Category: Latest News
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Update from your President
Save Umstead from the Quarry The SW corner of our Umstead Map is an area that we used for many years, Odd Fellows – until the airport stopped giving us permission. Now the airport wants to allow Wake Stone to turn it into a quarry. I would like BOK to to support the “Stop the…
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Results, Carolina North Night-O, 14 September
In my opinion, Carolina North Forest is probably BOK’s best venue for night orienteering. On one hand, there are a lot of winding, potentially confusing trails, making route choice and navigation –even if it’s largely on trails – somewhat challenging. But because there are so many trails and junctions, there are almost always opportunities for…
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Results for Sep 8, 2019 event in Umstead North
It was a very hot day and yet we had a very good turnout. North Umstead is quite runnable, even the heat and certain pits couldn’t slow down the winners. Orange course shared a number of controls with Brown/Green/Red and turned out to be rather difficult. Kudos to all who completed it. It was the…
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Cary (sub)urban Orienteering – October 5, 2019
Last minute updates: The weather is looking great, in fact, this might be the first really pleasant weekend of the fall! I couldn’t have planned it better. A compass is not necessary, but could be useful. Bring a pencil for writing the answers and a highlighter to plan your route. Make sure to show up…
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Night orienteering, 14 Sept, at Carolina North Forest
Expert orienteers (i.e., those who have finished a brown, green, red, or blue course) are welcome to participate in a nighttime orienteering event at Carolina North Forest on Saturday, September 14. We will offer four point-to-point advanced/expert courses (orange, brown, green, and red), with individual starts any time between 8:30 and 9:30 PM. Control pickup…
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Results, Eno River (25 Aug 2019)
Sunday was a near-perfect day for orienteering — the temperature and humidity dropped to very comfortable levels. We got out on a brand new map of the Pump Station area of Eno River State Park, and most people had a great time. A year ago, this sort of small informal meet with no beginner courses…
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Results for Sprints at Dorothea Dix park on Aug 11, 2019
It was a pleasant, even though somewhat hot day. We had 2 fast courses: 2.4km and 4.2km, and many runners did both. Thank you all for coming! Special thank you to Gheorghe Fala for helping with controls pickup and several other orienteers who also offered to help. It’s much appreciated! Vladimir and Tatyana Dorothea Dix…
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Results Sunday – ARDF 80m (adults) and 2m (youth) championship
Sunday was the last day of competitions. The adults had a remote start while the kids stayed near the shelter the whole time. Unfortunately, two participants got lost and had to ask for help to find their way back to the finish. Results are below. This concludes our week of events. Thank you all for…
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Results Saturday – ARDF 2m (adult) and 80m (youth) championship
On Saturday we had two events: 80m for the youth and 2m for the adults. The adult 2m course turned out to be quite challenging, a lot of competitors came back with fewer controls than they had been assigned, a few even went overtime. The 80m course was easier. Results are below. Tonight we’ll have…
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Results Friday – ARDF Sprint Championship
After some scary thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening we had a lovely Friday morning at Bond park for our sprint championship. This is a fast paced event, where quick thinking generally beats fast running. Results are below. A few competitors ran overtime. Some of my photos from today are here. Charles’s photos (including the group…