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Turning Point is celebrating 30 years of providing outdoor adventures to the physically challenged. 1979 - 2009 Greetings and welcome to TURNING POINT's website. Below you will find information about upcoming TURNING POINT events and news from past events. Upcoming Events
Back by popular demand. We are having another day of skeet shooting at Elm Fork Shooting Park on Sunday, July 12 from 11:00AM - 1:00PM. We will supply plenty of cold drinks to keep you hydrated. Turning Point will supply the shot guns and ammunition. If you are interested in attending, contact Jason Swanso at 972-649-7146 or email at jswanson@turningpointnation.org. Enjoy an afternoon on Lake Ray Hubbard on Sunday, July 26 Turning Point is taking out their pontoon boat from 1:00PM - 4:00PM. We will be trolling for fish (white bass, catfish, etc) to keep a breeze. For further information contact Ken Mumford at 972-310-0071. Turning Point is teaming up with Metroplex Adatibve Water Sports to provide a day of water sports and adaptive outdoor activities on Sept 12. Activities include: water skiing, kayaking, fishing, archery and air rifles. It will take place at Marine Creek in Fort Worth from 9:00AM - 4:00PM. More information will be coming. Turning Point News
Dates to Remember Skeeet Shoot July 12 Pontoon Boat on Lake Ray Hubbard July 26 Potomac PVA Bass Tournamentt July 31 Lake Fest Water Day Sept 12 Juniors Fishing Tournament TBA East Texas Camp -out Oct
was held on May 2 at Caddo Lake in east Texas. After a great Friday night of partner pairing and a quick rule meeting, it was off to the the lake early Saturday morning. The sun was coming up on a beautiful Caddo Lake morning as the boats hit the water. And off they went. Hoping, praying, waiting for the oh so perfect black bass. While the bass fishermen were out, the bank division got up and running. It was a small but great turn. To everyone's dismay, there wasn't a single bite for the bank division all day but everyone had fun socializing and trying their hardest to catch some fish. Three o'clock and here comes the boats - piling in like a flock of geese to a warm lake. There were some amazing fish weighed.Jeff Dills, a Team Challenge member, and Ben Craig took the grand prize of $2000 with a 7.97lb bass! Tony Thrift, who had never had any real success fishing on his few previous attempts, took second place with his partner, Randy Deaver. Their stringer of 5 weighed a total of 12.51lbs just inching out Team Challenge member Ken Mumford by a few ounces. Tony was so elated! You should have seen his face when he got off that boat with the amazing fish that he was holding. Other winner were: closest to: 1lb Mike Brewer 1.25lb David Henderson 1.50lb John Faye 3lb Rich Harrell 4lb John Clark The Texas Hold'em proved to be not only profitable but also alot of fun. Fourteen tables were filled for the tournament. As the players dwindled, they watched the others or went to the black jack tables. The final three players were Blaine Lee, Blaine Bridgford and Spensor Smith. The winner, Spensor Smith chose the Caribbean cruise for two as his prize leaving Blaine Bridgford a fishing trip with Randy White, Cowboy Hall of Famer.The Texas Hold'em Fundraiser will be benefiting Turning Point's outdoor adventures. The money raised will be used to sponsor more outdoor activities at no cost. It was Saturday, June 6 at Bachman Recreation Center and registration opened at 9:00AM, but participants started arriving at 8:30AM. The sun shined all day, but a light wind kept us comfortable and the sailors happy. The big hits of the day was the zip line which was moved to a new location in the trees and was a longer ride. Thank you to Don Rogers who flew in from Indiana and Rope Works. Golf with Randy Snow was a hit, not sure if it was his adapted golf cart or Randy's personality. Of course water skiing with Metroplex Adaptive Water Sports is always popular. Other events included jet skiing, sailing, bass fishing, pontoon rides, horseback riding, archery, air rifles, camping, face painting, bowling, casting, fencing, hand cycles, catfish tank, remote control cars, disc golf and fly fishing. The booths included POWER, DARS, Mobility Medical, Wright Way and Parkland SCI. A delicious lunch was provided by Sysco and prepared by Wylie HS Culinary Arts program. Before ending the day, a few of the local junior basketball players played a knockout game. Tim Nagel placed first and Nick Harrington took second place. It took almost 1 1/2 hours to give away all the prizes which included camping and fishing equipment, cushions, a scooter and 9 Caribbean cruises. Winners included Stuart Glasgow, Angie Fox, Jason Lauchner, Wayne Scott and Ken Carden. The grand prize winner was Kari Banta which won a cruise for four. Thank you to Channel 11, CBS for their coverage of this great event. Many thank yous to: Candace Cable (Turning Point Tahoe Director), Dallas Flyfishers, Mesquite Archery Club, Prospect Mountain Therapeutic Riding, Kayak Instrctor, Disc Games, Dallas face painters, Turning Point Gulf Coast, Hartman family, Renaissance Fencing, Lon Hilde, Wes Harley (Turning Point West Texas Director), Hobie 26 and Jason Swanson (Turning Point North Texas Director). Snow Skiing Skeet Shooting Skeet Shoot Snow Mobile Rally Changing Lives Membership Drive Help support Turning Point by purchasing your urological and medical equipment through Medical Mobility. In doing this you could be eligible to be sponsored at exciting outdoor events at any of our growing list of chapters. To get the latest information about what's going on with Turning Point fill out our Application Form and we'll send you our e-newsletters. |
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 Zach Gardner  JJ Kinney  LakeFest  Ice Skating  Mark Schaunfield  Lea Stewart  Fishing on Lake Ray Hubbard  Chris Ellis  Skeet Shoot |
