Author: ian.shields
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Open Sprint at Bond Park Cancelled
The open sprint at Bond Park scheduled for April 30 has been cancelled as the park is not scheduling events for that day. “Spring Daze Festival is that weekend in Bond Park on Saturday and we are not scheduling anything on Sunday in the event that we need to use that as our rain date…
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Results for Open event at Lake Crabtree March 19th 2023
We had a lovely, if cool, day for orienteering at Lake Crabtree today. The courses were compact and we used the Motala format for green and red where the course consisted of two loops with a map exchange between them. This allowed more controls in a smaller area (a denser control set) without crowding either…
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Open event at Lake Crabtree March 19th 2023
Registration for this event is now closed We will have an open event at Lake Crabtree County Park on March 19th. GPS 35.840409, -78.793457 or 1400 Aviation Pkwy, Morrisville, NC 27560. The event will start at the Beech Shelter which is the first shelter on the right as you enter the park. There will be…
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Open Orienteering at Umstead South Nov. 12 & 13, 2022 – Results
We had a good turnout for the orienteering event at Umstead South on the weekend, Saturday was lovely weather. Sunday was distinctly cooler. A few folks showed up for both days, either just for orienteering, or for both ARDF and orienteering. We had some minor concern about the courses for Orange and above being a…
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Open Orienteering and Radio Orienteering (ARDF) at Umstead South Nov. 12 & 13, 2022
Introduction We will have two events at Umstead South on the weekend of November12-13, open orienteering on both days and Radio Orienteering (Radio-O/ARDF) on Saturday only. We do not recommend attempting both ARDF and orienteering on Saturday. If you do decide to do so anyway, you will need to register (and pay for) each separately.…
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Results for Dorothea Dix open fun event on May 1
It was a beautiful spring day for orienteering at Dix Park today. Unbeknown to us and to the Dix calendar, there was a large “Racing for Rescues 5K” run at Dix this morning with police blocking entrances until around 11:00. A very strange coincidence with our “dog bone” score-O. We were able to run the…
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Dorothea Dix open fun event on May 1
We will have an open fun event at Dorothea Dix Park on May 1, 2022. Most of the park entrances are blocked until 11:30 but you can enter at Hunt Drive. There is a 5k at Dorothea Dix today. The mass start may be delayed. Registration is now closed There will be two courses. Beginner…
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Results for Open Orienteering at Umstead South Jan. 23, 2022
After snow and freezing rain closed the park altogether on Saturday we were monitoring for announcements of opening on Sunday. Finally the word came that the park would open at 10:00, so we delayed our first starts till 11:00 to allow for set out of the final controls. We had almost 40 starts and most…
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Open Orienteering and 2m ARDF at Umstead South Jan. 22 & 23, 2022
Please note our Covid-19 2022 policy The Sunday event at Umstead Park will begin with a delayed start at 11:00am. If you have an arrival time between 10:00 & 11:00am you can come any time it is convenient for you between 11:00am and 1:00pm. If your chosen arrival time is after 11:00am please arrive during…
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2021-11-09 OLLI Orienteering Results
On Tuesday Nov 9, we taught an in-person class for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) students at NCSU’s McKimmon center, followed by a white and yellow course at Schenck forest. David Waller and I taught a similar class a few years ago, so it was nice to be back doing it again. We had perfect…