BullShooter Magazine October 2018 Number 10 Volume 35 | Page 15

would really like to play in and he
says, “Go play, I’ve got the kids, go
do your best!”
Pacer: If there is one true state-
ment about this game, it’s that every
successful darter needs the support
of their friends and especially their
family. It’s hard to concentrate on
your game when you know people
are upset at home. It seems to me
you don’t have that problem. I think
your husband and boys are very
proud of you.
Rhonda: I feel so blessed. Greg
is great and the boys brag to their
friends. Lots of their friends want to
play me. My oldest son Dylan can’t
wait until he is 21. He has already
told me, “Mom, you and I are play-
ing mixed league when I’m 21.”
Really the game and its players are
always there to help. I couldn’t begin
to tell you how many fundraisers we
have had to help people out. If there
is a good cause, dart players will be
the first ones to pitch in their time
and money. It really is a dart family.
Pacer: Rhonda, let’s talk a
little about your performance at
BullShooter 33.
Rhonda: It was really a good excit-
ing weekend. Ashley Zenner, Felicia
Freouf, Gwen Yates and I got off to a
good start Thursday night by finish-
ing second in the women’s 4-person
team event. Friday in the Top Gun,
I pulled out an exciting win over
Misty Bruguier.
Pacer: That was quite a match.
Misty got up 2-1 and you came back
and won the last two for the champi-
onship. That had to be exciting.
Rhonda: Was I ever excited! Years
ago I finished second to Liz Tynan
in the Top Gun, so getting the vic-
tory was really nice.
Pacer: Tell us why your third place
finish in the Women’s 301 Doubles
may have been more exciting than
your singles win.
Rhonda: Tom, my partner in
that event was Ashley Zenner, just
another girl from Lewiston. I really
wanted to get into the Bull Pen so
Ashley could experience the thrill of
competing in it.
Pacer: The Bull Pen is, without a
doubt, one of the most exciting expe-
riences any electronic dart player
can have. I can tell you from expe-
rience that the memories stay with
you forever. I think it is special that
you wanted to share that
experience with Ashley.
Rhonda: Don’t think for
one second that I wouldn’t
have loved to walk out of
there with another cham-
pionship, but we got in
the Bull Pen and got our
chance, you can’t ask for
more than that.
Pacer: Rhonda, before
we call it quits would you
like to add anything?
Rhonda: I want to thank Zane
Martin, the owner of Shooter’s
Sports Bar, for his hospitality and
Doug Likkel, who owns C & D
Music, our vendor. I guess I ought
to thank you. This is just another
amazing thing that has happened
to a girl from Lewiston, Idaho.
Pacer: Talking to Rhonda couldn’t
have been more enjoyable. She
couldn’t be nicer, but that doesn’t
mean she isn’t competitive. For
example, on Thursday night there is
a highly competitive Hard Way Out
15
League. Rhonda competes in this
league each year as a player on a
four-player women’s team. She told
me, “We have never won it, but they
always know we’re there.”
Pacer