Registration for this event is now closed. On Sunday, December 19, BOK will host its 8th annual December Score-O, this time in Birkhead Mountains Wilderness.  A “Score-O” involves a course with no predetermined route, in which competitors decide which controls they want to visit, and in which order.  This event will have 2-, and 4-hour […]

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We have reached our participant limit for this event, and registration is now closed. Just added: We will now offer a beginner’s class at 9:15 AM. If you want to learn the basics of orienteering in a small group setting, sign up for either the 9:00 or the 9:30 timeslot, and be at the park […]

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On Sunday, December 5 we will have an orienteering event in Eno River State Park (Cole Mill Road access).  The event is open only to ‘expert’ orienteers – those who have successfully completed a brown, green, or red course.  The registration page is here. There are two start windows to chose from. Courses: Red (7.3km, […]

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Registration for this event is closed. (Because we need lead time to print maps for a Sunday event.) We will have an event that debuts a new map of the quarry area of Eno River State Park on Sunday, November 14. The event is open only to expert orienteers (i.e., those who have completed a […]

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Nine participants came out run the course. It was exciting to try Charles’ 2m transmitters in a rugged environment. There was much discussion of how reflections might come out differently with different antenna types, how power levels and terrain affected readings, and different techniques for figuring out where transmitters are given some misleading signals. Ah, […]

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Horton Grove is a 708 acre nature preserve north of Durham and managed by Triangle Land Conservancy. We will stage October’s event from its main parking area, which has space for approximately 25 cars, and is located at Latitude 36.142298, Longitude -78.843700. Nice weekends during the pandemic have brought relatively large crowds, and the lot […]

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On a typical hot July day in Raleigh we had 17 brave orienteers come out for the sprint event. We had two courses of close to 3KM each with a shorter variant of about 2km. Everyone tried two courses. This was also the first opportunity to pick up the new BOK clothing items. See separate […]

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Charles is going to set up a practice classic ARDF event at Robbins Branch on Saturday May 23. You can register here. Charles will make a practice course similar to last time: five transmitters and ~6 km total length along the ideal route. The start window opens at 10 AM and the transmitters will be […]

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Please read the event announcement to see if the Event Director is requiring Covid-19 mask and distancing procedures.

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For the second time in two weeks – by coincidence – expert orienteers were treated to some long-form courses, with relatively few controls and relatively long legs that required careful route choice.  The red course, for example, had only five controls and one leg that was over 2.3 km long.  People really differed on their […]

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