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…
Christine Hamilton “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” —William Arthur Ward The After Schoolers want to give our sincere thanks to all the groups and neighbors who contributed gifts, food, and money to our local Denton School neighbors: Thank you to the Pickleball Club for their…
Lorie Stockton Growing up in California, Donna Henry was a competitive tennis player. It was also before the effects of Title IX were felt, so Donna played with the “boys” and got her high school letter in tennis playing on the boys athletic team. Recently re-elected as the president of the Robson Ranch Pickleball Club,…
Lorie Stockton The Pickleball Club recently completed a league-related survey, and a whopping 295 members responded with interest in various forms of league play. The club board is now using that information to develop a Robson Ranch pickleball league strategy. Read on to see how this makes being part of the club even better. The…
Mary Ann Bane and Ken Quarfoot Recently, our pickleball club was delighted to have professional pickleball player Riley Newman visit Robson Ranch. Craig DeCrescenzo, a pickleball instructor who recently moved to Robson, is a friend of Riley and arranged for him to come to the ranch and conduct skills clinics for our members. Riley was…
Mary Ann Bane It warms my Pickleball Club member heart to share this story with you. It is a story of initiative and generosity. It started with Rod and Monica Daake. Their daughter, Jennifer, and their son-in-law, Chris, are administrators at the Santiago Christian School in the Dominican Republic. The school has over 600 students,…
Mary Ann Bane Every court game such as tennis, basketball, badminton, etc. has its own unique court markings and rules for those markings. Pickleball is no exception. It’s obvious even to a non-player that the outside lines mark where the ball would be considered in vs out. The vertical line dividing the back portion of…
Mary Ann Bane You read that headline right! But no worries, they are coming back! What’s drawing them to Montana? Well, it’s beautiful for starters, and a vacation is always nice, but if you guessed a pickleball tournament, you are right again! Find out why this tournament is special and why quite a few Ranchers…
Mary Ann Bane We may have lost one hour of sleep during the spring time change, but look at all the daylight we gained for pickleball in the evenings! (Not that we didn’t appreciate playing on winter evenings under our awesome lights, now on all 16 courts!) With spring, comes the beginning of the next…
Kathy Perry Yes, it takes a village, and that is exactly what we have here at Robson Ranch, a village or community that helps each other. April is Child Abuse Prevention month, and the Kiwanis Club has set out to raise money to support the Denton County Rainbow Rooms of Denton, Carrolton, and Lewisville. The…