The championship started with the sprint competition in the Buggy Whip trails section on the western side of Cooper Lake State Park’s South Sulphur Unit. Competitor success was based on how well competitors kept track of their position on the map and how much they took advantage of the trail system. Results are below. Day […]
Read MoreWe got a taste of summer with temperatures in mid to high 80’s and clear skies this weekend. The race sold out completely and we look forward to the day when we can have even more runners participate. Thank you Greg Kopsch, Carolina North Forest Manager, for allowing us to host another event in this […]
Read MoreTo celebrate Halloween at the upcoming night-O in Schenck Forest, we will have a one-hour “Vampire-O”. We will also do a “search and destroy” event for control pickup. This is an advanced event that is open to any BOK member who has completed an orange (or above) course. You must pre-register for this event here. […]
Read More20 Sept 2015, Umstead South A really fun meet on a great day in the piedmont attracted over 100 orienteers to get out into the woods of Umstead State Park. There was a tricky leg on the white course that required competitors to pass by a control (#56) that was not on their course, on […]
Read MoreThe weather was great and the courses very difficult. Kudos to all who came and competed! It’s hard to pinpoint the hardest control. Based on the responses we got, there were many. Which is a good thing for an advanced event 🙂 The general idea for the course was: start with a few tough controls […]
Read MoreWhat a great day for orienteering! 65-68 degrees and sunny! We had big turnout with a lot of runners going on advanced courses. Control #56 proved to be the hardest to find: long approach to parallel features in a confusing area – and caused a few DNFs… #53 on Green also caused some troubles, but […]
Read MoreWell, it wasn’t that hot after all. At least not in the shelter… I know, it was still very hot and stuffy on the course. The water control came handy. There were several DNFs, mostly weather related, but the courses were also far from easy. Controls #4 (43), #8 (47) and #16 (55) turned out […]
Read MoreNot many people came to the event, but those who did enjoyed good warm (not too hot) weather and some unique orienteering challenges. 9 out of 32 controls were not printed on the map and only their legends could had been used to located them (or luck). As it appeared, luck didn’t play such a […]
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