Gray Owl 2/17-18/2024, Results Gray Owl 2/17-18/2024, Results 2024-02-17 2m 3.9 km 400 min (5 Controls) 1 Nadia Scharlau 5 p (75:03) 2005018 2 Norbert Linke 5 p (75:22) 830320 3 William Allen 5 p (83:52) 7019429 4 Charles Scharlau #2 5 p (114:37) 2005010 5 Joseph Huberman 5 p […]
Read MoreWe had a great Score-O event at White Pines Nature Preserve today. Despite intermittent rain for most of the day, everyone seemed to have a good time and liked the course. Paul did almost all of the course design and people seemed to like the “reveal” format where the base map included 17 controls while […]
Read MoreWe had a great day for Radio Orienteering at Eno River State Park, Fews Ford access. It was a little chilly, but the cool morning made for some fast Radio running. A big thank you goes out to Charles and Nadia for running the Radio-O Beginners Course. We had a great showing with several new […]
Read MoreOn Sunday, 11 February, we will have an event at White Pines Nature Preserve, a 275 acre greenspace in Chatham County, managed by Triangle Land Conservancy. The meet is open to any orienteer who has successfully completed an advanced course (i.e., orange, brown, green, red, or blue). Start any time between 11:00 AM and […]
Read MoreIt was a sunny and chilly day at Eno River State Park, Fews Ford access. We saw some new and some familiar faces. Several participants, who are new to the sport, mentioned they found the beginner classes posted on BOK website very helpful in preparing for their first orienteering. Thank you, Imre, for helping with […]
Read MoreThe no-check-in foxoring on January 22-27 at Umstead Park East was well attended, and so popular that many competitors ran it twice!
Read MoreWe were fortunate that all the rain went down on Saturday. And Sunday was pretty much perfect for orienteering. We had 100 individual starts! Looking at Livelox, it appears that different controls gave troubles to different runners – always a good sign 🙂 The results follow along with a picture of red tail hawk taken […]
Read MoreWe had 13 teams competing for the crown of New Years Day Relay Champ. Teams ran four legs, two short and two long, in various permutations, so we had a lot of competitors on the course running at the same time on different routes. We were also glad to host many visitors. Besides our normal […]
Read MoreThe traditional Backwoods Orienteering Klub New Year’s Day event is coming up. This team relay will be in a rarely used location (see below for location information). Courses are expert level, but confident orange-level orienteers may also participate. The race starts at 11am and everyone starts at the same time. Relay teams consist of two […]
Read MoreThis is great news. All the subscription features will be available for us to use through 2024. So organizers should learn how to use it and make the event ready before the first starts. Participants should get the app and sign up with Livelox, and use the app at events on their phones. Finally we […]
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