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==Results of [[Round 48|round 48]]==[[Municipality:Örebro |Örebro]] really has produced a number of great [[Turfer|turfers ]] and the [[region ]] is definitely blooming with exceptional accomplishments. Last round we had [[User:Loaf |Loaf]] breaking the impossible barrier of one million [[points ]] in a round, only to see the record beaten in this round. Granted, this round was one week longer, but Yxas [[User:yxa|yxa´s]] winning score of some 1,156,000 [[points ]] is still insanely impressive! Yxas [[User:yxa|yxa´s]] second gold [[Gold medal]], congrats! In second place, adding another medal to the collection, we find the [[Turf ]] machine [[User:Snusmumriken|Snusmumriken]]. With an impressive score of 816,000 [[points ]] she landed her fifth medal. In third place we find another [[Municipality:Örebro|Örebro ]] turfer, [[User:Tturf|Tturf]]. With a nice score of 678,000 he brings home the bronze [[Bronze medal]]. On fourth and fifth place we find [[User:KarinAlfrida |KarinAlfrida]] from [[Municipality:Linköping |Linköping]] and [[User:TriggerHappy |TriggerHappy]] from [[Municipality:Uppsala|Uppsala]], both with a score of more than 600,000 [[points]]. Congratulations to all of you :-)

==[[Bonanza :Stockholm 2014|Bonanza 2014]]==On June 7th, almost 200 [[Turfer|turfers ]] from all over [[Country:Sweden|Sweden ]] gathered for a great day of turfing and socializing in [[Municipality:Stockholm|Stockholm]]! Of course this is a record in participants and we felt the need to divide the contest in to two heats. The first heat had 111 competitors, ranging from fast turfers on bikes to zone picnicking familys :-) The winner in heat 1 was [[User:GekkoMan|GekkoMan ]] from [[Municipality:Västerås |Västerås]] with a score of 2295 [[points]]. In second place was [[User:Mörkret|Mörkret]], also from [[Municipality:Västerås|Västerås ]] and in third place we find [[User:Wsnurr |Wsnurr]] from [[Municipality:Gothenburg|Gothenburg]].

The second heat, and the fight for the [[Bonanza ]] medals was one of the most exciting [[Turf ]] experience of all times! Heat 2 was filled with 83 contestors, most of them geared up for biking but the elite among walking turfers was also there, hungry for those special prizes for non-bikers.

The two hours of this [[Bonanza ]] was filled with excitement, [[Turfer|turfers ]] struggling to advance or trying to stay on top. We saw the reigning champion, [[Användare:SunYour|SunYour]], struggle for a top position, we saw last year's bronze medalist [[User:morgam |morgam]] in the lead for a while. But in the end none of the medalists from last year landed a medal, the three of them ended up on position 5, 6 and 7. So, who won then? Well, I dare to say, the winner wasn't a surprise for me at least! We had seen him winning the [[Event:Borlänge Turf Open 2014|Borlänge Turf Open]], five weeks earlier and many of us knew that [[User:Thunell|Thunell ]] would be hard to beat. But [[User:Maqqan |Maqqan]] from [[Municipality:Karlstad |Karlstad]] indeed gave him a fight for the gold! The fight for the medals was fierce during the last thirty minutes, the leader changing by every takeover. The [[Municipality:Kalmar |Kalmar]] turfer [[User:MasterOfTurf|MasterOfTurf ]] also wanted the top spot, and had it for a few minutes. It was exciting, thrilling and nerve-wracking to watch!

In the end, [[User:Thunell |Thunell]] was the winner with a score of 1889 [[points]]. Runner up and silver medalist was [[User:Maqqan|Maqqan]], on 1875 [[points ]] and bronze medal ended up with [[User:MasterOfTurf|MasterOfTurf ]] with 1866 [[points]]. [[User:Westeras|Westeras ]] came in fourth place with 1848 [[points ]] and in fifth place we find [[User:morgam |morgam]] on 1839 [[points]], only 50 points after [[User:Thunell|Thunell]].

I take my hat off to these incredible [[Turfer|turfers ]] who made the [[Bonanza ]] such a thrilling event to follow! Hands down, the most exciting Turf Event I ever had the pleasure to watch :-)

All of this excitement of course needed a celebration! In the evening over 70 [[Turfer|turfers ]] joined up at the Flying Horse restaurant for a nice dinner and socializing, a great ending of a great day :-)

I would like to send a huge thanks to the people who made this [[Bonanza ]] possible: the Bonanza Crew. [[User:KeepOnWalking|KeepOnWalking]], [[User:Bombina|Bombina ]] and [[User:Varginnan|Varginnan ]] spent oceans of time to prepare this day, and for that we all are truly grateful! Also a special thanks goes out to our sponsors who contributed with prizes and refreshments! Thank you Dropinbikes and SANTO-Li!

For a week now, the Android version of [[Turf ]] has been tested internally. This version will, when it goes live, bring a number of new features! The biggest change is of course the upgrade of the map api, which will end the crash bug and bring the feature of automatic cacheing to substantially reduce data traffic. It's currently being tested by Turf crew, the next step is to let the [[Supporter|Turf Supporters ]] in on the fun! So if you want the new version faster, now you know how :-)

==Changes for the [[Turf insider|Turf Insider]]==As many of you may know, I have written the [[Turf insider|Turf Insider ]] for quite some time now. To be exact, I've actually been doing this for 2,5 years..! Time flies and I think it's well over due to let someone else share their view on the [[Turf ]] world, so as of now you wont be hearing my rambling for some time ;-)

From now on, [[Turf insider|Turf Insider ]] will be written by different members in [[Turf Crew ]] and I know that having different people sharing their view on [[Turf ]] will be great! I had a great time writing this little column and I sincerely thank all of you who have taken the time to read my thoughts on Turf for such a long time :-)

//[[User:Blabert|Blabert]], [[Country:Sweden|Sweden ]]