Contact

ARDF@BackwoodsOK.org

Phone: (919) 828-6068

Mail: 904 Dorothea Dr., Raleigh, NC 27603

Robbins Branch Trail 5533 Lassiter Mill Road

• Directions from US-64
• On the west side of Asheboro take the connector road following signs to NC-49
• Right turn (south) on NC-49 continue for 5.6 miles
• Right turn onto Science Hill Road continue for .3 miles
• Left turn onto Lassiter Mill Road continue for 5.3 miles
• Left turn onto Forest Service Road for .6 mile

Tot Hill Farm Trailhead, 3091 Tot Hill Farm Road

• Directions from US-64
• On the west side of Asheboro take the connector road following signs to NC-49
• Right turn (south) on NC-49 continue for 3.1 miles
• The Trail Head Parking will be on your left in 2.1 miles

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Description of Terrain

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Typical forest in Birkhead Wilderness

Representative section of Birkhead Wilderness Map

Practice and Model Events

Practice with the transmitters will be available around the host hotel Tuesday evening.  Training events will be held Wednesday morning and afternoon, and model events will be held on Thursday morning and Friday afternoon.  Details are in the schedule.

Cell Phones and GPS may be carried on the course for safety, however you will be disqualified if you use a cell phone or GPS with a map image during competition.  Looking at your device will be considered use.  This does not apply if used to summon help for an injured competitor.

Frequency: 3579 kHz nominal

Function: Fast beeps (no identification)

Frequency 

Function

Code

Speed

Transmitter

We plan to use American Apparel shirts.  Women’s shirts run small, so be sure to look at the size chart to check your size.  The Short sleeve shirts will be orange and the Long Sleeve shirts will be Light Blue.  (There is no orange for the Long Sleeve shirts.)  We can get additional colors, so if you follow the links you can see the other colors.   Please email Ruth at ARDF@BackwoodsOK.org if you want a different color or to change your size or quantity. Final details won’t be available until Oct 1, so we will contact you if your color choice isn’t available.

Chest measurements are circumference of the shirt, and Length is front length.

 Women’s Short Sleeve Shirts

Women’s Medium is actually 33″ or 84cm.

Women’s Long Sleeve Shirts

 

Men’s Shirt Sizes Long & Short Sleeve

  

Food

Banquet features down home southern cooking.   The dinner will be held at 6:00 pm at one of Asheboro’s best restaurants, “Something Different”  1512 F-H Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC.  We will have a buffet …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Safety

• This is bow hunting season, so you must wear a bright orange vest and/or cap.
  • We will be supplying bright orange “scarf caps” and the race numbers will also be bright orange.  The T-shirts are orange so anything else you bring will be that much extra visibility.
• All competitors are required to carry a whistle.  Whistles will be on sale at Registration for $1.
• There is cell phone coverage over most of the map area, and Randolph County has 911 emergency medical response. (Cell Phones and non-mapping GPS may be carried on the course for safety, however you will be disqualified if you use a cell phone or mapping GPS during competition.  Looking at your device will be considered use.)
• We will have a minimal first aid kit on site and the ability to transport people to the hospital or an urgent care center.
  • Hospital: Randolph Hospital, (336) 625-5151, at 364 White Oak St., Asheboro, NC 27203, is a 25 minutes drive from furthest venue.
  • Urgent Care: White Oak Urgent Care, (336) 625-2560 at 197 North Carolina 42 Asheboro, NC 27203
• Safety in the Woods: Birkhead Wilderness has all the beauty and the hazards associated with Southeastern woodlands. Fortunately, the hazards can be managed with a little preparation.
  • Poison Ivy:  There is very little in the Birkhead Wilderness.  It will mostly be in low lying areas.  It is unlikely to pose a problem if you are wearing pants, and most likely to affect you if you are bare legged and have scratches on your skin after exposure.
  • Ticks: The event organizers recommend applying Permethrin-based products to clothing the day before the event. We use Sawyer Insect Repellent for Clothing.
  • Venomous Snakes: Yes, snakes exist in the park, but they are rarely seen, and even less often do they bite. The species of snake you are most likely to encounter are not venomous, and pose no threat to you. The meet director has only seen one poisonous snake in 35 years of orienteering and hiking in North Carolina, although the coursetters have seen a couple.

 ARDF Rules of Competition

• Part A – Organisation, version 2.8 (valid from 2009, changed by the GC 2008)
• Part B – Competition, version 2.11 (valid from January 1st, 2013)

Variations from the Rules

• Region II acceptable rules modifications include:
  • simplified starting sequence
  • reducing the minimum course length
  • using FM transmitters on two meter courses
  • reducing the number of age/gender entry categories
  • reducing the number of Jurors, and the qualifications for being a Juror
• Specific variations from Region I rules for Region II and US Championship 2013 event.
• Part A
  • 5.4  There will be no team competition.
  • 6.7  Jury will not receive financial compensation.
  • 7.2-7.7  Bulletins will not be created.  Official information will only be posted to BackwoodsOK.org/ardf2013
  • 8  Competitors will enter individually following instructions on BackwoodsOK.org/ardf2013
  • 9.1-9.4  The Jury will be appointed by the event director from those in attendance.
• Part B
  • 14.7  All competitors are welcome, and there are no limits to the number of competitors from any society.
  • 16.1 & 16.4 The Registrar will create the Start List
  • 16.5 & 16.6  Omitted
  • 16.8 Not Applicable
  • 17  Omitted
  • 18.3  All information will be disseminated from our website http://ARDF.us
  • 19  Courses:  Variations from the rules will be posted after the courses are designed.
  • 22.2  Bibs will be worn only on the front of the competitor.
  • 22.3  Orange cap and/or vest must be worn so it can be seen – It is hunting season.
  • 23.2  Punch cards for backup will be supplied prior to 10 minutes before the start
  • 24.2  Omitted
  • 24.10  When possible late starters will be timed from their new start time.
  • 25.13  Omitted
  • 26.1  2m and 80m events will be on different days.
  • 28.4 & 28.6  Official results will be published on the event website  BackwoodsOK.org
  • 29.2  Organizers will determine appropriate awards for the top three places for each event and category.
  • 29.6  add “or members of the host club”
  • 30.4  Maps used in previous events will be sent to each competitor in .PDF format.
  • S1.2 & 2.1 Omitted

Visiting Asheboro, The Heart of North Carolina

• North Carolina Zoo, a dazzling natural habitat park with 1,100 North American and African animals
• Richard Petty Museum — showcasing the career of the King of NASCAR from the early “dirt” days to the present.
• Caraway Speedway is a .455 mile paved oval NASCAR-sanctioned track that features weekly racing events. Regarded as one of the most competitive and best-maintained short tracks in NASCAR’s Atlantic Region
• Seagrove, the handmade pottery capital of the United States
• American Classic Motorcycle Museum, one of the largest private collections of Harley-Davidson® motorcycles in the country
• North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame where you will see stunning military and civilian memorabilia and an impressive collection of airworthy, vintage military aircraft
• Tot Hill Farm Golf Club, just off Hwy 49 southwest of Asheboro, is the only 4.5 star rated course in the Piedmont Triad and was recently ranked the 7th Hardest Course in America by Golf Digest.
• Asheboro Country Club is located in the Caraway Mountains area west of Asheboro is an 18-hole championship course that cuts through tall oaks and towering pines
• Pisgah Covered Bridge, one of two remaining covered bridges in North Carolina
• Richland Creek ZipLine Canopy Tour,  Zip through the forest along Richland Creek on more than one mile of cable – voted a Top 100 Expo Adventure in 2010.
• Birkhead Mountain Wilderness Area.  21 sq.km. Consisting of the oldest mountains on the North American Continent.

Notes Posted Each Day:

Sunday, October 13, 2013 80 meter competition

Schedule Change:

• We will be impounding receivers at 9am
• We expect the first start at 10am
• 2:00pm: Awards (or as soon as possible)

Location:  Robbins Branch Trail 5533 Lassiter Mill Road

Transmitter Assignments:

ARDF-80M
Categories	Transmitter Numbers
	1-MOE	2-MOI	3-MOS	4-MOH	5-MO5	F
M-21	X	X	X	X	X	X
M-19 & M-40	X		X	X	X	X
W-19, W-35 & M-50	X	X	X	X		X
M-60 & W-50	X			X	X	X
W-60 & M-70	X	X		X		X
W-21		X	X	X	X	X

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Optimum Course Lengths for FoxOring

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Saturday October 12, 2013
2 meter competition

Location: Gray Owl Road, 1725 Gray Owl Road

6:00 pm: Dinner & Awards
Something Different Restaurant, 1512 F-H Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC

• Directions:
  • From the Hotel head East on US64
  • In less than a mile turn right on Zoo Parkway.  There will be signs to the Zoo
  • “Something Different” restaurant is in the shopping center on your right in 100m

Friday 10/10/13 Sprint

Location: Gray Owl Road, 1725 Gray Owl Road

Impounding from 9am – 9:30am

First Start 10:00am

Control Assignments:

• M21: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, B, 1F, 2F, 3F, 4F, 5F, B
• M19 & M40 & W21: 1, 2, 3,  5, B, 1F, 2F, 3F, 5F, B
• M50 & W19 & W35: 1, 3, 4,  5, B, 1F, 3F, 4F, 5F, B
• M60 & W50: 1, 4, 5, 2F, 3F, 4F, B
• M70 & W60: 1, 4, 5, 2F, 3F, 5F, B

Important Fence Notice:

There are 3 types of mapped fences

• Regular fences mapped with a single line with single diagonal tags and openings marked as breaks in the fence.
  • The wire in regular fences is loose and frequently the middle wire is missing so you can easily step over or duck through the fence.
• “Fences in ruins” are marked by a single dashed line with single diagonal tags
  • You can cross them anywhere the wire may be on the ground or missing altogether and you only see the fence posts.
• “Uncrossable Fences” are marked by a solid line with double diagonal tags
  IF YOU CROSS AN UNCROSSABLE FENCE YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED!
  • Uncrossable fences are welded wire with square holes.  They are old and rusty and will likely break if you try to cross them.  This is private land and we must not break the owner’s fences if we will ever be able to use this land again.
  • Be sure to read your map and find the uncrossable fences because you might have to take a long detour to get around it if you don’t plan properly.

Sprint Procedure:

• You must first get all the slow transmitters marked 1-5.  There will be no flags, only striped controls.
• Then you must get the Beacon.  The beacon will have a flag.
• Then you get the fast transmitters marked 1F through 5F.  There will be no flags, only striped controls.
• Then you get the Beacon again and run in to the finish.
• The finish corridor is marked on your map and on the ground with tape, and it is uncrossable
• If you cross the finish corridor, you will be disqualified.
• Private land that we must stay out of is marked with purple vertical lines and you will be disqualified if you enter this land.  It is marked on the ground with either pink ribbons on trees or continuous tape.
• Once you finish you may not return to the start until everyone has started.
• The sprint course closes at noon.

Awards for the Sprint and FoxOring will be at 2pm

The demonstration will be from 12:30pm – 3pm

 

Thursday, October 10, 2013 Fox-Oring

Location: Thornburg Farm Historic Homestead
3985 Lassiter Mill Rd, Asheboro NC.

Limited parking  because of Govt. Shut down.  Please Carpool.

• Directions from US-64
• On the west side of Asheboro take the connector road following signs to NC-49
• Right turn (south) on NC-49 continue for 5.6 miles
• Right turn onto Science Hill Road continue for .3 miles
• Left turn onto Lassiter Mill Road continue for 2.7 miles
• Thornburg Farm, the event site will be on your left.
• You may park in the parking lot, or along the roadway.  (Because of the government shut down the parking we had planned on is not available.)
• If you park on the roadway, be sure you are completely off the pavement.

• 9:00 am – 11 am: Registration, Model Sprint & Model FoxOring
• 12:30 –  4pm: FoxOring Champs
• 5:00 pm: Awards

Model Event:

Sample controls for the Fox-O and Sprint will be out in the morning at about 9am.  They will be pulled so they can be set at about 10am

FoxOring:

Start Procedure:

• There is no receiver quarantine.
• Move to the Pre-Start area 4 minutes before your start.
• In the Pre-Start area you will have 2 minutes to prepare your map
• At the signal you move to the Start line. (If you aren’t quite done preparing your map, no problem you really have another minute before you must to move to the start line.)
• There is a 3 hour time limit on the Fox-O.  All competitors must be off the course by 4pm.

Course procedure:

The controls don’t send any code they just go beep beep beep…

There are 10 controls 1-5 and 1F-5F.  You will take all or some depending on your class:

 

 

Wednesday’s Practice event starts at 9am at 1725 Gray Owl Road.