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Backwoods Orienteering Klub, founded November 15, 1978 sponsors events and teaches orienteering in the North Carolina piedmont, around Raleigh, NC.

We invite you to try orienteering with us. Everyone is welcome at all our events. We always offer beginning, intermediate, advanced and expert courses (routes through the woods) at every Regular event.

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January 23rd, 2012

Birkhead Wilderness US Classic Championship

BOK is hosting the US Individual Classic Championships on March 10-11, 2012. Everyone is welcome. This is an OUSA sanctioned “A” Championship Event. Click on the link above for detailed information and Registration information.

January 10th, 2012

Results for Schenck Forest Destruct-O, January 8, 2012

Results for Destruct-O at Schenck Forest.

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January 7th, 2012

Results for New Years Day Motala Relay

Excellent weather, fun combination of courses.

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December 23rd, 2011

BOK Announcements Moving to Google Groups

We are finally making the move to Google Groups.  If you want to receive the announcements from BOK then join the group.  The address of this group is http://groups.google.com/group/backwoodsok.  To join, go to our Notice signup page or simply send an email to: BackwoodsOK+subscribe@googlegroups.com

December 21st, 2011

New Years Day Motala Relay

We are having a Motala Relay on January 1, 2012 for Advanced Members with Finger Sticks who Pre-register.

There will be a Briefing at 1pm and a Mass Start at 1:30pm.

In a Motala Relay the course is made up of several loops.  Teams start on all the different loops, and when you finish one loop your team mate picks up a new map for the next loop until your team has run all the loops. You can run alone or have up to as many people on a team as there are loops. (We’ll get back to you on that after the courses are designed.)

We are going to start from the Whispering Pines Camp, but we have to park in the main parking lot at Umstead South i.e. the Crabtree Creek side of the park, and then walk to Whispering Pines – 1.300 km.  Plan your time carefully because we are going to have a briefing at 1pm and then a mass start for the first loop at 1:30.

Josef is designing the courses and setting them up.  It should be challenging and fun.  This format allows for more socializing because some of us are waiting for our team mates to finish — that is if you don’t run all the loops.