(Accokeek, MD) Team Beretta shooters recently achieved 9 podium honors between two regional competitions.
Team Beretta members in attendance at the 2019 Southeast Regional Championship included Joseph Fanizzi, Desirae Edmunds, Zachary Kienbaum, Dominic Gross, Meagan Harrington, Diane Sorantino, and Anthony Matarese. Fanizzi also recently attended the 2019 U.S. FITASC Grand Prix competition held at Hermitage Farm Shooting Sports in Camden, SC.
Fanizzi, a junior team member who shoots with an A400 Xcel Sporting Black Edition, achieved a third-place podium finish (and a subsequent sub-junior champion honor) in the main event with a score of 177 out of 200 targets, besting his nearest competitor by 5 targets. He also topped the podium as the sub-junior champion in the FITASC and 5-Stand events with scores of 88/100 and 89/100, respectively.
Edmunds, shooting with a Beretta DT11 L, attained a ladies runner-up podium honor in the main event with a score of 154 out 200 targets. She also brought home a ladies champion and third-place podium honor in the FITASC and Pure Gold Cup events with scores of 88/100 and 89/100, respectively.
Kienbaum, who shoots with a standard Beretta DT11, secured a runner-up podium honor in the FITASC event with a score of 95 out of 100 targets, after a close shoot-off with the eventual HOA FITASC winner.
Gross achieved a third-place podium honor in the junior 5-Stand event with a score of 83 out of 100 targets.
Harrington, Sorantino, and Matarese battled against some tough competitors and placed within the top ten in each event that they competed in.
At the 2019 U.S. FITASC Grand Prix, Fanizzi achieved a champion podium honor in the main FITASC event with a superb score of 185 out of 200 targets, besting his nearest competitor by 10 targets.
Team Beretta shooters will continue their season at the 2019 Diamond Classic held this week at the Greater Houston Gun Club in Houston, TX.
Team Beretta, founded in the early 1980s, is a team of professional shooters of various ages and experience that compete as Brand Ambassadors for Beretta USA in the fields of trap, skeet, sporting clay, pistol, 3-gun, and precision long range competitive shooting. Since 1977, Beretta has led the way in all forms of competitive shooting sports and continues to strive for excellence. During the 2016 Olympic Games, Team Beretta shooters took ten out of the possible fifteen podiums in trap, double trap, and skeet shooting events. Team Beretta shooters not only compete at the highest professional levels as well as at national and regional competitions, but they also mentor and train future competitors.
Beretta, established in 1526, is the oldest industrial dynasty in the world tracing its roots through 15 generations of continuous family ownership. Firearms bearing the Beretta name have been sold for almost 500 years. Beretta USA Corp. was founded in 1977 and supplies the standard sidearm to the U.S. Armed Forces. Today, Beretta manufactures, distributes, and markets a complete line of firearms, accessories, and apparel. Beretta also owns and operates six retail Beretta Gallery stores worldwide. For additional information, visit www.Beretta.com.
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