After Hurrican Matthew threatened to shut down this event, we were able to hold it. We had lovely sunny fall weather. The rhododendron/laurel undergrowth makes this a challenging location and a few extra thorns don’t help. Most competitors enjoyed themselves and found the courses challenging, particularly the orange and up, although even yellow had some […]

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Update Oct 14, 2016 The Oct 16 open event at Raven Rock is ON. See Event notice for more information.

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Update Oct 14, 2016 The event is ON. The park reopened at noon today and the park staff were incredibly helpful to us in reviewing our courses for possible impact and in allowing us to check out sites and set controls. See below for updated group registration information and fillable PDF entry form that you […]

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Remember that BOK memberships run through August. If you have not yet renewed for 2016-2017 (September through August), now is the time. Renew online at the BOK Store or at a meet. Membership is $30 for individuals and $45 for families, and this includes your entry fee to all our open and member events. The […]

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Despite a late start, we had a fun day. Courses were fast and the one slightly misplaced control didn’t seem to slow anyone down. Several results are quite close and Ed and Patrick raced in to the finish with Ed beating Patrick by a bare two seconds. Thanks to Pat for help with setup and […]

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Update 9:33 July 3, 2016: The event is ON.  Start is delayed to 11:30 We now have approval to reschedule this event to Sunday July 3, replacing the informal event that was originally on the calendar for that date. We will be starting at 11:00 rather than noon. Please register by Friday July 1, even […]

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We had a great day for orienteering, with the exception of a short but rather heavy shower around 2:30. Several families and groups came out, including some cadets who had come a good distance. We also had a visitor from Finland, Stefan Strandberg who ran the green course early and got to control #74 before […]

Comments Off on Results for Open Event in Umstead South – March 13, 2016

We had gorgeous weather and a large crowd for our first open event at Lake Crabtree County Park. Runners on the longer courses got to see a lot of the park. Vladimir and Tatyana organized the event but had to leave early, so I get to write up the results. Thanks to them both for […]

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Sorry about the long delay in getting these results out. This event event was a Farsta relay. This is a one-man relay where each participant runs two relay loops. The course is made up of intersecting loops. The number of shared controls determines the possible number of relay legs. For example, two loops with four […]

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Our next event is at Falls Lake on June 14. This is an advanced event for club members who are ready to do orange level courses or above. Update Wednesday2015-06-10 I finally have what looks like a decent course design for a Farsta relay. Total length is about 3.8km, with each relay part approximately half […]

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