Cindy Sterling The Men’s Golf Association at Robson Ranch helps support the Texas State Guard Christmas Toy Drive. This year we extended an invitation to other organizations. The Lady Niners, Women’s Golf Association, Men’s 9 Hole Golf Association, Pickleball Club, Wood Workers, Classic Car Group, and the Wildhorse Pro Shop, all stepped up to participate…
Dave Parker Beginning this month, the Pickleball Club would like to highlight some of our members. Our club is over 500 strong and includes young to old and beginners to advanced. No matter what, there is a passion for playing the game and improving every day. This month, we would like to highlight Nancy Fadrowski,…
Dave Parker No matter what level a pickleball player is, there is always some skill to work on. The person at Robson Ranch Pickleball Club that oversees all skill development is Donna Henry. Donna is charged with organizing and developing skills development programs tailored to the needs of each level within the club. Clinics focus…
Dave Parker With over 500 members of the Robson Ranch Pickleball Club, you could guess that it takes a lot of volunteers to efficiently run the club. It is impossible to list all of the volunteers that have stepped forward over the years. For this article, the club would like to highlight two individuals who…
Dave Parker It didn’t take long for the Pickleball Club members to hit the courts once the governor of Texas and our general manager gave the go ahead. Each level (A, B, C, and D) managed the initial 16-member limit. The limit for each level was later raised to 18. A one hour and forty-five-minute…
Linda Vandenbree Pickleball players are practicing their dinks, staying out of the kitchen and hoping to hear, “nice get!” as they prepare for the upcoming USAPA Mid-South Regional Tournament at Robson Ranch, March 29-31, 2019. Registration is closed, but the fun is just about to start! Come for the competition that is expected to exceed…
Our hardworking Pickleball Club Social Committee, chaired by Pat Austin, came up with another great idea for a get together. The Pickleball Club held its inaugural ornament exchange on December 18 with the ladies of the Pickleball Club. It was held at our own Wildhorse Grill in the bar and was attended by over 50…
Mike Conley, RRDPC Player Development Committee Chair; Larry Nortunen, RRDPC Academy Manager; Jim Lafferty, RRDPC Skills Training Manager In calendar year 2018 the Robson Ranch Denton Pickleball Club conducted 19 pickleball academies and ten skills training sessions. Each six-hour pickleball academy is designed to introduce students to pickleball basics, rules, strokes, scoring, court procedures and…
After three cancellations and one postponement due to weather, the monthly Pickleball Shootout finally was held on Saturday, December 1. In the shootout format, players switch courts every game, moving up or down depending on results. In addition, partners separate and each teams up with one of the other set of players moving to that…
Ken Quarfoot The Robson Ranch Pickleball Club will be hosting an International Pickleball Tournament here at the Ranch on October 23-25, 2018. It will be an age/skill tournament for all players 60 or more years of age. Matches will be played at a range of skill levels within five-year age increments. We are expecting more…