Date/Time
Date(s) - 18/10/2015
12:30 pm
Location
THE GRAND
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LUNCH in honour of His Excellency Somasundaram Skandakumar
High Commissioner for Sri Lanka
At THE GRAND on CATHIES LANE Wantirna South
Sunday 18th October – 12.30pm
$60 pp– smorgasbord lunch including beer, wine and soft drinks
Dress Code – Smart Casual
Contact Nihal 0419 382 142 Ranjini 0413 144 072 Ron 0400 416 191 Athula 0419 645 851 Lilith 0407 804 482 Quintus 0411 465656
Join us to welcome His Excellency Mr. Somasundaram Skandakumar
the newly appointed High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to Australia.
A Civic Reception in the form of a scrumptious Buffet Lunch
has been organized by a group of well-wishers in our community at
“THE GRAND” on CATHIE’S LANE, WANTIRNA
ON SUNDAY OCT 18, 2015
FROM 12.30 PM UNTIL 3.30 PM
$60 per person with beer, wine & soft drinks included. Music and quality speeches
Full Bar – No BYO- Tickets available until October 13, 2015
Contact: Nihal de Run (0419382142); Dr Quintus de Zylva (0411465656); Ron Meerwald (040016191); Ranjini Dassenaike (0413144072); Lilith de Silva (0407804482); Athula Ratnayake (0419645851)
His Excellency Mr Somasundaram Skandakumar( Skanda as he is known to us all) was educated at Royal College Colombo, where he excelled as a student and was also a brilliant sportsman. In 1966 he received the Best Performance Award at the annual Royal-Thomian Cricket encounter and that year he was also appointed a Prefect of the College.
He graduated in Science from the University of Colombo in 1970 offering double mathematics. He then joined George Steuart & Co and served the Company for 35 years and was finally appointed Chairman of the Board; a position he held with distinction for 8 years.
In the field of Cricket he was Assistant Secretary and finally Vice Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka.(BCCSL) .In the words of the then Chairman of the Board, Mr Rienzie Wijetileke, “Skanda restored the credibility and image of the BCCSL in the eyes of the ICC”. When he chaired the Commission of Inquiry into the nation’s cricketing and administration standards in 1994, his report was titled the” SKANDAKUMAR REPORT”. It was a blueprint for change and reform. Two years later, in March 1996, Sri Lanka went on the win the ICC World Cup.
As a speaker, Skanda is well regarded and he will share his vast experience and knowledge with you in matters of Cricket, the Plantation industry and the dawn of a new era in Sri Lanka and the bonds of friendship that exists between Sri Lanka and Australia. Dress Code: Smart Casual
