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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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May 17th, 2013

Results at Umstead South, Sunday, May 19, 2013

Thank you all for coming to our ‘rain and shine’ meet.  The rain definitely keep our numbers low.  We had a great showing from cub scouts and boy scouts.  One boy said it was more fun because of the rain.  Unfortunately, a few people stopped before finishing because they just couldn’t see their maps or [...]

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May 14th, 2013

Results for May 12, 2103 event in Birkhead Wilderness

The weather was great and the courses very difficult. Kudos to all who came and competed! It’s hard to pinpoint the hardest control. Based on the responses we got, there were many. Which is a good thing for an advanced event The general idea for the course was: start with a few tough controls in [...]

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April 21st, 2013

Lake Johnson Sprint – 4/21/13 Results

It was a beautiful day, cool and sunny.  We had three courses.  One and Two were on the orange level and Course Three was at the yellow level.  One entry got you into all three courses if you were up to it. Ruth designed courses Two and Three, Joseph designed course One, and Bill, Phil, [...]

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April 15th, 2013

Results for April 14, 2013 Umstead South

Results for Regular event at Umstead South, April 14, 2013

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March 24th, 2013

Results for March 24, 2013 in West Umstead

What a weather we had today! Roman’s prediction “Chilly, overcast and raining… Great day for some orienteering!” came true. Kudos to everyone who came and ran in the rain! The courses were quite challenging, too. Control #4 on Green and Red proved to be the most tricky and lured several runners off the map. Also, [...]

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