About Us

Welcome to Ridge Top Club!

Ridge Top was founded in 1957 to provide a welcoming, relaxing and fun summer experience for local families. We are a non-profit owned and operated by its members. 

When you join Ridge Top, you are not just a member. You are a stakeholder and part of the Ridge Top community, where you will connect with other families, build friendships and create lasting memories. We consider this to be one of the best things about Ridge Top: the club is all of us!

Whether you and your family want to improve your swimming and tennis skills through clinics and instruction or simply relax and have fun, Ridge Top provides the perfect setting for a wonderful summer. I wish you and your family a great season at our very own “Oasis on the Hill.”

President Michele Klimczak

Season Dates and Hours

The club is open Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend. Tennis courts are open April to November, weather permitting.

Until Father’s Day Weekend (June 15-16), the club is open 10 to 7 p.m. weekends..

Staff Biographies

Pool Director Ken Pierson

Ken grew up at Ridge Top where his father was a longtime board member. He is a veteran pool director and swim coach. He serves as the head coach of the North Haven High School and Notre Dame High School boys swim teams as well as the Amity Aquatic Club swim team.

Swim Team Coach and Swim Instructor Martha Phelan

Martha has decades of experience as a swim coach and teacher and is head coach of the North Haven High School girl’s swim team. In 2023, she led Ridge Top to its first swim club team championship in many years. In addition to coaching the swim team, Martha and her coaches offer private swim lessons.

Tennis Pro Sarah Bullars

Sarah grew up playing competitive tennis. She is a recent University of Connecticut graduate and was captain of the school’s club tennis team. She has coached and taught tennis at the Woodbridge Club, Oak Lane, and the Milford Indoor tennis center. She and her assistant run clinics for adults and children, as well as offer private lessons.

Manager Sunny Cusano

Sunny has worked at Ridge Top for more than a decade, most of that time as manager. She keeps the club running smoothly, handling everything from organizing events to supervising personal and to serving as point person for questions and concerns. In other life, Sunny is a New Haven elementary school teacher.

Maintenance Manager Vinnie Buonocore

Vinnie, whose family joined Ridge Top when he was a child, has been the club’s director of maintenance for nearly 20 years. A master mechanic, carpenter, gardener, certified pool technician and jack-of-all-trades, he and his crew keep the club looking great year round.

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