Our first event of 2021!
Updates –
Check your Assigned Time Slot and Registration Details here.
It looks like we will have a true Snow-O for this year’s event! Expected snowfall amounts may be significant. If you are interested, Appalachian Outfitters down the road from Camp Manatoc has about 20 pairs of snowshoes available for rent at a cost of $15 per day on a first come, first serve basis. If you do rent a pair, lease be sure to mention NEOOC to them.
Registration is now closed!
Overview
The Dynamic Duo of Bob Turanchik and Andreas Johansson are teaming up again to bring us yet another reprise of our annual Snow-O event! Andreas has planned an interesting and challenging set of Sprint Orienteering courses, including exchange of maps, to kick off the 2021 orienteering season.
Results of this event will count towards the NEOOC 2020-21 Season Championship.
Details
This will be a socially distancing event with a limited number of Starts and NO walk-ups.
PLEASE REVIEW THE WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK BEFORE REGISTRATION. BY REGISTERING YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS OF THIS WAIVER AND ARE ABSOLVING NEOOC AND ORIENTEERING USA , ET AL OF LIABILITY RESULTING FROM YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE ASSOCIATED ORIENTEERING ACTIVITY.
To participate, you are required to preregister and prepay for one of the available time slots provided. The time slot represents the time you are allowed to approach registration area and check in. It is NOT your exact start time. Please do not approach the the check-in area early. And if you are late by more than 10 minutes, your are disqualifying yourself from the opportunity to orienteer that day. However, you can wait until 12:30pm when will try to create Starts for 3 to 4 additional groups. Though, these can not be walk-ups.
If you arrive at the park early, please use the time to prepare yourself for your run on the course by changing into your gear and by completing your warm-up routine. It will be ideal if you can move immediately to the start area after your check in.
A Start is an individual or group starting the same course at the same time. The group can be up six people and is required to be part of your COVID-19 cohort or pod. One map is provide for the Start. Up to two additional maps can purchased at the time of preregistration.
If you have more than six in your group, you must split into two groups. Bring your own water and snacks. None will be provided at the Check in, Start, or Finish areas. Also, no water stops will be available on the courses.
For any questions, email us at: registrar@neooc.com
Courses
Andreas has designed four interesting and challenging sprint courses within the friendly confines of “Downtown” Camp Manatoc. Each is approximately 2 km in length, and according to your preference for course length, you can sign up to run the Mini (one course), Half (two courses, back-to-back), 3/4 (three courses, back-to-back) or Full (all four courses, back-to-back). For those choosing to run the Half, 3/4 and Full courses, there will be a map exchange between the individual courses.
For the Season Championship, results achieved in this event will be mapped into the Season Championship skill categories (Male and Female) as follows:
- Mini results will go to the Beginner skill categories
- Half results will go to the Intermediate skill categories
- 3/4 and Full results will go to the Advanced skill categories
If Season Championship points are important to you, please select your course for this event accordingly.
Time Slots
A total of 30 Time Slots are available. The courses are spread across the Time Slots as follows:
Mini – 10:25am, 10:55am, 11:25am, 11:55am, 12:25pm
Half – 10:15am, 10:45am, 11:15am, 11:45am, 12:15pm
3/4 – 10:05am, 10:35am, 11:05am, 11:35am, 12:05pm
Full – 10:00am, 10:10am, 10:20am, 10:30am, 10:40am, 10:50am, 11:00am, 11:10am, 11:20am, 11:30am, 11:40am, 11:50am, 12:00pm, 12:10pm, 12:20pm
Determine the course that you want to do based on how far you want to run, and where you want your results to reflect in the Season Championship, if that is important to you. On the registration form, select the course in the pull down. Only one course selection per group or individual is permitted. This will allow the maximum amount of participation for this event.
We may need to adjust the Time Slots listed above according to the demand for a particular course, but we are sticking to the 30 Time Slot total, overall. Registration will be closed after 30 Time Slots are filled.
Then, based on your course selection, select your first and second preferred Time Slots. Note that neither is guaranteed, but we will try to accommodate the requests to the best of our abilities. We will send you your assigned Time Slot via the email address that you provide on the form. Emails will be sent about three days before the event (or earlier). (Check your SPAM or JUNK folder before contacting us, if you believe we have not notified you. Especially, @hotmail.)
Registration and Cost
One Start is $11 and includes one map. Additional maps, up to two, are $3 each. This is our normal member event fee ($10), with a small offset added to compensate for PayPal fees. To simplify payments, the same fee is being charged to members and non-members.
After submitting your information on the registration form, you will be directed to the PayPal website. Use the PayPal pull down to select the number of maps.
You must Preregister here We are now full, and registration has closed!
Note that we are using PayPal exclusively to handle the funds exchange to help minimize contact with the Check-in volunteers.
See who has registered so far, AND Time Slots assigned
Instructions
Enter Camp Manatoc via the Stockade entrance off of Truxell Road. Then proceed to the large parking area adjacent to the Camp Manatoc Dining Hall. There will be Orienteering signs along the roads to direct you.
At your assigned Time Slot, please approach the Check-in area, located in the shelter just to the North of the parking area. If you are running as a team, please send only one representative to check your group in. At Check-in, you will receive your SportIdent Finger Stick (if you are borrowing one). Then you will be directed to the separate Start area where you will receive your map(s) immediately after punching the Start control.
Please take care to wear your masks at and around the Check-in area, map exchange, Start and Finish, and take care to avoid congregating with others that are not part of your group. After finishing, at the Sanders Shelter, please proceed directly back to your vehicle. Results will be posted to our website the following day.
Volunteers
A big THANKS to:
- Event Director: Bob Turanchik
- Course Design / Setting: Andreas Johansson
- Registrar: Fred Mailey
- Check-in: Guy Russ
- Finisher / Timer: Corey Ringle
- Control Collection: TBD
- Results: Fred Mailey
- Web Page: Mike Avery
- Park Liaison: Howard Montgomery
Location
1075 Truxell Rd #9734, Peninsula, OH 44264