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WINNERS ALL: The NCC girl cadets from 5(TN) Girls BN NCC, Coimbatore, who have returned from the All India Thal Sainik Camp, with the Commanding Officer Lt. Col. N. Shariff, in Coimbatore, on Friday. COIMBATORE: The 14 girl cadets from 5(TN) Girls BN NCC, who formed a part of the 40-member team that represented Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in the All India Thal Sainik Camp in New Delhi, have come home with laurels. The team stood second among 17 States that participated in the camp held from September 24 to October 5. The girls proved their mettle in firing, obstacle event, map reading, line area competitions, tent pitching and sports events. They were also assessed in theory subjects. The path to the camp has taken more than six long months for the cadets to get there. They have been the lucky 14 to get selected from 800 cadets after undergoing four local camps. The rest of the 40 are from other districts of the State and Puducherry. The 10 senior wing cadets are from colleges, while the four junior wing cadets are from schools. All of them joined NCC by observing their seniors in school or college. “They motivated us to join by the way they carried themselves. The uniform they wore and the discipline they showed inspired us to follow in their footsteps”, the cadets echo in unison. Though they are all motivated to join the Army, they will not be disappointed if they do not make it because the confidence, attitude and problem-solving capabilities the NCC experience has given them will remain with them throughout their life, irrespective of the career they pursued, the cadets say. AspirationCommanding Officer Lt. Col. N. Shariff says that the cadets are a different lot after their return from the camp. “There is no looking back for them in life. They will be determined to succeed in anything they choose to do”. Lamenting that NCC is not taken very seriously by schools and colleges, especially in the South, he believes that the Associate NCC Officers (ANO) in colleges should be able to select talent, motivate them to join the NCC and send them to camps. Senior Wing cadets: S. Bharathi, A. Gandhimathi, M. Lakshmi Priya, M. Revathi, S. Prema, M. Chitradevi, N.P. Yasotha, R. Pandeeswari, M. Annie Obel and G. Sandhiya Devi (all second year college students). Junior Wing cadets: M. Divya, S. Vinothini, D. Janani Sobhaa and S. Pavithra (IX standard students)
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