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==Round winners==The winner of [[Omgång 97|round 97 ]] hails from [[Region:Dalarna|Dalarna]]: congrats [[Användare:Caisesiume |Caisesiume]] to your first [[Gold Medalmedal]]! Bet you would have thought twice about going for gold during a five week long round if you knew how hot is was going to be ;) Runner up was [[Användare:Király |Király]] from [[Region:Skåne|Skåne]], putting a fourth [[Silver medal|silver ]] in his medal row. [[Användare:Snickaren|Snickaren]], also from [[Region:Dalarna|Dalarna]], ended up with his first [[Bronze medal|bronze]]. Well done mates!
And finally a huge well done to everyone who has been out there in the July heat turfing, good on ya! I have heard that water zones have been extra popular this round ;)
==Turf Meetings==
In [[Region:Jämtland|Jämtland]] the turfers meet once a month for [[Land:Sverige|Swedish]] fika. In [[2017]] they teamed up for European Cycling Challange and team ”[[Turf Östersund]]” won the [[Kommun:Östersund|Östersund]] county prize for best team. The prize money, 3000 sek, has supplied the turfers with free fika at their favorite café during five months. The money has now run out, but they are still happy to meet :)
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==[[Järnvägsstationer|Train station zones]]==[[Järnvägsstationer|Train stations ]] were introduced as a new attribute earlier this year and in May a new medal involving this zone type was released, [[Trainer]]. It seems simple: take one train station zone per day ([[Assist ]] valid, UTC time calculation). Any train station. For commuters, this was no hard task during Monday to Friday, whereas others found it more strenuous since their closest train station might be several km away from their normal daily [[Turf ]] route. To date 202 turfers have managed to stay on course for this medal, some had to restart the 30 days once or twice. At the statistics page https://warded.se/turf/ there is a ”Trainer Medal progress” link you can access after you signed in, it helps you keep track of the days left!
Many train station zones (and non-train station zones) can be taken from moving trains, and there are many turfers who try to practice ”armhåleturf” (armpit-turf) on their daily train commute or when travelling by train. The idea is to time it so that the avatar is in the [[Zon|zone ]] and then you block the GPS-signal by hiding the phone in your armpit. The avatar stays in the zone even though you (on the train) moves on and the zone can be taken. It's a challenge to try to take a zone that you usually only swish by for a few seconds. I've commuted [[Kommun:Uppsala|Uppsala]]-[[Kommun:Stockholm|Stockholm ]] daily for 1,5 years and on occasion tried ”to armpit” zones. However, I found it very aggravating, since my phone is of the kind that doesn't favor armpit turfing. Therefore I ended up reading instead and at best I took the train station zones where the commuter train stopped in the zone ([[Zon:KnivstaCity|KnivstaCity]], [[Zon:TammsTågbro|TammsTågbro]], [[Zon:HäggStation |HäggStation]] and [[Zon:Sollstation|Sollstation]]). However, there are several turfers who commute and "armpit turf" daily and manage to take the really difficult zones where the train is passing by in high speed. It is an art to succeed in mastering ”armpit turfing” as there are many factors involved to successfully capturing the zone. It depends on the speed of the train, the size of the zone, atmospheric disturbance, phone model, telephone operator, etc. Some claim that it also depends on tailwind, sun in the back and homesickness :) All kudos to them, and their phones!
My fave train station zones is [[Zon:NorrStation |NorrStation]] in [[Kommun:Norrköping|Norrköping]]. It is not only a beautiful building dating back to 1866, but also a hostel where you can stay on the second floor of the station house. From some of the rooms it is possible to take the zone, although I did not stay in one of those. I did take the zone from the kitchen a couple of times :)
==Upcoming Turf Events==
After an unusual hot summer, where turfers have traveled far for those unique zones, it is now time to focus on some cool events. First out is [[Event:Turf 24|Turf 24]] in [[Kommun:Kalmar|Kalmar]], 25th to 26th of August (http://kalmarturf.se/). One week later, on the 1st of Sep, [[Turf Skåne]] is organizing a Turfathlon. And for those culturally interested turfers, [[Turf Örebro]] is running their [[Event:KulTurf 2018|KulTurf]] for the second time on the 22nd of September.
Today we continue with three commuting turfers who get to tell us about their fave train station zone (and more).
===Turf nick: [[Användare:omnivore|omnivore]]===
Favorite train station zone?
Which personal goal are you most satisfied with?
* I've made the zone [[Zon:Smedjan |Smedjan]] purple (in Warded, i.e. 51 takes or more) from a moving commuter train, I have never been standing still physically in the zone.
Most memorable zone you have taken. Why?
* [[Zon:LautaBridge|LautaBridge]] in [[Kommun:Helsingfors|Helsinki]]. It was very late on a summer evening. It is very beautiful by the water, with a view of the sea and the summer sky.
Which medal was hardest to take?
* Probably the [[Gold medal|Gold]] in [[Omgång 20|round 20]]. I probably had the flu one of the weeks. And back then it was a much further between the zones than now.
Most memorable zone you have taken. Why?
* [[Zon:GryllePier|GryllePier]]. On the pier in Gryllefjord on Senja in northern [[Land:Norge|Norway]]. In [[2016 ]] we made a 16-day excursion to Northern [[Land:Sverige|Sweden ]] via [[Kommun:Kiruna|Kiruna]], [[Treriksröset ]] and then on towards the [[Land:Norge|Norwegian ]] coast and then headed south south through Lofoten. Due to really bad weather, we squeezed in two days in [[Kommun:Tromsø|Tromsø ]] before moving on to Andøya and Lofoten. Two fantastic days, but without the bad weather really passing. It rained horizontally with squalls. The umbrella was of little help and almost blew to pieces, but the zone was finally taken. The subsequent boat trip was probably the hardest of my life while at the same time, the fiercest and longest roller coaster I ever been on, all categories. I'd love to go there again, on a day with a bit calmer weather :D
===Turf-nick: [[Användare:xelryz|xelryz]]===
Favorite train station zone?
Most memorable zone you have taken. Why?
* [[Zon:KilaueaCrater |KilaueaCrater]] clearly! We saw an active volcano and after ”Zone Taken”, we rode our bikes from the crater and followed the lava flow down to the sea. A memory for life.
Turfa lungt/Safe turfing!
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