Open Gym at Conejo Recreation & Park District Facilities

The Conejo Recreation & Park District has several facilities offering not only paid programs and classes but free access to indoor gymnasium facilities during designated hours.

The Thousand Oaks Community Center offers free "open gym" times throughout the month, with access to indoor basketball, volleyball, badminton and pickleball. Located at 2525 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. For open gym times, visit www.crpd.org/facilities/thousand-oaks-center/thousand-oaks-community-center or call 805.381.2793.

The Borchard Community Center at 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park also offers free "open gym" access during designated time frames for drop-in basketball, volleyball and badminton. Visit www.crpd.org/facilities/borchard-center/borchard-center-calendar.

The Dos Vientos Community Center at 4801 Borchard Road, Newbury Park also offers free open gym access during designated time frames for volleyball (currently Fridays from 4:30-6:30pm and Sundays from noon to 2:30pm) and badminton (currently Wednesdays from 6:45-9:15pm). Visit www.crpd.org/facilities/dos-vientos-center/dos-vientos-center or call 805.375.1003.

The Thousand Oaks Teen Center at 1375 East Janss Road, Thousand Oaks offers free drop-in recreation to any local teen (grades 7 to 12) during daily operational hours, including game room, gym and computer lab. Visit www.crpd.org/programs-sports/teens or www.thousandoaksteencenter.com or call 805.494.5156.

Art Trek in Newbury Park

Art Trek, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization designed to bring visual, performing and literary arts to people of all ages. Art Trek provides art training to parents and teachers, after school programs, teen programs, summer camps, studio workshops and more. It has been active since 1992 and was established as a not-for-profit in 2006.

Birthday parties, corporate events and more. arttrek.org/schedule-event

Art Trek is located at 703 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Newbury Park. Visit www.arttrek.org for more information.

Monarchs Gym - Newbury Park and Agoura

Founded in 1977, Monarchs Gymnastics has two 13,000+ sq ft facilities and provides professional athletic services to 1,500+ families with over 300 classes offered weekly for boys and girls, recreational or competitive, 18 months to adult.

Kids can enjoy gymnastics, ninja, parkour, tumbling, cheer and other physical activities at Monarchs.

Additionally, Monarch's offers monthly workout passes, camps, Parents' Night Out, open gym, birthday parties and field trips.

Locations at 3599 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park (805.375.4663) and 5331 Derry Avenue, Suites C-H, Agoura Hills (818.889.3634).  More information at www.monarchsgym.com.

Monarchs Gym Agoura Hills: www.monarchsgym.com/agoura

Monarchs Gym Newbury Park: www.newbury.monarchsgym.com

MonarX Parkour in Agoura Hills: www.monarx.monarchsgym.com

Reef Volleyball Club

Reef Volleyball Club is a member of the Southern California Volleyball Association, whose governing body is USA Volleyball. Reef’s program is for girls 18 years of age and younger. The purpose of the program is to provide the opportunity for athletes to receive high quality instruction in volleyball skill development and strategy at all ability levels.

Locations in Newbury Park and Agoura Hills. More information at www.reefvbc.com.

Victory Gymnastics Academy in Newbury Park

Victory Gymnastics Academy at 2330 Teller Road in Newbury Park is a 14,000 sq ft facility with state-of-the-art equipment, classes and training for all ages (including toddlers), gymnastics, cheerleading and tumbling, wireless internet, a cafe and many other nice features. 

Also for birthday parties of up to 20 kids ages 5 and up. Summer camp too.

For more info, visit www.victory-gymnastics.com or call 805.376.9059.

Newbury Park Elite Football Club

NP Elite FC is a community-based, family-centered, soccer club that focuses on training individual players to be the best soccer players, teammates, and people they can be. Our experienced and dedicated coaching staff seeks to instill a passion for the game in our players and focuses on long-term player development, positive sportsmanship, communication, and teamwork. Off the field, we try to improve our community, offer opportunities for all, foster friendships, and focus on teaching core values of commitment, resilience, positivity, and respect. Open to boys and girls. 

More information at www.npelitefc.com.

Newbury Park Track Club and Other Ventura County Youth Track Clubs

The Newbury Park Track Club (NPTC) is a youth recreational sports program in track and field. Founded in 1968, the NPTC is the oldest continuously running youth sports organization in the Conejo Valley.

Registration takes place in December/January (for spring track season) and early summer (for fall cross country season) each year. Age groups range from 7 to 16 years. Teams are as follows:

• Gremlins: Ages 7-8

• Bantams: Ages 9-10

• Midgets: Ages 11-12

• Youth: Ages 13-14

• Intermediate: Ages 15-16

Each team is coached by at least one coach, with additional support from parents and specialty coaches as needed.  Athletes compete fairly and equally.  All athletes are eligible to compete an equal amount, and all have an equal chance to earn first place awards.

For more information, visit www.nptrackclub.org.

NPTC is a member of the Ventura County Youth Track Conference, a non-profit, tax-exempt California corporation.

Other clubs currently in the conference include: Camarillo Cosmos, Heritage Valley Blazers, Moorpark Striders, Ojai Roadrunners, Oxnard Stars, Thousand Oaks Flyers , Gold Coast Spartans and Ventura Tigres.

Grant R. Brimhall Library in Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park Branch

Grant R. Brimhall Library in Thousand Oaks

There are two great local Conejo Valley libraries for kids and adults alike. The Grant R. Brimhall Library is at 1401 E. Janss Road in Thousand Oaks (805.449.2660) and the local Newbury Park Branch is at 2331 Borchard Road (805.498.2139). The main library has a huge children's section with a great 3,600 gallon aquarium in the hallway leading into the main library. Visit www.tolibrary.org to learn more.

As of January 2023, library hours are as follows (subject to change):

Grant R. Brimhall Library:

• Mon-Thurs: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Fri: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Sat: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Sun: Noon to 5 p.m.

Newbury Park Branch Library (new hours starting January 3, 2023):

• Mon-Thurs: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Fri: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Sat: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Sun: Closed

Both libraries are closed on major holidays

If you're looking for a place to cool off and relax during the summer months, you can't beat the Thousand Oaks Library. Nice and cool in there and plenty of spaces to grab a book and relax. Take advantage of it!

There’s also a virtual library available 24/7 at www.tolibrary.org/research. Free services are numerous:

• eBooks and more: Flipster (magazines), Freegal Music, Kanopy (free films, documentaries and TV shows), OverDrive/Libby (eBooks, Audiobooks), PressReader and more.

• Mobile apps: Lynda.com, NYTimes.com, Rosetta Stone, TumbleBooks (animated picture books) and BrainFuse (academic tools). BookFliz (video storybooks)

• Free Learning Apps: Codecademy, DigitalLearn.org, edX, Khan Academy, etc.

Other items of note:

• The Thousand Oaks Library is not part of the Ventura County Library System (it was part of the system prior to November 1982) and thus your library card can only be used for books at these two libraries.

• The Grant Brimhall Library is 84,000 sq ft and the Newbury Park Branch is 17,000 sq ft.

The 3,600 gallon saltwater aquarium.

Hockey Alley Ice Hockey Training Facility in Newbury Park

Hockey Alley is a unique, patented ice hockey training facility designed and built specifically for individual instruction.  Located at 2697 Lavery Court in Newbury Park, the alley ice surface measures 20 feet by 60 feet and is perfect for team practice or practice games.  The primary alley can be rented and pucks are supplied by Hockey Alley.  For more information, visit www.hockeyalley.com or call 805.375.6092.

Waterworks Swim School in Newbury Park

Hands On Teaching at Waterworks Swim School located inside the LA Fitness on Grande Vista Drive in Newbury Park. Swim lessons are available to children ages 2.5 and older as well as adults. Waterworks’ professional team of swim instructors teach students how to swim in an indoor, heated pool. They teach students of all skill levels, from first time swimming to higher level swimmers looking to improve their swimming technique.

Learn more and sign up at www.waterworksswim.com/locations/newbury-park