Dinuka Chandraratne to lead Old Nalandians’ Sports Club
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Former basketball player Dinuka Chandraratne was elected President of Old Nalandians’ Sports Club (ONSC) at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held recently at the college premises. The ONSC, established in 1967, is the main Old Boys’ Association of Nalanda College to develop sports, sports fields and sportsmen of the college.
During the recent past, they were instrumented in developing sports infrastructure of the school where they refurbished semi-indoor basketball arena and built a boxing ring at the college. They also built a state-of-the-art Sports Strategy Development Centre which is the first of its kind in a school in Sri Lanka.
Former national cager Chandraratne was elected to lead ONSC at their 58th AGM to lead a young and energetic team and it was revealed that their next signature project will be the construction of a comprehensive gymnasium for the students of the college.
Over 70 members participated for the AGM where Principal of Nalanda College, Thilak Waththuhewa graced as the chief guest. The newly elected President, Chandraratne, presented the year plan under six main areas namely — developing and maintenance of sports fields, develop a sports policy and develop sports strategies, organise a fund raisers, organise the traditional Nalanda Dinner Dance at Maroons Nite, the Centennial Celebration programme and initiate a signature Nalanda Gymnasium project.
During the meeting donations were received to the ONSC’s main projects from Rajeev Hewage, Charith de Alwis and P.D. Chandraratne for Nalanda College Ground Maintenance Fund while Dulip Liyanage and Charith Kamaladasa contributed for Nalanda College Sports Strategy Development Programme. The batch of ‘91 Brothers’ also donated Rs.1 million worth boxing equipment to the school at the AGM.
ONSC office bearers for 2023/24:
President: Dinuka Chandraratne
General Secretary: Charith Sooriyabandara
Treasurer: Chirath Samarasekara
Immediate Past President: Priyantha Dassanayake
Senior Vice President: H.R. Amaraweera
Vice Presidents: P.D. Chandraratne, Charith de Alwis, Asoka Vanniarachchy, F. Moraes, Mahinda Pathirage, Sudath Liyanasuriya, Suraj Vanniarachchy, Dilhan Jayasundara, Ananda Chandrasiri, Vindula Siriwardena
Assistant Secretary: Rajeev Hewage
Assistant Treasurer: Rangana Rajapakse
Committee Members: Rasika Chamupathie, Keerthi Ranasinghe, Ajith Anuruddha, Charith Kamaladasa, Sanjeewa Perera, Indrajith Meegamaarachchi, Madhawa de Mel, Lalith Abeynayake, Chandrien de Mel, M.L.P. Prabath, Dhananjana Perera, Chanaka Thanthiriwattage, Gayan Jinadasa, Shanuka Dissanayake, Shantha Wijeratne, Rajitha Gammanpila, Akila Edirisinghe, Madura Hewage, Dineepa Moraes, Sahan Wijeratne, Chathura Kodagoda, Hasanjith Kurupuarachchi, Milinda Dharmasena, Chaminda Warnapura, Osun Gunawardena, Udara Wijeratne, Sajith Liyanasuriya, Chaminda Hirimuthugodage, Pulina de Silva, Sanka Kuruppu, Rukmal Edirisinghe, Lahiru Embuldeniya, Jayanga Weerasena, Pamoda Kariyawasam, Waruna Thilakaratne, Sithum Deshappriya, Sidath Waidyasekara