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STC ML OBA - AGM & Lunch
The Old Boys
week at STC was a great success as usual .
The fairly well attended AGM was concluded on the 13th Feb Friday
evening at the College Hall . A contest for the secretarial post was
on with Jaminda Mendis and Udaya Guneratne . Udaya won it by 23
votes - a close tussle .
The Old Boys won the Cricket match in a rather closely contested
game . For the Present Boys , HAT Fernando scored an elegant 50 and
rescued the team after being 80 for 7 at one stage . For the Old
Boys , past Capt Jehan Thahir scored a fifty . There were noteworthy
contributions from a few players .
The Old Boys lunch hosted by College was well attended as always .
The new lady Chaplain from England commenced the proceedings leading
the Thomian fraternity into prayer . The energetic Acting Warden
thanked all those who were present and thanked the outgoing Warden
Dr Ponniah for his services .
He appreciated the work done by the EXCO , the OBA and thanked the
College officials . The Dudley Senanayake Challenge Cup donated by
Milinda Hettiarachchi in the year 2000 , was handed over to the
winning skipper Nisal Fernando ( Old Boys ) amidst loud applause.
The usual speech making followed in the traditional way . Mr
Edisrisinghe of the 1950s vintage expressed his happiness
acknowledging the presence of a lady Chaplain for the first time at
STC and thanked the Acting Warden for his valuable services which
received a loud applause . Prabodha Kariyawasam assured the Thomian
fraternity not to write off the talented Thomian team with 08 or
more freshers this year . He thanked Messrs Ajit Jayasekera and Neil
Chanmugam for the valuable service rendered on a volunteery basis
and acknowledged the wealth of knowledge imparted by these two
Thomian cricketers of National and International fame . PN ( Veddha
) Perera spoke about how he master minded the first Thomian band to
enter the Colombo Oval in the 1950s , cleverly using the donation
and the high office of some VIP Thomians .
The proceedings ended with the singing of the College Anthem , which
vibrated Dining Room area and re-lived the Thomian Spirit .
Esto Perpetua ! ! !
Milinda Hettiarachchi
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