Author: David Waller
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Results — White Pines (Sept 2023)
The landowners vetoed our original plan to have a nighttime event at White Pines, so instead we had a daytime one-person relay. People could choose to do one, two, or three loops around the Preserve, and those who signed-up for multiple loops had a map exchange them. Most competitors were able to finish their course…
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Results — Fox Chase (10 Sept 2023)
(revised 12 Sept 2023) BOK’s fourth annual ‘Fox Chase’ event was again a fast and fun event at Carolina North Forest. After an early bobble, Matt Kirk went on to score an impressive 282 points, followed closely by Vladimir Stemkovski at 278. I realized that in this race, because controls are assigned point values based…
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White Pines — September 17
Registration for this event is closed. On Sunday, 17 September, we will have an event at White Pines Nature Preserve, a 275 acre greenspace in Chatham County, managed by Triangle Land Conservancy. The meet is open to any orienteer who has successfully completed an advanced course (i.e., orange, brown, green, red, or blue). Start…
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Fox chase Score-O, September 10
Registration for this event is closed. On Sunday, 10 September at 10:00 AM, we will hold our annual 90-minute “Fox Chase Score-O” at Carolina North Forest in Chapel Hill. The event is open only to advanced orienteers (i.e. those who have completed an orange, brown, green, or red course). We will meet at 9:45 in…
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Results: Sprint Orienteering at Eno River
Twenty-six people braved high temperature and humidity along with the threat of yellow jackets and overgrown vegetation for sprint orienteering at Eno River. Thirteen participants attempted both courses. Sprint A ‘Forest’ was on the west side of the suspension bridge and featured mostly runnable forest, but with some trickier control placement. Sprint B ‘Meadow’ was…
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Eno River sprint orienteering, August 13
Registration for this event is closed Everyone is welcome to our “sprint” orienteering event on Sunday, August 13 at Eno River State Park. We will offer two short courses (as well as radio orienteering courses, described in another post). Arrive any time between 10:00 AM and noon, and park in the loop parking lot at the…
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Event director needed — Aug 13
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We still need a volunteer to be the director of our event scheduled at Eno River on August 13. If you have never directed an event before and want to try, we can get you started. If we don’t get a volunteer soon, we will have to cancel this portion of the event. Regardless of…
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June 17 event cancelled
Unfortunately, the event that we scheduled at Camp Lapahio in Umstead Park on June 17 was not approved by park management. We are cancelling this event and currently do not have plans to re-schedule.
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Shackleford Banks — Results
The cold rainy weather couldn’t spoil our fun on Shackleford this year. Although strong gusts prevented us from getting out for our Saturday courses, we were able to enjoy the island on Sundy where people ran one, two or three short loop courses among the dunes and wild horses. Although it wasn’t completely the weekend…