Arizona Open X, held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 4-6 at SixShooters in Peoria, was bigger and better than in years past, thanks to everyone who contributed to its complete success.

First, there were 10 more boards than the usual 30. Not only were there more boards, but with great wisdom and foresight, Troy Vending's, Scott North, came up with the ultimate plan. With the NDA World Championships coming to Las Vegas next month, Scott made a deal with Arachnid to send us 25 brand new, still in the box Galaxy II dart boards. There were a couple minor catches, but it was well worth it.

Scott went the distance, offering to rent a truck and drive the boards up to Vegas for the NDA tournament. But not all the boards, because in order to get them, Troy Vending had to agree to buy 10 of them. What an awesome gesture! That is a lot of cash to insure that all the players have a great tournament.

On top of that, the boards still had to be assembled. Scott, Tobin, Dave Schultz (Arachnid) and Marty Scarborough did most of the set up. Hours of planning and work went into making sure we had the best tournament to date.

It was not over for those four guys either. Scott, Dave, Tobin and Mick (Troy Vending) ran all the charts to perfection. Sometimes with five levels and lots of players. Tobin, who doesn't always get the credit he deserves, gave up playing for the whole weekend to make sure it was a success.

Marty sold hundreds of dollars worth of tickets, as usual. He and his son, Michael, sold them all weekend. A big thanks to all these guys.

More thanks to the ladies: Kris Gilmore, Pam Nordhus, Beth Kuehl and Teresa North. They, as usual, took sign-ups and whatever else was needed (almost). I cannot thank them enough.

Kurt Gonzalez brought his awesome sound system and with help from little buddy, Scott Calcagni, had it set up perfectly. If you didn't hear your board call, you definitely weren't paying attention.

Along with the new Arachnids, Tim, from azopen Vending brought three Spectrum boards loaded with the new kits, cameras and loads of new games. Many had fun on those boards.

JR Castillo and the Six-Shooters staff were more prepared than ever. They arrived early and stayed late. The best place to have a great dart tournament was even better. You can find a room big enough to handle this tournament, but you will never find a better place that understands and has the patience for an event this large.

When you have that many people drinking in one place, it takes the right attitude to keep control. The Sixshooters staff has mastered that.

Thanks also to all the sponsors who made the payouts that much better. Without them it just doesn't happen.

FINAL STANDINGS

Blind Draw
1st Scott Burnett, Tom Slivka
2nd Lucky Newbury, Derek Walton
3rd Dean Sitzler, Bob Bretz
4th Victor Kravitz, Bob Christman

501 Doubles Level 1
1st Dave Fatum, Scott Burnett
2nd JR Castillo, Mark Rymer
3rd Jimmy Damore, Jay Moredock
4th Doug DiMichele, Tom Slivka

501 Doubles Level 2
1st Ron Merrill, Kevin Rowe
2nd Bruce Simmons, Victor Kravitz
3rd Van Williams, Pat Womack
4th Harry John, Chuck Clanton

501 Doubles Level 3
1st Mike Kurley, Roy Ruch
2nd Dave Jones, Bill Powers
3rd Mike Scarborough, Justin Boebel
4th Denise Davis, Tee Arreola

501 Doubles Level 4
1st Katie Damore, Lisa Yee
2nd Kristi Boehm, Teresa Witter
3rd Jessica Haines, Teresa Latscha
4th Pam Valles, Ginger Weber

Cricket Singles Level 1
1st Scott Burnett
2nd Joel Haines
3rd Rick Pujdak
4th Rick Kerska

Cricket Singles Level 2
1st Kenny Johnson
2nd Kevin Rowe
3rd Kix Alcala
4th Ron Merrill

Cricket Singles Level 3
1st Marcus Rider
2nd Chuck Clanton
3rd David Rhoades
4th James Roberts

Cricket Singles Level 4
1st Brandy Stone
2nd Kelly Fannon
3rd Dee Richardson
4th Bob Mayer

Cricket Singles Level 5
1st Gerri Powers
2nd Pat Kunkle
3rd Edd Dunham
4th Rick Kunckle

Mixed Doubles Level 1
1st Tom McCartney, Marie Franqui
2nd Rick Kerska, Denise Davis
3rd Art Cederholm, Sabrina Mokuahi
4th Jay Moredock, Barb Olson

Mixed Doubles Level 2
1st David Rhoades, Kristi Boehm
2nd Eric Barron, Denise Barron
3rd Doug Miller, Chris Amidon
4th Michael Charlesworth, Stormi Ramia

Mixed Doubles Level 3
1st Steve Devalle, Stella Cunningham
2nd Dave Jones, Kim Bonlie
3rd Dave Ninedorf, Teri Menke
4th Mike Kurley, Sherena Birdsong

Mixed Doubles Level 4
1st Bob Mayer, Lisa Doege
2nd Bob Bonicelli, Bekki Anderson
3rd Alan Aldano, Anne Moredock

501 Singles Level 1
1st Scott Burnett
2nd Pete Linaris
3rd Tom Slivka
4th Doug DiMichele

501 Singles Level 2
1st Andre Tworek
2nd Elijah Brown
3rd Steve Gray
4th JC Martinez

501 Singles Level 3
1st Lisa Yee
2nd Robert Barlow
3rd Frank DeMarco
4th Berry Young

501 Singles Level 4
1st Amar Aquila
2nd Dee Richardson
3rd Michael Martinez
4th Teresa Arreola

501 Singles Level 5
1st Julie Bates
2nd Cindy Ruch
3rd Adriana Mata
4th CeCe Spencer

Cricket Doubles Level 1
1st Dave Fatum, Scott Burnett
2nd Joel Haines, Rik Scherbing
3rd Rick Pujdak, Rick Kerska
4th Tom Slivka, Doug DiMichele

Cricket Doubles Level 2
1st Marty Scarborough, Marcus Rider
2nd Bruce Simmons, Victor Kravitz
3rd Andre Tworek, Doug Miller
4th Amidor Torres, Kenny Johnson

Cricket Doubles Level 3
1st AJ Twitchell, Mike Sepiol
2nd Robert Barlow, Ben Bighorse
3rd Yianny Linaris, Steve Davidson
4th Jon Glasmann, Mark Glasmann

Cricket Doubles Level 4
1st Gilbert Martinez, Mike Pennycook
2nd Rick Miller, Daniel Launer
3rd Sharon Dekok, Dee Richardson
4th Gary McInerney, John Brewer

Cricket Doubles Level 5
1st Marie Franqui, Anet Obenhofer
2nd Nondace Motsenbocker, Will Simonds
3rd Tina Martinez, Stella Cunningham
4th Tina Young, CeCe Spencer