Grogan has cake and eats it

ECCLES Archery Club in Manchester held its annual double WA 720 archery competition at its grounds on Sunday.

Although a warm dry day, a blustery wind made shooting difficult for the archers who had to hit the targets at the fixed range of 70 metres.

The WA 720 round (previously known as a FITA 70) consists of shooting 72 arrows in groups of six at a time (known as ends) at the target placed at 70 metres (this is also the standard distance used for archers in the Olympics).

The archers then score and collect their arrows after each ‘end’ then repeat the process again until all 72 arrows (12 ends) have been shot.

The Eccles tournament holds a WA 720 in the morning, then another in the afternoon.