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