Author: Vladimir Stemkovski
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Results for Regular Event in Raven Rock State Park – Apr 12, 2015
Raven Rock is the most challenging place we use for orienteering around here. Combination of thick vegetation, hills, and somewhat outdated map makes it hard. Really hard. Just to be there and complete a course is an achievement! Kudos to everyone who came – you rock! For this meet we didn’t have an assigned meet…
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Advanced Event in Birkhead Wilderness on Apr 19, 2015
This event is for advanced orienteers (BOK members who have completed a brown, green, or red course). The event is in Birkhead Wilderness Area, Uwharrie National Forest, Asheboro NC. We’ll start from the Thornburg Farm entrance. Directions are here. Don’t forget, you must pre-register. There will be Brown, Green and Red courses available. For those…
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Mar 8, 2015 – Red Course (video)
Brian Thompson (who won the Red course) recorded his run on a camera. The video (with occasional inline comments) is available here. Check it out, it’s very cool! Vladimir
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Results for Regular Event in South Umstead – Mar 8, 2015
It was a great day for orienteering, the first truly “Spring” meet. Some people even said that it was too hot! We had a good turnout and quite challenging courses. Yellow course led people off trails and deep into the woods and advanced runners got a chance to explore rarely used eastern part of the…
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Regular Event at Umstead South on Mar 8, 2015
We will have a REGULAR event at Umstead Park (South) on Sunday March 8, 2015. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the main entrance off of I-40 (Harrison Avenue exit), and follow the signs to the big shelter. The event starts at noon and everybody…
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Results for Regular Event at Umstead South – Nov 16, 2014
We were quite fortunate that the rain decided to start only around 4 PM. By that time everybody finished, so only the people who went picking up remote controls got caught in it. And we do want to thank everybody who helped with the event right away: – Joseph Huberman – teaching the class (and…
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Regular Event at Umstead South on Nov 16, 2014
We will have a REGULAR event at Umstead Park (South) on Sunday November 16, 2014. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the main entrance off of I-40 (Harrison Avenue exit), and follow the signs to the big shelter. The event starts at noon and everybody…
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Results for Advanced Event in Schenck Forest – Aug 24, 2014
Thanks to everyone who came to the event! The weather was perfect and we had a chance to see a lot of birds (including a flock of woodpeckers) visiting the clearing near the shelter. The courses proved to be rather difficult (at least judging from the result times). Two controls gave most difficulty to the…
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Advanced Event at Schenck Forest on Aug 24, 2014
This event is for advanced orienteers (BOK members who have completed a brown, green, or red course). Don’t forget, you must pre-register. There will be Brown, Green and Red courses available. Thick vegetation, spiders and ticks (take precaution) are highly probable on all courses. The courses will be opened at 10 AM and everybody must…
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Results for June 1, 2014 event in South Umstead
First of all I want to thank everybody who helped with this event. So many people contributed, even a few people who weren’t able to come to the actual event! Joseph Huberman and Ruth Bromer – designed courses, printed map, provided overall organization. Joseph also taught the beginners class Ian Shields – set ribbons Kelly…