Sunday was a fantastic day for orienteering in the Triangle, and BOK’s annual December Score-O was a great way to enjoy the outdoors along the beautiful Eno River. With the initiative and help of Matt Kirk, we finally connected our “Bobbitt” Hole map to our “Fews Ford” map, producing one map that covers over 12 […]
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The day of the event proved to be a glorious sunny day with ideal weather for orienteering. Whilst the fall of leaves left some paths less visible, and wiped out one area of ground vegetation that was going to be used for a control, the forest gave some great orienteering experiences with a mixture of […]
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Comments Off on Results 2023-11-19 Horton Grove Nature Preserve Advanced Event
Contact Attorney General Josh Stein and Governor Cooper TODAY!Tell then NOT to agree to the settlement with Wake Stone. We’ve been blindsided! The Interim Director for DEQ-Mining, Toby Vincent, and Wake Stone reached a closed-door Settlement agreement that reverses the previous Director’s Mining Permit Denial. HOWEVER, Attorney General Josh Stein must approve the Settlement to […]
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Radio Orienteering (ARDF) 80m classic course starting from Umstead West. Two course options.
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We will have an advanced event at Horton Grove Nature Preserve on Sunday November 19. This event is open to all who have completed at least an orange course. Register for this event before Friday November 17 at 5pm. We will have advanced and expert courses. Preliminary course lengths and details are: Note that at […]
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We had a great time on a new map of the town of Hillsborough. Eno River Brewing was a perfect location for our event headquarters. In addition to be very friendly and accommodating to us, their location was near Occeneechee state park, near downtown Hillsborough, and on the riverwalk. Thanks to Imre Polik, who pre-ran […]
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It was a great day for orienteering. Couldn’t ask for a better weather. And the autumn forest was simply breathtakingly beautiful. The courses were relatively fast, but with lots of pits and depressions, which added an extra challenge – especially on Brown, where control #7 was indeed very tricky to find. Special thank you to […]
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Comments Off on Results – Umstead North, Nov 5 2023
Everyone is welcome to attend our quasi-annual street-O on Saturday, November 11. This year, for the first time, we will be in Hillsborough; and taking a page from our friends at WNCOC we’ll be headquartered at a local brewpub, Eno River Brewing. Everyone will start from the brewery together at noon, with map handout starting […]
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“Livelox is a web-based analysis software for orienteering. … Our mission is to provide visualization of GPS tracks and route choices from orienteering races in an easy-to use and engaging way, both during races and afterwards. With Livelox, the administrative part is automated so you can focus on analyzing the routes, both for training and […]
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We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday, November 5, 2023. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at noon. Sign up for this event before the deadline at 5:00pm on Friday, November 3rd. Registration is closed Take Glenwood Ave to the park entrance. Go south past the […]
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