We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park South on Sunday March 31, 2019. Everyone is welcome. This is NOT a prepay event. Payment by cash or check can be made at the event. Note that registration fees went up to $7 on January 1. We have a fillable PDF entry form which you […]

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We had a great ARDF event at Umstead Park on Sunday. We had 9 groups on the 80m classic (one group didn’t download) and 3 on the sprint. While this doesn’t sound like many, it really is a lot for a local ARDF event. We used all of our receivers, and where people went our […]

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We have a 80m ARDF event on March 17 at Umstead West. There will be a Classic 80m event and a Sprint. Everyone is welcome. We will have a beginner class at 12:30. We will rent receivers for $5 at the event. Please pre-register for this event here, and when you choose your course choose […]

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This class will cover the following strategies: Handrails, Catch Features, Collecting Features, Attack Points, Pace Counting, Map Handling, Trail running, and Quick Compass Use. Definitions Handrails Linear feature parallel to your course Stream, Ridge, Vegetation boundary, Trail Catch Features A feature that tells you that you have gone far enough A handrail sideways You need […]

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The results had some significant problems. First some of the times on the controls had drifted so there were some legs where there were negative leg times and the software throws those out. I had to use the 2nd download box, so if you didn’t download in the second box I don’t have a record […]

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The Backwoods Orienteering Klub proposes hosting the2019 US and Region II Championships. When: July 28 – August 4, 2019 Where:In and around Raleigh, North Carolina. All the venues are within a 30 minute drive from RDU airport and downtown Raleigh. There are many hotels and restaurants to choose from. All the maps are to IOF […]

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Update 1/15/19 We have rescheduled our annual relay event to Feb 10. 2019 and received approval from Umstead Park.  Please pre-register for the event before 9am on Feb 9.  (Earlier registrations for the Jan. date don’t count anymore.) There is an advanced 2 person relay at Umstead West on January 13, 2019. Please pre-register for […]

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After decades of remaining constant we are making slight increases to our event and membership fees.  These increases were approved at our Annual Meeting last year. Event fees are now $7 Individual membership fee is $35 Family membership is $50 Other fees remain the same: Extra maps $2 Whistles $1 Finger Sticks $37 Lost rental […]

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Here is your train of thought while running a course… You are called up to start and given your map. Only the start and finish are shown and you need to find the 5 foxes (radio transmitters) that are out there. You study the trail system and try to guess where the foxes could be. […]

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. We had a very productive meeting. The details are in the meeting minutes.  The following is a summary of the meeting: We raised the Event Fees by $2 and membership fees by $5 Effective January 1, 2019: (Event fees have not been raised since the founding of the club in 40 years.) Entry Fee […]

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