Thal Sainik Camp Organised by North Eastern Region (NER)

KOHIMA, Aug 26: Thal Sainik Camp (TSC) which is true test of physical and mental stamina among cadets and is conducted every year by North Eastern Region (NER) Directorate NCC as a competition, an official release stated.

Teams from all the NCC groups in the North East participate in this competition. An Inter group competition of Thal Sanik Camp event was held at Jorhat from August 18 to 27. Seven groups of North East Region NCC participated in the ten day event. Kohima Group NCC contingent comprised of 25 boys and 25 girls cadets also participated in the competition inJorhat.

Kohima Group NCC has stood runners up in the competition. Five cadets of 24 Nagaland (I) Coy NCC have bagged medals in various events during the competition. Cpl Stephen Yanthan and Cpl Shankar Thapa bagged gold and silver medal respectively in health and hygiene which is conducted as written test. Cpl Chubanuksung Jamir bagged gold medal in judging distance and field signal test. L Cpl Lacit Konwar bagged silver medal in obstacle course competition. CQMS Vikepesie Terhüja bagged silver medal in firing. Overall the boy and girl cadets of Kohima Group have displayed remarkable performance during the competition.

Cadets have made their institutions and Kohima Group proud. A total of 25 NCC Cadets 13 boys and 12 girls have been selected for further training and forming part of NER Directorate NCC team which would participate in Inter Directorate Competition of Thal Sanik Camp which will be held at New Delhi in September this year.