November 9, 2023 Attendance: In-person: Joseph H., Ruth B., Matt C., Adalia C., Vladimir S., Ian S., Charles S., Nadia S., David W, Will, Mihai I., Paul E. Virtual: Lina L, Jonathan  Financial report About $5900 profit. Pass holder count is about 55 (more being added over the years). Rest of the items in the […]

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As you all know by now OUSA is providing the advanced features of Livelox for all the clubs in the United States. What you may not know, is that BOK is one of the top clubs using Livelox this year through September: Club Events OCIN 35 BOK 30 GAOC 25 NEOC 21 DVOA 20 GRIZ […]

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Here are the final details: I will set up SI-Timing for Start, Spectator, & Finish if you want to time your sprints. Results won’t be published, but you can see your result on the Tablet. Everyone experianced in Radio-O is welcome. We won’t have beginner instruction. Sprints require fast locating and good memory. Practice, practice […]

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What a pleasure to have cool weather for the weekend. Thanks to Matt and Will for picking up the controls. Schenck Sept 7 – 8, 2024 Radio-O Classic, Results Schenck Sept 7 – 8, 2024 Radio-O Classic, Results 2024-09-01 80m Long 180 min (6 Controls) 1 Imre Polik #2 Backwoods Orienteering Klub 5 p (29:18) […]

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The forecast rain didn’t materialize at all, so we had beautiful cool windy cloudy conditions. Control 68 didn’t beep for anyone or show up when they downloaded, so we removed it from the results so that no one had a mispunch for “missing” 68. I guess the control felt guilty for not beeping, because when […]

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We will have an Open Reveal-O event at Carolina North on Sunday, Apr 14. You don’t need to be an expert to participate in this event – there will be plenty of controls to find for all levels. Park at the parking lot of Orange County Health Department (2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516) […]

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Scent Trail Orienteering There are various Scent Work trials for your dog to attend. They compete by finding scents in defined spaces, or rats hidden in various places. Ruth and I are proposing to start a new game where dogs find scents as they walk along a trail. It does take some training, however, to […]

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The shelters were taken for the original Saturday 3/23 date, so we changed the date to Sunday March 24th. This will be both an Open Orienteering Event as well as a Radio Event. More information will be posted and registration opened the week before the event.

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Gray Owl 2/17-18/2024, Results Gray Owl 2/17-18/2024, Results 2024-02-17 2m 3.9 km 400 min (5 Controls) 1 Nadia Scharlau   5 p (75:03) 2005018 2 Norbert Linke   5 p (75:22) 830320 3 William Allen   5 p (83:52) 7019429 4 Charles Scharlau #2   5 p (114:37) 2005010 5 Joseph Huberman   5 p […]

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The traditional Backwoods Orienteering Klub New Year’s Day event is coming up. This team relay will be in a rarely used location (see below for location information). Courses are expert level, but confident orange-level orienteers may also participate. The race starts at 11am and everyone starts at the same time. Relay teams consist of two […]

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