111
163 Jay Roberts 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 107
164 Colin Peet 26 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 102
165 Lynne Cumberland 46 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 98
166 Eddie Wisniewski 39 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 93
167 Maria Myles 21 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 87
168 Ram Patel 32 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 86
169 Tim Scott 47 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 78
170 George Carey 40 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 70
171 Chloe Jones 27 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 69
172 Gabriel Sinclair 50 25 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 58
173 Keelin McBride 22 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 43
174 Daniel Finn 23 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 42
175 Mathew Harris 31 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 31
176 Peter Dickinson 37 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 26
177 Sheamol Obeda 42 {{{23}}} {{{24}}} {{{25}}} 23


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