Gamini appointed President and Hafiz Secretary at Kandy Club

Hafiz Marrikar

By Shamseer Jaleel 

Former cricketer Gamini Rajapakse was elected as the President at the Kandy Club at its 138th Annual General Meeting (AGM) which took place at the Club House yesterday. 

Suri Rajan, the well-known Rotarian, stepped down after five consecutive years. Former Kandy sportsman Hafiz Marikar was re-elected as the Secretary.

Marikar a well-known sports promoter from the hills, has given his best for this club as a member, Committee member, Vice President and now as Secretary. 

Kandy Club with a long standing history was formed in 1877 by then planters and military men.  It started with sports activities like boating, billiards, snooker and table tennis and was also famous for dancing.

President: Gamini Rajapakse

Vice President: K.M.R. Kulatunga

Secretary: Hafiz Marikar

Treasurer: Srilal Wickremaratne

Assistant Treasurer: Anura Widanagamage

Trustees: Iswan Omar and Lucien Rajakarunayake

Immediate Past President: B.D.R. Suri Rajan

Committee Members: S.M.S. Samarakoon,  Rohan de Silva, Lionel Herath, V. Athimoolam, Damika Suwarnasinghe, Randy Maclaud, Simon Weerasuriya, Russell T. Jayatilake and S. Thilakaswaran

Vishwanath Wijayasinghe (Manager), R.L. Samarakoon (Business Development Manager) and Gyan Bandara (Accounts Manager)