We had a perfect day for orienteering on Sunday. Our originally planned open event at Umstead South was not approved as so many people are parking there because other activities such as youth sports are not happening during the Covid-19 crisis. Indeed when I went to set controls on Saturday around 2pm, traffic at the […]

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BOK Annual Event Passes run from September through August of the following year. Passes purchased for the 2019-2020 year have now expired. For details on family and individual passes see Get an Annual Pass for BOK events. An Annual Pass is $45 for individuals and $65 for families. You can buy a new pass for […]

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On Sunday, July 12 we will hold an advanced sprint event at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, starting near the intersection of Hunt Drive and Umstead Drive. Registration is required and you will need to select the hour during which you wish to arrive. There will be no beginner class or equipment rental. Social distancing […]

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Special yellow-to-orange class Note: This class will be before the October 20 open event. An earlier version of this notice inadvertently had a different date. Correct date is October 20. My apologies for any confusion. If you are ready to move up from yellow, we are offering a limited space yellow to orange class for […]

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No message on paqrk phone line at 7:42 so I assume all is well (and wet). We will have an open event at Umstead North on October 20 starting at noon. All are welcome. You will need to register at the BOK store by 5pm Friday October 18 as I am also working the JROTC […]

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On Saturday April 13th, club members are welcome to a special event at Camp Durant, part of the Occoneeche Scout Reservation outside of Carthage, NC.  Our event will be part of the Order of the Arrow’s annual “Conclave” and will involve introducing boy scouts to the sport of orienteering.  Approximately 1500 scouts are expected to […]

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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 lovely cool weather for orienteering on Sunday, although turnout was fairly low. Raven Rock is a challenging environment with lots of mountain laurel, particularly along streams, so a lot of tough going. Nevertheless, most folks finished their courses and seemed to enjoy them.   Mihai helped at the NJROTC event on Saturday and […]

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We had good weather for orienteering on Sunday. With all the recent rain, the mosquitoes were almost like helicopters which meant that runners were encouraged to keep moving! There was one problem for runners on blue, I had renumbered control 75 so that the actual control was 50, but I had failed to update the […]

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We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park North on Sunday September 30, 2018. Everyone is welcome. The event starts at noon. We will have a beginners class at 12:30. Last starts at 2 PM. Everybody must finish by 3 PM. We will have all regular courses from beginner to expert, White through Blue. […]

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