Beretta Awards for 2022 were presented at the annual convention of the Italian chapter of Safari Club International (SCI), held in Florence on July 8. The Italian chapter of SCI is the largest in number, it unites more than 450 members. This award is presented annually. Any member of the Italian division of SCI can nominate one of his trophies, got on each of the continents for the Beretta award. The Commission reviews all the materials (field photo, the trophy measurement sheet according to the SCI system, a brief report how it's been got) and selects the first 10 trophies for each continent. The nominees receive prizes stylized as plates, with the indication of the serial number and the year of the award. The main nominee of the year is selected among all the winners by continent. Then the winner is awarded a prize in the form of a statuette – a hunter with a trophy.
The peculiarity of the 2022 convention was that it has not been held due to the restrictions associated with the pandemic since 2019 , and three prizes were awarded at once – based on the results of the past three years.
We congratulate the Club member Erich Muller on receiving the highest Beretta award of the Italian chapter of SCI for 2022.
His trophy of an Aoudad sheep, got in Sudan, was recognized as the best among all the nominees.
Group photo - a joint photo of three winners of the Beretta prize, presented in different years:
From left to right: Elena Fileppo; Secretary of the Italian Chapter of SCI Uberto d'entreves; Erich Mueller - 2022; Marco Giovannini – 2021; Massimo Locatelli - 2020; President of the Italian Divisionof SCI Tiziano Terzi
