The old Wesleyites in UAE successfully concluded the STRIKES OF BLUE 2017 for the third consecutive time gathering all past pupils of Sri Lankan schools residing in UAE for a fun filled family event on 28th September 2017 at the international Bowling Centre, Al Mamzar, Dubai, UAE.
WCAME “Wesley College Alumni Middle East” is a group of past students of Wesley College Colombo (WCC) who actively support WCC In Sri Lanka in promoting Academic and Sports activities & to encourage and mobilize old Wesleyites in ME region to become a part of the collective effort to help WCC achieve high performance in all fields.The old Wesleyites in UAE actively participate in sports tournaments such as Rugby 7s, Cricket sixes, Basketball & Bowling organised by the Lanka Lions Club and other Sri Lankan schools, UAE. Many accolades were won by the old boys of Wesley during the past few years.The main objective of this event was to bring together the Sri Lankan community for a fun filled family day enhancing cultural harmony, promoting bowling as a sport and inculcating the Sri Lankan identify among their children. The organising team consists of Sharman Mouffer, Nalaka Rupasinghe, Rezzanno Jaldin, Anuradha de Zoysa, Feroze Kamal, Irfan Ahmed, Kaveen Amarasinghe, Irfan Sadique, Dhanuka Fernando, Milhan Mohamed, Shafraz Nizamdeen, Ishak Sallay, Daminda Kumara, Rukshan Oumar & Isthiaq Raziq
The Strikes of Blue Bowling competition has encouraged past pupils of 28 Sri Lankan schools to field teams win the prestigious champion trophy of the best bowling team for 2017/2018.
The Top 5 Male points scoring schools were:
Zahira College “Greens” – 1,540 points
Royal College “Golds” – 1,483 points
St. Sebastians College – 1,383 points
Nalanda College “Maroons” – 1,364 points
St. Benedicts College “Green”- 1,355 points
The Top 5 Female scoring schools were:
Muslim Ladies College – 975 points
Good Shepherd Convent- Kotahena – 964 points
Bishops College – 917 points
Holy Family Convent – Dehiwala – 910 points
Methodist College – 903 points
The Player of the Tournament Category-Male was: Mr. Arshad Ahamat from Zahira College “Greens” with a total 405 points
The Player of the Tournament Category-Female was: Ms. Rajika De Silva from Bishops College with a total of 271 points
Other participating schools were:
Alethea International College
Ananda College
Hameed Al Husseinie College
ICBT College
Isipathana College
Kingswood College
Lumbini College
Prince of Wales College – Moratuwa
St. Anthony’s College – Kandy
St. Peters College
St. Thomas College- Mount Lavinia
Thurstan College
UAE Schools
Wesley College
Holy Family Convent – Colombo 4
Ladies College
The prizes and champion trophies were distributed by the chief guest Mr. Shafraz Nuhman, a distinguished old Wesleyite owner of Café Shaze & Jam rolled ice cream Colombo.
The event will not be successful without the support of the participating schools and sponsors.
Principal Sponsors : Crown Dates –Sri Lanka & Masafi UAE
Gold Sponsor : PanAb Shiphandlers
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Its that time of the year again folks, get ready to push your vocal chords to the limits because the rugby season is just round the corner. Wesley college will be fighting for honours in the B-division and hoping to earn a place in the top division next year.
The 1st XVteam would be captained by No 8, 4th year coloursmen and under 19 youth player Kokila ‘Marco” sammandaperuma.
The Vice captain is 3rd year player scrum half Rahul Desilva.
The coach is Jeevan Goonathilake Former Thomian captain and sri lanka youth team skipper, coached STC in 2009 and was Assistant coach of CR & FC in 2011.
Following are the “B” Division tournament fixtures
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Date
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Vs
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Home/Away
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Venue
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19.04.2012
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Nalanda
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H
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Air force ground Ratmalana
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28.04.2012
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Sylvester
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H
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Air force ground Ratmalana
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10.05.2012
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Mahanama
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H
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CR
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17.05.2012
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Thurstan
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A
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CR
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24.05.2012
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Carey
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A
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CR
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30.05.2012 or 01.06.2012
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Lumbini
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A
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CR or Havelocks
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06.06.2012
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C W W Kannangara
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A
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CR
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16.06.2012
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STC
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A
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Mountlavinia
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26.06.2012
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Dharmarajah
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A
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Bogambara
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The Wesley bowling team emerged as Runners up in the HFC Inter School Bowling tournament held on 27th January 2012. The Wesley bowlers faced the challenge boldly by ascertaining their status as Men of Grit against the strong teams of Royal, St Peters, Zahira, Nalanda and Combined schools.
After a tightly fought out contest, Wesley were unfortunate to go down to Nalanda College by a slim margin of 30 points and had to be satisfied with the Silver Medals presented for the Runner Up of the event. Nalanda College was crowned as Champions of this year’s event.
Dilan Selvadurai of the Wesley Bowling team once again bagged the Bowler of the Tournament award for the 4th consecutive year.
The Team: Ajith, Dilan, Milan, Gavin & Isthiaq
Wesley Lads led by Mahdi Samat kicked off their campaign with a stunning win against Prince of Wales at the Lanka Lions Cricket Sixes held on 20th January 2012. Considering with the rain and chirpy cold weather continuing in the morning the lads were able to qualify for the Plate Quarter Finals.
The Quarter Finals demonstrated the best of both Ananda & Wesley and it was a nail biting finish with Wesley going down in their attempt of qualifying to the Semi Finals. The commitment and enthusiasm of the Wesley team is highly commendable.
Team : Mahdi Samat, Raashid Riza, Muwahhid Riza, Ajwan Morset, Ajith Kamalanathan, Mohamed Adil, Rezzano Jaldin
Official Scorers : Prabath & Azri
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Indeed it was an event filled with fund and glamour where we all met our old friends and built new friendships.
The participating schools extended their fullest corporation while the project team coordinated the event successfully in order to achieve our objective of raising funds to contribute towards the College Swimming Pool Building project back in Colombo.
We appreciate the generosity of the sponsors of the event (Al Ansari Exchange, Dubai Bowling Centre, Sharman & Roshan)
Following are the final results
Winners – Male Winners – Female
Royal College Wesley Wives
1st Runners up – Male 1st Runners up – Female
Wesley “A” Lanka Girls – Combined schools
2nd Runners up – Male 2nd Runners up – Female
Combined Schools Methodist College
Highest Individual Score from one of the two games
Male – Dilan Selvadurai (Wesley A)
Female – Kanchana (Lanka Girls)
Player of the Tournament
Male – Dilan Selvadurai (Wesley A)
Female – Kanchana (Lanka Girls)
Project team
Isthiaq , Gavin, Rizano, Milhan, Ishak, Ajith, Daminda, Mahdi, Irfan, Azri, Reza and the Wesley Wives.
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The Wesley Warriors led by Ishak Sallay emerged Group Leaders with an unbeaten record in their Group matches Crushing Isipathana, St. Thomas and St. Peters B. The team qualified for the Quarter Finals of the Cup and had to face the Mighty St. Peters A team. The Wesley Warriors proved to be the MEN OF GRIT when they shocked their opponents and the spectators with a 21 – 0 Win against the Mighty Peterites and qualifying for the Semi Finals.
Determined to perform for the Best of their abilities Wesley Warriors had to face the defendant Champions Mahanama College in their Semi Finals. It was a High Adrenaline flowing game with the Warriors going down to Mahanama College who once again emerged the Cup Champions of the Lanka Lions Rugby 7s 2011.
It was a day remembered for a quite along time where Wesley College with a handful of Active Members in the Middle East Region had demonstrated their Strength and Skills to the Sri Lankan Community in UAE.
We thank the team for the Tremendous Performance and the Supporters for Cheering Wesley to the Fore.
Team members : Ishak Sallay (Captain), Sharman Mouffer, Muwahhid Riza, Mahdi Samat, Ajwan Morset, Muzammil Cuttilan, Naushki Fareez, Ismith Shahid, Dihan Sariffodeen, Mmohamed Aadhil, Dilshan Devananda, Nikash Fareez, Rezanno Jaldin (Coach)
Mr. Sharman Mouffer (President – WCAME) handed over the Cheque of Rs.500,000 to Mr. Shanti Mclelland (Principal – Wesley College Colombo) as the initial donation from The Wesley College Alumni Middle East (WCAME) for the Wesley College Swimming Pool Building Fund on the 30th September 2011 at the College Premises. The Attached photographs illustrates the ceremony held at the College premises and at the Swimming Pool Building location where the present concrete laying work is carried out.
Mr. Richie Sappideen (Head of Fund Raising – Swimming Pool Project) present at the occasion had thanked everyone involved in the WCAME in raising the above donation with the following:
This is truly a magnanimous gesture from your team and on behalf of the Committee, I would like to thank all of you.
Your pursuance of reaching Rs 1 million speaks and mirror your commitment for the sake of Double Blue.
Yes, despite odds in terms of Alumni existence in age and lesser members, your team has consistently been helping College and that has not gone un-noticed. WCAME has a reputation of being doers.”
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Usher in the summer heat by dancing to the beat!
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to meet and greet the wesleyites lost in the portal of time. Reserve your space and enjoy the SPIRIT OF THE BLUES!
For reservations please contact,
Ajith – 050-552 4137
Rezzano – 050 – 344 9741
Isthiaq – 055 – 612 9173
Daminda – 050 – 652 9194
Mahadi – 055 – 446 4492
Zameer – 050 – 925 7958
“……Bound by one Fraternal Band, Band of DOUBLE BLUE!”
They came,they saw & they conquered!!
Run for the papare, go dig out your old college jersey & keep your stamina up because the Wesley College Rugby Season is here. Get ready to get your voices hoarse and your pulses up to cheer up the young warriors in the Double Blue.
If in the past they came, they saw and they conquered, then let’s make our boys know that this time around WCAME, We Will See & Will support them Conquer!!
01st April – Wesley vs Royal at Havis
08th April – Wesley vs Thora at Havis
30th April – Wesley vs Peters at Pete’s grounds, Bamba
07th May – Wesley vs Trinity at Pallekale
Wesley vs Pathana (Venue and Date is not known yet)
20th May – Wesley vs Kingswood at Havis
28th May – Wesley vs Joes at Havis
03rd June – Wesley vs Antho at Niitawela
08th June – Wesley vs Thurstan at Havis
