2025 Fry Family Park Self Serve Orienteering

Registration and Course Map Downloads will be active Friday evening, April 18

Overview

NEOOC, in partnership with Stark Parks, is pleased to offer this self-serve orienteering event for exercise and fun. This 360-acre property has beautiful rolling topography with a mixture of grasslands, hardwood forests, a pond, wetlands, and significant stream and wooded riparian corridor. It provides habitat for an array of songbirds, game birds, raptors, and small mammals.

Similar to the previous events of this type, we will be using the iOrienteering app for electronic timing on your smart phone. We’ll also have all of the courses set up in UsynligO and Livelox, for those who prefer a hands-free run. However, all of the courses can be enjoyed without the Tech, by logging the key words on the marker flags (and/or as a backup for the apps).

Also, we suggest starting a stopwatch or keep track of your own time by some means, so that you can manually enter your results if needed.

Details

Place: Fry Family Park, 2533 Farber St. SE, Magnolia, OH 44643 https://maps.app.goo.gl/FFhLp7PJmAUDH8qy7
Dates and Times:
- Saturday, April 18 through Sunday April 27
- 10 Days – Dawn to Dusk
For practice, we encourage participants to use any or all of the Courses listed below. 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 : 7000 scale Orienteering map and was created by NEOOC’s Bob Boltz.

Park Usage and Guidelines

TELL SOMEONE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHEN YOU EXPECT TO RETURN. SAFETY FIRST!

Here are our thoughts and guidelines for these Classic-O courses:
- 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. It’s 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.
- Low Tech method: Time yourself and record the Key word from each control flag-marker you find. Then self report your results using link in the Reporting your Personal Results section below.
- OR High Tech method: use either the iOrienteering, Livelox, or UsynligO Phone App to record the control flags found. See Smart Phone Apps section below.
- No water stations have been provided on the courses. Participants will need to bring their own supply of water!
- Please respect private property, and areas within the park that RHP has designated as off limits. Stay within the park boundaries and outside of the out-of-bounds areas as shown on the map. Thank you.
Pack a lunch, snacks, and plenty of water. Make a day of it. Email questions to contact@neooc.com.

Fee for Self-serve Event

Did you know that even though this is a self-serve event, the club has to pay a fee for each start to the national O-USA organization for insurance? Also, we have to pay a facility / permitting fee for the club’s use of the particular park.
For Club Members, please pay $11 for each group or individual participating via PayPal (1 to 6 people)
For non-members pay $16 for the same
Your fee covers all the courses for as many times and days as you want to “run”
Skip finger stick selection

Pay one fee for the use of any or all of the Maps listed in the Courses and Maps section below. Please limit use to the paying individual or group.

Courses and Maps

The map used for these courses is a 1 : 7,000 scale Orienteering map and was created by NEOOC’s Bob Boltz.

Download any or all of the courses below:

Yellow – Beginner – 11 controls, 2.0 km
Orange – Intermediate level – 15 controls, 3.9 km
Red – Advanced level – 19 controls, 4.9 km

Smart Phone Apps

Automated, electronic scoring will be done using the iOrienteering or UsynligO apps that we have used in the past.

iOrienteering: You can choose to manually scan the QR code on the Start, Finish and control flags to register a “punch” using the iOrienteering app on your smartphone.
- Use this link on your computer to set up your free account and get more information about iOrienteering
- Use this link on your Android smartphone to download and install the iOrienteering app
- Use this link on your Apple smartphone to download and install the iOrienteering app
- To use the iOrienteering app, once you have selected the course that you will be running and have downloaded the map and addendum, you will need to load the course details to your phone. You can do this either by entering the 6-character course short code (this requires a good internet connection), OR by scanning the QR setup code. Both are printed on your map addendum.
- To use the iOrienteering app, see more details here.
UsynligO: You can choose to use your smartphone’s GPS-based location services along with the UsynligO app to register a “punch” based on proximity (within 5m or so) to the control for a “hands-free” run.
- Use this link on your computer to set up your free account and get more information about UsynligO
- Use this link on your Android smartphone to download and install the UsynligO app
- Use this link on your Apple smartphone to download and install the UsynligO app
- To use the UsynligO app, see more details here.
Livelox: is used for tracking and does not indicate punching in the field. Proximity punches will be computed on their website.
- To use the Livelox app, see more details here.

If you have any questions, or experience any issues that we can help with, drop an email to fred@neooc.com.

Volunteers

A big thanks to our volunteers:

Event Director: Jay Smink (jay@neooc.com)
Course design: Kathy Christy, Jay
Course setting: Kathy, Jay
Park liaison: Howard Montgomery
iOrienteering help: Fred Mailey (fred@neooc.com)
Control Collection??? Looking for a little help, week of 21th. Drop Jay a note.

Reporting your Personal Results

NEOOC has setup a webpage to self report your results, if you did not use any of the Tech (e.g. Smart Phone Apps):

Enter your Results here!

Your results will be added to the Overall Results list below once we have transferred the information properly. It may take a little while. This is completely on the honor system. Have fun!

Or send an email to fred@neooc.com indicating your team name, course, number of controls found and total time.

If you used the iOrienteering App, just upload when you are finished and we will process your results into the Overall Results list below. But if you would like to submit your own, with a different name and/or more detailed comments, go ahead! We will replace our entry with yours in such a case, as soon as we can.

For Livelox and UsynligO, we are monitoring those results also and will update the Overall Results accordingly.

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 on the webpage. Easy!)

Seeing the Overall Results

See the ongoing Overall Results here!

iOrienteering Results table: Use the pull down / selector and look for “Richfield 25 …”.

UsynligO: Use the App to see results, select UsynligO Events, select “Richfield 25 Self Serve”, then your Course. Press the table, upper right.

LiveLox: Route Replay (Replays will be available immediately)

Note that you can upload your GPS file on LiveLox and see your route in comparison to others. Use “Add Route” for your course. You must be logged into your LiveLox account, then you can upload.

Location

Fry Family Park, Stark Parks 2533 Farber St. SE, Magnolia, OH 44643

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