** Update: This event has been successfully rescheduled for Sunday, 16 December. All aspects of the event will be identical to what was originally planned — we’ll just start exactly one week later. Thanks to Bill Duke and park management at Umstead State Park for letting this happen. You can still register for this event […]
Read MoreChapel Hill Street-O, 10 November 2018 A chilly and clear day brought out several dozen orienteers to try their hand at an urban score-O in the streets and greenways of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. It was especially great to see nearly 20 JROTC cadets from Davie Co. come out for some urban navigation […]
Read MoreWe had a wonderful event at the Eno River State Park. We had both an 80 m classic and a beginner foxoring course. We met at the Few’s Ford Access parking lot around 11:00 for the classic and around noon for the foxoring. It was sunny but nice and cool for running. We had 8 […]
Read More. 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 […]
Read MoreThere was not much of a turnout for the Saturday events. We had a lot of fun nonetheless. The Night event was especially challenging because of the new sort of Goat-like score format not-to-mention the darkness. You had to take the controls in order but you could skip as many as you wanted while making […]
Read MoreWe will have an 80 m classic ARDF event at the Eno River State Park Few’s Ford Access on Sunday, Nov 4. For more information about Radio-O/ARDF, see the BOK ARDF page. Starts 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. We will have a class starting at noon. The course closes at 3:00 PM. Remember there is […]
Read MoreOn Saturday, November 10 at 10:00 AM we will have an open urban orienteering event on the streets and greenspaces of Chapel Hill. This will be a “score-O” in which competitors can chose which controls they visit and in which order, with different controls being worth different point values. The competitor with the highest score […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
Read More(Registration Required Inside this Post) We have 3 events on the weekend of October 27-28, 2018 in the Birkhead Wilderness just south of Asheboro. On Saturday there are two Members Advanced events starting at 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro. The afternoon event runs from from noon to 3pm. We will have Brown, Green, Red, and […]
Read More06 October 2018, Eno River State Park BOK’s very first event on a new map of the north side of Eno River State park was a night-O that featured two courses: an intermediate course, and an advanced one. Orienteers hiked out to the group camping area in the afternoon, and camped outside on […]
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