— ARDF Past Calendar —

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ARDF Amateur Radio Direction Finding.
BOK Backwoods Orienteering Klub
CHCCS Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
CNF Carolina North Forest
CNF-W/CNF-Seawell CNF-West. CNF entrance at Seawell Elementary School
CNF-E/CNF-Municipal CNF-East. CNF at Municipal Drive entrance
IsCT Island Creative Time
KLS/PRS Kelly L Sears/Patrick R Sears
SMS Smith Middle School
? Placeholder dates - actual dates to be determined.

ARDF events are labeled as follows:



All CHCCS ARDF events are 80m classic unless noted otherwise.



2015

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
2015-08-27 Start of US and Region II ARDF Champioships in Denver CO. Ends 08-30.
September
October
2015-10-24 Sat ⚈ SMS Avatar Club ARDF
November
December

2016 Spring Semester

January
February
March
2016-03-24 Thu ⚈ SMS Enrichment Club ARDF #1
April
2016-04-06 Wed Start of US ARDF Championships in Killeen TX. Ends 04-10, Sun.
2016-04-23 Sat ⚈ SMS Spring ARDF demonstration, 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. At SMS.
2016-04-30 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF - Spring #1 - SMS. 9:00 AM, at CNF.
May
2016-05-28 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF - Spring #2 - first one for all middle schools. 9:00 AM, at CNF.
2016-05-30 Mon Memorial Day
June
2016-06-08 Wed Last day of school.
2016-06-11 Sat High School Graduation.

2016 Summer Break

July
2016-06-04 Mon 4th of July.
August
2016-08-29 Mon First day of school, grades 1-12.
2016-08-13 Sat All KLS & PRS ARDF activity put on hold for more than a month.
2016-08-14 Sat ⚑ BOK ARDF at CNF. Directed by Joseph Huberman and Ruth Bromer.

2016 Fall Semester

September
2016-09-03 Sat Start of World ARDF Championships; Albena Bulgaria. Ends 09-09.
2016-09-05 Mon Labor Day.
October
2016-10-08 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #1. 9:00 AM, at CNF. Just an equipment test as Hurricane Matthew kept participants away.
November
2016-11-05 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #2. 11:00 AM, at CNF. Meet in Seawell Elementary School parking lot.
2016-11-09 Wed BOK Annual Planning Meeting. Proposed two BOK ARDF meets for 2017.
2016-11-11 Fri Veteran's Day (school holiday).
2016-11-23 Wed Start Thanksgiving school holiday.
2016-11-24 Thu Thanksgiving Day.
December
2016-12-03 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #3. 11:00 AM, at CNF. Meet in Seawell Elementary School parking lot.
2016-12-05 Mon ⚈ ARDF presentation at Phillips Middle School, Chapel Hill, for the Google Hour of Code.
2016-12-10 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #4, Extra Event! 11:00 AM, at CNF. Meet in Seawell Elementary School parking lot.
2016-12-23 Fri Start of school winter break.

2017 Spring Semester

January
2017-01-03 Tue First day of school after winter break.
2017-01-16 Mon Marting Luther King school Holiday.
February
March
2017-03-27 Mon Start of school Spring Break holiday; ends 03-31 Fri.
April
2017-04-08 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #1, at CNF.
2017-04-14 Fri School Holiday.
2017-04-22 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #2, at CNF.
May
2017-05-06 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #3, at CNF.
2017-05-13 Sat ⚑ BOK ARDF PRS/KLS Spring #1, at CNF.
2017-05-14 Sun Mother's Day.
2017-05-27 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #4 (extra event), at CNF (Municipal Drive entrance).
2017-05-29 Mon Memorial Day.
June
2017-06-03 Sat ⚑ BOK ARDF PRS/KLS Spring #2, at CNF.
2017-06-09 Fri Last day of school.
2017-06-10 Sat High School Graduation.

2017 Summer Break

July
2017-07-24 to 07-28 BOK International ARDF Training and Competition - Asheboro, NC. See the BOK ardf page.
2017-07-31 to 08-06 USA and Region II 2017 ARDF Championships - Cincinnati, Ohio. See the ardfusa.com web page.


2017--2018 School Year


2017 Fall Semester

August
2017-08-20 Sun Start of ARDF R3 Championships. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
2017-08-28 Mon CHCCS first day of school.
September
2017-09-04 Mon Labor Day.
2017-09-04 Mon Start of ARDF R1 Championships. Druskininkai, Lithuania.
2017-09-17 Sun ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #1 - 80m classic. CNF-Seawell.
October
2017-10-01 Sun ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #2 - 80m classic. CNF-Municipal.
2017-10-08 Sun ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #3 - 80m classic. CNF-Municipal.
2017-10-22 Sun ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #4 - foxoring. CNF-Municipal.
2017-10-29 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF - 80m classic. CNF-Municipal.
November
2017-11-01 BOK annual meeting. Proposed 2018 spring and fall ARDF schedules.
2017-11-10 Veterans Day Holiday.
2017-11-22 Start of Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov 22-24).
December
2017-12-22 CHCCS start of Winter Break.

2018 Spring Semester

January
2018-01-02 Classes resume.
2018-01-15 Martin Luther King Holiday.
February
2018-02-17 ⚑ Start of Illia Ivanko ARDF training camp. Ends 02-25, Sunday.
2018-02-19 CHCCS Holiday (President's Day).
March
2018-03-24 Sat CHCCS start of Spring Break.
2018-03-25 Sun ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #1. Short 80m classic, CNF-Seawell.
April
2018-04-02 Mon Holiday.
2018-04-03 Tue Classes resume.
2018-04-15 Sun ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #2. 80m classic, CNF-Municipal.
2018-04-21 Sat ⚑ BOK ARDF, sprint in the morning and 80m classic in the afternoon, Birkhead Wilderness near Asheboro NC. Directors: Joseph Huberman and Ruth Bromer.
2018-04-29 Sun ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #3. Sprint and newcomer foxoring. Meet at Chapel Hill HS. Course in CNF-Seawell and adjacent schools - Seawell Elementary, Smith Middle, Chapel Hill High.
May
2018-05-13 Sun Happy Mother's Day ☺
2018-05-13 Sun ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #4. 2m classic, CNF-Municipal.
2018-05-27 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF. 80m classic. Umstead South. Directors: Patrick & Kelly Sears.
2018-05-28 Mon Memorial Day.
June
2018-06-08 Fri CHCCS last day of spring semester.
2018-06-10 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF. 8m classic. Eno River. Directors: Patrick & Kelly Sears.
2018-06-13 ARDF US Champioships start. Truckee California.
2018-06-17 ARDF US Champioships end. Truckee California.
Selection of US team members for World Champioships in September.

2018 Summer

July
Nothing happening this summer. See you in the fall : )


2018--2019 School Year


2018 Fall Semester

August
2018-08-28 Mon CHCCS 1st day of school.
September
2018-09-02 Start of 19th World ARDF Championships. Sokcho, Korea. End Sep-8.
Same location as the 2018 Winter Olympics.
2018-09-03 Mon Labor Day.
2018-09-22 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #1 - 80m classic. CNF-E.
October
2018-10-06 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #2 - 80m classic. CNF-E.
2018-10-20 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #3 - foxoring. CNF-E.
November
2018-11-02 Fri BOK Annual Meeting - propose following year events. Meeting notes ( https://backwoodsok.org/annual-meeting-2018-11-02 ).
2018-11-04 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF. 80m classic. Eno River. Directors: Kelly & Patrick Sears.
December

2019 Spring Semester

January
February
March
2019-03-17 Sun ⚑ BOK open ARDF, Umstead W. Directors: Joseph & Ruth.
2019-03-23 Sat chccs, first day of spring break
April
2019-04-01 Mon chccs classes resume.
2019-04-06 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #1 - 80m Classic.
2019-04-20 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #2 - 80m Classic.
May
2019-05-04 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #3 - Sprint with foxoring for newcomers.
2019-05-18 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #4 - 2m or 80m Classic.
2019-05-27 Mon Memorial Day.
June
2019-06-02 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF. 80m classic. Eno River. Directors: Kelly & Patrick Sears.
2019-06-30 Start of World Youth ARDF Championship, Vinnytsia, Ukraine (Jun-30 to Jul-4)

2019 Summer

July
2019-07-28 Sun ⚑ USA/RII ARDF Championships - In North Carolina!!! - Preliminary info on BOK site.
August
2019-08-04 Sun ⚑ Last day of USA/RII ARDF Championships


2019--2020 School Year


2019 Fall Semester

September
2019-09-02 Mon Labor Day.
2019-09-07 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #1 - 80m Classic, CNF-E.
2019-09-21 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #2 - 80m Classic, CNF-E.
October
2019-10-05 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Fall #3 - Foxoring, CNF-E.
2019-10-27 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF. 80m classic. Eno River. Directors: Kelly & Patrick Sears.
2019-10-27 BOK annual meeting. Propose schedule for following year.
November
Decemeber
2019-12-08 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF, Dorothea Dix Park, Joseph & Ruth event directors

2020 Spring Semester

January
February
March
2020-03-28 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #1 - 80m Classic. CANCELED / COVID-19.
April
2020-04-04 Sat chccs, first day of spring break
2020-04-13 Mon chccs classes resume.
2020-04-18 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #2 - 80m Classic. Canceled / COVID-19.
May
2020-05-02 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #3 - Sprint + short foxoring. Canceled / COVID-19.
2020-05-16 Sat ⚈ CHCCS ARDF Spring #4 - 2m Classic + short foxoring. Canceled / COVID-19.
2020-05-25 Mon Memorial Day.
2020-05-31 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF. 80m classic. CNF. Directors: Kelly & Patrick Sears. COVID-19 restrictions, no classes.
June
2020-06-09 Tue ⚑ First day of USA ARDF Championship, Boston MA (ends 06-14) - Canceled / COVID-19.
2020-06-12 Fri CHCCS, spring semester, last day of classes. (pre-COVID-19 info)

2020 Summer

July
August
2019-08-09 Sun ⚑ BOK ARDF, Umstead W., Joseph & Ruth event directors




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