Random 15 Championship 2015/16, new season.

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Re: Random 15 Championship 2015/16, new season.

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Does Blackfriars (NR) count (it has entrances both sides of the river)? Blackfriars (LU) is clearly North.

I would suggest that we start earlier than usual (1130?) as this could take quite a long time if a bad set of stations comes up
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Closed stations:
East Putney
Southfields
Wimbledon Park
Brockley
Honor Oak Park
Forest Hill
Sydenham
Penge West
Anerley
Abbey Wood

Restricted stations:
Wimbledon (SWT and Thameslink only)
New Cross Gate (London Overground only)
Crystal Palace (Southern services through Norwood Junction/Birkbeck only)
Norwood Junction (Southern services through Crystal Palace and terminators from the south only)
London Bridge (as per the usual situation from the reconstruction works)
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The Raven wrote:Any news on the location of the parkrun?
Anyone ?
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How about Beckton?
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tractakid wrote:How about Beckton?
Awesome yeah sounds good and maybe spoons at Surrey Quays after :?:
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In terms of the post challenge venue, perhaps this might be a time to try some new Zone 1 darts pubs, particularly ones south of the river.
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Can we have some Round 2 details please?
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Stratford, Stratford High Street, Stratford International DLR, West Ham, Canning Town, Star Lane and Abbey Road will be joining zone 2 in time for Round 3 of the R15 Championship, maybe we should start from one of them?
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greatkingrat wrote:Stratford, Stratford High Street, Stratford International DLR, West Ham, Canning Town, Star Lane and Abbey Road will be joining zone 2 in time for Round 3 of the R15 Championship, maybe we should start from one of them?
Maybe we need to have another Z1 & 2 challenge day with the new configuration?

On R3 I suggest not Stratford as this was used as a start before when the Olympics were being held...
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Stick in the DLR and do one of these:

- Have an on-train start at Stratford International
- Start at Abbey Road and have a fixed finish at St John's Wood
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Going Underground wrote:
greatkingrat wrote:Stratford, Stratford High Street, Stratford International DLR, West Ham, Canning Town, Star Lane and Abbey Road will be joining zone 2 in time for Round 3 of the R15 Championship, maybe we should start from one of them?
Maybe we need to have another Z1 & 2 challenge day with the new configuration?

On R3 I suggest not Stratford as this was used as a start before when the Olympics were being held...
The record will need to be reset!
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Since the stations are different every time, I don't believe the Random 15 record ever resets.
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A Challenge wrote:
Going Underground wrote:
greatkingrat wrote:Stratford, Stratford High Street, Stratford International DLR, West Ham, Canning Town, Star Lane and Abbey Road will be joining zone 2 in time for Round 3 of the R15 Championship, maybe we should start from one of them?
Maybe we need to have another Z1 & 2 challenge day with the new configuration?

On R3 I suggest not Stratford as this was used as a start before when the Olympics were being held...
The record will need to be reset!
The Orange One wrote:Since the stations are different every time, I don't believe the Random 15 record ever resets.
I mean the Zone 1 and 2 record in response to the Zone 1 and 2 challenge day comment!
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Actually, that's a challenge I have yet to do! Hmm...
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Re: Random 15 Championship 2015/16, new season.

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I was thinking just a couple of days ago about the twist for round 3. I had an idea about adding the DLR as a twist for round 3, as the DLR hasn't featured in a Random 15 in a while. With the impending rezoning of the Stratford Intl. branch stations, this seems like an excellent idea.

The Random 15 record does not reset, due to the nature of each individual round where there is not a fixed set of stations each time.
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