The Backwoods Orienteering Klub is pleased to invite all ARDF competitors to the 2022 US Championships

• Dates: April 7 – 10, 2022 with a potential practice day on April 6
  • Registration will open in February
• Location: Prince William Forest Park, a USA National Park
  • The entire park is embargoed until April 7, 2022. Embargoed areas will be more specific once the event begins.
    • Participants entering the park prior to the event will be able to participate in the event but will not be eligible for placement or awards.
  • 18170 Park Entrance Rd, Triangle, VA 22172
  • The Park will be open from sunrise to sunset, and the visitor center 9 to 5
• Organized by the Backwoods Orienteering Klub
  • Event director: Joseph Huberman
  • Registrar: Ruth Bromer
  • Course design & setting: Charles Scharlau
• Event types:
  • Sprint
  • Foxoring
  • 2m Classic
  • 80m Classic
• Competition Categories

Women (W)	Men (M)	Age
W19	M19	19 and younger
W21	M21	regardless of age
W35	M40	35/40 and older
W45	M50	45/50 and older
W55	M60	55/60 and older
W65	M70	65/70 and older

• Public event maps of the venues from the Quantico Orienteering Club:
  • Oak Ridge (NRE for Foot O in December 2020)
  • Pine Grove
  • Turkey Run
  • Happyland

2m ARDF Practice at Eno River State Park

Everyone is welcome at the ARDF event.

• When: Saturday 13 November 2021
• Registration required
• Starts: 9 AM to Noon
• Course Close: 1 PM
• Format: 2m Classic
• Start: Over the footbridge just northwest of O’Briant Cabin.
• Registration: One of the picnic tables near the parking lot.
• Exclusion zones: Start (750m) Finish (400m).
• Course effective lengths: 5 foxes = 8km, 3 foxes = 5.2km
• Fox frequency: 144.50 MHz
• Beacon frequency: 145.55 MHz
• Transmit power: 0.5W 
• Antennas: Eggbeater

The last day brought cooler temperatures and fierce competition on 80m and 2m. This time we were at the Robbins Branch Trailhead, which is the other end of the forest where we had competed for the previous three days. Everything went great. Here are some pictures of the last day: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LkXyVGzqZFfyniEw6 Thanks again to Charles […]

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On Saturday we shifted gears to do fox-orienteering. Dave Waller designed some challenging courses for us. Several competitors complained that the frequency on some transmitters was slightly off, enough that the transmitters couldn’t be heard on the nominal frequency. We are investigating that issue. Results: ARDF 2021 US & Region 2 Championship – Fox-o, Results […]

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On Friday we started the classic events. Half of the field competed on 80m while the others did 2m. Results: ARDF 2021 US & Region 2 Championship – Classic, Results 2021-10-15 2m M-21 180 min (6 Controls) 1 Eduard Nasybulin   6 p (92:46) 7207970 2 Norbert Linke   6 p (109:06) 830320 3 William […]

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