Ed Cawley The Texas Toss Spring Season recently concluded with some exciting playoffs and crowned two new Champions. A Division 1st Place: Corn with the Wind B Division 1st Place: Tossers & Tasters A Division 2nd Place: Air Mailers B Division 2nd Place: Toss It Ups There were some exciting and close playoff matches. Corn…
Category: July 2024
July 2024, Sports
Running and Running on the Robson Ranch Tennis Courts
July 2024, Sports
WLN Holds Cart Wash
The first day the golf course opens after aeration and unprecedented rain can lead to muddy golf carts. So, what better day to hold a cart wash? The Wildhorse Lady Niners Cart Wash was a huge success. With 38 volunteers and two lines for cleaning, the ladies washed, scrubbed, rinsed, and dried 130 carts from…
July 2024, Sports
Relishing Pickleball: The 4th Shot
David Zapatka We have learned the importance of the 3rd shot drop and that the receiving team has the initial advantage in the rally. The question now becomes, what does the receiving team need to do to maintain their advantage? Court positioning is vital as you prepare for the 4th shot. Only the player receiving…
July 2024, Sports
Pickleball Club: ‘Not Your Mama’s Spring MLP Tournament’
Mark Kellam On Mother’s Day weekend, Robson Ranch Denton Pickleball Club held our spring club members-only tournament, aptly titled “Not Your Mama’s Spring MLP Tournament.” Each year we hold two club members-only tournaments and two open tournaments bringing players from outside the Ranch to participate. The tournaments are fundraisers for our club and shine a…
July 2024, Sports
Black and White Team on Fire—Wins Match Play!
Ana Corey Everything came out Black and White in the end, as they were the winners of the 2024 annual RRWGA Match Play Tournament. Six teams consisting of 12 golfers (four men and eight women) in pairs according to flights started the event on Monday morning, June 17. The weather was a bit overcast with…
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
Portrait of a Patriot
Lynne Kelsey You may have seen notices for the Robson Ranch Conservatives (RRC) meetings held on the third Wednesday of each month and wondered, why do we need that club? That’s the question that was put to club founder and eight-year resident Steve Sullivan. Steve, a UNT graduate who had a varied career that included…
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
Voices United Shows Its Pride
Vicki Baker Robson Ranch is situated on the once-open Texas prairie. Today, there’s no sagebrush tumbling down dusty streets, horses aren’t the main mode of transportation, and longhorn cattle don’t roam freely in open pastures. What Robson Ranch does have is a diverse community, a colorful mosaic of people of differing backgrounds, ethnicities, nationalities, races,…
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
Korean Cuisine Takes Voices United on a Flavorful Journey
Vicki Baker The month of May is a time to celebrate—Memorial Day, Mother’s Day, and the start of summer. Yet there’s another often overlooked event: National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to reflect and celebrate the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders whose rich heritage helped shape the history of the United…
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
Gun Club Hosts Chief Quanah Parker’s Great-Great Grandson
Dick Remski On June 11 the Robson Ranch Gun Club was honored to have a very special guest speaker, Mr. Lance Tahmahkera, a great-great grandson of the last great Comanche Chief, Quanah Parker. Quanah was the son of Comanche Chief Peta Nokona and Cynthia Ann Parker who had been taken in a raid at the…