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The 2014 Bubba Goat will be held at 10:00 AM at Umstead North on 19 October. A shorter race, the Pygmy Goat, will also be offered; and we will also have white and yellow courses for beginners and advanced beginners. Please note, though, that we will not have a formal instruction session for beginners.

Line-O @ Lake Crabtree park, September 21 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…

The advanced event at Umstead West this Sunday, June 15, has been approved. Start between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM; control pickup will start at 3:00 PM. Please pre-register online by Friday at noon. Preliminary course and map notes: Three advanced courses will be offered: brown (3.7 km, 8 controls), green (5.2 km; 10 controls),…

The event will take place in South Umstead (take Harrison avenue exit from I-40 towards the park). However, the start/registration will not be in the “usual” shelter, but in a little clearance right before you reach the parking lot. Park you cars on the big parking lot as usual, then walk back toward the park…

You may have noticed that no one has stepped forward to be the Event Director for the June 1 event at Umstead South.  We are putting together a group of people to run this event.  The time and place have been approved by the park, and here is how the jobs are distributed so far.…

May the 4th Be With You.

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 Birkhead Wilderness Robbins Branch Trailhead. Directions are here. Don’t forget, you must pre-register. There will be Brown, Green and Red courses available.…

Next Advanced event is at Umstead South, Sunday March 23.

We will have a REGULAR event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday March 16, 2014. 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…