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Presentation at 125th Anniversary Celebrations of SSC, 28th March 2024 Held at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo By Mevan Pieris Your Excellency, The President of Sri Lanka; President and members of the Executive Committee of the Singhalese Sports Club, Distinguished Invitees, Ladies and Gentlemen. At the very outset I wish to thank the Executive Committee of the SSC, for inviting me to write the history of the club, and to make this brief presentation. Ladies & Gentlemen, we are gathered here today to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Singhalese Sports Club, which was conceived in the womb of time on 27th March 1899, and was born about five months later. It was on 27th March 1899, that 35 Sinhalese gentlemen had gathered at Wesley College, then located at Dam Street, Pettah, in response to an advertisement which had appeared in the Ceylon Standard. The meeting was presided by D B Jayetilleke, ...