Our next event is at Falls Lake on June 14. This is an advanced event for club members who are ready to do orange level courses or above. Update Wednesday2015-06-10 I finally have what looks like a decent course design for a Farsta relay. Total length is about 3.8km, with each relay part approximately half […]
Read MoreWe had beautiful weather for the Line-O event on May 24 at Lake Crabtree. This was my first attempt to run a Line-O, so it was great to see that everyone had fun and found the course challenging. Well, except for Josef who thought it was too easy and won just to prove it. Joseph […]
Read MoreWe lucked out on the weather. The forecasted rain never showed up and it didn’t get too hot. We had a good turnout, not too many, not too few. We also had a good turnout of Scouts. Ian Meredith was working on his Scout orienteering requirements and set the controls out for the White and Yellow […]
Read MoreWe will have a Line-O event on May 24 at Lake Crabtree. This is an advanced event for club members who are ready to do orange level courses or above. Line-O is an event where the map will have a line which you must follow to find the controls which are somewhere along the line. […]
Read MoreEveryone is welcome at this Sunday’s (May 17, 2015) event at Umstead South. We will have a beginner class at 12:30 and we will have beginner through expert courses. If you haven’t been to one of our events before you may find our Newcomer Information useful. If you are bringing more than 5 people to […]
Read MoreBeautiful open forest, tough courses, hard rain, orienteerers having fun! Thank you all for coming! And special thanks to Ian for staying late and picking all the controls. Much appreciated! Vladimir and Tatyana Results Brown Course: 10 KP 3.9 km 1 Casey Critchfield 3:00:21 40 41 42 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 2 […]
Read MoreRaven Rock is the most challenging place we use for orienteering around here. Combination of thick vegetation, hills, and somewhat outdated map makes it hard. Really hard. Just to be there and complete a course is an achievement! Kudos to everyone who came – you rock! For this meet we didn’t have an assigned meet […]
Read MoreThank you to all the competitors who came out to our first o-meet. The sun never really came out until control pickup time, but it was pleasant and dry. Or at least dry above the ankles for those who passed through the muddy patches. Thank you especially for keeping up the good cheer while braving […]
Read MoreBrian Thompson (who won the Red course) recorded his run on a camera. The video (with occasional inline comments) is available here. Check it out, it’s very cool! Vladimir
Read MoreIt was a great day for orienteering, the first truly “Spring” meet. Some people even said that it was too hot! We had a good turnout and quite challenging courses. Yellow course led people off trails and deep into the woods and advanced runners got a chance to explore rarely used eastern part of the […]
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