BullShooter Magazine March 2015 Number 3 Volume 32 | Page 18

acer’s age This darter’s dart game has come a long way in three short years. She has had success at the local, regional, and international levels. This past year she faced a challenge that many darters, especially us male players, give little or no consideration. She continued to be an up and coming darter during and after a pregnancy. Christina and Tim Byrd became the parents of an 8 pound baby girl, Ashton, a few weeks ago. She also has an eight year old daughter, Crisdan. They live in Wetumpka, Alabama, and she is currently at home taking care of the newborn. Let’s learn just how she has dealt with pregnancy and motherhood. Christina Dunn Pacer: First of all, congratulations to you and Tim on the birth of Ashton. I understand it wasn’t a piece of cake. Christina: Thanks Tom. She is beautiful, but it really was pretty tough. When I first got pregnant, I was still working. Then I started having real bad morning sickness, so when I had a chance to play darts, I didn’t feel like playing. About halfway through my pregnancy, I felt better and started going out to the local blind draws. It took me awhile to get used to playing without loosening up with a drink or two. Then, strangely, my big belly kind of helped my balance and I started shooting really good! I was playing really good and then I had some serious complications and I had to be hospitalized and put on bed rest for two months. Finally, they decided to do a C section at 37 weeks--and she was born a healthy baby girl. I’ll tell you, lying around for two months really took me out of my dart game! A few weeks ago I subbed for Tim’s partner in league. The next day I couldn’t figure out why my arm was killing me while I was carrying the baby in her car seat. Tim was like, girl you just played 19 games of darts yesterday, you’re just not used to it yet. Pacer: Just what are your plans for the future? Christina: We went and played in Huntsville over the weekend, and I played pretty good, but just not consistent. I had one singles match where I won the diddle to start the last game and opened up with a ton 80. I kind of screwed up and got into my own head. I got so excited about the ton 80 that my darts just fell apart, and I lost the game. I will eventually get more consistent and get the mental part 18 of the game back. For awhile I’ll probably just sub a few times, play some local tournaments, and once in awhile go out of town. Pacer: It is a little hard with a new baby. Christina: My mom, Chris, said, “Go to tournaments, I’ll watch the baby.” The problem is, she will watch her and spoil her rotten! (Both laughing.) Pacer: You have accomplished a lot in three short years. How did it all get started? Christina: I was working, bartending and waiting tables. I was kind of bored and picked up some house darts and started fooling around. I got to where I was hitting some really good stuff and I was like wow, I can be pretty good at this. The next thing I know