Basil Perera heads Old Bens Sports Club
View(s):The 1974 1st XI Cricket Captain, Basil Perera was unanimously elected as the President of the Old Benedictines’ Sports Club (OBSC Inaugurated in 1958) at the 47th Annual General Meeting, held on December 12, 2015 at the Sports Club Pavilion, Kotahena last Saturday.
Christopher Joseph took over as the new General Secretary.
The other new faces in the newly elected Committee are: Tyrone Perera, Adrian Carwallio, Rally Tissera, Franklyn Moraes, Gerald Paldano, Nalaka de Silva, Shehan Patterson, Jayantha Gunaratne, Angelo Fernando and Dinesh Pillai.
The Patron of the Club is Provincial Visitor, Br. Christy Croos; The Vice Patrons are: Rev. Br. Janaka Fonseka, Director St. Benedict’s College (Ex. Officio), Dudley Thambinayagam, Emil Cronemberg, Lalith Madappuli and Thilak Peiris.
The full list of Elected Office Bearers:
President: Basil Perera
Immediate Past President: Malsiri Perera
Vice Presidents: Rev. Bro. Praveen Vaz (Ex-Officio), Anura de Silva, Tony Ganlath, Delly Fernando and Srilal de Silva
General Secretary: Christopher Joseph
Asst. Secretary : Kumar Sabaratnam
Treasurer : Lalantha Perera
Asst Treasurer: Dexter Fernando
Pavilion Secretary: Maxie Mariampillai
Asst. Pavilion Secretary : Adrian Muthupulle
Social Secretary: Tyrone Perera
Membership Secretary: Anton Carwallio
Sports Secretaries: Rally Tissera (Cricket), Diluka Perera (Soccer), Franklyn Morias (Basketball), Gerald Paldano (Hockey), Kavindra Dissanayake (Rugby), Suresh Marcellus (Indoor Sports), Nalaka de Silva (Athletics) and Shehan Patterson (Tennis)
General Committee Members: Jerome Fernando, George Ranasinghe, Jayantha Gunaratne, Angelo Fernando and Dinesh Pillai
Prefect of Games : Vivian Savarimuttupulle ( Ex- Officio)
– L.R.