MEMBER LOGIN Home Since 1901 Activities Membership Events Dress Code Contact Us Junior Activities Being a family club, how we bring up our children is of utmost importance to us. The Club's focus is to create quality athletic programs and experiences which reinforce social and athletic skills that set the foundation for an active adult life; this has become a primary reason many families join Pine Orchard. We offer quality tennis instruction, golf clinics, an excellent swim program and sailing instructions. We also offer arts and crafts for the children, and special week-long workshops in STEM and Bricks4Kids. These program allow opportunities for your child to be actively engaged throughout the summer. The Junior Activities Program Book “Fun in the Sun” is completed late-May and will be distributed via email. Please note: For all activities, unless advertised, children should be supervised by a parent, guardian, responsible adult, or sitter over the age of sixteen. For all outdoor activities, we highly recommend you child to have a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Junior Golf Junior Golf includes Junior Golf Camp, Mini-Me Golf Camp, Parent/Junior Tournaments and Championship, Junior Clinics, PGA Junior League, and Junior Club Championships. Group and private lessons are available. Please call for rates and availability at 203-488-0481. Junior Tennis Junior Tennis includes Pre-Season Tennis, Pre-Season Tennis Camp, Junior Tennis Opening Day, Battle of the Burgees Tennis Camp, InterClub Team, USTA Junior Tennis Team, New Haven Open Family Classic, Summer Tennis Clinics, and Junior Club Championships. Group and private lessons are available. Please call for rates and availability at 203-488-6380. Junior Swimming Junior Swimming includes the Swim Team. The Swim Team is divided by age group: 6 & Under, 7 & 8, 9 to 12, and 13 & Over. The Swim Team practices in the morning. There are approximately five meets throughout the season and League Championships; the League includes 17 teams. If interested in private lessons, a sign-up sheet is located on the Pool Deck. There is a maximum of two private lessons per week, per instructor. There are also Private, Group & Stroke Clinics available. Please call for rates and availability at 203-483-9860. Junior Sailing Junior Sailing includes numerous programs: “All You Can Sail,” “Try It Out,” “Dust the Rust,” “Opti & 420 Clinic,” “Beginner Clinic,” “July Sailing Camp,” “August Beginner Clinic,” “Sailing Race Team,” and “Coastal Explores Club." Sailing Fleets include the following: Optimist, 420 and Open Bic. Optimist is a small dingy, great for beginners and racers 15 years and younger. 420 is a two person boat sailed by beginners and team racers 11 years and younger. Open Bic is a fun dingy with a surfboard-like hull; great for an experience 10-16 year old. Sailing instructors assist participants in finding the right boat for them. To participate in any Junior Sailing program, a participant must be able to swim fifty years unassisted and wear a personally owned life jacket on the water. Group and private lessons are available. Please email Head Sailing Instructor, Cameron Brown, at cpc.brown@gmail.com for rates and availability. Clubhouse Activities The Clubhouse Activities differ from year to year; however, examples of activities include the Pollinator’s Workshop, Bingo Mania, Curious Creatures, Field Day, Scavenger Hunt, STEAM Class, Cooking Fun, and a Talent Show. 2 Club Parkway, Branford, CT 06405 Phone: 203.488.2575 Fax: 203.488.5951 © Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club 2018. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Jonas Club Software