Saturday, April 18 This is no longer an Open event. We will have an Advanced orienteering event at 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro. (Orange through Red courses) We have a new sprint map of the Rock Garden, a complex area with many rock and rootstock features mapped at 1:4000 by Vladimir Lyuk. The plan is to start with a ~2k sprint at the Rock Garden and when the last sprint control is punched the course will continue with an appropriate length Orange, Brown, Green, or Red course back to the finish at the house. Start window will be from 10am – 2pm to spread people out. You must register for starting during a particular hour. Choose the hour you want to arrive when selecting the product for registration. There is a limit of 6 entries per hour. Course closes at 4pm. Maps will be pre-printed or you can request a PDF when you check out if you want to print the map yourself. Each day requires separate registration. Register for the Orienteering event on April 17 by Choosing the “Product” that represents the hour you wish to arrive. Registration closes at 5pm, Friday April 17, 2020

Sunday, April 19 we will have a classic ARDF Event set by Charles. Check out the details below. Register for the ARDF event on April 19 Registration closes at 5pm, Friday April 17, 2020 (If you are coming on both days you must register for each day separately.) Start window will be from 10am – 2pm to spread people out. (Since we only expect 10 people separate arrival times are not necessary.) Maps will be pre-printed or you can request a PDF when you check out in the notes if you want to print the map yourself.

ARDF details for the event:

Transmitters will be synchronized closely with UTC. So if you want to have a genuine championship experience, then go to the Start and then turn on your receiver at a five-minute multiple from the top of the hour. You will hear transmitter 1 start at the top of the hour, five past, ten past, etc.

Start and finish corridors will be marked with tape. The finish transmitter will be at the entry of the finish corridor, and the finish SI box will be at the finish line.

Transmitter power will be 1.5 Watts. Frequencies: 3.57 MHz foxes; 3.60 MHz finish beacon. Antennas will be 20-foot long vertical dipoles with no ground radials to trip over.

Finish will be at Gray Owl (35.631319,-79.883209). Start will be within 300 meters of the trailhead off Tot Hill Farm road (35.6367311,-79.9046895) It is a little over 2km walk from the Finish to the Start, only partly along mapped trails. So competitors walking from the Finish to the Start need to able to orienteer to the Start and allow time for the trek.

Control Assignments: M70 and W55 will skip Fox #4. W65 will skip Foxes #2 and #4. M40 will skip #2. (This may change depending on registrations.)

The youth course will be near the finish area described above and will be about 3.5 km effective length. Start and Finish for the youth course will be at Gray Owl.

• Our plans for COVID safety:
  • Only 6 entries may arrive and start per hour
    • Choose the correct product for your preferred hour for Saturday.
  • We will ask people to stay outside of the house except for using the downstairs bathroom.
  • We expect everyone to maintain a minimum of 2m distance from others.
  • We will not rent finger sticks or loan compasses.
  • We will rent receivers
    • Bring your own headphones
    • Bring wipes to sanitize the receivers before and after use.

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