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==Round winners==
Congratulations to the winners of [[round 139]]: [[User:Király|Király]] from [[Region:Skåne|Skåne]] once again won [[Gold medal|Gold]], [[User:Fashven|Fashven]] from [[Region:Scotland|Scotland]] turfed home his first [[Silver medal|Silver]] with just over one million points, and [[User:Pike|Pike]] from [[Region:Västerbotten|Västerbotten]] secured his second [[Bronze medal|Bronze]] by turfing in temperatures as low as -35C.

Well done mates!

==Bonanza 2022==
Registration for [[Bonanza:Västervik 2022|Bonanza 2022]] in [[Municipality:Västervik|Västervik]] is now open :)There is an offer for discounted accommodation for the Bonanza weekend, read more about it [http://media.kalmarturf.se/2021/10/Accommodation-Bonanza-2022-1.pdf here].

==24 h WINTER Event in Umeå 5-6th of March 2022==
It is not too late to sign up for the once in a life time Turf event: [[Turf Västerbotten|Umeå Turf association]] has combined their classical Winter event with the exclusive Event 24, only held twice before. Read about it and sign up [https://turfvasterbotten.wordpress.com/2021/11/04/24h-winter-2022/ here]. Maybe with restrictions gone in Sweden, more turfers will sign up :)

==Turf Awards 2021==
It is time to nominate turfers for [[Turf Award|Turf Awards 2021]]. Nomination period is until the 28th of February. Voting for the nominees will take place on April 1-30.

Winners of the [[Turf Award|Turf Awards 2021]] will be presented at the Bonanza Banquet on May 21st in [[Municipality:Västervik|Västervik]].

Information in English:
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1efnwd756oCHmzcpM1F548b93NY7JWrlp/view?usp=sharing Here]

Information in Swedish:
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kdhRvszVbpfBo4NV8U-PMSQGJ9b4X0jW/view?usp=sharing Here]

Link to nomination form / länk till nomineringsformulär:
[https://forms.gle/FLCxmn5wfUMMdKzM6 Nomination Form]

==[[User:Marcus_P|Marcus_P]] from [[Municipality:Hamburg|Hamburg]]==
On the 12th of January [[User:Marcus_P|Marcus_P]] from [[Municipality:Hamburg|Hamburg]] biked home the first [[Country:Germany|German]] [[Staminatrix]]. He was happy to answer some questions about this for [[Turf insider|Turf Insider]:

Q1: When did you discover Turf?

In spring [[2021]] I started.

Q2: How did you discover Turf?

A cycling friend posted something about #turfen. Then I took a closer look.

Q3: Where do you live?

I live in [[Municipality:Hamburg|Hamburg]], [[Country:Germany|Germany]].

Q4: Which one is your ”home zone”?

My home zone is „[[Zon:Eulespielen|Eulespielen]]“

Q5: When did you take the [[Staminatrix]]?

I took the [[Staminatrix]] 12.01.2022

Q6: Did you do a lot of planning before you decided to take the [[Staminatrix]]?

Not really. I needed a day off, and dry weather. Because I mostly ride solo, a very early start was planned. At that time the city is still very empty, and you can get around quite fast. I had roughly put together the directions in which I wanted to ride.

Q7: Did you take it during one day or two?

I took it in one day. I started at 1 am and got home around 8 pm.

Q8: How many hours did it take you?

In total I was on the road biking for 17 h 43 min

Q9: How many kms did you bike?

It was 235.42km by bike.

Q10: What was hardest with taking this medal?

400 zones are 400 zones. You really have to bike a lot. In the end I miscalculated the zones and I had to bike more than I actually wanted .

Q11: Anything else you want to say about your [[Staminatrix]]-medal

With this medal, you should plan the route very well before you ride.

==Turfalicious & 100 million take==
On the 18th of January, a turfer finally achieved rank 60, Turfalicious. [[User:Király|Király]] from [[Region:Skåne|Skåne]] ranked up to level 60 in the zone [[Zone:Rings|Rings]] in [[Municipality:Malmö|Malmö]]. This was done in a bit over 5 years and 4 months. Congratulations!

On the 27th of January, turfer [[User:Provokatör|Provokatör]] took the 100 million take in Turf by taking the zone [[Zone:Domarkullen|Domarkullen]] at 16.18.44 UTC time. He is now know as Mr.100miljoner. Congratulations!

==Turf Goals==
A new Turf year means new (or old) Turf goals. Personally I am going for at least 5 zones per day (Daily-365 is the prize in September), 250 takes per week and at least 50 unique zones per month. These are the same goals I have had for the last few years ;) Here are some other turfers from around the world and their goals for [[2022]]:

===[[User:bythesea|bythesea]]:===
If Turf was just a numbers game, my goals for this round would be simple; take 5 a day, hit 7,500 takes, try to score 100,000, stay in League 7. Like many others, during the cold, dark month of February I will use Turf as motivation, to keep on taking the long way round to the shops and to take a walk while my son is in the sport centre (a lot).

I'm aiming to visit a couple of places in [[Region:Scotland|Scotland]] that I haven't turfed yet, bag some uniques, and see old familiar places through a new Turf lens - Kelso, Galashiels and Dundee are on my list, but I haven't made any firm plans yet, so I could pop up anywhere. Finally, as a foot turfer, I'd like to have a go at upgrading my [[Eager Beaver]] to a [[Eager Weasel|Weasel]] - I'm a pretty slow runner, but with some new zones locally filling some gaps, it should just be possible.

===[[User:TortugaVeloz|TortugaVeloz]]:===
My goal this year is to take more unique zones. We have some far outside the city center, that will be a nice ride when the weather gets warmer.

Also, I found that I can take the train to other cities for walks. Some cities also have good city bikes to rent so I can get a bit further.

===[[User:Marcus_P|Marcus_P]]:===
Well, I want to try some [[Country medal|country medals]]. Two would be nice, three would be even better.

For a long time I’ve been interested in the [[Ranger]] medal. But therefor I have to plan better with the implementation. (ed. You get the [[Ranger]] medal when you take 25 National Park zones in one year)

Currently I want to get promoted to the Elite League. I’m working on it.

At the moment a [[Silver medal|silver]] or even a [[gold medal]] is out of question. There are not enough active turfers in [[Region:Hamburg|Hamburg]] for that. Let's see what can be realized in [[2022]] :)

===[[User:mrsbigabee10|mrsbigabee10]]:===
Being relatively new to turfing, one of my Turf goals for [[2022]] is to organise an event in N East [[Region:Scotland|Scotland]]. Watch this space! I love bringing people together and my personal goal for the year is achieving more of the assist badges, and of course a bigger unique badge. I love my country and turfing helps me explore it while bringing new people together!

===[[User:KingCogg|KingCogg]]:===
I started Turf in December [[2020]], after the famous [[User:féarglas|féarglas]] article, with all but one lonely zone near me. Quite quickly, a [[Zone makers|Zone Maker]] spotted me and slowly but surely my local area was populated in yellow and had me zipping around picking them up as fast as they could lay them. Soon I was eying up the historic town of Colchester to the East of me where two other players enjoyed relative peace amongst their zones. Turf in the East of England feels like a different game to elsewhere in the [[Country:United Kingdom|UK]]. With few players around, it’s all about quantity, an average PPH above 1 being highly unusual! This has led to dawn raids at the start of rounds to get the yellow advantage.

A few Regional wins later, and some new friends along the way, my goals have changed. I’m currently trying to maintain the Daily 5 takes a day, which is fine for now - but I can only do so as my work in the travel industry has been devastated by Covid. As restrictions ease, my next focus will be getting Zones from all around the world!

===[[User:Woody|Woody]]:===
We have had active Turfers in [[Region:Minnesota|Minnesota]] for over a year now. The number of regular participants is still small, so my primary goal will continue to be to attract more local Turfers. We have made an effort – some examples: [[User:kelih|kelih]] created marketing collateral, [[User:MNMagik|MNMagik]] organized an information table at an outdoor street festival, and I did a radio interview about Turf. I have a couple new ideas to try this year. More Turfers are out there – we just have to find them.

Soon, before winter wanes, I want to do a fat bike Turf ride with [[User:UrukHek|UrukHek]] across Lake Minnetonka, and along Minnehaha Creek. Once the snow melts, there are some medals I look forward to collecting this year. I have come close to capturing an [[Eager Ferret]], but it still eludes me. I attained [[El Stamintore]] on a beautiful summer evening last summer with [[User:WIoutlander|WIoutlander]], so this year I look forward to a [[Staminatrix]] day.

Similarly, I gained a [[Restless medal]] and now need to stay awake for [[Insomnia]]. Some goals are more practical. [[User:MNFiberFairy|MNFiberFairy]], my wife, is an active Turfer too. Our cell phone batteries are nearing their end of life. We need new phones to maintain our turfing habit.

==[[Turf Teams|TurfTeams]] - new feature in Turf==
We hereby like to announce the release of our latest concept in the Turf family: TurfTeams. Many of you have already read about TurfTeams, or seen the button in the app or the new medals. The idea is to bring a way of using Turf as a health and team building experience to the workplace. Corporations and organizations can use the service and offer their employees to play turf as a part of a health benefit programme or just for fun to have a common thing to talk about on coffee breaks.

The concept is simple: Divide into groups or offices or individuals and compete for 1-2 months. We will guide closely along the way and provide all the administration, information, stats and support needed.
We made a specific explanatory page for the concept here: [https://turfteams.se (The page is in Swedish], email us for an English version.)

==Photo Contest - Help us out!==
What we found out in the process of making the [[Turf Teams|TurfTeams]] web page is that we lack good photos of Turfers! This is totally unacceptable after more than 10 years of course, and we hope that you could help us out here.

Therefore:
Send us your best photos of Turfers turfing! The competition is open for all turfers.
All contributions that are used to promote TurfTeams will get a gift card at a sports store. Send your contributions to [mailto:info@turfteams.se info@turfteams.se] and include your Turf-nick.

Rules:
-The photos must include at least one person turfing.
-Use high resolution photos to increase your chance.
-Maximum 3 submissions per person.
-The competition ends on 31 March.

Did you know...

...a total of 337 [[Staminatrix]] medals have been awarded since it was introduced 2016-08-20.

Medal no. 1. First out to win the medal, [[User:TXL|TXL]] from [[Country:Sweden|Sweden]], [[Region:Skåne|Skåne]], [[Municipality:Malmö|Malmö]] 2016-09-03

Medal no. 16. First outside [[Country:Sweden|Sweden]] to take the medal, [[User:rozaliona|rozaliona]] from [[Country:Finland|Finland]], [[Region:Åland|Åland]], [[Municipality:Mariehamn|Mariehamn]] 2017-07-10

Medal no. 100 was taken by [[User:JENZA|JENZA]] from [[Country:Sweden|Sweden]], The [[Region]] of [[Region:Stockholm|Stockholm]], [[municipality]] of [[Municipality:Stockholm]] 2019-04-10

Medal no. 200 were taken by [[User:M0112|M0112]] from [[Country:Finland|Finland]]. The medal was taken in [[Municipality:Mariehamn|Mariehamn]] on [[Region:Åland|Åland]] but the turfer lives, in [[Municipality:Pargas|Pargas]], [[Region:Lounais-Suomi|Lounais-Suomi]]. 2020-06-13

Medal no. 235. First medal to [[Country:Norway|Norway]] by [[User:Nicke1|Nicke1]] from [[Region:Østlandet|Østlandet]], [[Municipality:Oslo|Oslo]] 2021-02-23

Medal no. 293. First outside the Nordic countries, [[User:féarglas|féarglas]] from [[Country:United Kingdom|Great Britain]], [[Region:Scotland|Scotland]], [[Municipality:City of Edinburgh|City of Edinburgh]] 2021-04-04

Medal no. 300 were taken by [[User:cambla|cambla]] from [[Country:United Kingdom|Great Britain]], [[Region:Scotland|Scotland]], [[Municipality:Aberdeen City|Aberdeen City]] 2022-01-12

Medal no. 337. First medal to [[Country:Germany|Germany]] by [[User:Marcus_P|Marcus_P]] from The [[Region]] of [[Region:Hamburg|Hamburg]], [[municipality]] of [[Municipality:Hamburg|Hamburg]]

When will we see the first [[Staminatrix]] in other Turf countries?

Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!

//[[User:Munin|Munin]]

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