Thursday 28 October 2021 at the Benelli Arms of Urbino the inauguration of the 828 U Sports Team, the Compak and Compak-Sporting team that dresses Benelli and shoots with the 828 U Sport over / under. L'828 U Sports Team was born in June 2020 with the first member Massimo Simoncelli. From this date to the inauguration on 28 October, the group has reached 15 national members.
Benelli complimented the shooters who chose the 828 U Sport over / under, an innovative and so technological weapon that it has revolutionized the way of conceiving the over-and-under shotgun. Choosing the 828 U Sport over-under distinguished all team members as people who love challenges and innovation, who want to move forward without being stuck in the past.
The shooters of the828W Sports Team, like Benelli, they know well the meaning of the word challenge and what it means to get involved with a totally new weapon. All, with courage, have chosen to start a new adventure and to expand their comfort zone by taking up a totally new weapon.
Their passion led them to train throughout the year, to then demonstrate their skills, personal balance, technical preparation and professionalism in the competition. For 15 weekends during this Italian season, together with the Benelli internal team, the828 U Sports Training Team and the results speak for themselves (see attachment).
Some of the 828W Sports team they started to go beyond the Italian borders. In Switzerland, a course for Compak and Compak-Sporting beginners was held last June. In August, the team made itself known at the Signes European Championship in France, with Mattia Cecchetti hitting 183 out of 200 targets.
In the month of September, Benelli was present in Cyprus to take part in the Nicosia Grand Prix and the Larnaca World Championship. At the Grand Prix, Massimo Simoncelli reached the score of 186/200. While, at the world championship, Enrico Lugli got involved by challenging the 5OO best shooters in the world and hit 188 targets out of 200.
Benelli he firmly believes in this project, so much so that he seeks in the team members that know-how that distinguishes them and reaches others. L'828 U Sports Team it is made up of people who, beyond knowing how to break the target, are close to Benelli's instinctive and innovative values and identity. It is also thanks to them that the most skeptical have approached over-under Benelli 828 U Sport, they tested the weapon directly on the shooting range and were more than satisfied with it. Thus the company has achieved one of the main objectives it had set itself at the beginning of this new journey.
“The great thing is that the results were achieved by young people, therefore by our future […].
It is our factory that goes around the world and wins ".
Cav. of the Lav. President Luigi Moretti