b'Club NewsGreen Mountain Roamers groomer (right) and Snowmobile Vermont groomer (left)Captain Josh Steward, John Plante, and head in opposite directions on a night run,Andrew Martain hold the donated checkTwinfield volunteers with VAST Vice with operators Steve Torrey and Nathanfor $2,280 raised during the Ron PlantePresident, Mark Reaves, after repairing two Lafont at WN 69. Memorial Ride-In, benefiting the Barrebridges for their neighbors, the Worcester Town Fire Department rescue services. Rangers. groomer and open the gates at least once more. Our philosophy is to give you the best riding we can for as longbrought enough snow to open some of as we can. Even if it is just a few milesthe higher elevation trails. With every to get the fuel stabilizer mixed up onsmall snow event, our base grew, and the last day, we will offer it! we were able to open more trails; albeit We saw a large increase in traffic thisthey were opened as early conditionsTwinfield Snow Travelersyear and want to give a huge shoutoutstatus. As of this writing in early to everyone who has supported us byFebruary, its snowed more, weveWhat a phenomenal year we have riding with us, buying a raffle ball,been out grooming, and our trails arehad for snowmobiling in Vermont. interacting on social media, or buyingin good shape and ready for riding!We were lucky enough to open our a Club-Only Membership. I wouldThank you to our dedicated groomingtrails up at the beginning of January, also like to give a big thank you to ourtrio: Matt Marsh, Paul Systo, and Daveand they have remained open until landowners and on-trail businesses forWatson. mid-March. We couldnt be happier your continued support of the RoamersWe had a beautiful day for our Ronwith how this year turned out. Our and snowmobiling in Waterbury. WePlante Memorial Ride-In on Jan.small club has put in a lot of effort to could not do what we do without all25. Over 50 people were served anmake our trails some of the best in of you. awesome classic Barre meal (chickenVermont. I cant thank our volunteers We are already planning our off-seasonand mostaccioli) with a solid turnoutenough for the countless hours put in projects and hope to see you at aof riders, including our newestthis year.workday. On top of our standard trailmember who brought their TaigaAs many of you know, we opened maintenance projects, we will continueelectric sled for us to try out! The SHSup our new Lower Cabot trail this to work on developing new connectors,girls softball team was also therewinter. Most of this trail turned reopening old ones, and expandingselling goodies. Dave Watson and Paulout great; however, there are some terrain in the State Park. This was theSysto were busy giving groomer rides.improvements that will be made in first year ever of our club tackling ourIt was a great day, and we appreciatethe off-season to both widen areas and own grooming. We learned a ton andthe support in Rons memory. make a better trail overall.had our ups and downs. We will beIn total, the event raised $2,280; 100%I would also like to thank all of our working hard to increase the quality,of which was donated to the Barregroomer operators for putting in some consistency, and reliability of ourTown Fire Department rescue services.long hours this year. Luckily, we made grooming so you know you can alwaysIm sure Ron would have been proud. it through the year with only a few expect great trails while exploring theminor repairs needed throughout the Waterbury area! Thanks to all who have bought TMAswinter. The only repairs were a broken Nathan Lafont, Presidentand club memberships. We appreciatebrush guard and a tire that came Like us on Facebookyou. We also want to share ourun-beaded from the rim on the drag, appreciation for all of the businesseswhich resulted in a bent rim. Luckily, who support our signboard. Yourboth of these were easy fixes.support keeps our club going. Enjoy the winter, have fun, share yourWe broke records this year with TMAs passion for snowmobiling with others,purchased and would like to thank all ride responsibly, and ride safe! of the snowmobilers who picked our Sno-Bees Francine Perkins, Membership Chairclub as their club of choice. It really snobees.comhelps a lot with regular maintenanceThe patience Steve mentioned lastLike us on Facebook costs. As always, thank you to our month certainly paid off! Januarygreat landowners for allowing us to 24 | Snowmobile VERMONT'