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Pool

The Barrington Community Pool is open each year from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend

The telephone number at the pool is (703) 690-7869.

Each season, early closures occur for a number of community events. Early closures due to Barrington Blue Fins evening home swim meets and special events will be posted on the pool's community bulletin board as information becomes available.


Days Open School Session State Time
Monday - Friday Schools in Session 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Sat, Sun and Holidays Schools in Session 11:00am - 8:00pm
Mon-Sun Schools NOT in Session 11:00am - 8:00pm
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Pool Registration

Membership

Membership in the Barrington Community Pool is limited to community residents. All members and Member Residences must agree to the conditions of the pool rules prior to use of any of the Barrington Community Pool Facilities. Please review current pool rules for community residence requirements.

What should I do if I have not registered for the pool?

Annual formal registration occurs prior to each Summer season.

Each household residence that properly fills out a Registration and Emergency Data/Release form each year becomes a Member Residence associated with the Barrington Community Pool Facilities (pool enclosure, buildings, and entryway).

If you only need stickers for last year's pass, simply fill out the registration form. If you don't have one you can download it at the bottom of this page.

If you need passes, you must include a 1" by 1" picture (clearly marked by name) for each family member requiring a pass, along with the completed registration form.

Place the documentation in the registration box located outside the pool (you may courtesy call Sharon Spinazzola to let her know it was submitted). All requests placed in the registration box require 2 to 3 business days for processing. Adult patrons may pick up passes from the lifeguard's station at the pool, after processing.

Registration Sessions

All current resident registrations requested AFTER July 1st will require a $25.00 processing fee. Please contact a Pool Committee member for dates for registration or contact Sharon Spinazzola with specific questions.

The Pool Committee has completed the pool rules for the 2009 season.

Click here to download the registration data form for the swimming pool.

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Pool Rules

Click here to download the rules for the swimming pool.

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Blue Fins Swim Team

The Barrington Blue Fins Swim Team is a summer swim program offering great coaching, fun social events, and a full season of swim meets for swimmers in the Barrington community. Our team is devoted to providing a positive and memorable experience for the swimmers and their families. In addition to teaching proper swimming skills, we aim to develop good sportsmanship, team spirit, self-discipline, friendship, respect and healthy minds/bodies. It is a family activity that helps create a connection to other families in the Barrington community.

The Blue Fins have approximately 90 swimmers from 55 families on the team. They compete with other area communities in the Colonial Swim League. The swim season begins after Memorial Day and runs through July. Meets are held on Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings. In addition to daily practices, the team holds many social activities throughout the season including weekly pep rallies, Kings Dominion trip, movie nights, ice cream socials and more.

Please contact Team Representatives at Doug & Reby Hopler with any questions.

Blue Fins History

The Barrington Blue Fins Swim Team was developed in April of 1995. Barrington had a swimming pool and a few residents interested in having their children participate on a swim team. Around the kitchen table of Noelle and Bob Wolter, a group of eight people including Bruce Jones, Barrie Askey, Rod Collins, Keith Rea, Ken Reinshuttle, and Ruth Daly, developed the organization needed for the swim team. Within days, the spouses of these people were also enlisted and the Blue Fins were on their way. Deb Hutchinson was able to get the equipment needed. Ken Reinshuttle secured financial help from the homeowners and found the team a head coach. Keith Rea got his wife, Donna, to be in charge of fundraising. Rod Collins agreed to secure and train all the officials needed. Greg Askey agreed to take care of all our finances and Noelle Wolter agreed to be the Team Rep for the Blue Fins. We joined the Colonial Swim League, which is a local league of about 20 teams. Crosspointe had been in this league and was most helpful in giving us information to get us started. Bruce Jones had lots of information from the Saratoga Swim Team that their son Brian had been on. The next step was to get information out to the community. This was done by the Wolter girls who roller bladed up and down the streets of Barrington putting flyers into mailboxes (several times!!). Information was put in the Barrington newsletter. There was a contest to come up with a name for the swim team and treats given to those who turned ballots into the Wolters. Flyers were given out to the kids as they got off the buses in the afternoons. Word was spread at MOB meetings. This along with word of mouth excitement got us going!

In May, 1995 there was a registration and parent meeting at Silverbrook. The team registered 39 swimmers (only about 6 of whom had any swimming experience at all!!). By June we had all the equipment we needed, swim suits, T-shirts, caps, coaches (Sam and Natasha Conway, Carrie Wolter and Austin Reinshuttle), trained officials, a handbook, a calendar and we were ready to start the season! By the time of the first meet we were up to 66 swimmers on the roles. It was very exciting to have such interest and we held that interest by an inordinate number of social activities. There were pasta parties, sleepovers, movies, bike rides, water parks, Kings Dominion, swim-a-thons, Cannons games, talent shows on top of the meets which at the beginning were secondary to the fun! Our first two seasons were pretty dismal as far as winning but it did not seem to matter because the kids were busy, healthy and bonding as a unit. The Blue Fins became the glue that bonded families together in this new Subdivision. Friends were made, families connected. Interest and support was phenomenal.

The next few seasons the Blue Fins began winning more and more meets. Many kids were swimming year round and winning all kinds of points for us in the summer. In 1999 the Blue Fins were undefeated in the Gold Division. This was an incredible accomplishment for us in such a short time and we were able to move up to the next division. We had 12 swimmers make it to the Colonial League All-stars in 1999. The Blue Fins were PROUD!

Sam and Natasha Conway were with us as head coaches for three years and then Carrie Wolter became the head coach and Austin Reinshuttle the Head Assistant Coach. AS the team grew (we had 100 swimmers in 1999 and 120 in 2000), we added on more assistant coaches from our own ranks. In 1999 Andrew Daly, Ashley Wolter and Brian Jones worked with our new developmental group which was established to meet the needs of the huge number of developmental swimmers. The team won two and loss two meets which was pretty good considering we were in a higher division.

The team was built on the values of self-discipline, sportsmanship, friendship, respect, team spirit and family involvement. Swimmers have learned that hard work pays off. They work hard to improve their own times and abilities. Young kids and older kids support each other and have fun together. The older kids become the role models for the younger new swimmers. The summer team connects the kids at school. It has provided opportunities for friendships among adults and has created community pride. An idea that came about around a kitchen table six years ago became a reality that has made a major impact on life in Barrington.