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Annual Meeting – 2016-11-09
Attendance Joseph H. Ruth B. Lina L. David W. Ian S. Imre P. Ken. H. Vladimir S. Tatyana S. Joseph M. Debra R. Jeff R. Patrick S. Kelly S. Mihai I. Harold M. Calendar A full slate of 27 events were added to the BOK Google calendar. (If you use Google Calendar you can search…
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Open event in North Umstead on Nov 6, 2016
We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday November 6, 2016. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the Glenwood Avenue entrance, follow the signs to the furthest parking lot and from there to the big shelter. The event starts at noon…
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Results from Eno River
It was a perfect autumn weekend for orienteers from Charlotte, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana to join local BOK members for three events, all run within 24 hours at Eno River state park. The fun started on Saturday afternoon, with a fast forest sprint through perfectly open woods, among the cairns and rootstocks of Cox Mountain.…
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Results — Carolina Friends School
22 Oct, Carolina Friends School Saturday was a picture-perfect day for orienteering in a beautiful new venue for BOK – Carolina Friends School campus in Chapel Hill. The event brought out many of the regular local orienteers, as well as several families from the school community. There were two relatively short “sprint” courses offered –…
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Members event: Eno River State Park, 29&30 Oct
Update (Wed, Oct 26): We are currently very close to the park’s limit on the number of people allowed to camp at the group campsite. If you are registering later than Wednesday at noon, please plan on driving home after the night-O. If you need to camp, please contact the event director at dw.orienteer@gmail.com. Update…
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Members event at Carolina Friends School, 22 October
On Saturday October 22, BOK will hold a Member event on a brand new sprint map of Carolina Friends School in Chapel Hill. This is event is open only to: (a) BOK members or (b) students, family, faculty, or staff of Carolina Friends School. Members of the school community will be charged $2 per person,…
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Results for Open event at Raven Rock State Park – Oct 16
After Hurrican Matthew threatened to shut down this event, we were able to hold it. We had lovely sunny fall weather. The rhododendron/laurel undergrowth makes this a challenging location and a few extra thorns don’t help. Most competitors enjoyed themselves and found the courses challenging, particularly the orange and up, although even yellow had some…
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Club Shirts for BOK
We have been considering BOK club shirts for a few years, but have been put off by the high cost of the shirts. While we were competing in the ARDF (Radio-O) World Championships held in Bulgaria last month, Ruth and I met representatives of Siven, a Bulgarian company that makes high quality athletic shirts at…
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Open event at Raven Rock State Park – Oct 16
Update Oct 14, 2016 The event is ON. The park reopened at noon today and the park staff were incredibly helpful to us in reviewing our courses for possible impact and in allowing us to check out sites and set controls. See below for updated group registration information and fillable PDF entry form that you…
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Results — Carolina North Forest, 02 October
02 Oct 2016, Carolina North Forest Three advanced courses found nearly two dozen BOK orienteers on the west side of Carolina North Forest, in some of its most intricate areas. These are places with a lot of features packed into a small space, or a lot of twisty trails, trail crossings, and intersections to keep…