Round winners – February 2023 (Round #152)
Congratulations to the winners of round February 2023: Kygni from Norrbotten (formerly of Uppsala) took his third Gold in lovely winter conditions, Király from Skåne added another Silver to his medal row and Marcus_P from Hamburg turfed home his second Bronze. Well done mates!
Upcoming events
If you are organizing an open event, don't forget to write to insider@turfgame.com a couple of months in advance to get the information about your event into the news letter :)
Foot Event in Stockholm on April 29th
Turf08 invites everyone to a Foot Event on April 29th "somewhere in the southern part of Stockholm". It will start at 1 pm and last for 2 hours. There will be "fika" and prizes. More information closer to the date can be found HERE, including where the event will take place!
Bonanza 2023 in Umeå on May 20th
The Bonanza, the main event of the Turf World is organized this year by Turf Västerbotten on the 20th of May with events in two classes, a Bonanza banquet and lots of other fun activities. Sign up for the Bonanza 2023 can be found HERE. So far just over 160 turfers are registred. See you in Umeå in May! :)
Turf Awards 2022
Turf Awards is awarded to turfers who have made significant or particularly attentive achievements during the previous year or have been involved in an especially noted or spectacular zone takeover.
Nominations for Turf Awards 2022 closed on February 28th. Voting will open up in April, stay tuned!
Turf Clubs/Associations
A new section in Turf Insider for Club News and Club introductions. We have many Turf Associations around the Turf world. This is a space where they can get their news heard. Write to insider@turfgame.com if you have any Club news you want to see here :)
Turf Göteborg would like to invite new and old turfers, local and tourist turfers to their monthly “fika”. Come and join other turfers in Göteborg at café Evas Paley (close to the zone NonViolence) 6 pm on the first Wednesday in the new round. For the March round the meet-up is on the 8th of March.
Turf Stockholm has been around since 2014. Mr_Noodle wrote a short introduction for Turf Insider.
“The Turf association Turf08 Stockholms Län arranges events and Turf meetings in the Stockholm area. Currently the association has around 100 members. The association has arranged a number of Bonanza events, the latest one in 2019.
Both bicycle and walking
events are held annually, often as open events and are free for
everyone to join. And no event is held without some nice prizes to
event winners and coffee, tea and fika to everyone. And there has been
a number of barbecue meetings and shorter events over the years. The
association is also a sponsor for prizes to Turf winners in Stockholm
both for round winners and other turf events.
Next turf event is scheduled for April 29th, this time a walking event. So bring your mobile phone and a smile on your face and meet up in Stockholm. Our web site is http://nyheter.turf08.se
“
During the last round, many turfers have enjoyed the vivid Northern Lights playing in the skies during evenings. From Kygni in Luleå biking along one evening going for Gold to canon in Nyköping just going for a few zones after dinner, February was a good month to see Northern Lights in large parts of Sweden. Photo below by canon.
If you are lucky, you might even come across a moose as Kygni did between two zones.
Introduction to PaintHelper by praktikus
PaintHelper is a third party page where you can get help with ”painting the zones”, something very many turfers are addicted to. The turfer behind this page, praktikus, has been a turfer since 2014 and here is the story behind PaintHelper in his own words. Link to PaintHelper: painthelper.knzoon.se
”In recent years, I have become obsessed with what many turfers call ”painting”. That is, based on the colors that appear on the page "Map of my unique zones" on warded.se. I then experienced that after a while it became difficult to get an overview of how I best optimize my turfing in order to, for example, increase the amount of red zones. Just over a year ago, I was on sick leave due to burnout syndrome and during my recovery it was a fitting therapy to put this page together. Also very educational and fun :)
What can it be used
for?
As the name reveals, it is meant to help with painting the
zones in Turf. Firstly, it is easy to filter the zones both by the
number of takes and by Area/Municipality. Then you can, for example,
search for all zones in your municipality that have between 7 and 10
takes to see which ones are closest to turning orange (a minimum of
11 takes). Another nice feature is that it shows untaken zones in
the same map as taken zones. On warded you have to look at two
different maps to see both taken and untaken.”
I
have yet to try out PaintHelper, but if ”painting” zones fast and
in the most optimal order is your goal, then this is the page for you!
Turf Picture of the Month
This months Turf Picture is of the zone BorenPier taken by Miawita.
If you have a Zone picture you want featured as Turf Picture of the Month, send it to insider@turfgame.com Please include your Turf nick for recognition!
Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!
//Munin
...if you want to contribute to future Turf Insiders, send your story to insider@turfgame.com :) C'mon and share your big and small stories with the Turf world.
Congratulations to the winners of round January 2023: Björke from Östergötland took his fourth Gold, Fashven from Scotland doubled up on his Silvers and féarglas added a second Bronze to her medal suite. Well done mates!
Upcoming events
If you are organizing an open event, don't forget to write to insider@turfgame.com a couple of months in advance to get the information about your event into the news letter :)
Västerbotten Winter Classic 2023
If you like snow and cold, head to Umeå for their Winter Classic in the middle of February. Turf Västerbotten will organize their annual Winter Classic event on Saturday the 18th . More information can be found at Turf Västerbottens home page HERE.
Bonanza 2023 in Umeå
The main event of the Turf World is organized by Turf Västerbotten on the 20th of May with events in two classes, a Bonanza banquet and lots of other fun activities, I am sure. Sign up for the Bonanza 2023 can be found HERE. See you in Umeå in May! :)
Turf Awards 2022
Turf Awards is awarded to turfers who have made significant or particularly attentive achievements during the previous year or have been involved in an especially noted or spectacular zone takeover.
Nominations for Turf Awards 2022 are now open, HERE. The nomination period will close on February 28th. I know you all have that special turfer you want to acknowledge a little extra.
Past Events
Turf Insider likes to report about events that took place anywhere in the Turf world, so please write to insider@turfgame.com.
Here is a summation about the 10th Lusseturf that took place in Västerås in December by HERBAJANNE for Turf Västmandland.
"Congratulations Podde to first place in Lusseturf 2022! A total of 70 players took part in the event. The special zone, which only the zoner knew, was "Stjärngosse" and it was taken first by AEM! Congratulations!
The event had 200 zones when it started and 20 zones went live during the event. This was a first for an open event with this many participants. The first zone created during the event was "VarDuHere", it was first taken by Gurra98. Another of the new zones was "YouFoundMe" where ami68 seemed to be running across Norrleden to be first...don't forget to stay safe during Events! ami68 also took that "LastZone" (which was the last of the extra 20) first, it was at 12:21, and kept it THE REST OF THE EVENT (until 1:00 PM).
Coffee, mulled wine and Turf-"lusse" buns were served, and hats and buffs were also available for purchase.
Do you want to be involved in organizing LusseTurf 2023? Please register your interest already now at kontakt@uturf.se and we will keep the tradition alive."
I am lucky to live less than one hour by car from Västerås, so Lusseturf has become a nice annual "Christmas" tradition for me. This year new shoes gave me blisters after just two Event zones, so I limped back to the fclub house and spent the rest of the event trying to take the Event zone located over the club house.
Turf Clubs/Associations
A new section in Turf Insider for Club News and Club introductions is introduced here. We have many Turf Associations around the Turf world. This is a space where they can get their news heard. Write to insider@turfgame.com if you have any Club news you want to see here :)
Turf Skåne has been around since 2016 and here is a short introduction by Kingslayer to this most southern Turf Association in Sweden:
“Turf Skåne is a Turf club in the southernmost region of Sweden. We were founded in 2016 and currently have 50+ members.
We consider ourselves quite innovative; in 2017 we created ”En Skånsk Klassiker” which is an event of sorts that run for a full calendar year and by completing groups of Turf achievements you can win physical medals and a cup. This event is more about experiencing than competing. And participation is free for everyone! In 2018 we hosted a Turfathlon event.
On an annual basis we have a club championship, and Open event in Malmö, and a closed event every New years day. In summertime we normally organize one or several picnics with a short foot event.
On the social side we have Turf get-togethers each Thursday after a new round starts, and in summertime we sometimes gather for some BBQ. With the exception of the yearly club championship which is for members only, all our activities are open for any Turfer, member or not, Skåning or not.
On our web page (in Swedish) you will find a blog, tips for new and not-so-new turfers, all our events and get-togethers listed and some Turfy statistics: turfskane.com “
Trip To Holland in January
Turf Insider is always happy when turfers write in with their stories. This time it is FeTaTo from Scotland with the story about her Trip to Holland in January, enjoy and be inspired!
"Why Holland in January
After a relatively quiet turf round in December except for the two Advent Calendars to get me out (thanks Skåne and Örebro) I needed some adventure/exploring. UK train strikes were frustrating home possibilities and Holland popped up as a challenge idea. Insufficient turfers there for a country medal but a good rail network meant that I could challenge myself to the Netherlands Explorer medal alongside unique zones.
Booked flight to Amsterdam. Downloaded NS (train) app. Printed out map of Dutch train routes and the 12 regions then, with the help of turf app, I planned a provisional route. Walking boots on my feet and backpack on my back I set off for the airport by bus (it was a train strike day). 10 days later I had walked over 290km (about half with my luggage), cycled for around 22hr, 13hr train travel, and turfed in 20 towns/cities but I had my Netherland Explorer medal and 561 unique zones (30% of the current zones).
I really should have planned further in advance as there was not time to apply for a NS Flex card which would have given me 40% off off-peak train travel and allowed me to use OV-fiet (bike) from stations.The card costs 5.60 euro/month but can be cancelled after 1 month. Buying tickets through the app and scanning at the gates worked smoothly - except the first time when the attendant suggested that perhaps my phone screen was too small!
Train travel. Most routes in Holland have at least half hourly services even on Sundays! I could stop off as many times as I wanted on a route and stopped aiming for particular trains but just took the zones that I wanted then back to the station.
Noord-Holland is the only active turfing region. Most of my Amsterdam zones were retaken promptly. I had a bike one day and in typical FeTaTo I set out towards the suburbs - I love seeing a cross-section of communities and cycling is often easier outside city centres. This also gave me an opportunity to get some grip on cycling in Holland.
My travel route was predominantly clockwise from Amsterdam. Most towns have just a few spread out zones. Almere, my first stop outside Amsterdam, was probably the bottom - I only took 6 zones and rarely had 2 zones blocked at any one time. Groningen was quite compact - my hotel mentioned that I probably wouldn't need to borrow their bike in the morning if I went for a walk that evening . True. I covered most of the zones during the evening walk plus to and from the station though most of my walking was done in the dark
Kampen is well worth a turfing visit. After all 70 zones (35 winner zones) I didn’t feel that I had exercised. The bike was stuck in first gear but, having walked marathon distances on the previous two days, my legs enjoyed the slow gentle ride and I was enjoyed looking around. Perhaps the presence of so many winner zones made the route so nice but where are those turfers now? Hardly any of the zones were taken off me.
Zeeland region is a bit out the way and only has 57 zones. The nearest train accessible place with zones was Goes but I still don’t know how to pronounce that - confused the train manager when I asked about it. Flat, flat and flat. That day it rained all day and I became rather wet each of the 4 times that I was out of trains. And why did I get out at Rotterdam Zuid station that day. It was obviously not the main station - a wet FeTaTo on a cold and windy station raised above the surrounding city with good views in the dark. Not what I wanted which was to be able to change into warm dry clothes. Luckily there were frequent trains so I was soon on my way again. When dry again I set out to walk around Rotterdam. The bridges are very memorable in the dark (best seen in the dark?) though zones felt spread out.
Rotterdam and The Hague both have Donkey Republic bikes available to hire. I have found these very useful in places around Sweden and Denmark and again here. An advantage of these bikes is that they can be collected and dropped off at many places. In Rotterdam the weather forecast was for strong winds so I set off walking but I changed to bike when I realised that there was little wind - though I then visited zones further away rather than focus on central ones.
Holland has 3 times the population of Scotland living in an area just over half its size. It is flat with good transport networks and bikes galore. Why are there so few turfers? I didn’t do a huge amount of cycling in Holland but in many ways I found it easier to cycle turf than even Sweden and both Sweden and Holland were more pleasant to cycle turf than Danish cities. Bike definitely usually felt like King in Holland. However, I am more likely to go back to Denmark and will definitely be back in Sweden - zone density is so much better for a uniques raider. Zone distribution and the fact that cycling is transport rather than exercise (gyms are everywhere) could be contributing to the low take-up of turfing. I found it interesting to note that the most recent 5 takes in south Holland had often been by Swedes.
Many of the zones are off the paths. I took to saying to myself ‘here we go again into the brambles’ a few times. Twice I found myself standing arm out right at the edge of water as the zone was just in the water. I occasionally got waterways wrong but not as often as I expected. For a country where most zones are not visited very regularly I found very few zones to raise issues on.
My ‘Wow I wasn’t expecting that’ zone in Holland was Oostwatertor on my walk towards the coast from The Hague. I had set off on a rather long but varied FTT route and it was getting dark as I walked along a track though trees behind the sand-dunes.
Suddenly the view in the photo appeared. I kept walking to the coast and a Donkey Republic bike took me back into The Hague.
I had only set myself a target of 500 (of the 1800) zones for the trip due to spread out nature of the zones and that I would likely be walking many of the zones. I did reach my target but it was hard work with all the luggage carrying. I have described here just a few of my observations and experiences. A thoroughly enjoyable adventure and explore - my main reason for turfing. And no ice or snow though a few windy (lots of discarded broken umbrellas) and wet days towards the end of my trip. Overall the weather treated me very well for the time of year."
Turf Picture of the Month
This month's Turf Picture is of the zone CommonsPeni taken by UrukHek. In January 6 turfers from 3 different continents sent in their pictures, thank you! Keep 'em coming :)
This picture was chosen by Turf Insider for it's "Turf feeling" among many great pictures.
If you have a Zone picture you want featured as Turf Picture of the Month, send it toinsider@turfgame.com Please include your Turf nick for recognition!
Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!
//Munin
...if you want to contribute to future Turf Insiders, send your story to insider@turfgame.com :) C'mon and share your big and small stories with the Turf world.
It is now time to nominate Turfers who you think should be awarded the Turf Awards 2022 for their performances this year!
Round winners – December 2022 (Round #150)
Congratulations to the winners of round December 2022 (#150): Király from Skåne turfed home his 18th Gold Medal, micke0708 from Blekinge added a Silver to his Bronze and gerald_flux.rc from Berlin secured his first Bronze. Well done mates!
Andrimon have decided to restyle the naming of the rounds in Turf. From this Turf Insider, you will notice the monthly mail is named "Turf Round News" with the just finished round designated "December 2022" followed by the number #150. The idea is that December 2022 will be easier to remember than Round #150. Both ways will continue to be used to talk about Rounds in turf, but more emphasis will be on the December 2022 nomenclature.
Upcoming events
Winter is upon us and very few major events are taking place. A few local events will happen in conjuncture with other club activities, for example in Linköping this March for members only in Turf Östergötland.
Västerbotten Winter Classic 2023
In the middle of February, Saturday the 18th Turf Västerbotten will organize their annual Winter Classic event. This is a chance to spend two hours by foot or by bike experiencing the conditions in Northern Sweden for turfers during winter. Lots of snow and temperatures well below 0. More information will soon be found at Turf Västerbottens home page HERE.
If nothing else you can check out one of LeiLar's fave zones, NothingFancy. Earlier this winter it was covered in a huge snow heap, but thanks to the local kids and their parents, the snow heap was dug out, creating a perfect way to take the zone from within the heap!
If you are organizing an open event, don't forget to write to insider@turfgame.com a couple of months in advance to get the information about your event into the news letter :)
Bonanza 2023 in Umeå
The main event of the Turf World is organized by Turf Västerbotten on the 20th of May with events in two classes, a Bonanza banquet and lots of other fun activities, I am sure. Sign up for the Bonanza 2023 can be found HERE. See you in Umeå in May! :)
Turf Awards 2022
Turf Awards is awarded to turfers who have made significant or particularly attentive achievements during the previous year or have been involved in an especially noted or spectacular zone takeover.
Nominations for Turf Awards 2022 are now open, HERE. The nomination period will close on February 28th. I know you all have that special turfer you want to acknowledge a little extra.
Voting will take place during April. Turf Awards are handed over to the winners by Turf Crew at the Bonanza banquet in Umeå May 20th, 2023.
Turf Awards will be awarded in the following categories:
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Category |
Nomination criteria |
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Best Turf achievement of the year 2022
|
Awarded to the Turfer who, for example, got the most gold medals, monthly medals, has taken the most zones, unique zones, regions or equivalent in 2022. |
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Turf Star of the Year 2022 |
Awarded to the Turfer who started turfing as a newbie in 2022 and has made fast progress during the year. |
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Turfer of the Year 2022 |
An open category to nominate a Turfer that exceled in an exemplary way without any connections to an individual Turf performance. This award can be given for anything, for example: efforts to spread Turf, marketing, organizing Turf events or a Turfer who has helped and supported others in a special way. |
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Most Spectacular Zone Takeover of the Year 2022 |
Awarded to the Turfer, who has completed one of the most notable or spectacular zone takes in 2022. |
Berlins youngest turfer
Turf Insider was approached by our German Crew member with a story about Berlin's youngest turfer, DasHuhn2013. Here is some facts about him in his own words:
”Hi,
my name is Theo aka “DasHuhn2013” from the south of Berlin. I am
a “Junior Turfer” [9 years] and I have been a turfer since June
2022. My favourite hobbies are swimming, cycling (road-MTB-Indoor)
and of course hunting zones.
I love Turf, because it’s outdoors, its active, and I’m seeing parts of Berlin I’ve never seen before. I already collected some medals for my virtual showcase, entered Rank 35 and my goal for 2023 is the medal “Darkest ninja”, Rank 40 and visiting as many new zones as possible.
In the last round I made the 6th place in Germany and I went out in any weather, even when it was -13 degrees cold. Friends always ask me if it’s like Pokémon Go? And I say No! I’m obsessed and delighted (!!) to take zones and not interested in catching imaginary animals on Pokemon Go. :-)
Happy
New Year and Thank you Turf Crew! #TurfOn, Theo”
I am sure if you are visiting Berlin you will see zones belonging to DasHuhn2013 and his dad Sven_R.
At the end of the year, I asked my fellow Crew members what Turf Year 2022 meant for them in one word (or a few). Here is a picture of their answers:
December 2022 was the second anniversary for the UK “explosion” and many UK turfers are celebrating two years as turfers these days. If you have missed the Blog by UK turfer PlanetGary, this is his post when looking back on that very first day in 2020 when he took his first zones, HERE.
Turf Picture of the Month
This month's Turf Picture is of the zone Tångstrand taken by allinug.
If you have a Zone picture you want featured as Turf Picture of the Month, send it to insider@turfgame.com
Please include your Turf nick for recognition!
Did you know...
...that in the very first round of Turf, #1 in August 2010, 8 people took zones
...the winner of round #1, eddyueue had 87798 points and rumour has it he went with his inlines all over Stockholm to collect those points.
...eddyueue did not get to place a Winner zone until his third win in round #4. His Winner zone EyeSeeYou are located in region Stockholm.
Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!
//Munin
...if you want to contribute to future Turf Insiders, send your story to insider@turfgame.com :) C'mon and share your big and small stories with the Turf world.
Round winners
Congratulations to the winners of round 149: KRALJICA from Skåne turfed home her fourth Gold Medal, Björke from Östergötland mirrored KRALJICA by securing his fourth Silver medal and rocadero from Västmanland celebrated one million points with a Bronze medal. Well done mates!
Upcoming events
On the 10th of December you can head up to the dark Northern Sweden for LuleXmasBike in Luleå. It will take place during the few light hours of the day at this time of the year. The event has two heats. The Foot Event is set up at a private event which means you have to sign up in advance and be added to the event. Answer these questions here before the event.
On Sunday the 11th of December, Lusseturf will take place for the 10th time in Västerås. It will be held at the same place as previous years, the zone Orientalen.
Five turfers have been there all the previous years: BirgittaS, HogSquare, Hylaeus, JimVoi and SunYour. Hopefully you'll be able to meet them all this year too :)
Bonanza 2023 in Umeå
Turf Västerbotten is in the thick of planning the Bonanza 2023. It will be held on the 20th of May with events in two classes, a Bonanza banquet and lots of other fun activites, I am sure. The Bonanza page is up and running and more information will be added as the organizers are getting organized. HERE.
Turf Advent Calenders
We are fast approaching Christmas and the Turf Advent Calendars are up and running. Good luck everyone taking part in one or more of them.
The Bonanza team in Umeå has a Bonanza calender on their page, go and have a look here. Behind each door there is a zone with a little poem to let you see some of what is awaiting at the Bonanza next year.
Turf Awards 2022
Turf Awards is awarded to turfers who have made significant or particularly attentive achievements during the previous year or have been involved in an especially noted or spectacular zone takeover. Candidates are nominated by all turfers who also can participate in the final voting round to appoint the winners. Turf Awards is handed over to the winners by Turf Crew at the Bonanza banquet inUmeå May 20, 2023. Turf Awards will be awarded in the following categories:
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Category |
Nomination criteria |
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Best Turf achievement of the year 2022
|
Awarded to the Turfer who, for example, got the most gold medals, monthly medals, has taken the most zones, unique zones, regions or equivalent in 2022. |
|
Turf Star of the Year 2022 |
Awarded to the Turfer who started turfing as a newbie in 2022 and has made fast progress during the year. |
|
Turfer of the Year 2022 |
An open category to nominate a Turfer that exceled in an exemplary way without any connections to an individual Turf performance. This award can be given for anything, for example: efforts to spread Turf, marketing, organizing Turf events or a Turfer who has helped and supported others in a special way. |
|
Most Spectacular Zone Takeover of the Year 2022 |
Awarded to the Turfer, who has completed one of the most notable or spectacular zone takes in 2022. |
Nomination
procedure
From January 15, all turfers have the opportunity to submit proposals on
who should be nominated for the Turf Award 2022 in the different categories. A Google form for proposing candidates will be found in next Turf Insider and also in other channels.
Voting procedure and announcement of winners
In March 2022, Turf Crew nominates a maximum of five candidates in each category. During April all turfers will be given the opportunity to vote for which of the nominees who should be awarded the Turf Award in each category.
The voting score determines who will be the winner of the Turf Award 2022 in each category. During the Bonanza Banquet in Umeå on May 20, 2023 the winners will be announced.
Cissiliana
Event manager/Turf Crew
So c'mon and think about who you would like to nominate for Turf Award 2022!
Mulled Wine In Hamburg
Marcus_P from Hamburg wants to invite everyone to come and have a mulled wine with him in Hamburg. From his post in Turfgame (deutsch) on Facebook:
"We wanna meet over mulled wine. We meet on 15.12.22 at 17:00 at the Zurfzone Reeperbahn in Hamburg. After that it's on to the St Pauli Christmas Market. I would be happy if many come over. Turf on,"
Let's hope many turfers will heed his call and meet up for some mulled wine :)
Zone take from ambulance
Turfer Kaktus-Mats from Uppsala had a serious accident during a closed event to celebrate Team Uppsala's three region wins during 2020-2022 on the 26th of November. Here is his own tale of the one positive aspect of the accident:
"To celebrate Uppsala's win in the Turf Ultimate Region Fight, an event was organized on November 26 in Uppsala with a subsequent dinner. Everything went well during the event until three in the afternoon when I headed into the City Forest (Stadsskogen) in search of zones. The first one was blocked but the second one was available to take. On the way to the third, I met a cyclist and we passed each other on the wide path.
Then I don't remember anything more until I was helped up from the path after a magnificent fall. There was an ambulance ride to the emergency room on the path through Stadsskogen and on the way the Tigerwoods zone was passed and apparently I had forgotten to turn off the Turf app because to my surprise I heard "taking zone - zone taken".
In other words, I managed to take the zone from inside the ambulance. My strangest zone take ever. Thanks to the helmet, I survived with only a concussion, scrapes and bruises and was allowed to go home after a 24-hour observation at the hospital."
Remember to be careful out there and adjust speed and choice of track with regards to current weather conditions!
Turf Picture of the Month
This month's Turf Picture is of the zone BishopZone taken by ojarnstr.
If you have a Zone picture you want featured as Turf Picture of the Month, send it to insider@turfgame.com Please include your Turf nick for recognition!
Did you know...
...that FeTaTo has taken 22925 unique zones
...DaHunter is on second place for unique zones with 22919 unique zones.
...there are 113280 zones to take
...4859 zones have never been taken, yet!
Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!
//Munin
...if you want to contribute to future Turf Insiders, send your story to insider@turfgame.com :) C'mon and share your big and small stories with the Turf world.
Round winners
In last Turf Insider it was wrongfully stated that Gallant was from Skåne, he belongs on the east side of Sweden, in beautiful, flat Kalmar :)
Upcoming events:
On the 10th of December you can head up to the dark Northern Sweden for LuleXmasBike in Luleå. It will take place during the few light hours of the day at this time of the year.
The same December weekend, but on Sunday the 11th, Lusseturf will take place for the 10th time in Västerås. Don't miss out on the best “julTurf-fika”! It will be held at the same place as previous years, the zone Orientalen. Keep an eye out for more information on Turfs homepage and on Facebook!
Bonanza 2023 in Umeå
Turf Västerbotten is in the thick of planning the Bonanza 2023. It will be held on the 20th of May with events in two classes, a Bonanza banquet and lots of other fun activites, I am sure. The Bonanza page is up and running and more information will be added as the organizers are getting organized. HERE.
Turf Advent Calendars
Next round, which takes place during December, will have at least two Turf Advent Calendars running.
Turf Skåne is organizing an advent calendar that begins on the 1st of December with a Turf-related task to perform every day. It will all be up and running by December 1st on Turf Skåne's homepage, HERE. The Calendar is only in Swedish and you don't need to sign up for it. Every day after completing the task, you fill out a form and at the end of the calendar, a small prize will be raffled out among those that got all daily challenges correct.
The second Advent calendar running is organized by Örebro Turfers and will be running from first of Advent to just before Christmas. The Calendar is still under construction, so more information will follow both in social media and on Örebro Turfers home page, HERE. For this calendar you will have to pre-register in order to take part in it with a chance to win.
In Västerås they had a special event on the 10th of October, when MrAce's winner zone from round 146 went live. Over 25 turfers came to be among the first ones to take the zone by the water. Coffee, buns and cookies was offered and fun was had under a blue sky.
Winter has arrived in the north of Sweden, and I would in other parts of the Turf world as well. Days are getting shorter and more of us are turfing in the dark. Don't forget lights on your bike and use reflective bands or clothing on yourself. In the dark you are very invisible without the extra lights or reflective gear. Be safe, be seen!
Turf-Glögg in Uppsala for the 9th time
On the 24th of November the annual Turf-glögg takes place in Uppsala in the zone WaterWorld. It will start at 6 pm and for about one hour there will be several different kinds of glögg, ginger bread cookies, Santa-mallows ("skumtomtar" in Swedish) and cold turfers present. Everyone is welcome, but bring warm clothes since this zone has been dubbed “coldest zone in Uppsala” by the participants of the previous 8 times this evernt has taken place :)
Did you know...
...you can find a free, hopefully working, bicycle pump at gratisluft.se? For now it has only information about pumps in Sweden, but there is a feature to add a pump if you think one is missing. Today the site is only in Swedish.
Turf Picture of the Month
This months Turf Picture is of the zone Uimaranta taken by FilleFilur.
If you have a Zone picture you want featured as Turf Picture of the Month, send it to insider@turfgame.com Please include your Turf nick for recognition!
And finally a green heart from Berlin, welcoming all turfers to Berlin anytime :) #turflove
Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!
//Munin
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