Asanga Peiris was elected the new Chairman of the Old Royalists’ Athletics Club (ORAC) at its Annual General Meeting held recently, as a fresh group of office-bearers took the lead of the club for the upcoming tenure. Under Peiris, three Vice Chairmen positions were filled with Niraj de Mel, Ravi Widyalankara, and Hiran Wimalaratne being [...]

Asanga Peiris to head Old Royalists’ AC

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Asanga Peiris was elected the new Chairman of the Old Royalists’ Athletics Club (ORAC) at its Annual General Meeting held recently, as a fresh group of office-bearers took the lead of the club for the upcoming tenure. Under Peiris, three Vice Chairmen positions were filled with Niraj de Mel, Ravi Widyalankara, and Hiran Wimalaratne being elected.

Prashantha Mahadevan took over the position of Secretary, while Chinthana Tharanga will function as the Assistant Secretary. The Treasurer’s position was handed over to Asiri Amarasinghe, with Hasitha Deraniyagala as Assistant Treasurer.

The Executive Committee includes Naveen Seneviratne, Mojitha Hewage, Shiamal Jayasinghe, Mandrike Amaratunga, Rangana Jayatilake, Chelaka Herath, Ahamed Adnan, Sahampathi Dissanayake, Mahesh Ariyaratne, Prabhath Gamalathge, Mahesh Gunaratne, Prabhath Ramanayake, and Sawinda Dissanayake.

The ORAC, formed in 1993, under the auspices of the Royal College Union, is the athletic club of past Royalists who have grown from strength to strength while supporting athletics at Royal College in numerous ways.