Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre

The camp for the National Cadet Corps, Cadet Eastern Band Championship – 2023 concluded at the National Cadet Corps Training Center in Rantembe recently (Oct 05).

Forty male cadet bands and eighteen female cadet bands from all over the island participated in this camp for the national championships.

For the year 2023, the Boys Oriental Band Championship was won by Bandaranaike College, Gampaha, and the runner-up was won by St. Sylvester College, Kandy.

The girls’ championship was won by Gampaha Ratnavali Balika Vidyalaya, while the runner-up was won by Maliyadewa Girls’ School, Kurunegala.

National Cadets Corps eastern band championship camp was continued for eight days and the passing out parade was also held on 05 October. The Director of National Cadet Corps Brigadier Sudantha Fonseka participated as the chief guest and a large number of senior officers of Defence Forces, Directors of Education, Principals and Teachers along with parents participated to witness this glamorous parade.

Arrangements have been made to conduct the Herman Luce, the National Championship camp for School Cadets platoons and De Soysa camp to be conducted on the 20th of this month at the National Cadet Corps Training Center, Rantambe and the passing out parade is scheduled to be held at the end of this camp on the 29th in a splendid manner.