We will have a radio orienteering practice event on August 6 at Umstead North. There will be two courses: one on each band – 80m and 2m. The courses will be classic practice courses, smaller than regulation courses, making them ideal for close-searching practice.
Read MoreResults of this event have been posted: https://sites.google.com/view/usaroc-results/bok-16-july-2023-dual-band-practice
Read MoreThe early start time proved to be a very attractive option, we had a dozen people anxiously waiting to get started before the 9:30 start time. The two courses ended up perfect for beginners and advanced orienteers alike. We had guests from as far as New Zealand. Fortunately everything was finished before the storm came […]
Read MoreAfter a week of rain we had a rare dry day for radio orienteering. It was hot and muggy, but not wet. The courses proved to be tricky, but everybody found all the transmitters that they were assigned, even if not in the perfect order. It was a great practice for the upcoming world championships. […]
Read MoreWhat an amazing day for orienteering! Exceptionally cool weather for this time of the year was very welcome and probably contributed to the fact that many orienteering chose to run multiple courses. 86 starts in total! Four sprint courses with different lengths and design ideas were offered and proved to be quite enjoyable. Thank you […]
Read MoreUnfortunately, the event that we scheduled at Camp Lapahio in Umstead Park on June 17 was not approved by park management. We are cancelling this event and currently do not have plans to re-schedule.
Read MoreOn June 4, we will be holding an Open Sprints orienteering event at Dix Park in Raleigh. Everyone is welcome. We will be offering beginner class at 11.30 am The start and finish will be near the gazebo on Umstead Drive (35.771244, -78.661292) 125m west of Hunt Dr. Please be aware there are controls around […]
Read MoreThis was highest number of entries Kelly and I have directed at a BOK ARDF event, 22 participants. We even ran out of the RFID card arm band holders that most people prefer and had to use a bunch of the bracelet holders. At least one participant wasn’t too happy about it. But for us […]
Read MoreIf you need to rent one of our receivers for the World Champs now is your chance. BOK has exclusive option to rent them until June 26, and then we will offer the rental to others. We only have 6 of the 2m receivers, and 8 of our usual 80m receivers, however we should be […]
Read MoreA good turnout of orienteers joined us at Carolina North Forest this Mothers Day to enjoy the opportunity for regular foot orienteering, radio orienteering and a new experiment with 10 100m dashes through the woods, dubbed “expressO”. We had 46 starts in total with several teams of 2, 3 or even 4 running on the […]
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