We will have a two-band small Classic Radio Orienteering event at Schenck Forest on Saturday, April 1

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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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We had a lovely, if cool, day for orienteering at Lake Crabtree today. The courses were compact and we used the Motala format for green and red where the course consisted of two loops with a map exchange between them. This allowed more controls in a smaller area (a denser control set) without crowding either […]

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The cold rainy weather couldn’t spoil our fun on Shackleford this year. Although strong gusts prevented us from getting out for our Saturday courses, we were able to enjoy the island on Sundy where people ran one, two or three short loop courses among the dunes and wild horses. Although it wasn’t completely the weekend […]

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March 5, 2023 at Dix Park The weather was perfect, and the event went flawlessly setup and equipment wise, however some of the competitors weren’t so flawless. This is great practice for the Champs. Now is the time to get the mistakes out of your system. Radio Orienteering,Results 2023-03-05 Sprint All3.1 km 58 m 60 […]

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Thank you all for participating in the Score-O event on Sunday, Feb.26 at Schenck forest. We were inspired by various orienteering formats such as Memory-O, Score-O with a moving control, team Score-O, and dog-bone Score-O, to suggest a new event: Reveal Score-O. In this event, five of the controls on the original map (#45, 49, […]

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We will have an Open Score-O event at Schenck Forest on Sunday, Feb 26. You don’t need to be an expert to participate in this event – there will be plenty of controls to find for all levels. There will be a mass start. Everybody must arrive at the shelter no later than 11.30 AM […]

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FoxOring: The event was quite successful. Everyone got good practice on the FoxOring except all the transmitters were on the same frequency, whereas at the championship events there will be 3 frequencies that competitors will need to change during the competition. Sprints: The sprints also went well. The lesson we learned was that the courses […]

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On Sunday, February 19th, 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 and there will be a beginner class […]

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