About Our Club
District 306 B1 Sri Lanka
Club No : 50220
Club History in a nutshell
Lions Club of Mattumagala was extended by the Lions Club of Wattala, on the 12th December 1989 and the Chater presentation took place at The Galle Face Hotel, Colombo 03 on the 06th May 1990. Late Lion Terrance Suraweera was the Charter President, while Late Lion Basil Jayawardena and Lion Christie Nanayakkara were Hon Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Prominent businessmen, Engineers, Bankers, Company Chairperson and Directors, in and around Mattumagala, a small town six kilometers north of Colombo, were members. In this quarter century of Community Service, The Club boasts of having five of their Charter Members, who are highly active and committed, whose guidance and advise is sought always.
They are Lions
- Ranjith Dias
- Rohan Goonetilleke
- Christie Nanayakkara
- Sanath Manuwendra
- Emmanuel Rathnayake
Presidents / Secretaries / Treasurers of yesteryear
Year | President | Secretary | Treasurer |
01st - 1990/1991 | Terrence Suraweera | Basil Jayewardena | Christie Nanayakkara |
02nd- 1991/1992 | Basil jayawardena | Jeyakumar Manuel | Bradman Quyn |
03rd - 1992/1993 | Ranjith Dias | Nirmal Jayasooriya | Stephen Motha |
04th - 1993/1994 | Rohan Goonetilleke | Christie Nanayakkara | Jeyakumar Manuel |
05th - 1994/1995 | Jeyakumar Manuel | Sanath Manuwendra | Ignatious Camillus |
06th - 1995/1996 | Bradman Quyn | S M A Saliheen | Sarath Gunasekera |
07th - 1996/1997 | Christie Nanayakkara | Sarath Gunasekera | Shanth Senanayake |
08th - 1997/1998 | Ignatious Camillus | Rohan Goonetilleke | S M A Saliheen |
09th - 1998/1999 | Sarath Gunasekera | Lalith Jayewardena | Ranjith Dias |
10th - 1999/2000 | S M A Saliheen | Neil Amaratunga | Frank Dharmaraja |
11th - 2000/2001 | Anne Gunasekera | Frank Dharmaraja | Lalith Jayewardena |
12th - 2001/2002 | Lalith Jayewardena | Frank Dharmaraja | Jeyakumar Manuel |
13th - 2002/2003 | Frank Dharmaraja | Neil Amaratunga | Jeyakumar Manuel |
14th - 2003/2004 | Sanath Manuwendra | Sarath Gunasekera | Kithsiri Silva |
15th - 2004/2005 | Neil Amaratunga | Roshni Camillus | Lal Rodrigo |
16th - 2005/2006 | Roshni Camillus | Ignatious Camillus | Rohan Goonetilleke |
17th - 2006/2007 | Lal Rodrigo | Lalith Jayewardena | Jeyakumar Manuel |
18th - 2007/2008 | Sunil Perera | Emil Liyanage | Rohan Goonetilleke |
19th - 2008/2009 | Emil Liyanage | Neil Amaratunga | Jeyakumar Manuel |
20th - 2009/2010 | Shanth Senanayake | Hiran Diyago | Rohan Goonetilleke |
21st - 2010/2011 | Luckshmie Manuel | Jeyakumar Manuel | Christie Nanayakkara |
22nd - 2011/2012 | Irosha Karunasena | Rohan Goonetilleke | Manjula Jayasuriya |
23rd - 2012/2013 | Manjula Jayasuriya | Emil Liyanage | Luckshmie Manuel |
24th - 2013/2014 | Dushantha Boteju | Rohan Goonetilleke | Jeyakumar Manuel |
25th - 2014/2015 | Priyan Arsecularatne | Shiranthi Kotelawala | Irosha Karunasena |
26th - 2015/2016 | Sarath Kothalawala | Irosha Karunasena | Dushantha Boteju |
27th - 2016/2017 | Shiranthi Kothalawala | Neil Amaratunga | Irosha Karunasena |
28th - 2017/2018 | Sunil Fernando | Yasmin De Silva | Siransi Nanmayakkara |
29th - 2018/2019 | Gamini Silva | Yasmin De Silva | Lalith Silva |
30th - 2019/2020 | Siransi Nanmayakkara | Yasmin De Silva | Lalith Silva |
31st - 2020/2021 | Sarath Kothalawala | Rohan Goonetilleke | Irosha Karunasena |
32nd - 2021/2022 | Yasmin De Silva | Dushantha Boteju | Irosha Karunasena |
33rd - 2021/2023 | Lalith Silva | Luckshmie Manuel | Sarath Kothalawala |
30 continuous years under 30 different Presidents.
Twinning Clubs ( International & Local )
Our Club maintain a local twinning programme with L/C Nawalapitya and Internationally with Lions Club of Tune, Norway. Each year a meaningful project is being carried out jointly with the Nawalapitiya Club, and with the financial assistance of Tune Club, tremendous amount of social upliftment programmes are conducted at a remote fishing village called Dickowita.
Extension of a New Club - Lions Club of Chavakachcheri
Due to tremendous and untiring efforts of Lions Christie Nanayakkara, Jeyakumar Manuel and Rohan Goonetilleke, equally supported by the Club Memebers under the leadership of Lion Dushantha Boteju, a new club was extended in the Nothern Peninsuala - Lions Club of Chavakachcheri. The Clubs day to day functions and progress is closely monitored by the Two Guiding Lions, Christie and Rohan, and also the extension chairman Lion Jeyakumar.
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