A NEW ERA WITH NEW LEADERS (11th INSTALATION CEREMONY)

The 11^th installation ceremony of the Leo club of University of Moratuwa was held on 21^st July at the Department of Textiles and Clothing, University of Moratuwa. The Office bearers and the Director board leading Leo Ajith Ranaweera were installed for the leostic year 2013/2014 as the new stakeholders of the club. 

The Guest of Honour of the ceremony was immediate past district president Leo Isuru Senadheera and the chief guest was district president Leo Kaneel Maddumage. Special Guest was PCC Lion Anver Dole MJF. Their presence delighted the ceremony and made the event more colourful.

PCC Lion Anver Dole MJF, welcomed by Leo Ajith Ranaweera

Leo Isuru Senadheera, lightning the traditional oil lamp

Leo Kaneel Maddumage, addressing the audience

In this grand ceremony few important activities were taken place other than the induction of new club members and the installation of new office bearers. The 10 Year Club banner patch was pinned to the club banner to symbolize the 10 years anniversary and it was celebrated by sharing a lovely cake. Appreciation awards were awarded to the past club members for their commitment to the club.

Pinning the Patch to the Club banner

Celebrating the 10^th Anniversary

Appreciation awards for past office bearers

Lion Anver Dole inducted following members as new Leos who will hold the future of the club.

 

·         Leo Kasurika Dissanayake

·         Leo Sasiri Siriwardana

·         Leo Nisala Niroshana

·         Leo Melantha Liyanage

·         Leo Pahan Abeyrathne

·         Leo Awantha Dewanarayana

·         Leo Chanaka Rathnayake       

The following office bearers were installed for the leostic year 2013/2014

President	Leo Ajith Ranaweera
Vice President	Leo Shehan Madushanka
Secretary	Leo Kasun Geeganage
Assistant Secretary	Leo Oshan Lakmal Walakuluge
Treasurer	Leo Tharusha Palliyaguru
Editor	Leo Sasiri Siriwardana
Activity Directors
Director – Service	Leo Kasurika Dissanayake
Director – Literacy & Education	Leo Prasad Mekhala
Director – International Relations	Leo Dimuth Kosgahakubura
Director – Fund Raising	Leo Malith Pamuditha
Director – IT, PR and Publicity	Leo Melantha Liyanage
Director – Healthcare	Leo Nisala Niroshana
Director – Environment	Leo Awantha Dewanarayana
Director – Sports and Fellowship	Leo Pahan Abeyrathne
Director –Self Development, Youth	Leo Chanaka Rathnayake

“MADA” presentation and the short entertaining drama made the ceremony more interesting.

    

Our heartiest thanks go to dear visiting club members who were there with us for the occasion to witness the glory of our new beginning.

LET’S GET TOGETHER LEOS – (ANNUAL GET TOGETHER - 2013)

Annual get together of the Leo Club of University of Moratuwa was held on 21^st of July 2013 at the Department of Textile and Clothing – UoM, with the participation of past club members, Leo members and prospects. Numbers of past members were there to recollect their memories and share their intimate experiences with the fresh blood of the club.

This was a great opportunity for all the prospects and new members of the club to recognize past members and acquire their experiences, which would be a great assistance for their future leostic carrier.

 

Past Leos, Leo Buddhi Hettiarachchi and Leo Vidula Hasaranga presented an interactive session to evoke the memories of past club presidents and legendary chronicles.

Leos are talented in every field. Proving that, some members of our club leading Leo Wasala and Leo Pahan conducted a pleasant music event which pleased the entire crowd.

After that few group games were arranged to play in order to get some fun, improve leadership skills and team skills. It was a great experience for all of us to work as a team with past club members.

After a memorable few hours, we set off with minds full of expectations of another getting together in next year as well for another grand experience.

BE A LEADER – BE A LEO (THE ANNUAL ORIENTATION PROGRAMME - 2013)

The annual orientation program of the Leo Club of University of Moratuwa was held on 4^th of July 2013 in a classroom at the department of Mechanical Engineering with a participation of more than 100 prospects and Leos. It was held mainly targeting the fresher’s batch to make aware them about the Leo movement and promote Leoism among them.

At the very beginning of the program, Leo Pahan Abeyrathne explained why he joined Leo club and what he gained from the Leo club. His presentation was a great help for the new comers to think about why they should join with the Leo Club.

All the prospects were fully informed about the history of the Leo Club from the brief introduction presented by Leo Ajith Ranaweera.

The audience was further informed about the activities done in past Leostic year and the awards and achievements won by UOM Leos at the district conference, from the presentation done by Leo Pamuditha and Leo Melantha.

The day was not limited just for presentations. Lots of fun events were there as usual, to improve leadership skills and team work skills.

The program ended successfully with affiliating a number of prospects with us as the new blood of UOM Leos.

දස වසරකට පෙර....

හරියටම දවස මතක නැති උනත් එතන හිටපු පිරිසනම් ටිකක් විතර මතකයි. මම, තරංග, නදුන් අයියා, චතුර අයියා, මාධව, පැණි කසුන් වගේ කිහිප දෙනෙක්. සජිනි අක්ක එහෙමත් හිටියද මන්දා. ප්‍රධාන කතාබහ උනේ අපි මෙහෙම කැම්පස් ඉදල හරියන්නෙ නෑ මොකක් හරි කරන්න ඕන කියන එක. 

චතුර අයියා ඇතුලු කිහිප දෙනෙක් මීට කලින් අක්මීමන ලියෝ සමාජයේ කටයතු කරල තිබිච්ච නිසා හැමෝගෙම අදහස උනේ විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය තුල ලියෝ සමාජයක් පටන් ගත්තනම් හොදයි කියන එක. ඒ සිංහ දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 306A තුල පලමු විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයීය ලියෝ සමාජය වශයෙන්.

කැම්පස් එක ඇතුලෙ අලුතින් සංගමයක් පටන් ගන්නව කියන එක ලෙහෙසි පහසු වැඩක් එහෙම නෙමෙයි. සෙනට් එකෙන් අවසර ගන්න ඕන. ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ ආචාර්යය වරු දෙදෙනෙකුගෙන් සහයෝගය ලබාගන්න ඕන අනුශාසක සහ භාණ්ඩාගාරික වශයෙන්. තව තව නීති ගොඩයි. ඊට අමතරව ලියෝ සමාජයක් සදහා සිංහ සමාජයක් විසින් අනුග්‍රාහකත්වයත් දැක්විය යුතුයි. අනේ මන්ද මේ වැඩටික නදුන් අයියල කොහොම කරගත්තද කියල. අපිනම් කලේ ලගින් ඉදල පුලුවන් සහයෝගයක් දෙන එක විතරයි. 

කොහොමින් කොහොම හරි සියලු අවසර හම්බ උනා. සමන් සර් සහ කිත්සිරි සර් තනතුරු බාරගන්න කැමති උනා. දෙහිවල උතුර සිංහ සමාජය අනුග්‍රාහකත්වය දැක්වුවා. 2003 ජුලි මාසෙ දවසක අපි 37දෙනෙක් මොරටුව Lions Activity Center එකේදි ලියෝවරුන් වසයෙන් දිව්රුම් දීල මොරටුව විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයීය ලියෝ සමාජය පටන් ගත්ත.

 පදක්කම් පලදවමින්...

 ශියාන අක්කා පහන පත්තු කරමින්. සිංහ රවි, නදුන් අය්යා, සුපුන් අය්යා, සජීව අය්යා එහෙමත් ඉන්නව.

 සිංහ සීකර ටයි පටිය පැලදගෙන. කෝට් එකෙන් සැරසී ඉන්නෙ ලියෝ ශෙහාන්.

 චතුර, නයන, නදුන්, සුපුන් සහ සදකිත්...

 නදුන් අය්යා පහන් පත්තු කරමින්. කෝට් එකකින් සැරසී ඉන්නෙ සිංහ ලෙස්ටර් අපෝන්සු. නදුන්ට පිටිපසින් සිංහ ටෙඩ්.

 ආරම්භක නිලදාරි මන්ඩලය දිවුරුම් දෙමින්. සභාපති නදුන්, ලේකම් සජිනි, උප සභාපති මම (විදුල ), උප භාණ්ඩාගාරික මහෙෂ් එවකට සිංහාධිපතිනිය මාසෙලා සිල්වා මැතිනිය ඉදිරිපිට.

මෙහිදී මතක් කලයුතු පිරිස විශාලයි. සිංහයන් උනු ලෙස්ටර් අපෝන්සු, අමලීන්, සෙකර්, ටෙඩ් යටගම, දුමින්ද අය්යා, රවි රාජපතිරන (අපගේ මුල්ම Leo Adviser) වගේම ලියෝ වරුන් වෙච්ච ශියානා අක්ක, ශෙහන් අය්යා, දශාන්ති අක්කා වගේ අයත් අමතක කරන්නම බෑ.

කොහොමින් කොහොම හරි ඔන්න ඔහොම තමයි අපි ලියෝවරුන් උනේ.


පසුගිය දිනෙක දෙහිවල උතුර සිංහ සමාජයේ මාසික රැස්වීමකදි අපගේ ලියෝ සමාජයේ දස වර්ශ පදක්කම් සිංහ ජාත්‍යන්තරයේන් ලැබී ඇතිබව ප්‍රකාශ උනා. ඉතින් ලියෝ ආරම්භක සාමාජිකයො වෙච්ච මමත් නදුන් අයියත් කතාවුනේ "අවුරුදු දහයකුත් ගිහින් නේද" කියල. ඇත්තටම අවුරුදු 10ක්.....

‘Golden Netz’ Indoor Cricket Tournament

‘Golden Netz’ is an Indoor Cricket Tournament which is being organized for Leos of Sri Lanka for the very first time in the history. It is proudly organized by Leo Club of University of Moratuwa with another 5 Leo Clubs from the Multiple. 

The tournament was a new experience for Leos from all over the island and will certainly be a great opportunity to promote this fast spreading game of Indoor Cricket in Sri Lanka.

This first ever Indoor Cricket tournament organized for Leos of Sri Lanka, ‘Golden Netz’ was held on 25th of April 2013 from 9 am onwards at Fingara International Cricket Stadium, Boralesgamuwa. 

The players experienced world-class Indoor Cricket facilities throughout the tournament in an unique environment at Fingara premises.

With this initiative of cricket recognition ‘Golden Netz’, it would enable youngsters representing each and every corner of the island to experience this game in international standards while providing a fertile response for the rising demand of Indoor Cricket in the country.