Backwoods Orienteering Klub

Have Fun in the Woods Orienteering… with the best maps in the world

Orienteering Raleigh NC

Backwoods Orienteering Klub, founded November 15, 1978 sponsors events and teaches orienteering in the North Carolina piedmont, around Raleigh, NC.

We invite you to try orienteering with us. Everyone is welcome at all our events. We always offer beginning, intermediate, advanced and expert courses (routes through the woods) at every Regular event.

Author: Joseph

  • Sycamore Scramble Time Calculation Update

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    Winning Time Calculations: We have considered various methods of combining competitors times from the three events to determine the winners, and we have decided that simply adding the times for the three events together is the best way to do that. Awards: Each person’s time from each of the three events will be added together…

  • Sycamore Scramble Registration is now Open

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    The registration for the Sycamore Scramble opened tonight.  The event is on February 20-21, 2010, and will consist of three events.  On Saturday a “Middle Distance” event followed by a “Sprint” in the afternoon, and then a “Classic” length event on Sunday. The park has asked us to limit registration to 200 competitors so register…

  • Purdue Orienteering Adventure Race Invitation

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    The Purdue Outing Club (POC) would like to invite your organization, school, and friends to our annual 48hr Adventure Race taking place Jan. 16-18th (Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend!). This race is based solely on orienteering and typically takes the full 48 hours to finish.

  • Nov. 15 Event Starts at 11am

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    Advanced event, registration required. Start is from Umstead South at the Reedy Creek Amphitheater.

  • Raven Rock Results November 8, 2009

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    November 8, 2009 at Raven Rock State Park We had just perfect weather for the event this week. But the beautiful fall weather had the ground covered with a thick layer of leaves that pretty well obscured the trails. This was a particular problem going to the first control on the advanced courses. The problem…

  • BOK 2009 Annual Meeting

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    We had our Annual Meeting after the Umstead Park  event.    We re-elected Andy and Artem to the Board.  We started started work on the 2010 event calendar and began work on the Sycamore Scramble “A” meet on February 20-21, 2010.    Check out the minutes for details.

  • 2009 Annual Meeting

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    Reviewed Budget. Need to evaluate area west of Jordan Lake and north side of Raven Rock. How we sell maps. Sycamore Scramble event planning.

  • 2010 BOK Schedule

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    This is the Tentative schedule for 2010. We are in the process of confirming dates with the parks and finding event directors for some of the events.

  • October 18, 2009 Umstead South Whispering Pines

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    It was a blustery day, but never managed to rain.  Joseph and Ruth set some very difficult courses including an 8.9K Blue course.  We had a couple of injuries, Pat Downey got a severe cut on his leg requiring medical attention by stepping into a stump hole where someone discarded some broken glass, and Patrik…

  • Sycamore Scramble “A” Meet Feb. 20-21, 2010

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    The USOF Sanctioning Committee just approved our “A” Meet for February 20-21, 2010. We’ll be making plans after our event this Sunday at our annual meeting which will be at 4:00pm at Camp Whispering Pines. (continue for more details)