A small club with a long memory.

We’re a member-run summer club on the eastern shore of East Twin Lake, in the rolling hills of Salisbury, Connecticut. We have been here since 1948 — though our roots go back further still — and the place has been quietly shaped by the same handful of families and the new ones who join them every year.

How the club is run

There’s no general manager and no front desk. Instead, volunteer chairpersons lead nine activity areas, supported by fellow members:

• Children’s Activities
• Communications
• Grounds
• House
• Membership
• Snack Bar
• Social
• Tennis
• Waterfront

Two workdays anchor the calendar — one in the spring to open the property, and one in the fall to put it to bed. They’re some of the best days of the year.

What summer looks like

Tennis tournaments, junior clinics, and pickleball round-robins. Member-catered cocktail parties and karaoke nights. The annual Tennis Ball. A snack bar with farm-fresh salads and burgers off the grill. Boats bobbing at the moorings. The fire pit going as the sun drops behind the hills.

Members are not expected to be involved in every activity. One “takes” as much from the club as desired, and gives back whatever they feel is appropriate.

Our history

The club traces back to a corn roast at Roraback’s tennis courts around 1925, survived two world wars and a midcentury slump, and rebuilt within a year after fire took the clubhouse in 1990. It’s a long story, and a good one — read the full history.

Come visit

If any of this sounds like a place you’d like your own family to spend a summer, we’d be glad to hear from you. Find every way to reach us on the general information page or read more about membership.