2025 Junior Nationals Championships & North Texas Spring-O
Date: Sat.-Sun., Mar. 22-23, 2025
Location: Sid Richardson Scout Ranch (SR2), Bridgeport, TX (Map)
NTOA is pleased to once again host the Junior National Orienteering Championships, along with a Texas-sized Spring-O National event that is open to all! Join us at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch (aka, SR2) to compete and have fun on a brand-new map by Jonathon Campbell (NEOC). We'll be releasing more info over the coming months.
(5/31) This event will also be the Air Force JROTC National Championships.
Format: All races are nationally sanctioned by Orienteering USA.
Fri., March 21: Model event and Zig-Zag O (tentative)
Sat.-Sun., March 22-23: Two-day Classic and Zig-Zag O (tentative)
Meet Officials:
Meet Director: Marc McCauley
Course Setter: Ralph Courtney
Course Consultant: Jonathon Campbell
Registrar: Mary Lynn Genovesi
Vetter: Tom Carr
Courses and classes
Junior Nationals
The Junior Nationals includes both the Interscholastic and Intercollegiate championship competitions. See full courses and classes required for the Junior Nationals in the OUSA Rules of Competition, starting at section A.34.
High-level class overview -- see OUSA Rules for full eligibility requirements, scoring rules and other definitions:
Interscholastics:
Interscholastic competition is an individual point-to-point format competition for eligible K-12 students. Students compete for individual awards and can also compete as teams for team awards.
Individual classes (School or Club):
- Interscholastic Varsity Female: compete on the brown course and are in any grade through 12.
- Interscholastic Junior Varsity Female: orange course, any grade through 12.
- Interscholastic Varsity Male: green course, any grade through 12.
- Interscholastic Junior Varsity Male: orange course, any grade through 12.
- Interscholastic Intermediate Female: yellow course, any grade through 9.
- Interscholastic Intermediate Male: yellow course, any grade through 9.
- Interscholastic Primary Female: white course, any grade through 6.
- Interscholastic Primary Male: white course, any grade through 6.
Team classes:
- Interscholastic School Varsity, Interscholastic School Junior Varsity, Interscholastic School Intermediate, Interscholastic School Primary
- Interscholastic Club Varsity, Interscholastic Club Junior Varsity, Interscholastic Club Intermediate, Interscholastic Club Primary
Additional JROTC classes:
Individual: JROTC Interscholastic Varsity Female, JROTC Interscholastic Varsity Male, JROTC Interscholastic Junior Varsity Female, JROTC Interscholastic Junior Varsity Male
Team: JROTC Varsity, JROTC Junior Varsity
intercollegiates:
To be eligible to compete in an Intercollegiate class the competitor must be a full-time college or university student. (Undergraduate or graduate as defined by the college or university)
Individual Classes/Courses:
Intercollegiate Varsity Female/Green, Intercollegiate Varsity Male/Red, Intercollegiate Junior Varsity Female/Orange, Intercollegiate Junior Varsity Male/Orange
Team classes: Intercollegiate School Varsity, Intercollegiate School Junior Varsity, Intercollegiate Club Varsity
North Texas Spring-O
North Texas Spring-O 2025 will be a nationally ranked event (formerly known as "A" events) open to everyone.
- All standard OUSA competitive courses and classes will be offered. Competitors MUST pre-register at OUSA Event Register
- Recreational courses for white, yellow, orange, brown and green will be offered. (No red or blue rec courses.) You can pre-register (appreciated, for map counts) or sign up day of event.
Fees and Registration
Competitors:
- Juniors: $25/day; $2 OUSA discount (membership is required for championship event)
- Adults: $55/day; $4 OUSA discount (membership optional)
- Standard registration deadline: Feb. 28, 2025; late registration March 1-10: $10 fee/day
- NO day-of-event registration for Junior Nationals or North Texas Spring-O
Recreational participants:
- Rec individuals: $10/person per day (all ages)
- Rec teams: $20 for first two people, $5/extra team member, kids under age 8 free
- $3 e-punch rental (or bring your own)
- Day-of-race event permitted; maps are first come, first served
- Sign up for either day, or both
All
- Model maps: $5 pre-purchase, $6 at the event
- Saturday night BBQ dinner at SR2: $28 for 13 and older (choice of 2 meats and 4 sides); $17 for 12 and under (1 meat and 2 sides); $13 for vegetarian (plain baked potato inc. fixings and 2 sides. No vegan option, sorry.)
- Saturday night post-dinner country western dancing: FREE! Open to all, no dinner ticket required.
- Event t-shirts: $15; XXL, $17.
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: There are two registration sites.
- Sign up for any or all of the following at OUSA’s Event Register site: https://eventreg.orienteeringusa.org/eventregister/register/start/ntoa-spring-o-2025
- All competitive classes for both events
- Model map (Note: Will also be for sale at the event, for $1 more)
- BBQ Dinner at SR2
- Country Western dancing at SR2 (free – sign-up is for head count!)
- T-Shirts (Note: Some will also be for sale at the event, for a few bucks more)
The regular deadline for all items on Event Register is March 1, 2025 – late/final registration deadline, with additional fees, is March 13, 2025. Payment is required at the time of registration.
- Sign up for the following here at NTOA.com (use buttons below):
- Recreational courses (either day or both)
Recreational pre-registration will close on Wed., March 19, 2025; we’ll also have some recreational maps for day-of-race, first come, first served. Payment is optional at the time of registration; you can also pay in person.
Some people will need to use both sites:
- If, for example, you plan to sign up ahead of time for a recreational course and go to the BBQ dinner, you’ll have to fill out forms at both sites.
REC INDIVIDUALS IN LARGE GROUPS
Register Here
Enter 1-20 recreational individuals from the same group (e.g., Scout troop).
See Recreational entries by: Surname // Organization // Class/Course
Directions
Google Maps estimates travel time from DFW International Airport to the SR2 entrance gate at about 1 hour, 15 minutes (74 miles/120 km). Note that it's about 5 miles (8 km) from the gate to the Event HQ on occasionally rough dirt roads. Plan on 15-20 minutes to arrive at Main Camp.
Street address: Boy Scout Road, Bridgeport, TX 76426