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Christmas Party, 2005

SLCAO christmas Dinner Dance was held this year at Jim Darrel Arena, on December 15, 2005. About 250 members and guests were particpated. Among the main items were, Christmas Carols, a Christmas Drama by youth, Christmas Songs by small children, Santa Claus, lot of door prices and raffle prizes and live mucic by Ottawa's own music group "Lankan Breeze". Executive Committe like to thank the organising committee, other volunteers,and all the paritipants. Read the thank you note by clicking HERE . A program descripton and the names of the organising committee and the organisers of each event are also provided there.

SGM

A Special Annual General meeting was held on Sunday November 20, 2005 at 1480 Heron Road Community Centrefrom 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm. A new executive committee was elected.

AGM

The Annual general meeting of SLCA willbe held at 1480 Heron Road Community Centre on Sunday October 30th from 2:30pmto 5:00pm. SLCA of Ottawa cordially invites all members and non members toparticipate in this event to elect the next executive committee.

Please inform in writing to SLCA, if youwish to propose any amendments to the constitution on or before Oct 27, 2005.

Cricket News

Ottawa Wins the TRI-CITYchallenge trophy (Year 2005).

Ottawa beats Montreal andthen Toronto in the final to win the TRI-CITY challenge trophy after 17 years. Congratulationsto the Ottawa team.

MUST SEE Event.....

AFRICAN CHILDREN'SCHOIR in concert in Ottawa - September 21,2005

Dear Community:
Mark your calendars!! I've seen these adorable children twice in Ottawa and once in Kenya and I can vouch for their talent and professionalism! Their voices are truly heavenly!

Christ's Chapel presents IN CONCERT:
AFRICAN CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 7:00 pm.
McLeod Stewarton United Church, 507 Bank Street
Free concert. No tickets required. Help the children of Africa. Financialcontributions will kindly be accepted the night of theconcert. Put your money where your heart is.

Cricket Tournament

The TRI-CITY cricket tournamentbetween Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto will be played on September 3rd and 4th atBaxter Conservation Park. We would like to encourage all members to participatein this event and cheer the home team to win the TRI-CITY challenge trophy forthis year.

Game 1 - Saturday September 3rd @10:30 am - Ottawa Vs. Montreal 20/20 (Lunch for Ottawa and Montreal - 15 Pkts per Team)

Game 2 - Saturday September 3rd @2:00 pm - Toronto Vs. the game 1 loses 20/20 (Tea for all teams)

IF Toronto wins

Final - Game 3 - Sunday September4th @ 11:00 am Winner of game 1 Vs. Toronto 25/25 (Lunch for final teams - 15 Pkts per Team)

Else Three-Way-Tie - Game 3- Sunday September 4th @ 10:30 am - Toronto Vs. Winners of game 1 20/20 (Lunch for the playing teams - 15 Pktsper Team)

Final - Game 4 - Sunday September4th @ 2:00 pm (Winners will be decided based on "RUN RATE") 25/25 (Tea for all teams)

Soccer Game

Montreal Vs. Ottawa @ 5:00 pmSunday September 4th

Directions to the grounds

McCarthyGrounds @ Paul Anka.

From Bank & Hunt Club, pass Bank St, pass Airport Pkway, turn right to McCarthy Rd and then turn left toPaul Anka. Community Centre and sports field is right there.

(Samegrounds as year before last.)

From Riverside @ Walkley (OnWalkley)

Pass theHoly Cross Church on Walkley, turn right at signal lights to McCarthy,continue for 2-3 min. drive, then right again to Paul Anka. Community Centre andsports field is right there.

Dinner Dance

The TRI-CITY CricketDinner Dance will be held at Holy Cross Church 685 Walkley Rd @ River sidefrom 7:00 pm onwards.

Please purchase yourtickets in advance and do not miss this event. Group of 8 or more can reservetheir own table and win a surprise for the evening.

Ticket Price $25.00 / perperson. Additional family member $10.00, Students and Seniors $15.00

LION STOUT FROM SRILANKA

ItsParty time....

Getcouple of bottles for the week end and help promote our beer to the localmarket...

I am pleased to inform you that LION STOUT FROM SRI LANKA is now available in LCBO branches in Ottawa. The product code is 676072.

Products are now available in Ottawa LCBO at Rideau St. and Bank & Sparks Streets.

May 20, 2005 CricketPractices

The first cricket practice will start on May20th , Friday2005 @ 6.30 pm at Linda Lane grounds, (Smyth-Altavista) in preparation for the TRI-CITYtournament. Those who are interested in playing cricket and taking part in theevent are invited to participate in this practices. For more details regardingthe tournament please contact Gamini Senarath , Susantha Mohottalage and AsokaWikramanayake.

More details will be posted in the future.

May28 - Vesak Celebrations

TheSLCAO is organizing a Dansala and a competition for Vesak Sarasili. We invitemembers to participate and create your own special Vesak kudu and Vesak sarasilito show your talent and make this event a success. The objective here is to makeour young generation aware of one of the significant festivals we celebrate inSri Lanka.

Place: Holy Cross Church hall @ 685 Walkley at Riverside (Same place where we had theSinhala and Tamil New year celebrations)

Forinformation please contact Indima, Anoma

June26 - Picnic

Dateis not confirmed, we will post the details as soon as possible

Update on the Tsunami Fund

We have been able to raise $14,130.31 for the Tsunami Fund as of Feb11, 2005.

The SLCA Executive Committeetogether with the membership of SLCA, thank all contributors for their support inaid of Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka. A special thank is extended to JIM KEAYFORD LINCOLN for their generous donation in aid of Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka.

SLCAO has made payments to the following institutes as of March 01, 2005

The nextdonation distribution will be on June 30, 2005, at which point the Executive Committee will re-evaluate theneed to have this fund on an ongoing basis.

Sinhalaand Tamil New Year

Our thanks to allSLCA members for their participation, support and generous donations to makethis event a grate success.

The executive committeeand the SLCA membership also wants to extend a special thanks to our subcommittee members for volunteering their valuable time to make this celebrationa memorable one for all of us.

Thank You All !!! Wish you a very happy Sinhala and Tamil New Year

Membership Drive:

Welcome

TheSLCA executive committee wants to welcome the new members to the Association andwish them all the very best. Your input is very valuable to us, please do not hesitate to contact any of our executive committee members for information.

The Executive Committee is also encouraging community members to join theAssociation. If you know of anyone who is interested in joining, please ask them to contact us. The membership forms are available on SLCAO website.

We thank you for this opportunity to express our views on all of the above issues. Again, our commitment to you today and always is to work hard as a united Executive Committee to serve you and the community.