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2025 Reed's Crossing Score-O

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​January 5, 2025

Starts at Tamarack Park in Hillsboro, OR [45.491, -122.906]

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Highlights

  • New 1.1 sq. km. map using 1:7500 scale and 2.5-meter contours.

 

  • Register and pay online by 11:00 PM on Friday, January 3, 2025. No event-day registrations. [open until Sat. - 10am]

 

  • Score-O format with a 60 minute course.

 

  • Use either the MapRun phone app or a Q&A sheet to verify each control found.

 

  • Free beginner clinics offered on demand (9:00 - 9:45 AM) for first-time orienteers.

 

  • Mass start at 10:00 AM.

 

  • 11:00 AM social to share course experiences and get to know others.

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The courses close at 11:30 AM and control pickup beings at that time.

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REEDS CROSSING SCORE-O RESULTS

Competitive (32 Participants, 18 Starts)

Although the Reed's Crossing score-O event was attended by just 18 participants, it was very successful and everyone seems to have had a great time. The 60-minute time limit seems to have been well set for elite runners, but many other participants said that they would have liked to have had a 90- or 120-minute option because they were having a lot of fun and wanted to try to find all the controls. Usually, we offer the longest course timed for the elite runners but it makes sense to offer courses with longer time limits for slower participants wanting to spend more time on the course.

The use of the MapRun app was very successful with a 10-meter sensitivity at each control site. Two participants had problems getting credit at four control sites but we used their tracks to confirm that they found those sites. Otherwise, participant satisfaction with MapRun was very high because it was fast and easy to use with a quick reporting of results. The only other problem was that MapRun took 30 points off scores per minute that participants returned late instead of the 20 points that we mentioned in the pre-event briefing, so we corrected the results with just 20-point penalties per minute for late arrivals to the finish.

This event included our first Kidd-O course (a short "white" course), which was enthusiastically received by our youngest participants, who did the course repeatedly in different ways after doing the main course with their parents. We will continue to offer these courses at our future events.

We were delighted to share our sport with a local park user, Aditya Bhutan, who was curious about our sport. He and his daughter downloaded the MapRun app and did the course at the end of our event. We hope to see the two of them at future events.

Thanks go to the Boyle family for control pickup of the entire Kidd-O course, Kathleen Kerns for registration, photos, and baking for the post-event social, and Tony Pinkham for the map and course setting.

11 Starts, 18 Participants

Pl
Name
Time
OT
Points
Penalty
Final Pts
1
Alex Guerrero
54:47
0:00
1520
0
1520
2
Del, Erik, & Lucas Scharffenberg
59:45
0:00
1210
0
1210
3
Laura Weller
51:43
0:00
1180
0
1180
4
Steven, Danielle, Arlo, & Wilder Boyles
55:34
0:00
1060
0
1060
5
Kelly Whitty
64:55
4:55
1090
-100
990
6
Julie Pohl
59:08
0:00
840
0
840
7
Nick & Irma Appelmans
54:43
0:00
810
0
810
8
David Rogers
79:28
19:28
1150
-400
750
9
Aditya Bhutada & daughter
73:21
13:21
850
-280
570
10
Glen Cafferty
55:25
0:00
480
0
480
11
Laurel West-Broetje
62:43
2:43
130
-70
60

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Did not start

Name
*
Dan Simon

Notes: 
(1) 1520 points include 80 points for 3 controls (#24, #50, and #12) visited (confirmed by tracking) but not credited by MapRun. 
(2) 840 points include 20 points for 1 control (#21) visited (confirmed by tracking) but not credited by MapRun. 

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Event Description

This score-O event explores a new housing community that has interesting routes between neighborhoods and through various parks. You have 60 minutes to find as many controls as possible in any order. Keep track of your time; there is a point penalty for finishing late. You can choose either the MapRun phone app or a Q&A sheet to take credit for each control found (we recommend using MapRun, which is faster and easy to use).

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You may do your course as an individual or as part of a team, but if you are part of a team, you must remain with your team at all times while competing.

 

Your placement in the results is dependent on the total number of points that you earn for controls found. Tie scores are broken by time on the course. The point value of each control is determined by the tens digit on the control number (for example, control 38 is worth 30 points).​

REEDS CROSSING SCORE-O RESULTS

Competitive (32 Participants, 18 Starts)

Although the Reed's Crossing score-O event was attended by just 18 participants, it was very successful and everyone seems to have had a great time. The 60-minute time limit seems to have been well set for elite runners, but many other participants said that they would have liked to have had a 90- or 120-minute option because they were having a lot of fun and wanted to try to find all the controls. Usually, we offer the longest course timed for the elite runners but it makes sense to offer courses with longer time limits for slower participants wanting to spend more time on the course.

The use of the MapRun app was very successful with a 10-meter sensitivity at each control site. Two participants had problems getting credit at four control sites but we used their tracks to confirm that they found those sites. Otherwise, participant satisfaction with MapRun was very high because it was fast and easy to use with a quick reporting of results. The only other problem was that MapRun took 30 points off scores per minute that participants returned late instead of the 20 points that we mentioned in the pre-event briefing, so we corrected the results with just 20-point penalties per minute for late arrivals to the finish.

This event included our first Kidd-O course (a short "white" course), which was enthusiastically received by our youngest participants, who did the course repeatedly in different ways after doing the main course with their parents. We will continue to offer these courses at our future events.

We were delighted to share our sport with a local park user, Aditya Bhutan, who was curious about our sport. He and his daughter downloaded the MapRun app and did the course at the end of our event. We hope to see the two of them at future events.

Thanks go to the Boyle family for control pickup of the entire Kidd-O course, Kathleen Kerns for registration, photos, and baking for the post-event social, and Tony Pinkham for the map and course setting.

11 Starts, 18 Participants

Pl
Name
Time
OT
Points
Penalty
Final Pts
1
Alex Guerrero
54:47
0:00
1520
0
1520
2
Del, Erik, & Lucas Scharffenberg
59:45
0:00
1210
0
1210
3
Laura Weller
51:43
0:00
1180
0
1180
4
Steven, Danielle, Arlo, & Wilder Boyles
55:34
0:00
1060
0
1060
5
Kelly Whitty
64:55
4:55
1090
-100
990
6
Julie Pohl
59:08
0:00
840
0
840
7
Nick & Irma Appelmans
54:43
0:00
810
0
810
8
David Rogers
79:28
19:28
1150
-400
750
9
Aditya Bhutada & daughter
73:21
13:21
850
-280
570
10
Glen Cafferty
55:25
0:00
480
0
480
11
Laurel West-Broetje
62:43
2:43
130
-70
60

Did not start

Name
*
Dan Simon

Notes: 
(1) 1520 points include 80 points for 3 controls (#24, #50, and #12) visited (confirmed by tracking) but not credited by MapRun. 
(2) 840 points include 20 points for 1 control (#21) visited (confirmed by tracking) but not credited by MapRun. 

Reed's Crossing Score-O Event Fees

Age Group
Event Fee
Adults (18+ yrs)
$10.00
Junior (8-17 yrs)
$7.00
*Child (0-7 yrs)
Free
Caregiver/Shadow
Free
*A child is assumed to be accompanying an adult on a course without navigating.  A child competing with a map is charged as a junior.
Reed's Crossing Event Fees
Age Group
Event Fee
Adults (18+ yrs)
$10.00
Junior (8-17 yrs)
$7.00
*Child (0-7 yrs)
Free
Caregiver/Shadow
Free

*A child is assumed to be accompanying an adult on a course without navigating.  A child competing with a map is charged as a junior.

Register for the Event

You must register for this event online by 10 AM on Saturday, January 4, 2025.  We use the Orienteering USA (OUSA) Event Register system to manage our events.

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  1. An OUSA account is not required.  Select the Enter Data Manually option to register without an OUSA membership.

  2. Your registration is not complete until you sign your waiver and pay your fees (adults must sign for minors).

    • Parents/Guardians, please register your minor children separately and sign the waver for them.​

  3. All team members must be registered individually.​​

    • Everyone on the same team should enter the team name on the registration form to ensure that your results are linked.

  4. After registration has closed, we will send an email out with the final instructions for the event.​

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CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT.

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Directions to Tamarack Park

  To get to this event:

  • Address: 7250 SE Tamarack St., Hillsboro, OR

  • GPS coordinates: 45.491, -122.906

  • Driving from Portland, Beaverton, or areas south of Beaverton:

    • Take Highway 217 to exit 2A (Hwy 8/SW Canyon Rd).

    • Go west on Hwy 8/SW Canyon Rd (also known as Tualatin Valley Highway) for 4.9 miles to SE 209th Ave.

    • Turn left and go 0.3 miles to SE Blanton St.

    • Turn right and go 0.7 miles to SE Reed Rd.

    • Turn left and go 0.5 miles to SE Tamarack St.

    • Turn left, go 0.1 miles, and park along the street at Tamarack Park (overflow parking at the nearby elementary school on SE Reed Rd).

  • Driving from Hillsboro:

    • Take either SE Cornelius Pass Road to SE Tualatin Valley Highway or SE Tualatin Valley Highway to SE Cornelius Pass Road.

    • Continue south on SE Cornelius Pass Road for 0.35 miles to SE Blanton Rd.

    • Turn right and go 0.3 miles to SE Reed Rd.

    • Turn left, go 0.1 miles, and park along the street at Tamarack Park (overflow parking at the nearby elementary school on SE Reed Rd).

  • Transit option:

    • Take the #57 bus from either the Beaverton or Hillsboro MAX Transit Centers to the bus stop at SE Tualatin Valley Highway and SE Cornelius Pass Rd. Walk south 0.1 miles to SE Reed St, turn right and go 0.2 miles to SE Chinquapin, turn left and follow SE Chinquapin and a walkway 0.1 miles to Tamarack Park.

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