I finally got back to the New Year’s relay results. The problem seems to be that the battery in control #60 was dying and the clock kept running slower and slower. Unfortunately this meant that clock discrepancies appeared to be somewhere between about 5 min at best and 30 min at worst, with no single […]

Comments Off on Results for New Years Day Relay 2018 (Revised)

Sunday was a beautiful day at Umstead Park – clear and sunny. I wasn’t quite sure how it would turn out when Ken Walsh and I set out a couple of dozen advanced controls on Friday afternoon such as this one. Nevertheless, we had just over 100 people show up to enjoy the event. We […]

Comments Off on Results for open event – Umstead North – January 21, 2018

We had a sunny, but very very cold day for our New Year’s Day relay. Josef designed his usual challenging courses. Several people had to leave early. It was nice to see former BOK members Lori Huberman and Brendan Shields back for this event as well as Nadine Leisgang visiting from Basel. Control #60 seems […]

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We had a great fall day for orienteering with a large turnout that included 40 JROTC cadets. Some of the cadets were back for more after participating in a JROTC championship on Saturday. We also had three scouts from Troop 346 in Raleigh who are working on their orienteering merit badge who did a great […]

Comments Off on Results for open event – Umstead North – October 15, 2017

We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park North on Sunday October 15, 2017. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. The event starts at noon and everybody must finish by 3 PM. Last starts at 2 PM. We will have all regular courses from beginner to expert, White […]

Comments Off on Open event – Umstead North – October 15, 2017

Given our typical summer heat here, this was a relatively nice day for orienteering in a park with a lot of shade. We had one yellow and two orange courses. Several folks tried both orange courses while some opted for only one. Many thanks to Pat McQuaid who helped me with course validation and setup […]

Comments Off on Results for Members event – Lake Johnson – July 9, 2017

We will have a members event at Lake Johnson on Sunday July 9 from 11am to 2pm. There will be two orange level courses of 2.8km and 3.2km plus a yellow course of 2.6km. Rather than our more usual summer sprint events, these courses will have fewer controls (8 or 9). If you are already […]

Comments Off on Members event – Lake Johnson – July 9, 2017

BOK members Ian Shields and David Waller taught a class for NCSU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) on May 3. We started with an hour in the classroom at NCSU and then moved over to Schenck Forest to put the theory into practice with an introductory white course followed by an optional more challenging yellow […]

Comments Off on Results for OLLI Class – May 3, 2017

We had a somewhat cold and windy day for Sunday but a good turnout nevertheless. Despite my best efforts to estimate map quantities, we ran out of orange and green maps and nearly ran out of red. My thanks to those who turned in their maps for others to use. Unfortunately three runners downloaded without […]

Comments Off on Results for for Umstead South March 19 open event

Update Mar 9, 2017 This event will now be held on March 19, 2017 With possible snow in Raleigh on Sunday March 12, and uncertainty about whether the park might close, I got approval to move the open event originally scheduled for March 12 out a week to March 19. Sorry for any inconvenience. We hope […]

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