Special yellow-to-orange class Note: This class will be before the October 20 open event. An earlier version of this notice inadvertently had a different date. Correct date is October 20. My apologies for any confusion. If you are ready to move up from yellow, we are offering a limited space yellow to orange class for […]

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No message on paqrk phone line at 7:42 so I assume all is well (and wet). We will have an open event at Umstead North on October 20 starting at noon. All are welcome. You will need to register at the BOK store by 5pm Friday October 18 as I am also working the JROTC […]

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We had good weather for orienteering on Sunday, despite the possible threat of showers. We had several large JROTC groups and I thank their instructors for being willing to start earlier than noon and for their help in making things run smoothly for the cadets. As usual, I designed yellow courses to follow trails, and […]

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There was not much of a turnout for the Saturday events.  We had a lot of fun nonetheless.  The Night event was especially challenging because of the new sort of Goat-like score format not-to-mention the darkness.  You had to take the controls in order but you could skip as many as you wanted while making […]

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We had lovely cool weather for orienteering on Sunday, although turnout was fairly low. Raven Rock is a challenging environment with lots of mountain laurel, particularly along streams, so a lot of tough going. Nevertheless, most folks finished their courses and seemed to enjoy them.   Mihai helped at the NJROTC event on Saturday and […]

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We will have an OPEN event at Raven Rock State Park on Sunday October 21, 2018. Everyone is welcome. The event starts at noon. We will have a beginners class at 12:30. Last starts at 2 PM. Everybody must finish by 3 PM. We will have all regular courses from beginner to expert, White through […]

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We had good weather for orienteering on Sunday. With all the recent rain, the mosquitoes were almost like helicopters which meant that runners were encouraged to keep moving! There was one problem for runners on blue, I had renumbered control 75 so that the actual control was 50, but I had failed to update the […]

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We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park North on Sunday September 30, 2018. Everyone is welcome. The event starts at noon. We will have a beginners class at 12:30. Last starts at 2 PM. Everybody must finish by 3 PM. We will have all regular courses from beginner to expert, White through Blue. […]

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On Sunday, July 8 we will hold an open sprint event at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, starting near the intersection of Hunt Drive and Umstead Drive. This event is now approved. The available courses will be: Beginner (white): 2.0km 12 controls Sprint A: 2.5km Sprint B: 2.3km 11 controls/li> You may do one or […]

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Update (June 16, 2018) We are canceling this event because of low enrollment and the bike race also taking place. Update (June 15, 2018) I was informed this week that Triangle Off-Road Cyclists (TORC) will also have a 6 hour mountain bike race on Sunday. Parking may be difficult and you will need to take […]

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