Night Orienteering at Bond Park. This is a members-only event, so registration is required.

Please park at the Bond Park Community Center, off of High House Rd. in Cary. Do not park by the lake, the park will close the main gate.

We will start at 8:00PM # (that means SHARP). We will gather in the parking lot around 7:45PM.

Please check the web site for possible time changes.

Sycamore Scramble and the USOF Intercollegiate Championship Event for 2010 included a Sprint and Middle length event on Saturday 2/20/2010 and a Classic length event on Sunday 2/21/2010.  We had three days of sunshine squeezed into weeks of rain and snow.  The forest was open and fast and some good times were turned in.
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The event information is now available.  It has the updated course information, schedule and all that stuff.  If anything is unclear, or you have questions about the information, please contact me, so I can send you an answer and update the page.

The start times for the Sycamore Scramble are now posted online.

It looks like the weather is going to cooperate.  The forest is amazingly clear, the times should be very fast, and you can probably even keep your shoes dry.

We are looking forward to a great event.

Joseph Huberman

Event director

It is specifically prohibited for you to use a GPS for any navigational assistance at all!

But the rules don’t specifically prohibit you from carrying one if you don’t use it during the event.

USOF Rules Regarding Aids to Navigation:

• 36.             Equipment and aids
• 36.3     During the competition only a compass and the map provided by the organizer may be used for navigation.
• 36.3     Personal aids not used directly for navigation are permitted. (e.g. magnifying glass, flashlight, cane, eyeglasses)
• 36.4     The use of any navigation aid other than a compass is prohibited. (e.g. transport, electronic apparatus, radio, pedometer, altimeter)

On a practical level at the Sycamore Scramble if you wish to carry a GPS unit that has a display that shows any navigational information*, and doesn’t talk, and you don’t want to take the chance of being disqualified if someone protests you (particularly if you win):

• At the Start, you should present it to the Start Official who will tape and seal your display.
• At the Finish you must present it to the Finish Official who will confirm and record that the seal is intact before you exit the finish chute .
• Then you may remove the tape.

We will use 3M blue painters tape, and you should confirm that this tape is safe for your display.  BOK will not be responsible for damage to your GPS unit from these procedures.

*Navigational information includes, but is not limited to: location, speed, distance, altitude, direction traveled, range or bearing to a point

Joseph Huberman
Sycamore Scramble Event Director

We have arranged for a model event at Umstead Park for Friday from Noon – 5pm.

The different features you will visit if you take the Model Event.

You can pick up your map at the Hampton Inn Hotel Desk (even if you are not staying at the hotel).  Maps are $5 each.  You will sign for your map at the hotel desk, and then pay the $5 at the event registration when you pick up your packet.  The model event starts between the two main picnic parking areas.  It is 1.8K in length and has 8 controls.

Shuttle trips can be arranged at the desk if you are staying at the Hampton Inn Brier Creek.

The Model event visits a collection of features that are similar to those used in the competitive events.  While you are navigating please keep in mind that some of the very large recent rootstocks are not not the map while older rootstocks that are now smaller do show on the map.