Update
- Course are now closed.
Details
- Place: Richfield Heritage Preserve, Richfield, Ohio
- Dates and Times:
- Saturday March 20th thru Sunday, March 28th
- 9 Days – Dawn to Dusk
- The automatic gate will open to let you out if you run late.
- Registration is open! See the section below.
- For practice, we encourage participants to use any or all of the Courses listed at the Map Download page, link is provided in email!
NEOOC will setup a set of Self Serve, Classic Orienteering courses at Richfield Heritage Preserve. FULL SIZE control flags are in use and the courses are intended for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced skill level Orienteers.
PLEASE REVIEW THE WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK BEFORE DOWNLOADING ANY COURSE MAP FROM THIS WEBPAGE. BY DOWNLOADING A MAP 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.
The map used for these courses is an 1 : 8000 scale Orienteering map and was created by NEOOC’s Bob Boltz.
Four courses will be available:
- Novice (Yellow Course skill level* – 2.9 km)
- Orange (Intermediate skill level – 3.0 km)
- Green (Advanced skill level – middle length – 3.5 km)
- Red (Advanced skill level – longer length – 4.2 km)
*A Yellow Course follows the trails in the park, but requires short off-trail excursions to find many of the controls.
Park Usage and Guidelines
TELL SOMEONE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHEN YOU EXPECT TO RETURN. SAFETY FIRST! (see Sanae’s location sharing idea below)
Here is our thoughts and guidelines for these Classic-O courses:
- Do this as individuals only or in your cohort. As part of your essential exercise program, while maintaining social distancing.
- At your option, you can use the iOrienteering Phone App, UsynligO Phone App, or record your own time for later self reporting on the webpage
- The Start (QR code for iOrienteering) to be located on signage board of storage building, directly north of visitors parking lot
- The Finish (QR code for iOrienteering) is at the shelter about 400m southwest from Gund Hall. (check your map: the shelter is on the W side of the main trail)
- For these Classic-O courses, the idea is to find them in the specified order (Start -> 1 -> 2 -> … -> Finish).
- But plan a specific amount of time for your course. Find as many control flags-markers as you can, in the time that you have planned. It can be one hour or up to three hours. Its’ up to you.
- If you are having trouble finding a particular control flag, skip it. No problem.
- Have fun and get some exercise. Do not over do it. Know your limits. Consult your Healthcare provider for guidance as needed.
- Time limit of 3 hours. Once the clock starts, it keeps going, no time off for breaks. Come back well before dark.
- For self timing, record the Key word from each control flag-marker you find. Use the sheet included on the map. Bring your own pen! – “No-Touch”
- Or use the iOrienteering Phone App to record the control flags found. This app uses the QR codes attached to each flag and at the Start/Finish areas, see the details in this document: iOrienteering Instructions. – “No-Touch”
- AND, at your option, you can email your GPS file as an attachment to: contact@neooc.com ——- And we will upload to LiveLox for this Event! To see LiveLox routes after the event closes, go to: LiveLox – All Events and enter United States in country field.
- Courses are also available via UsynligO. Send your splits and/or track to contact@neooc.com via the App’s sharing functions
- Pack a lunch, snacks, and plenty of water. Make a day of it. Email questions to contact@neooc.com.
Registration and Cost
Click here to Register(Courses are now closed)
- For this self serve event we will need to charge a fee of $11 for each group or individual participating via PayPal. We encourage people to use any or all of the Courses listed at the Map Download page for practice.
- Did you know that for each start that we provided FREE last year, the club had to pay for insurance as a fee to the national O-USA organization? Also, sometimes we have to pay a facility or permitting fee for the club’s use of the particular park.
- After PayPal payment is complete, you will be given a link, via email, to download the map files. Please check your Spam or Junk folders first, if you believe you are missing the email. Then contact us at registrar@neooc.com, if it is still missing.
- For the map page included in each download, use portrait mode for the printout on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper.
Phone App
The iOrienteering Phone App uses QR codes mounted on the control flags and at the Start and Finish. This strives to make the course completely “no-touch”. Here is an example of the setup QR code on the map that must be scanned first:
Volunteers
A big thanks to our volunteers:
- Event Director: NEOOC Registrar
- Course design: Howard Montgomery
- Course setting: Mike Avery, Jay Smink, Howard
- Park liaison: Howard
- iOrienteering help: Mike Avery (see contact info here)
Results
NEOOC has setup a webpage to self report your results:
Or send an email to mike@neooc.com indicating your team name, course, number of controls found and total time. This is completely on the honor system. Have fun!
If you used the iOrienteering App, just upload when you are finished and we will process your results into the Results list below.
We encourage you to report your results, even if you did not get all of the controls! (Just enter your team name, the number of controls found, and approximate time taken to complete your course, all on the webpage. Easy!)
Your results will be added to the Results list below once we have transferred the information properly. It may take a little while.
Seeing the Overall Results
Location
Notes, Tips, Photos, etc.
Sanae’s location sharing idea:
I found neat function in Google Map. It’s called “location sharing”. You can turn the function on with your family or friend and let them know you will be in the woods and approx. how long, or by when you will be back.
If something happens on you, they will know your location and call rescue or come find you ☺
