Youth Radio Orienteering. This is a Town of Cary class at Bond Park, and is not hosted by BOK. Registration is available online at myCary.org, by mail, and in person at staffed Town of Cary facilities.July 6-8, or 11-13, both 3-day classes meet 9 AM to Noon Do you know of a young man or woman age 11-16 […]
Read MoreResults ALL 5 Foxes 5.0 km 235 m 180 min (5 Controls) 1 Matt Craig 5 p (136:32) 7000530 4 Foxes (not #4)3.9 km 204 m 180 min (4 Controls) 1 Joseph Huberman 4 p (96:56) 2005005 2 Adalia Schafrath-Craig 4 p (103:22) 2049374 3 Ruth Bromer 4 p (125:59) 2005002 […]
Read MoreSaturday started out with some steady rain, and a few hardy souls started out, but by 11am the rain stopped and the sun even began to peak out. Sunday was a beautiful day. After the events on both days we enjoyed pizza together sitting out on the deck. For the 2m Radio Orienteering, Joseph built […]
Read MoreThis event will be held at Prince William Forest Park,a National Park in Quantico Virginia, USAApril 6-10, 2022 Organized by the Backwoods Orienteering Klub Event director: Joseph Huberman Registrar: Ruth Bromer Course design & setting: Charles Scharlau Many thanks to the Quantico Orienteering Club (QOC) for their advice and assistance and particularly for providing the Prince William map […]
Read MoreThe sprint practice has been canceled because of time constraints getting ready for the Champs.
Read MoreWe will have a 2m ARDF practice at Umstead West starting promptly at 10am. After a quick lesson on how to set up a transmitter, five people will each get a region on the map in which to set a 2m transmitter. The plan is to set the controls on hillsides and near creeks so […]
Read MoreEverything went smoothly. We had the full 750m exclusion zone around the start. Not usual for a local event, but good practice for the Champs. (Coming up April 5-10 in Quantico VA.) We used our new rental 2m Receivers again. The transmitter closest to the finish was tantalizingly close to the route to what should […]
Read MoreLearn Radio Orienteering (ARDF) like the pros learned it. Nadia Scharlau got her start in ARDF at age 13 and went on to become a world champion, and taught classes to beginners who went on to become world champions themselves. She still uses the same no-frustration step-by-step approach by which she learned the sport 40+ […]
Read MoreFriday night brought at least 5″ of snow to Gray Owl, but only rain and cold to the Triangle. We ended up canceling Saturday but not everyone got the message, so 4 hearty people showed up around 11am. Not only was the ground white, but many controls were buried under the snow, especially in the […]
Read MoreCharles set some challenging 2m courses. The weather was perfect, and Eno was super crowded. A couple of people went out just to see what ARDF is all about or to take bearings and study reflections. Eno River ARDF 2m, Results 2021-11-13 ARDF Short 300 min 3 Controls + Beacon 1 2005018 Nadia Scharlau […]
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