Category: March 2017

New RR Ping Pong Club

Join the Ping Pong Club

Dave Marx This is the first of monthly articles about the rapidly expanding Ping Pong Club and the numbers of players that enjoy laughter, great exercise and the discovery of new friends. For those of you who have not played for perhaps decades, in March we will begin classes at no charge to help you…

Bill Vokes sinks his third life time hole-in-one

John Burkholder On Friday, September 16 of last year, Wildhorse Golf Club’s 9MGA annual member, Bill Vokes, sunk his third, yes third, lifetime hole-in-one. Bill’s first two holes-in-one date back to the last century, sometime in the late 1980s, at Vista Hills Country Club in El Paso, TX. So this one was a long time…

Wildhorse Lady Niners Putt – Putt around the clubhouse

February 7, 2017 the Wildhorse Lady Niners held their first social of the year. A 9-hole miniature golf course was constructed and monitored by the WLN members. Over 100 ladies were in attendance and tried their golf skills for a hole-in-one. Many joined the Niners that day. The winners were as follows: Overall winner, Jackie…

Native Texan enjoys website maintenance for 9MGA

John Burkholder, 9MGA Communications This probably sounds like an often heard story, but 9MGA’s go-to website guy, Gary Geiser, didn’t volunteer for the position. Gary was drafted by Frank Rigerrio when he joined 9MGA a couple of years ago. Frank was looking for volunteers, Gary said OK, saw what the website job entailed, thought he’d…

Record numbers enrolling in Pickleball Academy

The Pickleball Academy

Dave Parker The Robson Ranch Pickleball Club continues to grow at an astonishing rate. Record numbers are registering for the Pickleball Academy. Some of the increased interest may be due to the current expansion of courts to 16. The January academy set a record with 16 new students in the program. Professors Dr. Jim and…

Birding Interest Group

The Bald Eagle

John Kirk We are again at a change in the birding season. Many of our winter bird visitors are departing for the north country of the U.S. or Canada. The number of yellow-rump warblers is decreasing daily as I make my morning walk down Michelle Way to the garden plots. The yellow-rumps that are still…

Wine Knots? Oui!

The Newcomers serving up a little bit of French and a whole lot of fun

Randy Johnston Monsieur et madame Newcomer welcomed the Wine Knots group on Friday, February 17, with a French flare. Chuck and Joan gave us detailed background information on the two wines they chose for the tasting. The first wine was a white “Loire Valley-Sauvion Vouvray 2015.” The nose featured floral and ripe fruit notes veering…