Archery, 120 athletes from all over Italy to the Anna Frank in the name of Mangani

The event, promoted by the Arcieri del Micco, took place between Saturday and Sunday at the Anna Frank gymnasium in memory of Paolo Mangani

A real sporting party that took place last weekend (4/5 December) at the Anna Frank Gym in Pistoia. The Archers of Micco to remember their historic founder Paolo Mangani they organized this event which saw a massive participation of athletes from all over Italy. To be precise, 120 people registered for the race who battled with arrows from Saturday 4th December until the evening of 5th. The one hundred and twenty people registered were divided into three macro groups of forty participants each. Each archer had two minutes and two 10-shot series to make three shots and hit the target. The archers of Fivizzano Alessandro Giannini, Raffaele Gallo and Federico Gargari took the Mangani trophy home.

The whole event was managed and directed by the president of the Arcieri del Micco, Alfredo Vettori, assisted by his deputy Salvatore Intraguglielmo.

THE WORDS OF THE ORGANIZERS

“We have many young boys who, with archery, manage to find a balance that with other sports they cannot achieve – he explains Vettori to colleagues from La Nazione. With the bow, on the other hand, everyone can express themselves according to their abilities ».

«Our association – adds from the columns of La Nazione Intraguglielmo – also counts several athletes with disabilities since this is a discipline that enhances all our shooters. This is a source of pride for us ».