NEWS

1/30/08 ATTENTION! If you are a NETRA competitor, we need your NETRA membership number to input into the new database on the NETRA website. This is to comply with the mandatory club rule to be eligible for year end championship points . Please send your name and number to president@seacoasttrailriders.org and we will get into the database ASAP.

1/28/08 There will be a work party on Feb. 3rd at MX207 for the hare scramble. Meeting at 9:00am in the parking area. Please bring brush cutters, shovels, etc. Go to the snow scramble page to get directions to the track if you need them.

Officer Elections will be held at the December meeting. The positions of VP, Trail Boss, and Secretary are up for re-election this time around. Please come out and support the club with your vote!

There was a lot of debate at the last two meetings about the events for next year. As a result, SCTR will be sanctioning it's three events again for next season. The snow scramble and the Noble Woods weekend will be run on the same weekends as this year with new trail boss's for each. The club had awesome support from the membership this year for the events and we feel very fortunate to have so many good people in the club!

Our monthly meetings will now be on Thursday nights instead of Wednesday nights. This change was made to better accommodate the schedule of the good folks at Motorbikes Plus.

It is time to get your registration in for the two day Kid’s Classic Trail Ride scheduled for June 10 & 11, 2007. This event is now in its seventh season and we are expecting many of the past years riders to return for another season as well as new riders to join us. As in the past, the Kid’s Classic is a fundraiser event for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We encourage you to support the fund raising efforts by collecting pledges to help CFF find a cure.

Due to the limited number of rider spots available, we are requiring a non-refundable fee at the time you turn in your pre-registration forms. Once we meet the 45 rider limit, a wait list will be started, entrants at that point may be accepted based on the availability within a specific rider group level that they would qualify for and not on a first come first serve basis.

Again this year there is a Suzuki motorcycle being given away on Sunday morning and the pledge money you collect earns you chances on that bike! The more pledge money you collect, the more chances you have in the drawing. The CFF office, event sponsors, and local businesses have also given us some great giveaways for the Kid’s Classic riders and for our free raffle. We will also give away a prize to the top Kid’s Classic fundraiser.

We look forward to seeing all of the returning riders from last year and we will certainly welcome all of the new riders joining us on this fun weekend at the New Hampshire International Speedway.

For additional information contact John Smyrnos at jsmyrnos@comcast.net

It's that time of year again! April is our annual membership renewal month so please renew your membership! Please check your cards expiration date or contact us and we'll check it out for you. E-mail seacoast@seacoasttrailriders.org or use the form on the join us page.

The website is now running on a new hosting service. We have changed providers to significantly increase our website space to allow for more content and cut our yearly costs nearly in half compared to the old service. Look for lot's of new things in the near future and as always your contributions are always welcomed.

SeaCoast Trail Riders Would like to thank everyone for helping to make our Winter Hare Scramble a HUGE success! We had 205 riders ranging from 9 years old to 64. A special thanks Bill Stuart of MX207 for the use of his excellent facility and to the Massabesic ATV club for providing the awesome food for the day and helping on the trails. The local clubs who let us use their trails for the race will be receiving some of the proceeds from the event to help maintain the trails. Again, many, many thanks to all!

The SeaCoast Winter Scramble is ready to go! The guy's and gals of SCTR have been hard at work to bring it together in just a few short weeks. The course that has been laid out by the trail boss is pretty sweet and should be a lot of fun to ride. So bundle up and come on up and enjoy the fun!

Happy New Year to all our SCTR members and friends! 2007 is already shaping up to be an exciting and fun filled year! The planning has started on the years events and we want to hear from everyone as to what YOU, the members of SCTR, would like to see for member activities. From family day's to trail rides and everything in between, please let us know what you want from your club. Come to a meeting or drop us a line with your suggestions and we'll get to work on it.

SCTR has a new home at Motorbikes Plus in Portsmouth! Starting on November 8th, the meetings will be held at 6:30pm in the MB+ showroom. Check this link http://www.motorbikesplus.com/about.htm if you need directions. Please bring a folding chair if you have one as the number of seats available is limited. The folks at MB+ will also have the parts counter open until the meeting starts.

We would also like to congratulate MB+ on becoming New Hampshire's newest KTM dealership!