Open Orienteering and Radio-O Sprint at Umstead South, March 24, 2024

On Sunday, March 24th, 2024, BOK is hosting an Open orienteering event at UmsteadPark at the Reedy Creek Entrance on Harrison Avenue. Follow the trail from theparking lot down the hill northwest of the parking lot to the big shelter,(35.838111, -78.760729). This event is open to all skill levels. Beginners may prepare themselves by watching […]

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Lake Crabtree Results – May 7, 2023

What a fantastic day for orienteering! We don’t get a lot of days in May with low humidity and mild temperature. We had a decent number of people run both sprints, which were of comparable length and relatively short. General comments: Many thanks to Imre for vetting and adding streamers to the courses, and to […]

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Results – Umstead North, April 9, 2023

This event has been a true team effort. History: this event had been planned for April 2nd. However, the Park management noticed a conflict with the big Umstead 100 race, so we were forced to change to a different date. Easter Sunday was not ideal, but since we didn’t have an alternate location ready for […]

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Open Orienteering at Umstead North, April 9th, 2023

On Sunday, April 9th, BOK is hosting an Open orienteering event at UmsteadPark. Enter the park from Glenwood Avenue and follow the road past the Visitor Center, and the directions to parking for Potts Branch and Sycamore Trail. We will start from the Crabtree Shelter (35.8717237,-78.7591062). This event is open to all skill levels. There […]

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Results for Umstead North event on November 8

I (Mihai) apologize for posting the results so late. The event was run in parallel with a NJROTC event in the same area of the park. The advanced courses reused some of the controls set by Dave for the other event, which made the organization much easier (thanks Dave!). Also, not having seen the controls […]

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Umstead North Open Event, Saturday, October 8th

Everyone is welcome to the North side of Umstead State Park on Saturday, October 8th.Enter the park from Glenwood Ave./US 70; park here; and check-in at the large shelter, here  (GPS = 35.871668, -78.759166).  Registration is now closed. As a reminder, our annual passes expire at the end of August. It is a good idea […]

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Schenck Forest Results, August 14, 2022

We had a very mild summer day for our event at Schenck Forest – the cooler temperatures and the lower humidity were much appreciated! A few participants had so much fun, they decided to go for seconds (running a second course). Some observations: Courses White and Yellow: the control descriptions were not printed textual. Courses […]

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Open Event, Schenck Forest, Sunday 14 August

We will have an Open event at Schenck Forest. Please register before midnight Friday, August 12 so we can print the proper number of maps. We will have the usual assortment of courses: White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red. You can start any time after 10AM – this is our typical summer schedule as an […]

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Results for Schenck Forest, Mar 20

A nice cool day for orienteering. The vegetation at Schenck is ever-changing. A large section that was cleared within the last two years turned out to be fairly confusing for runners not expecting it. Many thanks to Will and Dave for the control pickup. Schenck 2022-03-20 Brown 3.7 km (13 Controls) 1 Jonathan Kross   […]

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Expert Event, Schenck Forest, Sunday 20 March

After a fairly long hiatus, we will be back at Schenck Forest for an Expert event. Please register before midnight on Friday so we can print the proper number of maps. We will have Brown, Green and Red courses. You can start any time between noon and 2PM. Courses close at 3PM, so please plan […]

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