Turf insider December 2023

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Round winners – November 2023 (Round #161)

Congratulations to the winners of round November 2023: Veit from Hamburg is the first German turfer to take a Gold medal, greald_flux.rc from Berlin took his third Silver and DaHunter from Stockholm turfed home his second Bronze. Well done mates!

Our German Crew member JoasK interviewed Veit and here are the Q&A:

Q: Did you go for gold right from the beginning or did it happen by accident?

• Gold was not planned. I first thought about Top 3 on November 10th when Gerald asked if I wanted to go for it. Top 3 still felt surreal, but from then on I was prepared to invest more than usual. I believed in gold after week 2.

Q: Did you have vacation so that you could concentrate on Turf?

• No vacation, but I deliberately reduced my overflowing overtime quota on the first Monday because I wanted to create a cushion at the start of the round to keep me in the elite. In the end, 2 spontaneous floating holidays were added.

Q: What do you do for a living?

• Airbus / Systems Engineer Climate. Normally, 3 days of attendance are mandatory - I worked almost exclusively from home in November because it was more flexible - I worked before, between and after Turf;)

Q: How does it feel to be the first German Gold Winner?

• It actually makes me proud - just being able to wear the leader shirt for 4 weeks was motivating. But the most important thing about Germany’s first gold was the interest, support and motivation of my German teammates - it was touching.

Q: What was the biggest challenge during the four weeks?

• The biggest challenge was clearly the dark, cold, wet evening rounds in unknown regions around Hamburg where the zones already have to be experienced/pushed hard under normal circumstances

Q: What was your personal highlight during the last four weeks?

• Berlin with the many zone highways and the meeting with the family of Das Huhn.

Q: You said you were a bit ambivalent about Turf. What do you mean by that?

• True: I’m not an unreserved Turf fan. I like cycling, love multi-day tours or long day trips to beautiful regions. Turf dictates the tours a bit - regardless of the attractiveness, only depending on the zone density. As a result, you enslave yourself somewhat, forgo social rides, spend more time alone on the bike and, in the most extreme cases, plan your vacation accordingly. On the other hand, I cycled almost 1600 km this month (would have been limited to work routes without Turf), got to know nice people and many regions.

Hopefully we will see more German turfers in 2024! And not only fighting for the top 3 spots in the world.

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 :)

Luleå W2023 Saturday 9th of December in Luleå, Sweden

A 3 hour event in the north of Sweden. This is for turfers who enjoy cold, darkness and a bit of snow.

Lusseturf Sunday 10th of December in Västerås, Sweden

For the eleventh year, Turf Västmanland is organising Lusseturf, an open Foot event famous for their lussebullar :) Please sign up HERE.

Nyårslöftet Monday 1st of January in Eslöv, Sweden

Organised by Turf Skåne for the 8th time as the first Turf Event of the year. Take the train to Eslöv, get off the train and you are in the Event area, it can not be easier to join a Turf Event! Read more about it HERE.

VBWinter24 Saturday 10th of February in Umeå, Sweden

The winter classic is back in Umeå and will be for both bike and foot on the same day. It will be cold, hopefully lots of snow and during the few hours of daylight at this time of the year. Umeå has already "some" snow, as can be seen here in the zone Ratatosk.

Closer to the Event date you can find more information HERE.

Bonanza 2024 in Enköping

I hope you have booked the 14th of September 2024 for attending the next Bonanza in Enköping, Sweden. More news will follow when we get closer to the date!

Advent Calendars 2023

Turf Skåne's Advent Calendar is up and running, HERE. The rules are simple:

• The assignments do not have to be completed on the same day as they are announced in the calendar, but all assignments must be completed during the month of December.

• The assignments can be carried out at the earliest on the same day that they are announced.

• If several zones are to be taken during a mission, all zones must be taken during the same day.

• You can complete the missions with takes, assists and/or revisits.

When you have completed a mission, you send us the zone name(s) and tour nick (below). Form on the home page!

• Board members cannot win prizes.

• If you win a prize, you must collect it yourself in Skåne, we do not send any winnings. Two winners will get the book Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of Europe.

PlanetGary is also running a Turf Calander for all turfers out there, read more about it HERE. PlanetGary has an easy option and a challenging option for each day and there is no need to register or ask to take part. Just get on with it. Tasks should be completed on the same day but no worries if not, so if you have not heard about it until now, you can still join! Details will be posted on Planet Gary each evening for the following days task. The rules are many and quite fun to read, so head over to Planet Gary to read all of them :)

Voting for new Medals

The next medals will be decided by the Turf Community ie YOU! At the moment the different alternatives are being put together by Crew. Hopefully the vote will take place later in December, but as always life can get in the way. The developers are hopeful they can put together meaningful medals to vote for soon. But rest assure, voting for new medals will come sooner or later to a digital space close to you :)

Turf Picture of the Month

This months Turf Picture is of the zone Nappträdet taken by Jonteman.

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! Deadline for next Turf insider is Saturday the 6th of January 2024

Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!

//Munin