i think it took me until a couple of hours after the tournament finished for things to really start to sink in for me.
on saturday, we had the first English Steel Tip tournament at the tavern. well, actually there were two. with the help of Dennis Conti, we set up four different pub boards throughout the place. and shortly before noon the doors opened and the place filled with Steel Tippers.
they were a fantastic group of men and ladies who loved shooting darts, definitely knew how to drink beer, and were genuinely happy, fun and funny. i think if you didn’t have a good time, you didn’t have a pulse.
it was great to see Ralphie from the Silver Bullet making his way down. and it was great to have a chance to shoot darts with a lot of the guys that showed up. many of the faces were familiar from tournaments at States, Emmaus, the Silver Bullet and other locations - and our guys only ever shot against them. it’s easier to make new friends when you’re on the same team as someone. and this was definitely a friendly group of guys.
here are some photos of the top finishers from the first tournament of the day . . .
TOURNAMENT #1
the winners of the first tournament of the day were Billy Jamieson and Nick Sasinowski
i did just a little digging and found a pict of Billy Jamieson on the net from earlier this year when his team finished in 6th place at States.
taking second place were Jon Jeffrey and Chris Douthat. Chris is a veteran of the Emmaus tournament (here’s a pict), and we’ve seen Jon plenty of times before as well.
the third place finishers were Allen Johnson, and Doug Troutman.
the first tournament finished in what seemed like record time as darts were constantly in the air, so a second tournament was assembled and there was never a break in the action.
TOURNAMENT #2
the team of Joe Johnson and Chris Douthat made their way through the tourney undefeated, and obviously took down first place.
Doug Troutment and the legendary Mike Abboud took second in the event. I told Mike i’d point out the Phillies dart holder he has in the pict. Go Fightins!!
the next steep tip event on tap will be at the Silver Bullet in May, most probably the 10th. that’s the day after the Natalie handicap tournament, so it’ll be a weekend full of dart action. in preparation for this, and future Steel Tip action we’ll be opening up Tuesday Nights as Steel Tip Tuesdays , and gathering to shoot Steel tips right after the Spring American dart season closes.
