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Round winners – June 2023 (round #156)

Congratulations to the winners of round June 2023: Király from Skåne added another Gold to his collection, recycling added a Silver to his row of medals and kurrep from Kalmar followed up his win from April, with a Bronze medal. 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 Turf Insider :)

ABOA Turf in Turku, Finland 5th of August, 2023

The ABOA Event-group wants to remind everyone to sign up for ABOA Turf Open, the first open event outside Sweden, August 5th in Turku/Åbo, Finland. I have signed up, have you?

No extra T-shirts will be made, so if you want one, sign up HERE. The event is a foot event, no biking. The Åbo-turfers are looking forward to see you in Turku! Read more about the event HERE. Registrations dead lines are 14th (with t-shirt) and 22nd (with award ceremony lunch) of July.

Skåne Open in Malmö, 26th of August

On Saturday, August 26th, Turf Skåne will once again hold the Skåne Open. You choose which heat or which heats you want to participate in. The event is open to both foot and wheel classes, which means that all participants receive an event medal.

Scottish Turf Open Championships, 30th of September

All are welcome in Edinburgh for the first ever open event in Scotland and also the first ever Scottish Turf Championships! The events are hosted by Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club with foot and cycle events (90 minutes each) on Saturday 30th of September.

If you'd like to register to get more information then please email president@esoc.org.uk More info will be available soon! The Scottish turfers are looking forward to welcoming turfers from all over to their home turf. Let's go!

Events are fun and if you want to organize your own, write to events@turfgame.com and our amazing Event Manager will help you :)

Turf Ultimate Region Fight 2023, September 2023

During the September round, MaXi is once again organising the Turf Ultimate Region Fight. If you and turfers from your region wants to be part of this, please assign a region team leader/coordinator and e-mail MaXi at: maxi.triathlon@gmail.com for more information. The rules can be found HERE. C'mon, it is a fun challange at the beginning of the autumn!

Summer & Turf Crew

Summer is here and many turfers are going travelling to discover new places, new zones and maybe meeting new turfers for an Assist or two. I asked my fellow Crew members about that town or place that surprised them in a positive way when they came there turfing. For next Turf Insider, I would like to hear from YOU about a place you visited recently that surprised you in a positive way. Write to insider@turfgame.com and tell me (and the rest of the Turf world) about it!

• JoasK: Frankfurt am Main, one of the most underestimated major German cities. Very diverse architecture with quite wonderful views from the other side of the Main and a really fantastic skyline. Ideal if you spend 3 - 4 hours to take the main zones in the center of the city.

• Cissiliana: Prins Bertils stig between Tylösand and Halmstad supriced by beeing a bike path as well as walking path and served me rasberries along the way. I will return this summer with the zonemaker himself.

• embeoo: The costal route (Strandvägen) in south Nynäshamn. Close to home, but an epiphany when I first turfed there. A very scenic route which I didn’t know about.

• happyf: Gothenburg, not the ordinary flat biking. There's always an unexpected hill or stairs where you least expect it.

• Fozzie: Milton Keynes. I had no prior knowledge or expectations of the town, but it turned out to be a cycling turfer's delight. Mostly flat with an extensive cycle path network that allows you to get pretty much anywhere without having to compete with cars. The town planners could have designed the place with Turf in mind. Plus there's B1, B2, B3, B4 - for anyone who wants to have a rant about "zones should be 200M apart"

• Kingslayer: Fredericia, Denmark. Many unexpected beautiful and exciting views. The whole town is apparently based on an old military fort which is still influencing the layout.

• kjtindall: There is a place south Fife coast called Culross with only 6 zones. It’s just a lovely little village for a nice walk round. And a few more zones just along the coast in Limekilns and Charlestown - more lovely coastal views.

• As for myself, a very lovely surprise this year was Lidköping. It was so nice and flat, really really flat. My home town Uppsala is considered flat by many, but is hilly compared to Lidköping. The zones were also very nicely spaced on lovely walk/bike paths thruout the city. I also really enjoyed the views along the lake Vänern.

Turf Picture of the Month

This month's Turf Picture is of the zone BobbySands taken by Emlomaliv. Thanks to everyone who sent in your Turf pictures, keep 'em coming :)

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.