Zone 1 2014- Friday 30th May

[tangy]

Okay, with just over a month to go, time to properly launch the Zone 1 challenge for 2014. Here follows the meet up details, timetable of the day and rules of the challenge so that everyone knows what to expect (though it will largely the same as last year).

Basic details:

Organiser: This will obviously be myself (the BOZO).

Date and time: Friday 30th May 2014 for 12:00 meet up (13:00 start)

Pre challenge meet up location: Liverpool Street mainline station on forecourt outside McDonalds. From the NR concourse take the stairs/escalator opposite platforms 2/3.

Post challenge meet up location: One of our usual pubs, TBC.
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Timetable of day:

Pre 12:00:
All challengers to start gathering at the meet up point at Liverpool Street. Here you can decide who to form a team with (or go solo). Each team will be given an "entry card" and a copy of the Z1 challenge diagram, which you fill out during your challenge.

12:15:
Draw of the start station. Once this is announced make your way to this starting station.

12:55:
All challengers to meet up outside the starting station (street side of the ticket barriers), details will be given where exactly to meet once the start station is announced.

13:00:
You can start the challenge on the first train in your chosen direction AFTER 13:00:00 (use the next train board clock for this if there is one). You have four hours to complete.

Once you have completed the challenge please make your way to the post challenge meet up location (The Champion pub, Wells Street, W1T 3PA) by 17:45. Please hand your completed entry card and Z1 diagram (showing route taken) to me (Tangy).

Once the majority of challengers are present, a pub style quiz will begin (again you can team up with other challengers or go solo). Several small teams please as there will be a "Pointless" style round of which will work best with the more teams there are.

18:00:
Zone 1 Results read out and prizes given to the podium positions (plus best team name).

18:15:
Quiz answers (with prizes). Once quiz is finished (should be by 19:00), the rest of the evening is for darts.
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Attendance register

Although this is an open event with anyone free to join in, it would be very helpful if you are planning to attend to register with myself. You can do this by contacting me by PM, via email (through Explorer Ticket) or simply posting below. Even if you are at this stage a "maybe" then please state this as well.

Thanks
Tangy (the BOZO)

[tangy]

Z1 2014- The Rules of the challenge

General rules Amendments since the date of this post are highlighted in red


1.1: The aim is to visit all 64 London Underground stations that form Oyster card zone 1 in the fastest time. The current time to beat is 2 hours, 40 minutes and 34 seconds. **also see rule 2.1.

1.2: To "visit" a station means to arrive at or depart from (or both) all 64 Zone 1 stations on a LU train. You are NOT required to get off at every station but you can of course alight at any station to change lines or transfer to a nearby station. If a station is temporarily closed (to all lines) for any reason e.g. security alert, rebuilding etc. then a "pass through" of the station is accepted. **also see rule 2.2.

1.3: Transfers between stations must only be undertaken on foot, by bus or by NR trains.

1.4: Challengers are required to give basic evidence of their route taken and finishing station plus the time they completed the challenge in. A stopwatch is useful for recording your overall time.

1.5: Challengers may compete in the zone 1 challenge as an individual (solo) or in small teams up to 5 people. Each team must be required to think of a team name for themselves- there will be a best team name prize, so the wittier the better.

1.6: All challengers are requested to be at the specified meeting point by 12:15 on the day of the challenge. A starting station will then be drawn at random (from all 64 Z1 stations) excluding those stations that have been start stations in previous years, these being Vauxhall, St. James's Park, Sloane Square, King's Cross, Angel, Westminster, Waterloo, St. Paul's, Aldgate East and Regent’s Park. Since Covent Garden is exit only this year, we will not be starting from there either.

1.7: The challenge will begin at the station that was picked out at random on the first train AFTER 13:00:00 hours. When I officially start the challenge you MUST take the FIRST train in the direction you wish to head. If a second train is described on the board going to the same destination as your team, you cannot wait for it and take that instead. ** see also rule 2.6 for more details.

1.8: Your time starts when the doors firmly close on the first train you board at the start station and the challenge ends when the first member of your team physically sets foot on the platform at your finishing station. Timings must be noted down in hours, minutes and seconds.

1.9: Once you have started your stopwatch and departed you may NOT return to the start and reset the stopwatch. Should two or more teams start and finish on the same trains (at the same station) they are ranked equal regardless of the exact measured time.

1.10: If you finish by running/transferring to or departing from your last required station, or if your last required station is temporarily closed (pass through), you must keep the stopwatch going until you arrive at the NEXT station in any direction. If you are still going after 4 hours since the start of the challenge, stop your timing at the next station and count up how many stations you visited up to that point then head direct to the pub.

1.11: This is only a bit of fun, thus getting train numbers and/or logging of arrival and departure times at each station is not required (though you may do so if you wish). This is not the official Guinness World Record full network attempt!

1.12: By entering yourself into the Zone 1 challenge you abide by these rules. To cover the costs incurred for hosting this event there will be £2.00 VOLUNTARY fare payable to the BOZO. Any disputes will be dealt with by the BOZO whose decision is final.
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Station specific rulings:

2.1: Paddington (H&C/Circle) is separate from Paddington (Bakerloo/District) and Edgware Road (Circle/H&C) is separate from Edgware Road (Bakerloo), all four of these stations must be visited individually.

2.2: For the 2014 challenge, Bond Street, Embankment and Gloucester Road have certain platforms closed. Therefore in order to visit these stations correctly, challengers must use the line/s that are still stopping at the station, a pass through on the “closed” platforms will NOT be accepted. For example Bond Street has the Central line platforms closed therefore challengers need to correctly visit this station on the Jubilee line platforms.

2.3: Should Baker Street by picked as a start station, teams wishing to travel clockwise on the Circle must try and catch the FIRST train out to their first interchange station (be it a Met or Circle) despite leaving from different platforms.

2.4: Should High Street Kensington be picked as a start station, teams wishing to travel to Earl's Court should board the FIRST train out (be it an Olympia or a Wimbledon train) despite these leaving from different platforms.

2.5: Should Edgware Road (Circle/H&C) be picked as a start station, teams wishing to travel anti-clockwise on the Circle line (via Bayswater) must try and catch the FIRST train to their first interchange station (be it Circle or District) despite leaving from different platforms. Teams wishing to travel to Paddington can choose which one they wish to visit first (remembering that Paddington is two separate stations, so both Paddington stations must be visited).

2.6: This also means e.g. for a Farringdon start, a team may decide to wait (say) for an eastbound Hammersmith & City train (for Aldgate East), a clockwise Circle for travel beyond Aldgate or any SSL train for Liverpool Street. However a team MUST NOT wait for the correct sequence (like H&C-Met-Circle and expect to make the Aldgate run to catch that Circle train!)
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General Advice:

3.1: We all know we are competing against each other but please take care when doing inter-station runs along corridors and escalators, other members of the public may not be as easy on their feet or know the Underground as well as we do!

3.2: Please do not hold the train doors open for an excessively amount of time, if your team mates are too far behind, let the train go and wait for them to catch up.

3.3: Don't be fooled in thinking that this is an "easy" challenge, it isn't! There will be lots of changing trains/interchanging to other lines involved which can be more intensive than on other challenges.

3.4: It is a good idea to wear light coloured comfortable fitting clothing as you can get hot very quickly on the challenge plus only bring what you really need to compete on the challenge, extra weight whilst running only slows you down!

Signed:
Tangy (The BOZO)

[Going Underground]

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[TC95]

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[The Orange One]

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The Orange One (Maybe)

[nozzacook]

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Nozza

[Nigel]

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Nozza
Nigel

[A2]

Tangy (the BOZO)
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The Orange One (Maybe)
Nozza
Nigel
A2 (possible +1)

[The Raven]

Tangy (the BOZO)
GU
TC95
The Orange One (Maybe)
Nozza
Nigel
A2 (possible +1)
The Raven

[The Orange One]

Perhaps I will visit Tower Gateway before the challenge. After the NR Zone One and then the proper Zone One this year, that's the only Zone One station left...

[Garion]

Tangy (the BOZO)
GU
TC95
The Orange One (Maybe)
Nozza
Nigel
A2 (possible +1)
The Raven
Garion

[tubeguru]

Tangy (the BOZO)
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The Orange One (Maybe)
Nozza
Nigel
A2 (possible +1)
The Raven
Garion
Tubeguru (Not really)

[The Raven]

Tangy (the BOZO)
GU
TC95
The Orange One (Maybe)
Nozza
Nigel
A2 (possible +1)
The Raven
Garion
Tubeguru (Not really)

Tubeguru, don't be a troll! If you're taking part, great. If you're not, don't put your name down.

I shudder sometimes when I think that someone so immature, is the site administrator.

[tubeguru]

Tangy (the BOZO)
GU
TC95
The Orange One (Maybe)
Nozza
Nigel
A2 (possible +1)
The Raven
Garion
Tubeguru (Not really)

Tubeguru, don't be a troll! If you're taking part, great. If you're not, don't put your name down.

I shudder sometimes when I think that someone so immature, is the site administrator.

We seem to have managed for nine years without anyone being seriously injured, so I must be doing something right. You seem to be the only person who regularly gets unnecessarily offended at things I say on this forum, so maybe it's more a case of you looking for offence where none exists.

And I'm 41 years old. I am sufficiently mature to know that if I took life as seriously as you appear to, it wouldn't be worth living.

[The Raven]

Since when did physical age have a 100% correlation with maturity? Maturity is knowing what times to be serious, and when to have fun. Obviously, I wouldn't have said anything if this was the first time you have acted like this.

This forum has been steadily declining for years. Part of the blame rests with you, Tubeguru.