ACHIEVEMENT -- 4:

COONOOR GIRLS TO REPRESENT INDIA IN FENCING COMPETITION IN THAILAND

P S SUNDAR 

Six students of Shanthi Vijay Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Coonoor, have done The Nilgiris district proud by getting selected to represent India in the international fencing competition to be held in Bangkok, Thailand. 

“Of them, K Krithika, E Soundarya and K Kaveya will compete in under-16 category while N Mithuna, P Priyadharma and S Sarikashree will compete in under-14 category”, Shanthi Vijay Correspondent R Kantilal Chordia told me after complimenting the students and the PET S Usha Rani and the coach K Karthikeyan.

 

“This follows their getting selected in the national-level tournament earlier.  By virtue of this, they will compete for the world title being conducted by the Thailand Fencing Academy from Dec 8 to 10.  About 40 countries are competing for this title.  We are teaching fencing regularly in our school but for this international competition, we are providing specialised coaching by a team headed by PET Usha Rani and Coach Karthikeyan”, Headmistress R Vairamani said.

“Already, these students have become qualified for Diploma in Fencing and they have a chance of getting adopted for further studies and coaching based on their performance at the Thailand competition.  The first three winners in the international tournament will get cash prizes of US $ 300, 200 and 100 respectively”, Usha Rani, who is also Team Manager for this tournament, disclosed.

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