Category: Event Results

Over fifty orienteers came to Umstead park on Sunday for our first open event of the 2022/2023 season. The weather conditions were rather unpleasant, with a dew point of 74, and occasional light rain. Because we were expecting even more participants, I designed a fairly large, sprawling event, including a rare “blue” course that covered…

The turnout was good for this warm, humid summer night O; 32 starts with a few being teams of two or three runners. The JROTC cadets from Carteret County boosted the numbers and hopefully they made it home safely and not too late. Runners had 60 minutes to complete the course for 100 possible points.…

We had a very mild summer day for our event at Schenck Forest – the cooler temperatures and the lower humidity were much appreciated! A few participants had so much fun, they decided to go for seconds (running a second course). Some observations: Courses White and Yellow: the control descriptions were not printed textual. Courses…

Summer events are often short sprint courses held before noon as a way to deal with potentially oppressive heat and humidity.  We couldn’t have predicted when we scheduled this event that we would enjoy temperatures in the upper sixties, and a (mostly) refreshing drizzle.  Despite our runners’ ability to go further, the short courses and…

We had a good turnout for the middle of summer. Plenty of competitors decided to do more courses than they came prepared for, especially the Memory O, so that is worth trying again. It was fairly easy this time. The next Memory O event should offer an additional, more challenging version. Sprint A and B…

We had a lovely (albeit a bit hot) event at Sugg Farm. It was the first official BOK event there and people seemed to enjoy the courses. Unlike other “sprint” venues this park offers two very distinct types of terrain, so 2 sprint courses were quite different. And the shorter one was significantly more difficult.…