Author: Vladimir Stemkovski
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Results – Umstead North, Nov 5 2023
It was a great day for orienteering. Couldn’t ask for a better weather. And the autumn forest was simply breathtakingly beautiful. The courses were relatively fast, but with lots of pits and depressions, which added an extra challenge – especially on Brown, where control #7 was indeed very tricky to find. Special thank you to…
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Open Orienteering at Umstead North – Nov 5, 2023
We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday, November 5, 2023. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at noon. Sign up for this event before the deadline at 5:00pm on Friday, November 3rd. Registration is closed Take Glenwood Ave to the park entrance. Go south past the…
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Dix Sprints (June 4, 2023) – Results
What an amazing day for orienteering! Exceptionally cool weather for this time of the year was very welcome and probably contributed to the fact that many orienteering chose to run multiple courses. 86 starts in total! Four sprint courses with different lengths and design ideas were offered and proved to be quite enjoyable. Thank you…
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Dorothea Dix Sprints June 4, 2023
On June 4, we will be holding an Open Sprints orienteering event at Dix Park in Raleigh. Everyone is welcome. We will be offering beginner class at 11.30 am The start and finish will be near the gazebo on Umstead Drive (35.771244, -78.661292) 125m west of Hunt Dr. Please be aware there are controls around…
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Thornburg Farm (Apr 15, 2023) – Results
Birkhead Wilderness near historical Thornburg Farm is one of the prettiest forests in our area and also one of the most challenging places for orienteering. There are virtually no trails and elevation features are so beautifully jumbled, that it makes it really hard to keep track of your location and even harder to restore connection…
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Advanced Event at Thornburg Farm – Apr 15, 2023 (Saturday)
Advanced orienteers (must have previously completed an Orange, Brown, Green or Red course) are welcome to our event at Thornburg Farm in Birkhead Wilderness. Check-in at the farm house and proceed to the remote start. Location: From US 220 in Asheboro – take NC 49 south (you’ll actually be heading west) for 5.5 miles.– Turn right…
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Results. Score-O at Schenck Forest, Feb 26 2023
Thank you all for participating in the Score-O event on Sunday, Feb.26 at Schenck forest. We were inspired by various orienteering formats such as Memory-O, Score-O with a moving control, team Score-O, and dog-bone Score-O, to suggest a new event: Reveal Score-O. In this event, five of the controls on the original map (#45, 49,…
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Open Score-O Event at Schenck Forest, Feb 26 2023
We will have an Open Score-O event at Schenck Forest on Sunday, Feb 26. You don’t need to be an expert to participate in this event – there will be plenty of controls to find for all levels. There will be a mass start. Everybody must arrive at the shelter no later than 11.30 AM…
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Carolina North, Dec 11 2022 – Results
It was a great day for orienteering. We had a huge turnout approximately 100 starts and probably more than 130 people running the courses. Advanced courses were somewhat unusual for this location – few controls with several long legs. Also Yellow and White courses were on a “harder” side – kudos to all who managed…
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Open Event at Carolina North Forest (Dec 11, 2022)
Park at the parking lot of Orange County Health Department (2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516) and follow BOK signs to the start, which is on a major paved trail (greenway) 300 feet south west from the parking lot. The event starts at 11.30 am and everybody must finish by 2.30 PM. We will…