Author: Joseph
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Advanced at Birkhead Nov 23, 2014
Results: We got an early start to avoid the rain. It worked. We had a few sprinkles, but the steady rain held off until everyone returned. The consensus was that the courses were very difficult and the results attests to that. Nov 23, 2014 Birkhead NE Nov 23, 2014 Birkhead NE Results Red Course:…
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10/18/14 Night Dog Bones at Schenck Forest Results
This was our first night event at Schenck Forest. The Dog Bones format requires that two controls be done as a pair without another control between the pair. It was arranged so that 41 and 51 had to be done together and the others followed suit i.e. 43-53, 58-48 etc. The point value was the…
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Oct 18 – Score “O” at 10am, and Night “O” at 8pm
This is Goat weekend so non-members are welcome to attend our usually “Members Only” events. Regular event fees apply. ($5 entry, $5 finger stick rental). Score “O” at Umstead West Arrive 9:45 for a briefing. Mass Start at 10am Brown and above skill level required Night “O” at Schenck forest Arrive 7:30 for a briefing. Park outside the gate and…
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BOK Annual Meeting Wednesday October 29, 2014
Who: All BOK Members What 2014 Annual Meeting When: October 29, 2014 – 6:00 dinner, 7:00 meeting Where: 904 Dorothea Drive, Raleigh, NC Our meeting starts with a deep dish Sicilian Pizza from Piccola Italia at 6:00. At 7:00 pm the business meeting starts. Please register for the meeting on the website so we can buy…
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Birkhead International ARDF Competition and Training Camp Results
Birkhead International ARDF Competition July 20 – 23, 2014 These are the results from the 4 competitions we had in the Uwharrie National Forest. This was a very successful cooperative event with the Guangzhou Radio Club. One of the highlights of the event was how well we worked together and our declaration to become Sister…
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June 1 Event at Umstead South – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
You may have noticed that no one has stepped forward to be the Event Director for the June 1 event at Umstead South. We are putting together a group of people to run this event. The time and place have been approved by the park, and here is how the jobs are distributed so far.…
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Mother’s Day Sprint Results at Lake Johnson 5/11/14
We had perfect weather for the Mother’s Day Sprint at Lake Johnson and we started early to get ahead of the heat. Ruth designed the courses so the pace would be fast. The difficulty was mostly Orange and Vladimir topped the speed at 8:20 per K for the best run of the event. We started…
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Results for Feb 9, 2014 Umstead South
We had a remote start for the advanced courses with a 2k walk to the start/finish. This allowed us to use a rarely used part of the park. We lucked out on the weather, because the forecast called for rain/snow, but the front slowed down and we had perfect weather. The sun even came out…
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Umstead Regular Event Registration Form
Umstead Park has added a requirement to our permit that we may only have 100 people at an Umstead North event and 120 at an Umstead South event. To make sure that we don’t go over our numbers we will have advanced registration for Umstead Regular Events. We will try and keep the number of…
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Setting Courses with iPad using “Map&Compass” software.
BOK purchased an iPad mini so we could use the orienteering and ARDF software “Map&Compass” to help with course setting. I tried it out while setting the courses for our upcoming Feb 9 event at Umstead. The bottom line is: This tool makes course setting significantly easier and will give “first time” course setters the…