Meadow Swim & Tennis Club

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  • 2019 Swim Season Information

    Mini Dolphins
    In order to enroll for the Mini Dolphins Swim Program in 2019, each participant must be 3.5 years old AND must be able to put their face in the water, leave the stairs/wall on their own. For those who do NOT meet this benchmark, they should sign up for private lessons with Coach Kyle, Coach Sean or Coach Matt. Lessons are available until November 2nd of 2018, and will start up again in March 2019 when Spring Clinics start. Please email the coaches direct to book lessons:

    Kyle Peterson – toachtyle@gmail.com
    Sean Malley – sean_malley@yahoo.com
    Matt Armanini – m_armanini@hotmail.com

    Swim Team
    Each age group programs will be headed by at least two senior coaches. The breakdown is as follows:

    Minis – Coach Kyle and Coach Matt
    6 & Unders – Coach Kyle and Coach Matt
    7-8’s – Coach Kyle and Coach Sean
    9-10’s – Coach Matt and Coach Sean
    11-12’s – Coach Matt and Coach Sean
    13 & Up – Coach Dave, Coach Matt and Coach Sean

    Similar to the Mini Dolphin program, lessons are available presently until fall swim ends on November 2, 2018, and will start up again in March 2019. Please email the coaches direct (at email addresses listed above) for availability.

    Junior Coaches
    Junior Coaches will have to attend a mandatory meeting in February, as well as complete mandatory training sessions in March in order to be cleared to coach. Additionally, those who satisfactorily completed all requirements to coach will continue to go through training as they coach Minis and 8&Under workouts. Again, no Junior Coach will be allowed to coach unless he/she has attended the February meeting, has completed ALL March training sessions, and has completed ALL paperwork. Paperwork will be given out at the February meeting and must be turned in by March 1, 2019 to the coaches’ office.

  • End of Season Hours / Pool Closing Date

    The pool hours for the remainder of the season will be as follows:

    Monday-Friday: 3:30 – 6:00pm
    Saturday: 12 :00 – 5:30pm
    Sunday: 12:00 – 4:30pm

    At the end of the day the pool covers go on (they either get put on by the swim team or the lifeguards). This keeps the pool warm overnight and saves thousands of dollars on the gas bill.

    The Pool closes to the general membership on Sunday, October 21. Swim lessons and Fall clinics continue through November 2.

  • Summer Junior Tennis Program

    Summer Junior Tennis Program

    Summer Junior Tennis Program

    Meadow is pleased to have our new director, Lynne Rolley, beginning on June 1.  Our long-awaited Summer Junior Tennis Program is now open for registration.  Please find the 2018 schedule and registration information below.

    Morning Clinics:

    Morning clinics will be offered for the younger children, ages 10 and under.  The morning clinics are offered Monday-Friday and are coordinated to allow participation with swim team and Dolphin Days programs.

    Monday-Friday:

    • 7/8s 9:30am-10-30am
    • 9/10s 10:30am-11:30am
    • 6&Under 11:30am-12:30pm

    ****Fee: $100.00 per week or $800.00 for 9 weeks.

    Afternoon Clinics:

    The afternoon clinics are for children 9 and older who have had previous tennis instruction (similar to the Performance Tennis Program in years past).  These advanced 2-hour clinics run Monday through Thursday. Groups will be divided by age and experience.

    Monday-Thursday:

    • 1:30pm-3:30pm – 9 years and up
    • Age exceptions will be at the discretion of the head coach

    ****Fee:$160.00 per week or $1280.00 for 9 weeks

    To Register: 

    Registration is available by the week or for the entire summer (9 weeks: June 11-August 10) whether morning or afternoon.

    Week 1  June 11-June 15

    Week 2  June 18-June 22

    Week 3  June 25-June 29

    Week 4 July 2-July 6  (no class/clinic on July 4)

    Week 5 July 9-July 13

    Week 6  July 16-July 20

    Week 7  July 23-July 27

    Week 8 July 20-August 3

    Week 9 August 6-August 10

    To register, please email Lynne Rolley (lynnerolley@gmail.com). In your email, please provide the following:

    • child’s name
    • child’s age
    • t-shirt size
    • clinic requested (morning/afternoon)
    • sessions requested (indicate week number/s or full summer)

    Payment can be made via check (payable to Lynne Rolley LLC).  Lynne will be available at the tennis office at Meadow after June 1.

    Notes:

    1. If you have already signed up via TopDog website, please send a confirmation email to Lynne. 
    2. We will be updating the Meadow tennis page and TopDog websites in the near future.  Please contact Lynne directly to schedule private lessons.  Lynne will be running the program and providing the tennis instructors.

    Please email Lynne Rolley (lynnerolley@gmail.com) with any questions.

     

  • Lynne Rolley, New Director of Tennis

    Meadow Swim and Tennis Club is pleased to welcome Lynne Rolley as our new Director of Tennis, effective June 1, 2018.

    With over 40 years of teaching and coaching expertise at every level, Lynne has been Director of Tennis at Berkeley Tennis Club, Sleepy Hollow Tennis Club and Moraga Country Club; Director of Women’s Tennis for the United States; coached the Fed Cup, Pan Am Games and National Teams; and was named PTR National Coach of the year.  Most recently, she served as the Director of Tennis at La Quinta Resort and PGA WEST, consistently ranked one of the top tennis resorts in the United States.

    In her early years, she was the first woman to coach a men’s collegiate tennis at St. Mary’s College. Ranked in the top ten as a junior player in the USTA, Lynne is a certified PTR and USPTA Elite Pro 1, member of the ITF International Coaches Commission and 2008 inductee into the Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame. Lynne spent many years coaching top players such as Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati. She is a renowned speaker and writer for Tennis magazine as well as many other publications; Lynne also appeared on the Tennis Channel with her own academy show.  Lynne is a Lamorinda native and looks forward to moving back to our community.

    Lynne and the tennis committee are hard at work finalizing the plans for our 2018 Junior Summer Program – and expect to have more information to you shortly.

    Questions?  Please contact John Abruzzo (srtennis@meadowswimandtennis.com)

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  • Summer Sunday Yoga

    Namaste, Dolphins! Come, breath, stretch and ease in to Sunday morning at Meadow with weekly classes taught by instructors from Humble Yoga and Atma Yoga. This Season, we are excited to offer Yoga classes every Sunday from Memorial Day to Labor Day with the purchase a one-time $25 season pass, anyone in your family gets access to all 14* classes. Bring your own mat, a towel if you need it, and some water. To register, please drop a check for $25 payable to Meadow Swim and Tennis with “Yoga” in the Memo in to the small guest fee box by the lifeguard office OR visit https://gomeadow.membershiptoolkit.com (same as Dolphin Days registration), click Register and you should see Sunday Yoga at the top of your forms to add to your cart. For more details on how to register scroll to the bottom of this email.

    *No class on Mini Meet Sunday 7/15

  • Meadow Opening Day

    The pool will officially open on Friday, March 30. Lifeguard hours will be as follows:

    • Friday, March 30: 12:00pm-6:00pm
    • Saturday, March 31: 12:00pm-5:00pm
    • Sunday, April 2: 10:00am-7:00pm
    • Monday-Friday, April 2-6: 12:00pm-5:00pm
    • Weekends, starting April 7: 10:00am-7:00pm
    • Weekdays, starting April 9: 3:30pm-6:30pm

    All other hours are swim at your own risk. Please remember to keep an eye on your children and be courteous to the lifeguards. Have fun and enjoy your spring break!

  • Welcome New Board Members

    Meadow is pleased to be welcoming several new members to our 2018 Executive Board. Please join us in welcoming Patty Holman as President, Flora Wilson as Vice President, and Neil Brown in charge of club Operations. Thank you for volunteering your time and efforts to help make Meadow great!

    Patty Holman and her family moved from New York City to Orinda in August 2015 and joined Meadow in the Spring of 2016. Patty spends a lot of time at Meadow as a rookie tennis player and at swim practices/lessons for her children (ages 7 and 4). Prior to moving to Orinda, Patty was an auditor for a public accounting firm with a wide range of experience in the real estate, retail, services and manufacturing industries. She has also served as the President for the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting, San Francisco Chapter and is currently the Wagner Ranch Parents’ Club Treasurer. Patty holds a Masters in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.

    Flora Wilson and her family joined Meadow shortly after moving to Orinda in 2015. When not at Meadow trying to improve her tennis, Flora is a stay-at-home mother to two sons, a third-grader and a kindergartener at Glorietta. Previously, Flora worked in the banking, financial services, and biotech industries in New York City, London, and Switzerland. Flora holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA in Economics and German Studies from Stanford University.

    Neil Brown is a long-time Orinda resident and 10-year veteran of Meadow. His wife Amy, and two boys Griffin (14) and Lleyton (10) enjoy swimming and tennis and are all huge Meadow Fans. Neil is also a water polo player and has organized several introductory water polo clinics with Lamorinda Water Polo’s Eldad Hazor. He joins us as our new Operations chair!

    Contact information for all of our board members can be found on the Meadow club website: https://www.gomeadow.com/about/