Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 16 2009:
Under the aegis of GOC 57 Mountain Division Maj Gen Shakti Gurung, VSM, a recruitment rally was organised from April 12 to 14 at Leimakhong for young boys in the age group of 11 to 14 years.
The selected boys would be recruited by the Army in their respective Boys Sports Company at Hyderabad.
During the rally, a total of 295 boys were segregated from the whole lot based on their documents and on checking their physical attributes 155 boys were finally put through the other tests for selection.
Only whose who finally showed true gift, determination and temperament for higher competitive levels wee narrowed down.
29 boys from all over Manipur have been issued with call letters and they will proceed to Hyderabad for their medical examination by highly specialised doctors in the field of sports medicine and psychology before they are finally inducted into the Boys Sports Company of Artillery.