We had short practice courses each of the three weekends of Radio Orienteering classes. Here are the course results from April 21, 28, and May 4.

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Join us on May 5 for Expert orienteering in Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area in Hillsborough, NC.  Come for the mountain laurel and stay for the steep climbs. This is a smaller event due to often limited parking, so we will be offering three courses for expert orienteers. Anyone who has successfully completed an expert-level course […]

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The USA Championships are open to everyone. They are a great way to learn more about the sport and get experience on world-class courses. So mark your calendar and look for more information in the coming months.

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We had our first real summer day of the year, which added an extra challenge for competitors. And 80 mins for this Reveal-O turned out to be not nearly enough. No one was able to clear the course (55 points). Nick Anderson, who won, ended up with 36 points, with next six competitors getting 35, […]

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We had chilly weather (at least for the ones who were stuck in the shelter!), but Imre got a nice fire in the chimney, and that made it very cosy! A bit of mishap from me (Mihai): we had some small issues with the number of maps that we had printed, specifically on Orange. I […]

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We were fortunate to be able to add a radio orienteering event to the open orienteering event at Umstead South. A dozen people participated in the sprint and most of them decided to ignore the course assignments and completed the entire course to practice. The course proved to be rather physical involving at least 130m […]

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We will have an Open Reveal-O event at Carolina North on Sunday, Apr 14. You don’t need to be an expert to participate in this event – there will be plenty of controls to find for all levels. Park at the parking lot of Orange County Health Department (2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516) […]

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For two years in a row, inclement weather forced the ferry to cancel service out to Shackleford Banks.  Luckily, the route to Bear Island is a bit more sheltered, and we were able to have two days of orienteering on Bear Island.  Of course, Saturday’s weather was still predicted to be unpleasant, and most of […]

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Scent Trail Orienteering There are various Scent Work trials for your dog to attend. They compete by finding scents in defined spaces, or rats hidden in various places. Ruth and I are proposing to start a new game where dogs find scents as they walk along a trail. It does take some training, however, to […]

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The shelters were taken for the original Saturday 3/23 date, so we changed the date to Sunday March 24th. This will be both an Open Orienteering Event as well as a Radio Event. More information will be posted and registration opened the week before the event.

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