Advance online registration is required for this event.
Quick Info
Advanced online registration required, deadline midnight Dec 31.
Location: Memorial Park, Wilsonville
Event Center location: Grove Shelter, see map below
Courses: We’re going to be trying something new for our Memorial Park event based on a fun experience that our course setter had when visiting another club. It’s a variation on a Score-O that allows for different difficulty levels. See below for all the details!
Times: Check-in opens at 10:00. map handout at 11:00ish. Mass start for the advanced course at 11:30. Mass start for beginner/intermediate courses at 11:45.
Everyone welcome, members and nonmembers
Event Director: Josh Kramer
Course Designer: Dan Simon
Event Location
The event center and start / finish will be at the Grove Shelter on the north end of the park near the playground. (Note this is a different area than what we have used in previous years.)
Event Overview
This event will introduce a new, fun course structure for us at CROC. Be sure to read the website event description (below) before completing this registration form.
IMPORTANT: You will be assigned a "MASS start" time based on the course you choose.
ALL Advanced Course participants (Brown, Green, Red, Blue) will start at 11:30am.
ALL Beginner Course participants (White. Yellow, Orange) will start at 11:45am.
11:00-ish AM: All participants gather for final instructions and Map Handout!
*** Due to the Mass start, all participants will be arriving at the event close to the same time.***
There may be a line for check-in and parking could be tight.
Allow plenty of time to be ready for Map handout and your Mass start time!
Bring a pen, pencil or highlighter to help you plan your route on your map.
Beginner clinics will be available at 10:30 & 10:45 AM. Sign-up below.
PLEASE PLAN YOUR ARRIVAL TIME AT THE VENUE ACCORDINGLY!
All courses will use the same controls and the same map with 24 field controls and a special GO control near the start/finish event center. Everyone will get maps before the mass start so you have time to plan your route. Bring something to write with so you can write out your plan or check off controls as you punch!
Wondering which course to do? Here’s some advice from our course designer:
If you are a runner, it is recommended you bias towards a harder course for this event.
If you are concerned about the extra distance, consider how many times you want to go out and back from the start. The distance from the Start to the furthest point of the park is 1km, so your longest loop would be about 2k. See the sample map below that shows one of our standard events at Memorial Park.
CROC thanks our recreation partner Wilsonville Parks.
Event description
We’re going to be trying something new for our Memorial Park event based en event from another club (DVOA). For lack of a better name, this is a Cluster-O, a variation on a Score-O that allows for different difficulty levels. Here’s how it works. There will be 24 field controls for you to collect, and a special GO control near the start/finish event center. All courses will use the same controls and the same map. As a side note, typically the GO control is the last control that you punch before running to the finish. However, in this format, the advanced courses will punch it multiple times. Everyone will punch the GO control before finishing. This event will be using E-Punch.
If you are not doing an advanced course, this will be very similar to a Score-O.
White will punch any 10 of the 24 field controls, then punch the GO control, then the finish.
Yellow will punch any 15 of the 24 field controls, then punch the GO control, then the finish.
Orange will punch all 24 of the field controls, then punch the GO control, then the finish.
For our advanced courses things get more interesting. Hopefully this challenge adds extra distance and a route optimization challenge for our advanced competitors. If you are someone who finds yourself debating between difficulty levels, I would recommend you bias towards the harder course for this event.
Brown will punch clusters of 12 field controls, returning to the GO control after each cluster, for a total of two clusters.
Green will punch clusters of 8 field controls, returning to the GO control after each cluster, for a total of three clusters.
Red will punch clusters of 6 field controls, returning to the GO control after each cluster, for a total of four clusters.
Blue will punch clusters of 4 field controls, returning to the GO control after each cluster, for a total of six clusters.
The clusters are not predetermined; each person can choose whatever order they want to visit the field controls in. All that matters is the GO control is visited at the correct interval.
Those on advanced courses will need to punch all of the 24 field controls to record a successful finish result. If you miss a control your result will be a mispunch.
Example:
Let's say you are running the green course which is three clusters of 8 controls. You get your map which shows controls numbered 31-54, and a highlighted control 60 (GO). From the start, you might grab 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 as your first cluster. You'd then go and punch 60 before going to grab your next 8 controls. The controls don't need to be punched in order! So this time maybe you grab 41, 40, 39, 54, 51, 43, 47, 49 as your second cluster because that seems more efficient before returning to punch 60 a second time. In your third cluster you'd need to punch the controls you have not yet visited, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 52, 53 in whatever order you wanted. After grabbing the last field control, you'd punch 60 your third and final time before running to the finish.
FAQ:
What if I punched an extra control before punching GO? Example - If you are running blue, punching clusters of 4, and punch 5 controls before punching the GO control, that 5th control will not count. You will need to visit it again in a different cluster.
What if I missed a control before punching GO? Example - If you are running blue, punching clusters of 4, and only punch 3 controls before punching the GO control, get ready for some extra distance. You can only get, at most, 4 controls between each visit to the GO control. So now you will need to do an extra cluster of 1 to collect all the field controls!
What if I don't realize my error until I download? As this is a new and chaotic format to our club, if you come to download and are missing one or more field controls, you will have two options. You can either accept the MP (missed punch) instead of your time, or you can inform download that you intend to go back out and collect those controls. Informing download is mandatory so we know who is out on the course. From here you can go and collect the controls you missed, obeying the same cluster size rules of your course, before punching GO and the finish a second time. For example, if you somehow missed 5 controls on a blue course, you would need to go and grab 4 of them, punch GO, grab the remaining 1, punch GO again, and then properly finish. Note: if you have an SIAC (#8,000,001 - #8,999,999) the air punch capability will be disabled after you punch finish, so you will need to insert your e-stick into each control to punch.
Times
Beginner clinics 10:30am and 10:45am
Map handout: 11:00ish
Course starts:
Advanced Courses (Brown - Blue) Mass Start at 11:30am
Beginner Courses (White - Orange) Mass Start at 11:45am
Course closure for all courses: 2:30pm
If people arrive after the start they will be allowed to start individually, but we encourage everyone to participate in the one of the group starts.
Everybody must punch in at the finish and download their times even if they do not finish their course, or if they return after the course closes. This is how we make sure everyone returns safely.
New to orienteering? Welcome!
Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.
Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.
You can compete as an individual or as a team. Maximum team size is six people.
At most events, we offer free beginner clinics (they take about 10 minutes) to teach you everything you need to know. Choose your time slot on the registration page.
If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)
Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!
Orienteering map of this location from a previous event
Volunteers
All CROC events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always use some extra hands. Please keep in mind:
No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks
You can help out AND still run your course of choice
Typical ways to assist are: helping with starts and finishes, checking in folks at registration, and picking up control flags after the course closes. Typical shifts are about one hour long.
If you'd like to help, you can choose a task and time shift when you register online. Thanks!
Results
Results will be posted to the Events & Results page a few days after the event.
Registration and other costs
Refund policy: full refund if requested more than 48 hours before the start time of the event. Email us to request a refund and we’ll work it out.
Event Cost
$17 base price - individuals
$22 base price - groups of 2 or more
- Subtract $5 for membership in CROC or other O-club Become a CROC member
- Subtract $5 if you have your own epunch Buy your own epunch
Map and directions
45.3009, -122.7594
Latitude longitude coordinates of the event site. Copy and paste these into a mapping app on your phone or Google maps to get a map and driving directions to this location.
The map below is to the parking area. From there follow the signs to the Grove Shelter north of the playground.