A healthy comparison between cartridge brands in a competition that closely resembles the Formula One constructors' championship. There were 306 participants in the Top Ammunition Trophy which, in its second edition, involved brands of the caliber of Baschieri & Pellagri, Bornaghi, Cheddite, Clever, Flakes, Nobel Sport, RC Cartridges e Rio. The match, which took place at Trap Concaverde in Lonato on Sunday 26 August, was structured in 75 clay targets to be selected, 8 barrages among the best six shooters of each of the brands involved, semi-finals and very final among the "best six" ISSF formula. A challenge strongly felt by all the ammunition manufacturers in the race, with duels from the last clay pigeon to the checkered flag and sensational twists in which even a single zero, as usual, in the end made the difference.
Top Ammunition Trophy - Participants
More than 300 participants, we said, with the Olympians Alberto Munoz Fernadez (Rio), Fatima Warim Galvez (Clever) and Beatriz Martinez Sordo (Rio) to give the right touch of internationality to an event that has grown in numbers and interest in relation to the "Number zero" of the last edition, with many, many titles and prizes up for grabs.
Let's start with the Top Brand Trophy, reserved for the winning company of the team event, conquered by Clever team (421/450), driven by Paolo Cavarzan (73/75) and closely followed by RC Cartridges (419) and, on an equal footing, by Bows e Rio (417) In the final for the Top Ammunition Super Trophy 2018, destined to crown the king of cartridges for the current year, was the standard-bearer of the Cheddite Roberto Bassetti(66 + 23 + 23 + 21 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 9) to put in line, one after the other, the opponents. The Tuscan shooter, after closing behind Sunter Fontanili(69 + 25 + 23 + 22 + 4 + 3) the first 25 throws, got into the sixth, passing first the Bornaghi standard bearer, then that of the Rio Alessandro Divizia(68 + 24 + 24 + 21 + 4 + 5 + 3), finished third, and detaching in the last 10 targets of the gold medal match the shooter Clever Umberto Marcolongo(69+24+24+21+5+3+5+5).
Top Ammunition Trophy - Shooter scores
Moving on to the best of each team, in the barrage Baschieri & Pellagri a resounding full score greeted the victory of Claudius Tosello (72 + 25), emulated by Albino Del Baldo (73 + 25) in the RC challenge and from Sunter Fontanili in that Bornaghi (69 + 25). Rio was in the final reserved for shooters Alessandro Divizia (68 + 24) to close with a flourish, while the other best in the class were: Umberto Marcolongo (69 + 24) for Clever, Ivan Rossi (70 + 23) for Flakes, Adriano Peron (66 + 23) for Nobel e Roberto Bassetti (66 + 23) for Cheddite.
In addition to the participants, the event satisfied the various representatives of the sponsoring companies, who supported and rewarded their favorites. From the champion Bianca Revello (Nobel Sport Sales Manager) a Gianluca Bussolotto (Sales Manager Italy B&P), from Daniel Granata(Head of the Rio sports sector) ad Albert Campanian (CEO Clever), obviously without forgetting Andrea Bussolati (Web Officer Bornaghi), Francesco Gazzetta (Sales Manager Italy Fiocchi), Richard Bardi (Area Manager Italy Cheddite) e Stefano Vezzini (RC agent for Lombardy) the judgment was unanimous: a good turnout for an event with great potential, to be developed in the years to come to make the challenge even more participatory and fierce. "I thank all those who believed in this event, starting with the companies involved, whose synergy was fundamental for its realization - he concluded Ivan Carella, president of Concaverde - Together with them we want to continue on the path of growth of this sporting event and of our sport in general, starting from the precious advice they will be able to give ».