Pools--Old Georgetown Club or Wildwood Manor

[Anonymous]

We'd love to join a pool within the next couple of years and live close to the Old Georgetown Club and Wildwood Manor pools. I know that both pools have wait lists, so we're trying to think ahead. Can anyone offer pros and cons for these two pools? How do they compare? Our children will attend Wyngate, so I'm not sure if one has more Wyngate kids than the other.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Bumping this old thread. Am facing similar decision, two years later...

[Anonymous]

Per another thread, Wildwood has no waitlist right now.

[Anonymous]

Well, that would certainly put Wildwood ahead of Old Georgetown!

Thanks for the refererence...

[Anonymous]

Isn’t one of those on Seven Locks road? I pity the people trying to make lefts at rush hour and there’s no parking at swim meets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t one of those on Seven Locks road? I pity the people trying to make lefts at rush hour and there’s no parking at swim meets.

No, you're thinking of Seven Locks Swim&Tennis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t one of those on Seven Locks road? I pity the people trying to make lefts at rush hour and there’s no parking at swim meets.

They frequently have a police officer directing traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t one of those on Seven Locks road? I pity the people trying to make lefts at rush hour and there’s no parking at swim meets.

They frequently have a police officer directing traffic.

I don't like the location or parking situation, but people in the nearby Seven Locks neighborhoods find it a nice place to socialize.

But back to OP's question. Obviously join the pool without the waitlist, with a seasonal membership if possible, and see if you like it. It would be worth getting on the waitlist for the other though.

[Anonymous]

There are reasons pools have wait lists vs none wait lists.

Many people spend their wait list years at Wildwood before they end up at OGC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are reasons pools have wait lists vs none wait lists.

Many people spend their wait list years at Wildwood before they end up at OGC

I have friends who go to OGC so I am sort of familiar with it, but I've never been to Wildwood and don't have friends there. What would you say are the downsides to Wildwood (which I think is what you are implying).

[Anonymous]

OGC is slightly closer to the Wyngate neighborhood, with Wildwood closer to Ashburton. I’d get on the OGC waitlist, go to Wildwood until you get off the OGC waitlist, and then decide whether to stay at Wildwood at that point. Welcome to the neighborhood!

[Anonymous]

Wildwood used to be an amazing community pool, with awesome food and tons of neighborhood kids on the swim team. Then they got rid of the lady who made the awesome food. Then the board president and a guy from the neighborhood tried to get everyone to vote YES on a $4,000 dues payment to renovate the pool. The community voted them both out by voting no. Meanwhile, he pissed a lot of people off who left the pool. They are working on rebuilding the community, and the new board put out a more modest renovation project. Meanwhile, they are rebuilding the community. Still tons of local kids - swim team has always been very competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OGC is slightly closer to the Wyngate neighborhood, with Wildwood closer to Ashburton. I’d get on the OGC waitlist, go to Wildwood until you get off the OGC waitlist, and then decide whether to stay at Wildwood at that point. Welcome to the neighborhood!

Or join the BCC YMCA when they offer their no joining fee deal before the summer and use that pool while you are on the waitlist for OGC. Not as nice as Wildwood, but there are lots of Wyngate families that use the YMCA pool during the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t one of those on Seven Locks road? I pity the people trying to make lefts at rush hour and there’s no parking at swim meets.

During peak times there is often a police officer directing traffic. Love all the shade at 7 Locks.