When I utter the words “Leo Youth Camp’16” so many wonderful
cherished memories flood my mind. Someone once said that “Don’t you think now
is the time to be adventurous while we’re still young”. Leo Youth Camp’16 of
306 A2 was such an adventurous wonderful experience. It was successfully
conducted at Diyathalawa Military Base on last 26th 27th
and 28th with the participation of more than 100 Leos.
From the beginning the experience we gained was amazing. On
the first day after the opening ceremony all the Leos were divided into 10
groups and all the tasks done at the camp was according to these assigned
groups. During the evening there was a weapon show at the MSTS where we had so
much excitement getting exposed to real time weapons. During the night there was
a small talent show and the Leo parliament was a novel experience for most of
the participants and the day was ended with so much laughter with it. The next
day was a day to remember for I think almost every participant because it was
the day for hiking. Trekking through the wild, getting ourselves bruised, the
team bond, exploring new paths, facing challenging tasks and many more novel
experiences. We spent nearly 6 hours hiking and in the end we had to make our
lunch. A tiring day was ended with a marvelous camp fire in the freezing breeze
near Fox hill super cross racing field. Each and every day was filled with
excitement and adventure. The last day at the camp started with obstacle
clearance. Every one of us felt like we were training to be soldiers crawling
under the barbed wires, jumping over 9” walls. The team spirit, leadership
skills, fearlessness to face any risk, determination towards winning everything
was boosted up in each and every individual. After that we got the great
opportunity to have first-hand and most probably once in life time experience
in aerial rope, rock climbing and many more. The last scheduled event consisted
of a collection of more team spirit building games. At the end every one of us
learnt how to work in a team, how much we have to contribute for the sake of
the team, what is our role in the team and how to cope up with others. So the 3
days ended with building good motivated determined highly spirited leaders
within the Leos. Special thanks must go to the DP Leo Pramod Wimalathunga, the
camp chairman Leo Lion Kalindu Dissanayake, DCL Lion Thulitha Piyasena, memorable
hike organizers Leo Dineth Saranga and Leo Sachintha Suranda and all the
organizers who were the backbones of this successful event and finally Sri
Lankan Military Academy Diyathalawa and Volunteer Force Training School
Diyathalawa for giving us one remarkable training for 3 days.
