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Issue One Hundred and One

6th October 2021

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HELLO, good evening and welcome to Octopus's Garden, the subzeen with its very own Railway Rivals game. It is a subzeen to Douglas Kent's Eternal Sunshine. It's produced by Peter Sullivan peter@burdonvale.co.uk. It's also available on the web at: http://www.burdonvale.co.uk/octopus/.

Round 8 & 9 (RR 2473 B) — "Garrett Hobart" — Railway Rivals Map "B" (Lon&Lpl)

Last time, I missed that AYUP needs to pay not only JGL but also HJA for the junction at D58. B/fwd scores adjusted.

Races for Round 8:

3) (31-43) Preston - Lincoln (re-offer): JGL/AYUP 20-6 ; BASH +6.
8) (@6-33) Any Seaport - Shrewsbury: HJA 20 (Birk) ; BASH 10 (Lpl).
9) (34-15) Liverpool - Doncaster: JGL 20-5+3 ; AYUP 10+5-3-2 ; HGA +2.
10) (25-@4) Manchester - The North: JGL (Preston) 20 ; HJA 10 (D41) ; AYUP 0 (York).
11) (56-42) Gloucester - Nottingham: BASH 15+4 ; AYUP 15-4 ; JGL 0.
12) (12-53) Hull - Wolverhampton: AYUP 20-4+6 ; HJA 10-6 ; BASH +4.
13) (62-24) London - Bolton: JGL 20 ; HJA 10.
14) (41-66) Derby - Oxford: HJA 20 ; BASH 10.

Builds:

JGL black (John David Galt): no builds
AYUP yellow (Mark Firth): (K71) - K72 [-1 H] ; (Manchester) - I8 - I11 [- J] ; (F68) - E68 - Oxford. =-9-2
HJA red (Hank Alme): no builds
BASH sky-blue (Bob Blanchett): no builds

Scores on the Doors:

Company	B/fwd	3	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Builds	C/fwd
JGL	150	7		18	20;	0				-00-00+01	216
AYUP	119	7		10	0	11	22			-09-02+00	158
HJA	89		20	2	10		4	10	20	-00-00+01	156
BASH	20	6	10			19	4		10	-00-00+00	69
Totals	378	20	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	-09-02+02	599

Races for Round Nine:

15) (23-35) Burnley - Liverpool: JGL 20+2 ; AYUP 10-2.
16) (36-64) Birkenhead - London: JGL 20+1+1 ; HJA 10+1 ; BASh 0-1 ; AYUP 0-1-1
17) (65-54) Cambridge - Newport: BASH 20-4-7-1 ' JGL +4 ; AYUP +7 ; HJA +1.
18) (55-22) Bristol - Bradford: BASH 20-7 ; AYUP +7
19) (13-@1) Leeds - The South: AYUP 20-1+1 ; JGL 10-1 ; HJA +1.
20) (@2-45) East Anglia - Coventry: JGL 20 ; HJA 10
21) (44-14) Leicester - York: AYUP 20-1 ; HJA 10 ; JGL +1./li>

Builds:

JGL black (John David Galt): no builds
AYUP yellow (Mark Firth): D58 - N20 =-4
HJA red (Hank Alme): no builds
BASH sky-blue (Bob Blanchett): no builds

Scores on the Doors:

Company	B/fwd	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Builds	C/fwd
JGL	216	22	22	4		9	20	1	-00-00+00	294
AYUP	158	8	-2	7	7	20	10	19	-04-00+00	223
HJA	156		11	1		1		10	-00-00+00	179
BASH	69		-1	8	13				-00-00+00	89
Totals	599	30	30	20	20	30	30	30	-04-00+00	785

For Round 10, you may enter 4 of the following 7 races, then build up to 8 points of physical track. Orders to me, Peter Sullivan, at peter@burdonvale.co.uk by WEDNESDAY, 10th NOVEMBER 2021.

Races for Round Ten

22) (22-44) Bradford - Leicester
23) (@3-62) The North - London
24) (35-55) Liverpool - Bristol
25) (43-34) Lincoln - Liverpool
26) (63-16) London - Sheffield
27) (54-@2) Newport - East Anglia
28) (11-26) Grimsby - Manchester

That was Octopus's Garden #101, Startling Press production number 397.