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The Constitution The Constitution of the Wesley OBU (UK) has been drafted with great care for the benefit of the members of the Union. It is not a static document but one that is ever evolving with the changes around us.
WESLEY COLLEGE OLD BOYS UNION (UNITED KINGDOM) CONSTITUTION 1. NAME: The Union shall be called The Wesley College Old Boys Union United Kingdom Branch. 2. OBJECTS: The objects of the Union shall be: (a) To advance the education of the pupils of the College, by providing and assisting in the provisions for education at the College. (b) To provide scholarships and for the provision of prizes for educational achievements at the college. (c) To provide assistance to college sports activities. 3. MEMBERSHIP (a) Any person who has been a bona- fide student or teacher at Wesley College Colombo for a period of at least one Calendar year, and interested in actively furthering the objects of the Union and contributing an annual sum known as the Annual Membership Fee, which shall he determined at the Annual General Meeting. may be a full member of the Union (b) Notwithstanding sub-clause (a) above, the Executive Committee may at the discretion allow a reduced Membership Fee for Retired Members, Students and other deserving persons. (c) A member shall he admitted to Life Membership on a payment of the Life Membership fee, which shall be ten times the current Annual Membership Fee. (d) At the instance of the Executive Committee, the members may at any meeting elect to Honorary Life Membership any person who in the opinion of Union has made and/or continues to make an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the College. (e) Sons of old boys of Wesley College Colombo, will be eligible to become Associate Members of the Wesley College OBU (UK) and these Associate Members will he eligible to take part in all activities of the OBU. including representing the OBU in Sports Competitions. (f )The Executive Committee may grant Associate Membership to any persons who has had close association with Wesley College Colombo. The associate Members admitted according to this criterion will not be eligible to represent the OBU in Sports Competitions. (g) Associate Members shall not be eligible to vote at the annual General Meeting nor will they be eligible to become members of the Executive Committee. (h) Any Member whose membership fee remains unpaid on the date one week before the Annual General Meeting or on 15th November of the year, whichever is the earliest, shall not be eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting and such Member shall not be eligible for election to the Executive Committee. 4. OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (a) The officers of the union shall comprise Patrons, Vice Patrons, Honorary president, three Honorary Vice presidents, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Membership Secretary, Honorary Social Secretary, Honorary Sports Secretary, and Honorary Public Relations/Editorial Secretary. The Honorary President, honorary Secretary and the Honorary treasurer elected at the Annual General Meeting shall become the principal officers of the Union. (b) the officers shall he elected by a simple majority vote at the Annual General Meeting. by full members as defined in clause 3(a). (c) The president, Vice presidents (3) Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Social secretary, Sports Secretary, PRO/Editor and ten Committee Members shall form the Executive Committee. (d) The ten Committee Members shall he elected to the Executive Committee by a simple majority vote at the Annual General Meeting. as stated in clause 4(b) above. (e) In the event of an office falling vacant, the Executive Committee, shall invite a member of the Union to hold that office until the next Annual General Meeting. (f) Only full members as defined in clause 3(a), and who have been a member for at least a full year shall be eligible to hold office. (g) All officers and committee members shall retire each year and offer themselves for re-election. No member shall hold an office for more that four consecutive years with the exception of the president who shall not hold office for more than two consecutive years except in extreme situations where there are no suitable candidates to fill the post. 5. FINANCES The Union shall open and operate such banking accounts in the name of the Union as it thinks proper, and shall give the necessary authority for its officials to operate such accounts; provided always that cheques be signed by ay least two of the following officers, president, Secretary, Treasurer. 6. APPLICATION OF INCOME (a) The income of the Union, whence so ever derives shall be applied principally towards the furtherance of the objects, but the executive committee shall have the discretionary powers to consider any other charitable appeals, so long as the beneficiary of this charitable giving is a Wesleyite or an old Wesleyite. (b) No Member of the union shall receive remuneration or other benefits in money or in kind, except the reimbursement of reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred on behalf of the Union and supported by bills and invoices. Any claims in excess the floor limit will he determined by the executive committee from time to time. 7. MEETINGS (a) The union shall hold at least two General Meetings in each year. one of which shall he the Annual General Meeting, which shall he compulsory, and the second meeting will be optional. (b) The Annual General Meeting shall he held within sixty days of the close of accounting period in clause 9. (c) The Executive Committee shall fix the date, time and place of each meeting. (d) The Quorum for a General Meeting including a Special General Meeting and the Annual General Meeting shall he fifteen. The Quorum for an Executive Committee meeting shall be seven Executive Committee Members provided always ally two of the following officers are present: President, Secretary, Treasurer. (e) The Executive Committee shall call a General Meeting within twenty one days on the written application of more that five members. 8. ANNUAL REPORT The Honorary Secretary shall at the Annual General Meeting submit a report covering the activities of the Union during the preceding calendar year. 9. ACCOUNTING The accounting year of the Union shall he 1S1 December to 30 November. The Hon Treasurer shall keep proper books of accounts, A statement of accounts for the previous year, audited by the Hon Auditor elected for the purpose at the previous Annual General Meeting, shall be presented for adoption at the Annual Genera! Meeting. 10. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION (a) Rules of the Union shall not be amended except by two-third majority vote of those present and voting at the Annual General Meeting or at a Special General Meeting called for this purpose. (b) No alterations or Amendments shall he made to the Objectives Clause or the Dissolution Clause which would cause the Union to cease to be a Charity at Law. 11. DISSOLUTION In the event of the Union being wound up, any assets remaining after satisfying outstanding debts and liabilities should not be distributed among the members of the Union, but shall be gifted to Wesley College Colombo. Sri Lanka for the benefit of the pupils of the College in any manner which is exclusively Charitable at Law. Last amendments made to the constitution on 11th February 2001 at a Special General meeting. A. Azahim Mohamed Secretary - Wesley College OBU (UK)
2005
Message from the President - 2005
The 12th Annual
General Meeting of the Wesley College Old Boys
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Secretary’s Report for 2001/2002
Sunday 26 January 2003
The Wesley College Old Boy’s Union in the United Kingdom has reached a milestone when we celebrated our tenth year of founding of the Union. It all began in 1992 when Jai Lameer, Sam Thevathasan, S Ramakrishnan, Iqbal Cader, Harry Jaganathan and Azahim Mohamed met to form the OBU in the UK. When the first meeting was held on 7 November 1992 at the Victoria Methodist Church hall the six were full of confidence that the Union will survive the long hard road ahead and will bring out its best to assist Wesley College Colombo. This the OBU has achieved and what any achievement it has been that to in this short period of its founding.
We have assisted our Alma Mater to the tune of £20500 (includes £3000 donated to College in December 2002 for Education/Computer needs and sport development) for education projects, sports development, new capital works programs, building and property refurbishment. The Union continues to assist the computer studies, which was incidentally started by the OBU. With the assistance of Jai lameer we were able to donate sixteen terminals to teach computer lessons to a class of 35 - 40 students. Two overhead projects we also gifted to College during the year.
The New Computer Suite at Wesley
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The year 2001/2002 was another eventful and successful year for the OBU. We continue to maintain close relationship with Wesley College Colombo. Therefore, when we look back at the various assistance given to Wesley over the last ten years it is correct to say that the existence of the Union in the UK is more than justified. The Principal of Wesley College Colombo in his message to the OBU souvenir 2002 has praised the work of the OBU UK and in his prize day report of 4 October 2002 he has paid a glowing tribute to the OBU UK for the assistance given to Wesley.
Committee Meeting’s and Membership
The Union held seven formal meetings of the committee, which took place in February, March, June, July, September, October, and December 2002. At these meetings we were guided by the overriding principal that the policies and strategies of the OBU should be formulated and decisions on the course of action taken after healthy discussion.
The closing date of the membership list, was 30 November 2002, which date, was extend to the 10 December 2002 at the Executive Committee meeting held on 1 December 2002. The union has 71 paid up members an increase from previous year. The Union has a good number of younger Wesleyites which agues well for the future. Our Membership Secretary M I M Lhahir should be commended for a job well done. He also, sent out two letters of reminder to all those in arrears of the Subscriptions and
also to those Wesleyites who have yet to join the Union. All of us must do our best to enrol more Wesleyites to the Union and continue to make the Union Stronger.
I also, take this opportunity to thank Dennis Azariah for arranging the venues for the Committee Meetings and for today's AGM free of charge. My thanks also go to those members who helped the Union by contributing towards photocopying, stationary, postage, and food for the meetings and other expenses which otherwise would have been a strain on the Union funds. My thanks to the wives of those members who helped at the various functions and committee meetings arranged by the Union.
Ronald Klyn who was elected as the Secretary at ninth AGM held in December 2001passed away on 10 April 2002. Azahim Mohamed was elected as the Secretary at the Executive Committee Meeting held on Sunday 9 June 2002. Ranjith Rosa was elected to the Committee at the same meeting. Our auditor Jayantha Amarasinghe passed away after a long illness on August 2002 and the Committee appointed Mr B Balachandran FCMA as the new auditor on 1 December 2002.
Newsletter
During the year we produced two issues of the newsletter. The newsletter helped us to keep in touch with our members informing of our activities and to solicit their participation. The editor Paul David did a grand job of producing these newsletters. The newsletter was also sent to all support groups of Wesley worldwide.
Social Events
The Seventh Annual Carol Service was held on 16 December 2001 and was a great success. The eight Annual Carol service, which was held on Saturday 7 December 2002, was also well attended. Rex Devadson who organised this annual Joint event with Methodist OGA UK on behalf of the Wesley OBU UK did an excellent job to make this event a success. This annual joint event with Methodist OGA needs to be handled carefully, and must ensure that this event will continue in the future.
The Tenth annual Double Blue Ball 2002, which was held ‘UP MARKET’ was a resounding success.
This event was held on Saturday 26 October 2002 at Renaissance hotel Heathrow and continued to be the social highlight of the year and as accepted turned out to be an outstanding success both as an enjoyable evening and as an event to raise funds to our Alma Mater. Our Social Secretary Rex Devadason should be commended for a job well done. The committee members also played a major role in making this event a success. Due to this success the Double Blue Ball 2003 will also be held at the Renaissance Hotel Heathrow on Saturday 4 October 2003. The souvenir produced to mark this occasion continues to be of very high stranded. Iqbal Cader who took over from late Ronald Klyn as the editor of the Double Ball souvenir did an excellent job to maintain this high stranded. I must also, place on record the assistance given by our President Ananda Thevathasan to make the Double Blue Ball 2002 a success and also for his generous donation of the Air Ticket to Sri Lanka as the first prize for the Raffle draw. My thanks to Paul and Ami David for the gift of the 10th Anniversary cake. The rendering of the college song and war cry by Wesleyites at the Double Blue Ball 2002 came in for praise from many well-wishers.
Sports Activities
The OBU participated at this years Festival of Cricket for the seventh year. The tournament that was held at the picturesque ground at Shenley on 26 August 2002. The OBU received a dividend of £381.On the Cricketing side our team was once again beaten in the first round. We did make mistakes on the day but we must pick ourselves up and look forward positively for the FOC 2003 tournament.
Wesley OBU UK continues to play a major role in the FOC. Ananda Thevathasan was joint President of the FOC and the Chairman of the Charity. Azahim Mohamed was appointed as the Chairman of the Cricket for the year 2002.This year the OBU will continue to play its part in making the FOC a success. Our representatives at the Festival of Cricket were Sesiri Jayasena and Azahim Mohamed with Andy Dhevarajah as the alternative rep. The OBU Cricket team was captained by Andy Dhevarajah.
The annual cricket match for the Sam Thevathasan Memorial trophy, which was played on Sunday 4 August 2002 against Royal OBA, which saw Wesley OBU retain the trophy for the second year. Wesley OBU won this match by 3 wickets. A good social was held after the match, which was enjoyed by all. Our thanks to Sports Secretary Sesiri Jayasena for all his efforts.
Other Activities
1.0 The membership was kept informed of our activities by regular ‘Mail shots’ and by our newsletter
2.0 The OBU continue to maintain fraternal relations with Wesley College OBU’s in Sri Lanka, Australia, Canada and the USA. We are also in contact with OWSC and the welfare Society in Sri Lanka.
3.0 Communication and close contact was maintained throughout the year with former Principal’s and staff members of Wesley College living in the UK.
4.0 The OBU maintained a close contact with the principal of Wesley College Colombo Mr M A P Fernando.
5.0 During the year we met with the President of the OBU Sri Lanka Mr Rienzie Wijetilleke who was on a short visit to the UK. Some members of the Committee also met with Darrel Maye a former President of the OBU Sydney Branch who made a visit to London. Those of us who were at Wesley in 1963 will remember the role played by Darrel when he single-handed routed Royal Captained by S S Kumar and consisted of the demon bowler D W L Liversz. That year Darrel Maye was selected the best schoolboy bowler and judged the schoolboy cricketer of the year. And Wesley won the life buoy trophy as best School cricket team all island.
6.0 Our President along with Jai lameer met with the principal and the President of the OBU and OWSC during their visit to Srilanka 2001/2002. Our editor Paul David also visited College and had discussions with all support groups of Wesley. These visits helped the Union to recognise needy project in support of Wesley.
7.0 The OBU website continues to play an important role amongst the Wesleyites both in the UK and word - wide. My thanks to Dr N D Amerasekera a loyal Wesleyite who continues to maintain this site at no expense to the Union. As of Sunday 15 December 2002 the Union has its own web address www.wesleycollege.org/obuk which site will be continued to be maintained by the good doctor. My thanks to the Webmaster Mahendra Dissanayake of the Australian OBU for his valuable advice and assistance.
8.0 Ananda Thevathasan, Jai Lameer and Azahim Mohamed made a visit to Glastonbury on 9 October 2002 to meet with our Patron and former Principal of Wesley Rev William Holden. Rev Holden is 92 years of age. He wished the Union and its member’s success in all their endeavours.
9.0 We have also, established contact with the Secretary of the AIMS coordinator (Methodist Church) Clair Burnill and have assisted to link Wesley College Colombo and Kent College Canterbury. Our President also met with Clair Burnill to discuss matters of mutual interest, which would benefit our Alma Mater and the OBU.
10.0 Our President also met with the Principal of Wesley College Colombo and the President’s of the OBU, Welfare and the OWSC in Srilanka on 30 December 2002.He had discussions on matters relating to the Welfare of the College. During this meeting he handed over the cheque for £2000 to the Principal and the cheque for£1000 was handed to the President of the OWSC/Welfare. They were also very satisfied with the work done by the OBU UK over the years in assisting Wesley.
Note of Sadness
It is with sadness that the Union received the news of the passing away of Ronald Klyn. Ronald was elected Secretary of the Union at the ninth AGM held on 9 December 2001. He was in the forefront of all the activities undertaken by the Union. He was also the editor of the Double Blue Ball souvenir which position he held for five years. Ronald also, functioned as the membership secretary and did an excellent job. Ronald was a true Wesleyite and was always there to assist whenever the call was made. Ronald passed away on 10 April 2002. In passing through life his goodness touched everyone he met even in a brief encounter. May he rest in peace.
We also, received the sad news of the death of Mr Jayantha Amarasinghe our Auditor. Jayantha will always be remembered for the assistance given to the Union even though he was not a Wesleyite.
We also remember those Wesleyites who passed away during the year and to those Wesleyites who lost their loved ones. May they rest in peace.
Appreciation
I must place on record our appreciation to our Patrons Rev William Holden and Mr C J T Thamotheram for their support and guidance. We are also, indeed grateful to our Vice patrons Rev Wilfed Pile, Dr Louis Adhihetty and the Principal of Wesley College Colombo for their support during the year. All of them have wished the OBU well and are happy with the work done to support Wesley College Colombo.
My thanks to the founding members and the past President for their support.
I thank the Treasurer who functioned as an efficient Treasurer and to the auditor Mr Balachandran for his guidance. I also, take this opportunity of thanking the members of the Committee for their support and contribution during the year.
I also wish to thank the General Membership of the Wesley College OBU (UK) for their continuing support and participation in all our activities.
I wish to pay a special tribute to our President Ananda Thevathasan he has held the office of President with dignity and respect and also instilled a sense of professionalism and purpose into all our activities.
Conclusion
The Union continues to fulfil the objectives under which the Union was formed. The dedication to the welfare of Wesley College Colombo has been our top priority at each and every meeting of the Executive Committee. The Union continues to stand out far ahead of other OBA in the UK when it comes to assisting one’s old School.
The Union has done an excellent job during its ten years of existence and I am sure this effort will continue for many more years to come. This I am sure will be the watchword for future committees and wish the incoming committee increased success in all activities that they will be undertaking on behalf of the OBU (UK).
Finally, let me take this opportunity of wishing all of you a happy and prosperous New Year!
May god bless you all!
Ora et Labora!
A Azahim Mohamed
Secretary
Wesley College Old Boys Union (UK)
The Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Wesley College Old Boys Union (UK) was held on Sunday 26 January 2003. The Meeting was held at Kings College London SE1.The Meeting commenced at 3.30PM.
The President Ananda Thevathasan welcomed the members to the tenth AGM of the Union. And outlined the achievements of the Union for the year.
The president emphasised that the success was mainly due to team effort of the committee and its loyal members.
The Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Wesley College OBU (UK) ended at 4.45PM with the singing of the College Song and War Cry.
2002
OBU Newsletter Summer 2002
Our Continuing Progress … We are proud to note that this year we will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Wesley College Old Boys Union (UK). Our OBU has grown in stature and maturity which we can be proud of. We have maintained our efforts since our inception with ever increasing determination to meet the above objectives This year with Ananda Thevathasan as the President, the Wesley College OBU (UK) is pursuing a varied programme of activities including a special Double Blue Ball to celebrate our anniversary. As in previous years we strive to increase the social interactions between Wesley old boys in the UK and other parts of the World. The Wesley College OBU Website has turned out to be a very great success in improving the communications between Wesleyites all over the World. We are continuing with our efforts to support the principal Mr M A P Fernando, and provide all possible assistance to him to maintain and improve the education, sports and social standards at Wesley College. Our Secretary Ronald Klyn passed away during the early part of this year. He was a loyal Wesleyite and dedicated stalwart of our OBU. A Tribute to Ronald is included in this issue. Azahim Mohamed has stepped in to fill the role of the Secretary and carry on with the plans that we formulated with Ronald to celebrate our tenth anniversary. Our continuing growth is mainly due to the support, camaraderie and excellent team sprit provided by our members for all our activities. The Committee of Year 2002 appeal to all old Wesleyites in the UK to support our activities, particularly this year when we are reaching a milestone. The Double Blue Ball on the 26th October will be a special event to celebrate our OBU moving into double figures. The Joint Methodist College OGA and Wesley College OBU Carols Service this year will be held on Saturday 7th December. The details of our achievements to date and arrangements for the future activities are given in this issue of the Newsletter. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome
ORA ET LABORA
Paul R. David
Wesley College OBU (UK) pays tribute to Ronald Ashley Klyn
It is with sadness that the Wesley OBU (UK) received the news of the death of Ronald Klyn on 10th April 2002. Ronald was born on 1s t April 1935. He was 67 years of age when he was taken away from us. Ronald was a proud Wesleyite who spent his entire school life at Wesley. He always proudly recalled his school life and the years he spent at "Katiyakkara" where Wesley College spent its war years. Whenever the old boys of Wesley met, Ronald brought out his many nostalgic times at the alma mater. After leaving Wesley, Ronald joined the Ceylon Postal Department in the 50's and rose to the height of Post Master. He also served as Post Master in the Kandy district. Ronald and his wife Erin came to the UK in the 60's. In the UK he joined British Rail and served with them until his retirement in the 80's. Ronald was an active member of the Wesley OBU (UK), joining the Committee nine years ago. Ronald held the post of Membership Secretary for four years and during this time he has able to get many new members. Whenever a younger Wesleyite joined the union, or arrived from Sri Lanka for study, Ronald always went out of his way to see to their comforts and, if necessary, did the cleaning or applied a coat of paint to the flat where the boys were staying. He was very popular among the OBU (UK) membership. Ronald was also the popular choice to edit the OBU UK's Double Blue souvenir, which position he held for over five years. The OBU souvenir was always held as one of the best dinner dance souvenir amongst the schools in the UK. Ronald always maintained very high standards. Ronald was elected to the 9th AGM of the Wesley College OBU (UK), held in December 2001, as its General Secretary, which position he held until his untimely death. Ronald was a true Christian gentleman. He was recently appointed as one of the vergers at St Anselm's Church, Belmont. He was heavily involved with the church's many events, the most noted of which was the breakfast for the elderly, which takes place every day, and Ronald was the main organizer. Recently he also donated a bible for the chapel, which is used daily. The funeral service was held at Anselm's church Belmont on Thursday 18th April 2002. St Anselm's Church was full to capacity, a true testimony to a very popular figure. Wesley OBU (UK) was well represented at the funeral and the OBU also assisted as the pallbearers. Ronald was cremated at Breakspear Crematorium Ruislip, and his ashes buried at St Anselm's church, which he so dearly loved. Azahim Mohamed presented the tribute on behalf of the Wesley College OBU (UK). Wesley College OBU (UK) salutes and bids farewell to Ronald Klyn, a loyal Wesleyite and sincere friend. We will always remember with gratitude the selfless efforts made without any complaint by Ronald over the years to support Wesley College. He played a fair and splendid innings in line with the Spirit of Wesley Azahim Mohamed Obituaries It is with great sadness that we record the passing away of the following old Wesleyites. We offer our deepest sympathies to the members of the bereaved families. Ronald Ashley Klyn Ansar Fuard Wyn Peiris Rienzie Scharenguivel Lawson Koch We also offer our deepest sympathies to the family of Mr T Muruganathan (a Chemistry Teacher at Wesley College) who recently died in a bus accident at Mawanella.
Executive Committee for 2002/2003
The 9th Annual General Meeting of the Wesley College OBU (UK) was held at Chelsea Methodist Church, 155a Kings Street, London SW3. The following were elected Patrons, Office Bearers and Committee Members for Year 2002: -
Patrons: Rev. William Holden, Mr C J T Thamotheram Vice Patrons: The Principal Wesley College Colombo, Rev. Wilfred Pile, Dr Louis Adhihetty President: Ananda Thevathasan Vice Presidents: Layton Venderputt, Iqbal Cader, Jai Lameer Secretary: Ronald Klyn (Deceased), A. Azahim Mohamed (Appointed 9th June 2002) Treasurer: S. Ravindran Membership Secretary: M.I.M. Lhahir Social Secretary: Rex Devadason Sports Secretary: Sesiri Jayasena Editor/PRO: Paul David Editor Double Blue Ball Souvenir: Iqbal Cader Committee Dennis Azariah, Ranjith Perera, Douglas Raymond, Andy N. Devarajah, Ghanzanfar Hamid, Arivanda Ranasinghe, A. Aroonan, R. Pathipan, Kusal Ranasinghe, Ranjith Rosa (appointed 9th June 2002) Hon. Auditor J. Amarasinghe
News from Sri Lanka Distinguished old boy of Wesley College,
Hon. M.H. Mohamed, was appointed as Cabinet Minister for Urban Development and Western Province. Prior to this appointment he held a cabinet post on four occasions. He was also the Speaker of the 9th Parliament and a former Mayor of Colombo. Hon. Mohamed was the president of the Wesley College Old Boys Union Colombo for a number of years and it was during his presidency that he was able to secure Campbell Park for the exclusive use of Wesley College and its sports grounds, and successfully launched and completed the transformation of Campbell park into a first class Cricket ground with turf wickets. The sports pavilion was named in his honour as appreciation of his tireless work for the school.
Service to the school
To Sri Lanka We are happy to report that a consignment of 15 Pentium computers and 3 overhead projectors was sent to Wesley College recently. These computers and projectors were kindly donated by Jai Lameer who also arranged for the shipment of these items to Sri Lanka. Thanks Jai
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Sports achievements of the OBU (UK)
Festival of Cricket started 1992
Cricket Captains
Sports achievements of the OBU UK
2002
- Participated in the FOC lost in round one
Cricket Captain - 2002 Andy Dhevarajah
OBU Reps :
2002 - Azahim Mohamed and Sesiri Jayasena
2003 - Ananda Thevathasan and azahim Mohamed
Festival of cricket Sub Committee Chairmen
2003 Chairman Fund raising Ananda Thevathasan
2003 Chairman Cricket A Azahim Mohamed
Festival of
Cricket 2005 - A Azahim Mohamed - Secretary FOC 2005
OBU Representatives in the Festival of Cricket
Subcommittee Chairmen of Festival of Cricket.
President Of Festival of Cricket
1998 - To date Chairman Fundraising and Finance Ananda Thevathasan.
1998 - 1999 Treasurer Festival of Cricket Ananda Thevathasan.
2001 - Ananda Thevathasan was elected uncontested as President of the Festival of Cricket.
2002- President of FOC 2002 Ananda Thevathasan Jt President
Sri Lanka Senior Cricket Tournament.
Best Performance in Cricket Senior Cricket Tournament.
Senior Captains
Sports 2005
17th Festival of Cricket 2005 was held on Sunday
19 June 2005 at Civil Services Ground Chiswick, London W4. Wesley OBU was
led by Alagaratnam Arooran. Wesley did well to beat Nalanda in the fist
round but lost to Zahira OBA in the second round.
Over 35's cricket Tournament organised by the Sri Lanka Cricket Associations
UK was held on Sunday 17 July 2005 at Post Office Ground Sudbury.- Wesley
OBU was led by Sesiri Jayasena. (Wesley were champions last year) lost in
the Simi Finals to St Joseph's OBA.
The 3rd Six a Side Touch Rugby Tournament sponsored by SriLankan Airways was
held on Sunday 28th August 2005 at Shenley Cricket Centre. The Wesley OBU
was led by A N Niyazee.
Wesley did well to win the Vase trophy.
Wesley 1 lost to Trinity 5
Wesley 2 Drew with Royal 2
Wesley 1 Lost to Jaffna School Invitation 2
Wesley 6 Beat St Benedict's 1
In the Vase Finals Wesley 4 beat St Thomas' 1
Wesley Rugby Team 2005
A N Niyazee (Captain)
Rizan Fairoze
Ghanzanfar Hamid
Majeed Mohideen
Joel Oorloff
Anushka Imbuldeniya
Isfarhan Camball
7 - A Side Sri Lanka school Football Tournament 2005
Will be held on Saturday 10 September 2005 - 9AM to 7AM
Post Office Sports Ground (off Greenford Road)
Hussain Close, Sudbury, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3QL
For futher information contact: Azahim Mohamed 020 8952 2105
Our Cricket Team 2005
Alagaratnam Arooran (c)
Nathan Dhevarajah
Suresh Perumal
Roshan W. Perera
Gopi Sivasundram
Shakila Perera D.P.
Vinoditha Hettiarachi
Kesha Rajadurai
Fawaz Ashroff
A Fernando
Festival of Cricket
2005
The Sri Lankan OBA's in the UK - Festival of Cricket 2005 was held on Sunday
19 June 2005 at Civil Services Sports Ground - Chiswick London W4
Wesley did well to beat Nalanda in round one - Wesley 56 for 2 (in 5 Overs)
Nalanda 46 for 4 In (5 Overs) - Wesley won by 10 runs.
Wesley Lost to Zahira in the Second Round - Wesley 46 for 3 (in 5 Overs)
Zahira 47 for 4 in (4.4 overs).
Cricket Fixtures 2001
20 May 2001 - Wesley OBU vs Themes Ditton.(40 overs) Thames Ditton 137 for 8 (40 Overs) Arroran 1for6 Arivanda 2 for19 and Shirash 2 for 17 Wesley OBU 139 for 7 (34.4 overs) Ravichandran 73, sesiri 20
17 June 2001 - Festival of Cricket. Normans Park Bromley. Wesley OBA vs Richmond (5 Overs) round one Richmond 53 for 4 beat Wesley OBU 47 for 4 Plate Wesley OBU vs St Aloysius OBA (5overs) St Aloysius 35 for 6 lost to Wesley 37 for 2 Wesley OBU did not qualify due to slow run rate.
14 June 2001 - Wesley OBU vs Royal OBA (35 overs) played at Griffin Sports club Ground Dulwich. This fixture was played for the 6th year. And the last 2 for the Sam Thevathasan Memorial Cup. A well attended social was held at the club house after the match. Royal were the host this year. Wesley beat Royal with 2 balls to spare. Royal 175 for 7 (35 overs) Ranjith 2 for 28 and Navin 2 for 28 Wesley 176 for 8 (34.4) Ravichandran 58, Rama 30, Navin 17, Andy 16 and 14no
Cricket Fixtures 2002
Wesley OBU Retained the Sam Thevathasan Memorial Trophy for the second year by beating Royal OBA by 3 Wickets in the last over in the over 35's Annual cricket match Played at Motspure Park, New Malden Surrey on Sunday 4 August 2002.The match was an over 35 per side. A good social was held after the match.
Scores.
Wesley won the toss and asked Royal to bat first.
Royal 148 for
9 wickets - after 35 overs
Niran 35 and Ravi Kumar 33
Hughs 3 for 31
Sesiri 2 for 23
Wesley 149 for
7 - after 35 Overs
S R Sinniah 42 Ravi Subramaniam 36 and T Perera 21
Ravikumar 2 for 28
Siva 2 for 29
Man of the Match
Wesley : S R Sinniah
Man of the Match Royal : Ravi Kumar
Cricket Fixtures 2003
The Annual
Royal vs Wesley over 35's for the Sam Thevathasan Challenge Trophy
will be played at Surrey Seamers Cricket ground Old Hailey Burian
RFC, 27 Ruxley Lane, Ewell, Surrey This Cricket encounter is a 35
Over game for Over 35's only
This year Royal will be the host. The traditional Dinner and
get-together will follow after the game.
Other Wesley OBU Cricket Fixtures 2003
Sunday 8 June vs St Peters Venue will be notified. Host St peters
Sunday 22 June vs SLIA Venue Roxteth Recreation Ground - Kingsley
Road, South Harrow, Middx
at 2pm
Sunday 29 June Festival of Cricket tournament 2003 at Shenley
Cricket Centre, Radlett Lane, Shenley Herts WD7 9DW 09.00 hrs to
1930hrs
Festival of Cricket 2003
Cricket Captain A Arooran
Vice Captain Kushil de Zoysa Siriwardena
Senior Team
Cricket Captain S Jayasena
Vice Captain R Subramaniam
Festival Of Cricket 2003
Wesley OBU team
Alagaratnam Arooran Captain
Kushil de Zoysa Siriwardena Vice Captain
Ravi Subramaniam
Suresh Perumal
Sesiri Jayasena
Gopi R Sivasundra
Jude Wimalasegaram
Arivanda Ranasinghe
Farweez Mahroof
Priyantha Rodigo
Senrhil Rajendran
Moham R Sivasundra
The Fourteenth Festival of Cricket
It was organised by the Sri Lanka old boys' associations in the UK was held on Bank holiday Monday 26 August 2002 at Shenley cricket Centre Radlett lane shenley. this years Festival was a resounding success. Wesley OBU UK took part in this event for the tenth year. the team Captained by A N Devarajah was knocked out in the First round. Wesley was going on well restricting Dharmaraja to 31 for 3.in the first 3 overs but all went wrong in the fourth over when seventeen runs was scored, yet Dharamaraja was able to win only with a ball to spare. Scores: Dharmaraja won the toss and asked Wesley to bat first. Wesley OBU 49 For 3 (5 overs) Jude Wimalasegaram 22 Dharmaraja OBA 51 for 3 (4.5 overs)
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