BullShooter Magazine March 2015 Number 3 Volume 32 | Page 19

I’m playing darts and gambling against people at the bar. A guy, named Adam Bronxton, told me I should play in some tournaments. I was like, “You all have dart tournaments?” Anyway, he signed me up for a tournament. I came straight from work and was running late. When I got there, Adam came up to me and said, “You drew a partner and she is blind.” I was like, ha, ha, ha you’re so funny. Then my partner, Teresa Hunter, comes up and explains that she is legally blind, but if I tell her what she hits and what she is on, it’ll be okay! Pacer: So you’re playing in your first tournament and you have a partner who is legally blind (both laughing). Christina: I kind of thought what am I getting myself into? Come to find out she had played before her eyesight got bad and she is, bad eyes and all, not a bad player! In fact she was in Huntsville this past weekend. Pacer: Though you have only been playing three years, you have become a player to be reckoned with. Tell us about some of your successes. Christina: I was really happy with the way I played in the Georgia BullShooter Regional last year. I had played in that Regional before, and I was kind of star struck by all of the great At BullShooter 29, Christina and Jade Henson were drawn as partners in the Bud Light Blind Draw and took 2nd. shooters and all of those dart boards. Last year I was able to relax and enjoy myself, and I did pretty good. Pacer: Well, I would have to say championships in the Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles with Ashley Hunter, and the Mixed Triples with Tim and Steve Gosnell is a little better than pretty good (both laughing)! You teamed with Tim Henson have also had a little success at Christina won 3rd up Triples at Byrd & Jade 29. and in BullShooter the BullShooter the last couple of years. the Montgomery area against girls Christina: I think I did pretty like Vera Carter, Wanda Coontz, good last year. Tim and I cashed Nancy Jo and so many other rein the Mixed Cricket Doubles and ally helped me learn how to play Tim, Jade Henson, and I took a the game right. Papa T’s is a great 3rd in Mixed Trips. Jade and I dart bar and we really do have a also took a 2nd in the Bud Light big dart family in this area. We Blind Draw. In the Top Gun I re- think the world of each other and ally played pretty good. I was in have a great time doing something the A-AA event playing well, then we love to do--shoot darts! We’re I ran into Trish Grzesik. I took kind of dart crazy. Ashton already her to three games, but lost. The has a little outfit that says “Dart year before I played in the Open Champion in Training” on it. Also Top Gun and got down to the last being in Pacer’s Page is super four players. I kind of got into my cool...thanks. Pacer: Tim and Christina are own head. I was like man, all I’ve got to do is win this next match to another of the growing number get to the chapionships in the Bull of couples who met playing darts. Pen and on all those cameras. I However, there may be trouble in made myself nervous and Sta