After a wave of showers forced us to postpone the event, we managed to hold it on January 2 instead of January 1. The weather was somewhat dry, but a bit colder than expected. Still, 22 runners/teams attempted the challenge, some running full steam, others walking, jogging or pushing their kids in a stroller. There […]
Read MoreAll of the spaces for this event have been filled, and so registration is now closed. Join us on January 10 for small orienteering event in a fantastic new venue — Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area in Hillsborough, NC. We have a new map of this special area, and will be offering three courses for […]
Read MoreRegistration is now closed. Update on Dec 31: as expected, I’m looking at a steady stream of showers over Tennessee, heading East, with a 60% chance of rain in Cary tomorrow morning. That is the worst possible forecast I could get now. But, it looks like Saturday morning will be a perfect day instead. So, instead […]
Read MoreThe good news is that the insurance policy from OUSA is in effect for Jan 1, 2020. The bad news is… The OUSA insurance company has eliminated Bicycles from our policy this year because they are trying to minimize their liability and there are so many more claims regarding bikes vs Running. In any case […]
Read MoreIt was a beautiful cool day on Saturday for the 2m event. We started about 1k from the house at Birkhead Wilderness, Thornburg Farm Trailhead on top of a ridge. Both days Charles had a 300m start exclusion zone and 400m exclusion zone for the finish. Charles had a sheltered registration area on the back […]
Read MoreDecember Score-O, 2020: Eno River State Park A nice weekend brought nearly 50 orienteers to Eno River State Park for our annual score-O. This year, the pandemic made us re-think the event’s format so that participants could be more spatially and temporally distributed. The course consisted of 37 controls and was set by Friday. Participants […]
Read MoreWhen: Dec 19-20, 2020 Starts from 10am to Noon Course closes at 2PMWhere: Birkhead Wilderness Thornburg Farm 35.620229, -79.945040 What: Saturday, ARDF 2m Sunday, ARDF 80m Register on the BOK website. Regional travel is unadvisable and our out-of-town participants have not indicated that they are coming, so this is no longer a “Regional” event, but a […]
Read MoreRegistration for this event is now closed. Our annual December Score-O will be at Eno River State Park during the weekend of December 12/13. This event is open only to expert orienteers — those who have completed a brown, green, red, or blue course. (We are sorry about the relative lack of beginner-friendly events over […]
Read MoreIt was a very successful event. We set out 7 transmitters in seven different regions. Two regions were mostly in the exclusion zone. Those transmitters were on 3.51 on a 30/30 schedule. The other five were further out on 3.58 and on the classic 60/240 schedule. There was no beacon. The closest of the two […]
Read MoreWe are having an ARDF practice on Sunday, December 6, 2020.Location: 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro, NC (35.634843, -79.881873)Time: Everyone should arrive at 10am We will put out transmitters at that time and hike to a remote location. Then we will find the transmitters on the way back to the finish which will be at […]
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