The Carlo Beretta Gold Cup is back in great shape after last year's break. Now in its 37th edition, the galactic competition in the Olympic pit organized by the historic company from Gardone Valtrompia, which took place on the weekend of 26 and 27 June at Trap Concaverde in Lonato del Garda (BS), reached almost 400 participants. A great result, considering the particular period and the coexistence of international events, including the Skeet Shooting World Cup in Osijek in Croatia. "The company continues to progress, we continue to remain strong in the world, so much so that, in the last twelve months, we have managed to hire almost a hundred people - said, at the time of the awards, Engineer Carlo Ferlito, General Manager of Fabbrica d 'Armi Pietro Beretta spa - We are continuing to invest heavily in everything we do and skeet shooting is a very important aspect of our work. Finding ourselves here, with these numbers, after everything we've been through, is really heartening. I thank all the participants, the athletes, the shooting directors and the organizers for what they have done ».
Moving on to the race report, the very young Kevin Pivotto, born in 2021, wrote his name in the gold cup of the Carlo Beretta Gold Cup for the year 2004. In the final with 25 targets, played with Shooting Data Score mode ( 3 points for each target hit of the first barrel, 2 points for each target of the second barrel and 0 points for each missed target), the standard-bearer of the Tav Giorgio Rosatti di Ponso (PD), who will turn 17 in September, with 23 targets hit by the first barrel, 2 by the second and the final score of 73/75, preceded another junior, Matteo D'Ambrosi (70/75), athlete in force at the Gruppo Sportivo delle Fiamme Azzurre, and Emanuele Bernasconi (67/75) ), reigning national champion of Olympic pit in the Excellence category. Then, the other three of the six finalists followed suit: Jaouad Hidane (63/75), Nicola Caretta (60/75) and Vincenzo Durante (56/75). "It's a dream that comes true, I never thought I'd win such an important competition - declared the winner, just after the decisive challenge - I want to thank and dedicate the victory to my family, for all the sacrifices made, especially to my dad , who gave me the passion for this sport and who is always by my side ».
The other prize of primary importance, the prestigious Beretta DT11 Black shotgun, reserved for the best absolute shooter at the end of the 175 selection targets, was instead the prerogative of the Italian Lorenzo Ferrari, who closed the two days of competition with 172 targets sent. shattered on the 175 scheduled. The shooter from Brescia, with 99/100, also won the cup as the best shooter ever of the "Day One", while the trophy of the "Day Two" ended up in the hands of Mattia Sardi, who closed the second day of competition full marks (75/75). Going on, the best among all the parathletes in the race was Guerrino Fazzi, with 151/175, while Maria Lucia Palmitessa, with 165/175, finished at the top of the Ladies' standings.
As for the category barrages with the Beretta 694 12 gauge shotgun at stake, always played with Shooting Data Score mode on the length of 25 targets, the best among the athletes of Excellence was Emanuele Bernasconi (74/75), among the 1st Category to beat everyone was Dario Premoli (75/75), while Giovanni Mereu (72/75) and Iacopo Tori (66/75) won the first place respectively for the 2nd and 3rd Category. In the remaining four barrages with the Silver Pigeon I 12 gauge shotgun at stake, reserved for athletes in each category positioned between 7th and 12th place at the end of the 175 competition targets, Riccardo Faccani (73/75) finished in first place in the final of the Excellence category, Michael Caregnato (75/75) in that of the 1st Category, finally Luca Gerri (70/75) and Oreste Raffaelli (69/75) were the best respectively in the 2nd and 3rd Category.
"This competition has confirmed the importance of investing in young people - underlined Carlo Alberto Tolettini, Competition Business Manager of Beretta - who together with technological innovation, to which they are closely connected, are the driving force for the future of this sport" . «I want to thank the Beretta company, with which we have established an excellent collaboration from every point of view, - concluded Ivan Carella, president of the Trap Concaverde shooting facility - I want to thank you for everything you are doing for shooting. flight, in particular for the continuous technological innovations that allow the protagonists of our world to improve day by day ».