We will have an 80 m classic course at the Eno River State Park Few’s Ford Access on Sunday, May 21, GPS 36.0742 -79.0055. For more information about Radio-O/ARDF, see the BOK ARDF page. Starts 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The course closes at 3:00 PM. We will be using the Jiri Marecek transmitters, which […]
Read MoreWhat 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 […]
Read MoreMay 14th, 2023 Backwoods Orienteering Klub will be hosting an Open event at Carolina North Forest. We will have courses for all abilities, beginner (White) to expert (Red), with starts from 11am to 1:30pm. There will be a beginner class at 11:45. Anyone taking the beginner class should arrive at 11:30 to check in and […]
Read MoreWe plan to have very short radio orienteering practice at most of our orienteering events before the World Champs in September. We’re doing this partly because BOK Radio-O’s competitors make up half the US Team for the World Championships this fall in the Czech Republic. The practice events closely resembling the competition conditions we have held are […]
Read MoreOn the final day of the competition, we were greeted by below-seasonal temperatures (cold!) and rain. The roles were reversed from the day before: those who did 80m courses on Saturday did 2m on Sunday and vice versa. Many competitors were on a tight travel schedule, and the electrical storm delayed the course set-out schedule. […]
Read MoreDay three hit a couple of small issues. One of the 2m transmitter was observed to transmit an unmodulated signal (no tone, just a quiet carrier signal). Charles switched it over to FM and that worked, but it produced a different tone and seemed a lot louder than the other transmitters. Also, during the start […]
Read MoreThe cluster of thunderstorms on Thursday afternoon prevented the organizers from setting up the Fox-o course for Friday, so the start of the fox-o competition had to be delayed. There were a few unfortunate events during the race: Special prize to Norbert Linke who found the dead transmitter in 3 minutes and 2 seconds! Results […]
Read MoreThe championship started with the sprint competition in the Buggy Whip trails section on the western side of Cooper Lake State Park’s South Sulphur Unit. Competitor success was based on how well competitors kept track of their position on the map and how much they took advantage of the trail system. Results are below. Day […]
Read MoreBirkhead Wilderness near historical Thornburg Farm is one of the prettiest forests in our area and also one of the most challenging places for orienteering. There are virtually no trails and elevation features are so beautifully jumbled, that it makes it really hard to keep track of your location and even harder to restore connection […]
Read MoreThe open sprint at Bond Park scheduled for April 30 has been cancelled as the park is not scheduling events for that day. “Spring Daze Festival is that weekend in Bond Park on Saturday and we are not scheduling anything on Sunday in the event that we need to use that as our rain date […]
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