As usual there are lots of exciting things going on in the [[Turf]] universe. We've had three events during August in [[Land:Sverige|Sweden]]. The first one was in the beginning of the month in [[Kommun:Jönköping|Jönköping]] called Turf Open Jönköping (TOJ) [[2014]] where over 70 turfers participated in the two part competition. In [[Event:TOJ 2014 |TOJ 2014]] you could namely compete in teams as well as alone, pretty awesome! The winner of the singles was [[Användare:Thorre|Thorre ]] who managed to collect 1 730 [[Poäng|points ]] by taking 98 zones and the team that won was MMS consisting of [[Användare:Madmajk|Madmajk]], [[Användare:magnfalt|magnfalt]], and [[Användare:Snorloskan|Snorloskan]]!

In [[Kommun:Kalmar |Kalmar]] they managed to gather over 100 [[Turfare|turfers ]] to compete in the stressful challenge called Turf Championship Kalmar. The winner of this contest was [[Användare:CykelTurbo|CykelTurbo ]] who gathered 2101 [[Poäng|points ]] by visiting 115 zones and travelling 28.8 km as the crow flies.

Up north in [[Kommun:Umeå |Umeå]] the Summer Classic was held. 24 brave [[Turfare|turfers ]] competed for this epic event. [[Användare:MarresmacK |MarresmacK]] managed to grab the first prize by taking 91 zones and collecting 1637 [[Poäng|points]]. Interestingly enough [[Användare:MrDinco|MrDinco ]] came second with 1576 [[Poäng|points]], just 61 [[Poäng|points ]] behind. However, the number of takeovers for this proud competitor was 92! Just goes to show that tactics and a bit of luck are required to win in [[Turf]].

The first nationwide newscast on TV in [[Land:Sverige|Sweden ]] of Turf has finally appeared. TV4 was first to do this and you can watch it here! TV4 talks about how pupils are using Turf as a sports event during school hours.

So what's happening in September? Well, if you have some free time you should find your way to [[Kommun:Västerås |Västerås]] on the 27th and participate in the [[Kommun:Västerås|Västerås ]] [[event:Zonrace 2014|Zonrace 2014]]. In the official forum thread you can read that turfers on foot are welcome but won't have a chance against cyclists and that motorized vehicles are prohibited. Nothing about horses though so if you happen to be a good rider...

Just to bring up some safety tips, no matter if you're the casual turfer or a hardboiled spandex turfer, have fun and respect the traffic rules. In case of an emergency, dial the emergency number first and afterwards, feel free to contact other [[Turfare|turfers ]] through the chat, we're a friendly bunch of folks! Good luck in September!

//[[Användare:StarDust|StarDust]], [[Land:Sverige|Sweden]]