The Harbor Inn Cafe's April Fools’ Day Double Elimination Dart Tournament (AFT) has established itself as the ”look for” dart tournament in the Cleveland area since 1974. The AFT began in 1974 when Tom Yurcich, Steve Farkas, Jim Wolan and Ernie Peto were having lunch at the Harbor Inn Cafe with owner Wally Pisorn when Wally said, “I want to have another dart tournament, even though I lost money on a tourney last year.” Immediately Tom said, "You've got to be foolin'." Then Steve said, "That's it! April Fools' Day! We can have it on April Fools' Day." Jim, as observant as usual, mentioned that April Fools' Day doesn't always fall on the weekend, and that weekends are the time to have a dart tournament, "not on Wednesday afternoons, you fool you." Then Steve deduced that's why it's a cool idea, "We'll use April Fools' as a promotional gimmick, like ‘Dart Extravaganza,’ a memorable name." Thus a tradition was born: The April Fools' Day Dart Tournament will be held usually on the Saturday closest to April first. After careful thought and preparation it fell into place. The plan was to have a 301 open singles and 301 ladies singles (both double elimination, a test of will, dart skill and fortitude). A large trophy was purchased and the winners' names engraved on the face plates as a permanent record to be kept at the Harbor Inn on display for all visitors to see 'til the end of time. An added twist is, any person winning singles in their category with 16 or more players for three years in a row can take the trophy home (although we would hope that this talented person would leave the trophy at the Harbor Inn for all to enjoy). The original trophy is still missing. However, Wally Pisorn replaced it several years ago with a great looking trophy that was on display at the Harbor Inn with all the names in place. The tournament took a hiatus for several years. Reason for the layoff: the organizers got tired of running the damn thing. ​ This annual event will be held on the first Saturday in April when there is no conflict with Easter week. (A old site I recently found http://aprilfooldarts.farkasart.com/history.html)