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(Accokeek, MD) August 2, 2018 Team Beretta shooters achieved 4 podium honors in several events at two recent regional competitions.
Members of Team Beretta in attendance at the 2018 South Central Regional and National FITASC Championship hosted at the Side X Side Ranch & Sporting Clays in Wynnewood, OK included Diane Sorantino, Dominic Gross, and Meagan Harrington.
Team Beretta trap shooter Jacque Snellenberger attended the 2018 Indiana State Shoot at the Indiana Gun Club in Fortville, IN.
Harrington, shooting with a Beretta 692, secured two podium honors during the 5-Stand competition as she topped the podium in both the Junior and Lady events with a score of 95 out of 100 targets.
Sorantino, who shoots with a Beretta A400 Xcel, achieved champion honors in the Lady FITASC event with a score of 186 out of 200 targets, beating her nearest competitor by 4 birds.
Gross battled against some tough competition and put forth a solid shooting performance.
At the 2018 Indiana State Shoot, Snellenberger, shooting with a DT11, achieved Lady 1 honors in the Michael Huffman Handicap event with a score of 92 out of 100 targets.
The team's season will continue with the upcoming 2018 ATA Grand American World Trapshooting Championship from August 1-11 at the World Shooting & Recreational Complex in Sparta, IL and the 2018 North Central Regional Championship from August 13-19 at Northbrook Sports Club in Hainesville, IL.
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.
USA Contact: Kimberlee Eveland KEveland@BerettaUSA.com 301-283-2191 ext. 1384