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(Accokeek, MD) Team Beretta shooters recently achieved podium honors in 7 different events during two regional competitions.
Team Beretta members in attendance at the 2018 Southeast Regional competition were Desirae Edmunds and Zachary Kienbaum. Additionally, Team Beretta captain, Diane Sorantino, attended the 2018 Delaware River Classic and Kolar Cup.
Edmunds, who shoots with a Beretta DT11 L, achieved two ladies’ champion podium honors in the main and 5-Stand events.
In the main ladies’ event, Edmunds topped the podium with a score of 174 out of 200 targets, besting her nearest competitor by 11. She won top honors in the 5-Stand ladies’ event with a score of 93 birds, edging out the runner-up finisher by just one target.
Edmunds also attained two runner-up and one third-place podium finishes in the Super Sporting, FITASC, and Preliminary ladies’ events with scores of 90, 93, and 85 targets, respectively.
Kienbaum battled against some tough competitors and finished in the top ten for each event in which he competed.
Hosted at M&M Hunting Preserve in Pennsville, NJ, the Delaware River Classic and Kolar Cup boasted approximately 400 shooters from October 5-7. M&M Hunting Preserve is owned and operated by Team Beretta member, Anthony Matarese, and he designed the courses for each of these competitions.
Sorantino, shooting with a Beretta A400 Xcel, topped the podium in the main event as the ladies’ champion with a score of 88 out of 100 targets, besting her nearest competitor by 5 birds.
She also achieved first-place honors in the Kolar Cup Ladies’ event with a score of 87 targets out of 100.
The team’s season will continue with the upcoming 2018 National Championship at the NSCA headquarters in San Antonio, TX from October 20-28.
Team Beretta, founded in the early 1980s, is a team of professional shooters of various age 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 competes not only at the highest professional levels as well as national and regional competitions, but our shooters 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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Kimberlee Eveland
301-283-2191 ext. 1384