Old Boys Union
(UK Branch)
|
|
Wesley College Colombo
Old Boys Union (UK Branch) |
 |
|
Contact Us History of OBU UK
|
Last update 01/07/2010 08:11:22 24th March 2010
19th March 2010 THREE OLD BOYS VISIT REV. R. W. PILE --- IN LEAMINGTON SPA
Brian Mack,
Rev Pile, Azahim Mohamed (Standing) Senthil Sinniah
Rev Wilfred Pile was appointed the Patron of the
Wesley College OBU UK at its 18th Annual General Meeting held
on 31st January 2010.
President’s Message - 2010
The Wesley College OBU UK is one of the oldest and active OBA's in the UK and has been in existence for the past 18 years. The OBU has continued to fulfil our main objectives which are to assist our Alma mater in education and sport facilities. Our OBU also, provides a platform to bring Old Wesleyites in the UK by organising various social and sports activities. The OBU recently formed an Education Trust Fund to assist needy students with scholarships in order that they may continue to study at Wesley College Colombo. Our 18th Annual General Meeting was held recently and I was happy to see a good attendance at this meeting. Old Wesleyites, who are not yet, part of our association, join us and support our Union’s activities. Your participation is essential for us to grow and develop our union, so that we can continue to undertake worthy causes and assist with the development of our Alma Mater. The union was especially happy to receive the news of our Representative at the Festival of cricket Azahim Mohamed’s election as the 21st President of this prestigious association representing the OBA’s in the UK. Our Website which is one of the oldest amongst the Sri Lankan schools in the UK, has now been reconstructed to facilitate present needs. Towards this end my thanks and appreciation goes out to two Old Wesleyites Bunny Taylor (Toronto) and Mahendra Dissanayake (Sri Lanka) for undertaking this task successfully. ORA ET LABORA Tharanga Jayasinghe President Wesley College OBU UK
WESLEY COLLEGE OLD BOYS UNION UNITED KINGDOM Notice – 18th Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the annual general Meeting, of the Wesley College OBU UK, will be held at Lihiniya Restaurant, 66 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3EP, on Sunday 31 January 2010. Meeting Commencing at 4.00PM
AGENDA 1. Call to order and apologies 2. To approve the last minutes of the AGM held on 25th January 2009. 3. To receive and consider annual report of the Hony President 4. To receive and adopt the Hony Secretary’s report 5. To receive and adopt the Hony Treasurer’s – Annual report year end 31 December 2009 6. To receive the Sports Secretary’s report 7. To receive the Social Secretary’s report 8. To receive the Membership Secretary’s report 9. To receive the Editor’s report 10. A special resolution to implement the Trustees as follows: It was resolved that the Executive Committee President, Secretary and the Treasurer be the ex officio members to the Education Trust Fund. Proposed by: Wimal de Silva and seconded by M I M Lhahir 11. Election of office bearers for the year 2010. President, Secretary, Treasurer, Two Vice Presidents, Sports Secretary, Social Secretary, Membership Secretary, Editor and Five Committee Members 12. In coming Presidents Speech 13. Discussion of projects and funding of Wesley College, Colombo 14. Any other business 15..Meeting to be adjourned
M I M Lhahir Secretary Wesley College OBU UK
Date: 15 December 2009 Email: lhahir@blueyonder.co.uk Telephone: 020 8801 0245 Mobile: 0777 9659 164
Wesley College Old Boys Union United kingdom Secretary’s Report for 2009/2010 18th Annual General Meeting Sunday 31 January 2010 Wesley College OBU (UK) is in its 18th year of founding. The Union continues to meet the objectives under which the Union was formed. The year 2009/2010 was eventful for the OBU. The Union continues to maintain close relationship with Wesley College, and continues to assist our Alma Mater via various support groups at Wesley. The Cricket Development Committee, Double Blue Trust, the OBU and the OWSC. The Union is also, in contact with the Principal of Wesley College with regards to various issues concerning the school. The OBU UK works closely with the New Principal of Wesley College Colombo Mr Shanti Mclelland and supports him in all his endeverous that he has undertaken for the betterment of our Alma mater. Committee Meeting and Membership: Our Union held four formal meetings at Committee level. At these meetings the overriding principal that the polices of the Union should be formulated and decisions guiding us on the course of action to be taken after profound discussion. The membership of the union closed on the 15th of November 2009 as per the constitution. The union continues to have a good crop of young Old Wesleyites in its membership, which no doubt speaks well for the future of the Union. Our thanks must go to Membership Secretary, Senthil Sinniah Social Event: The 17th Annual Double Ball was held on Saturday 26th September 2009 at Holiday Inn London, Brentford Lock, High Street, Brentford Middlesex TW8 8JZ. The Dinner/Dance is one of the major fund raising events in our calendar year for our Education and Sports development programme for our Alma Mata. The dance was a financial success and was an enjoyable and memorable event. Our thanks to the Social Secretary Ananda Thevathasan. The annual combined Methodist College PPA and Wesley College OBU UK Carol Service was held on Sunday 6th December 2009 at Chelsea Methodist Church. The event was well attended as is customary, the evening closed with a fellowship. My thanks to Rex Devadason for overseeing matters on our behalf. Sport Activities: The OBU participated in the Festival of Cricket 2008 for the 16th year as a full Member. The team was captained by Nathan Jagnathan our team performance was far below our normal high standards. We also, participated in the Touch Rugby Tournament 2008. The team was captained by Jehan Jaldin. We fared well to enter the semi finals and lost by a try in the dying minutes of extra time. It should be noted Wesley OBU is one of the founder member of this tournament. We were unable to participate in the school’s football tournament. Our representatives at the Festival of Cricket and the Touch Rugby tournament were Azahim Mohamed and Roshan Perera from January 2009 to October 2009. And Ananda Thevathasan and Noel Joshua from November 2009 to date. The OBU UK was happy to receive the news that Our Sports Secretary Azahim Mohamed was elected the 21st president of the Festival of Cricket at its AGM held on 11 October 2009. We take this opportunity of wishing Azahim the very best during his term as President. During the year we presented to Wesley College Cricket team two bags of Cricket equipment. Two further bags of Cricket equipment was presented to the Principal through the good offices of the cricket association UK. The Wesley College football team was presented with ten footballs donated by the Sri Lanka Football Association in the UK. We Thank Ananda Thevathasan for making these donations possible. My thanks go to the Sports Secretary Azahim Mohamed for the hard work he put in. Wesley College OBU UK – Education Trust Fund – At the last AGM the meeting approved the forming of an Education trust. Part of the fund rising proceeds to be donated to this trust. This will in turn assist need students at Wesley College Colombo to fund their education needs. The Trustees appointed were Senthil Sinniah, Brain Mack, N D Amerasekera and the President, Secretary and the Treasurer of the Wesley College OBU UK. Newsletter and Website: the website of the union continues to play an important role amongst the Wesleyites in the UK and worldwide. Our Website is one of the oldest websites amongst the OBA’s in the UK. My thanks to N D Amerasekera our Editor for his support and assistance in maintaining the OBU Website/Newsletter. The membership was kept informed of our activities by a well formulated Newsletter. N D Ameresakera has informed us that due to his illness it will not be possible for him to continue as webmaster this year. We wish him well for the future. In Memoriam: Our Patron Dr Louis Adhihetty a former Principal of Wesley College passed away last year. Dr Adhihetty was firstly a student at Wesley. He was an outstanding sportsman at college. He was awarded the Cambridge blue in Hockey. It is with great sadness that we received the news of the death of Samith Pinsara Jayasena. Samith excelled in sports at Wesley playing Rugby and cricket for the School. He was a member of the OBU UK Cricket team. We convey our deepest sympathies to their families. Appreciation: I must place on record our appreciation to our Patrons and to our Treasurer Tharanga Jayasinghe who discharged his duties diligently. Our auditor for examining our books and the general membership for their support and participation in all our activities. The members of the Committee for their help and valuable advice. I wish to pay a special tribute to our President Wimal de Silva who held this office with dignity and respect. Senthil, Brain and Azahim met our Vice patron Rev Wilfred Pile. Rev Pile who is 90 years old is now in a care home in Stratford. He wish the OBU and its members well. Conclusion: The Union will continue to do good work as in the 18 years of its existence and I am sure. My final word to all our members is that we must remain united and work with the interests of our Alma Mater primarily in mind. I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year! May God Bless you all! Ora et Labora! M I M Lhahir Secretary
Wesley OBU UK - Education Trust Fund - Trustee's Senthil R Sinniah Brian Mack N D Amerasekera and President, Secretary and the Treasurer of the Wesley OBU UK
WESLEY COLLEGE OLD BOYS UNION UNITED KINGDOM The 18th Annual General Meeting, of the Wesley College OBU UK, was held on Sunday 31 January 2010 at Lihiniya Restaurant Cricklewood Broadway London NW2. Following were elected as office Bearers and Committee Members for the year 2010/2011 Patron: Rev Wilfred Pile Vice Patron: Shanti Mclelland (Principal of Wesley College Colombo) President: Tharanga Jayasinghe Vice President’s: Noel Joshua Layton Vanderputt Secretary: M I M Lhahir Treasurer: Nalin Perera Membership Secretary: Azahim Mohamed Social Secretary: Sivalingam Skandakumar Sports Secretary: Roshan Perera Editor/PRO: Paul David Committee: Wimal de Silva Ananda Thevathasa Dennis Azariah Rex Devadason S Ramakrishnan Niroze Ahamed
FESTIVAL OF CRICKET REPRESENTATIVE 2010/2011 Roshan Perera Nalin Perera
For Membership and other information please contact:
Lhahir 07779 659 164
Azahim 020 8952 2105
Nalin 07703 175 481 Website: www.wesleycollege.org/obuk
|
||
 |
|
