Memory-O was a success and proved to be a real challenge for orienteers. It turned out to be less about speed and more about strategy, confidence, and spatial memory. No one managed to clear the course, though several people came very close. Decoy controls also played their part. In the end, Brian Thompson and Matt […]
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On Saturday, June 27, we will be holding a Sprint orienteering event at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh. You can start any time between 10:00AM till 12:00 noon, and everybody must finish by 1:00PM. The start and finish will be near the gazebo on Umstead Drive (35.771244, -78.661292), 125m West of Hunt Dr. All skill levels […]
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We will have an open event at Lake Crabtree County Park on June 7, 2026, (1400 Aviation Pkwy, Morrisville, NC 27560.). Registration will be at picnic table between Beech Shelter parking lot, the boat house and volleyball court. Follow BOK signs – take a trail from the parking lot down to the lake and you […]
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We had great weather for our three-day event, featuring a full set of Radio-O and Orienteering. As usual, the expert runners said the courses were particularly challenging. Is that why it takes 3 days to set out all the courses? Of course the two Radio-O controls that had problems were the furtherst out, so many […]
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Hot and dry conditions greeted about 50 regional orienteers on Sunday to one of our historically lesser-used venues, Raven Rock State Park. The park’s distance from the Triangle and its aging map have, over time, rendered it a once-per-year orienteering venue. All that changed on Sunday, as we unveiled a brand new map of the […]
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Nice, warm day, open woods, relatively fast courses using rarely used north east side of the map. We had good turnout with several walk-in families exchanging their planned trail hike for a much more exciting orienteering course 🙂 Huge thanks to Matt Craig, Mirabel Shafrath-Craig and Alan Morris for helping with controls pickup. Tatyana and […]
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On Sunday, May 17, 2026, we will host an OPEN orienteering event at Raven Rock. We will have all regular courses from beginner to advanced, White through Red. We’re pleased to introduce a brand new professional re-mapping of this area by Will Dickinson of Wild Terrain Navigation. Upon arriving to the park, use the southern […]
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We had a beautiful morning for our May 3rd event at White Pines Nature Preserve; sunny, a little chilly, and perfect for running. Thank you to everyone who came out. We had 25 starts, and it was great to hear that several participants were visiting this preserve for the first time. This 285-acre peninsula, located […]
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We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday, May 10, 2026. Take Glenwood Ave to the park entrance. Go south past the visitor center to the parking lots at the end of the road. Registration and starts will be in the large picnic shelter to the east of the parking area. […]
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Join us for an advanced classic orienteering event on Sunday, May 3rd, 2026, at White Pines Nature Preserve, managed by the Triangle Land Conservancy. The park is located 14 minutes south of Pittsboro, NC Registration is now closed. Please register before 6:00 PM on Friday, May 1st, to ensure we have enough maps. On the day […]
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