Chesterbrook Swim & Tennis Club

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Member here. Chesterbrook prides itself on having one of the top-ranked swim teams in all of Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) (generally competing with Overlee and Tuckahoe for the #1 position). They renovated 3 years ago but the changing rooms and snack bar are small and outdated. The club itself has a very active social scene, and is welcoming whether or not families are part of the swim team. (My kids, for example, are not good enough swimmers to swim in the "A" meets, but still love being part of the team, and adore the coaches.) They also have a dive team and tennis team, of course.

The new baby/toddler pool is great. My kids had outgrown it before the renovation, but we spent many, many happy hours using the previous wading pool and made a lot of friends.

However, unlike most other pools in the area, there is no membership wait list. Chesterbrook has an annual membership sign-up, typically at noon on the second Saturday of January, so you have just missed it. Available memberships are usually filled within 5 minutes of the online sign-up.

Is this hunger games style???? I don't understand why you would do this. I assume that prior members get priority?

Once you are a full member, you don't have to sign up again. You just pay your summer membership dues after you bought in. I think it's around $1000 for the summer, but I cna't really remember.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Member here. Chesterbrook prides itself on having one of the top-ranked swim teams in all of Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) (generally competing with Overlee and Tuckahoe for the #1 position). They renovated 3 years ago but the changing rooms and snack bar are small and outdated. The club itself has a very active social scene, and is welcoming whether or not families are part of the swim team. (My kids, for example, are not good enough swimmers to swim in the "A" meets, but still love being part of the team, and adore the coaches.) They also have a dive team and tennis team, of course.

The new baby/toddler pool is great. My kids had outgrown it before the renovation, but we spent many, many happy hours using the previous wading pool and made a lot of friends.

However, unlike most other pools in the area, there is no membership wait list. Chesterbrook has an annual membership sign-up, typically at noon on the second Saturday of January, so you have just missed it. Available memberships are usually filled within 5 minutes of the online sign-up.

Is this hunger games style???? I don't understand why you would do this. I assume that prior members get priority?

She’s talking about new memberships. Once you’re in, you’re in.

The point is to get competitive swimmers onto the team quickly. There’s not a wait list for certain applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very very intense swim team there.

Very intense and very obnoxious. We're members there and my kids are lifeguards and former members of the swim team. They quit around age 12-14 for a variety of reasons, but never really enjoyed it too much. I didn't enjoy it or the parents at all. This was a few years ago (kids are in college now) so maybe it's better.

The pools are fine, but I personally don't think they did themselves any favors with that new pool. Awkward shape and the company they hired botched a lot of it, especially the design. It is, however, one of the biggest and nicest pools in the area. Which isn't saying much, but in the land of the blind, the one eyed is king.

[Anonymous]

What are the volunteer requirements like for swim team? How young are kids joining the team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are the volunteer requirements like for swim team? How young are kids joining the team?

In the NVSL I think kids as young as 4 can be on the team if they meet that team's requirements (some it is able to swim across the pool, others require you to be able to do a rough free style and/or float or swim on your back, etc).

Summer teams require a lot of parents to make it happen. It takes about 40 adults to run a meet. There are two meets a week. Also, since there are a lot of paid coaches (unlike some sports) it requires a lot of money. So fundraising through concession sales, etc, is counted towards volunteer hours. Concessions sold during meets helps pay for the coaches since the fees are only part of it.

Our team pays for pizza parties, weekly breakfast, ice cream socials, and cool stuff for our pep rallies (food trucks, ice cream, food, water balloons, laser tag, bounce houses, etc) this is all accomplished through the volunteers and fund raising. It always makes me mad when people complain about the volunteering - the other option is that people pay for the this stuff themselves or it is not done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Member here. Chesterbrook prides itself on having one of the top-ranked swim teams in all of Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) (generally competing with Overlee and Tuckahoe for the #1 position). They renovated 3 years ago but the changing rooms and snack bar are small and outdated. The club itself has a very active social scene, and is welcoming whether or not families are part of the swim team. (My kids, for example, are not good enough swimmers to swim in the "A" meets, but still love being part of the team, and adore the coaches.) They also have a dive team and tennis team, of course.

The new baby/toddler pool is great. My kids had outgrown it before the renovation, but we spent many, many happy hours using the previous wading pool and made a lot of friends.

However, unlike most other pools in the area, there is no membership wait list. Chesterbrook has an annual membership sign-up, typically at noon on the second Saturday of January, so you have just missed it. Available memberships are usually filled within 5 minutes of the online sign-up.

Thank you! Do you know the facilities compare to Arlington Forest Club or Dominion Hills?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Member here. Chesterbrook prides itself on having one of the top-ranked swim teams in all of Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) (generally competing with Overlee and Tuckahoe for the #1 position). They renovated 3 years ago but the changing rooms and snack bar are small and outdated. The club itself has a very active social scene, and is welcoming whether or not families are part of the swim team. (My kids, for example, are not good enough swimmers to swim in the "A" meets, but still love being part of the team, and adore the coaches.) They also have a dive team and tennis team, of course.

The new baby/toddler pool is great. My kids had outgrown it before the renovation, but we spent many, many happy hours using the previous wading pool and made a lot of friends.

However, unlike most other pools in the area, there is no membership wait list. Chesterbrook has an annual membership sign-up, typically at noon on the second Saturday of January, so you have just missed it. Available memberships are usually filled within 5 minutes of the online sign-up.

Thank you! Do you know the facilities compare to Arlington Forest Club or Dominion Hills?

Hopefully you're already on the waitlist for both of these. Otherwise see you in 5+ years. AFC has way better facilities than DH. Not sure how Chesterbrook compares facility wise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Member here. Chesterbrook prides itself on having one of the top-ranked swim teams in all of Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) (generally competing with Overlee and Tuckahoe for the #1 position). They renovated 3 years ago but the changing rooms and snack bar are small and outdated. The club itself has a very active social scene, and is welcoming whether or not families are part of the swim team. (My kids, for example, are not good enough swimmers to swim in the "A" meets, but still love being part of the team, and adore the coaches.) They also have a dive team and tennis team, of course.

The new baby/toddler pool is great. My kids had outgrown it before the renovation, but we spent many, many happy hours using the previous wading pool and made a lot of friends.

However, unlike most other pools in the area, there is no membership wait list. Chesterbrook has an annual membership sign-up, typically at noon on the second Saturday of January, so you have just missed it. Available memberships are usually filled within 5 minutes of the online sign-up.

Thank you! Do you know the facilities compare to Arlington Forest Club or Dominion Hills?

Hopefully you're already on the waitlist for both of these. Otherwise see you in 5+ years. AFC has way better facilities than DH. Not sure how Chesterbrook compares facility wise

AFC is a minimum of six years - but usually 10-12 years.

DH is not much better.

That is why the Kiwanis pool has such a great membership, no waitlist if you get it you have it.

It helps pools on the border to pick up Arlington people. Woodley or Fort Myer (Colonial league though) get a number of Arlingtonians.

[Anonymous]

The opportunity for people to join Chesterbrook in January is a good thing and it is first come, first served -- so you submit your interest to be a new member right at noon on the second January of the month. Other pools as noted have years' waiting list, but with Chesterbrook there is an opportunity to get in sooner but it is dependent on other members leaving and opening up a spot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Member here. Chesterbrook prides itself on having one of the top-ranked swim teams in all of Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) (generally competing with Overlee and Tuckahoe for the #1 position). They renovated 3 years ago but the changing rooms and snack bar are small and outdated. The club itself has a very active social scene, and is welcoming whether or not families are part of the swim team. (My kids, for example, are not good enough swimmers to swim in the "A" meets, but still love being part of the team, and adore the coaches.) They also have a dive team and tennis team, of course.

The new baby/toddler pool is great. My kids had outgrown it before the renovation, but we spent many, many happy hours using the previous wading pool and made a lot of friends.

However, unlike most other pools in the area, there is no membership wait list. Chesterbrook has an annual membership sign-up, typically at noon on the second Saturday of January, so you have just missed it. Available memberships are usually filled within 5 minutes of the online sign-up.

Thank you! Do you know the facilities compare to Arlington Forest Club or Dominion Hills?

Hopefully you're already on the waitlist for both of these. Otherwise see you in 5+ years. AFC has way better facilities than DH. Not sure how Chesterbrook compares facility wise

AFC is a minimum of six years - but usually 10-12 years.

DH is not much better.

That is why the Kiwanis pool has such a great membership, no waitlist if you get it you have it.

It helps pools on the border to pick up Arlington people. Woodley or Fort Myer (Colonial league though) get a number of Arlingtonians.

What is the Kiwanis pool?

[Anonymous]

Worst behaved swim team in the area but nice facilities. If you want to do swim team though I would join Tuckahoe, Highlands, Kent Gardens, or McLean Swim and Tennis...all mich nicer environments for swimmers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Member here. Chesterbrook prides itself on having one of the top-ranked swim teams in all of Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL) (generally competing with Overlee and Tuckahoe for the #1 position). They renovated 3 years ago but the changing rooms and snack bar are small and outdated. The club itself has a very active social scene, and is welcoming whether or not families are part of the swim team. (My kids, for example, are not good enough swimmers to swim in the "A" meets, but still love being part of the team, and adore the coaches.) They also have a dive team and tennis team, of course.

The new baby/toddler pool is great. My kids had outgrown it before the renovation, but we spent many, many happy hours using the previous wading pool and made a lot of friends.

However, unlike most other pools in the area, there is no membership wait list. Chesterbrook has an annual membership sign-up, typically at noon on the second Saturday of January, so you have just missed it. Available memberships are usually filled within 5 minutes of the online sign-up.

Thank you! Do you know the facilities compare to Arlington Forest Club or Dominion Hills?

Hopefully you're already on the waitlist for both of these. Otherwise see you in 5+ years. AFC has way better facilities than DH. Not sure how Chesterbrook compares facility wise

AFC is a minimum of six years - but usually 10-12 years.

DH is not much better.

That is why the Kiwanis pool has such a great membership, no waitlist if you get it you have it.

It helps pools on the border to pick up Arlington people. Woodley or Fort Myer (Colonial league though) get a number of Arlingtonians.

What is the Kiwanis pool?

Knights of Columbus https://columbusclubpools.com/about-our-pools/

Colonial League - much smaller league than NVSL and less competitive/intense

[Anonymous]

You can get off of wait-lists faster by agreeing to do the volunteer time of other members at meets etc.

[Anonymous]

Chesterbrook Swim and Tennis is the waiting room for Washington Golf and Country Club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Worst behaved swim team in the area but nice facilities. If you want to do swim team though I would join Tuckahoe, Highlands, Kent Gardens, or McLean Swim and Tennis...all mich nicer environments for swimmers.

What does worst behaved team mean?