150 and still batting…

Life is full of mysteries, that’s what makes our lives lively and enjoyable. These mysteries might manifest themselves as a long unseen friend of yours, your first crush or even something you might not expect. 150^th Gavel meeting was one of these mysterious moments of life, because most of us didn’t expect the meeting during Hands in Hand 2012.

We were enjoying an exciting game hosted by Thenuwan. Suddenly Niles appeared with a mysterious smile and asked us to join him inside the room. Thereafter we were taken through a video; the journey Gavel has embarked on so far.  Then only Niles gave out the surprise; the 150^th Gavel meeting

The meeting started with the National Anthem led by Pasan. Thereafter Gavel president, Niles Perera introduced the ToastMaster for the day and that was our club’s famous Tennis player, Kanna. Next Ah-counter, timer and the grammarian were introduced by the toastmaster; Thushan, Isuru Pasan and Hasini respectively. Kanna came up with a very interesting and burning topic for the day for the round robin session; “Who is the sexiest person in this audience?” After everyone giving their 20 second speeches, Raja and Hasala turned out to be the people who received most votes as the sexiest person.   Then, Sirimevan (Topicsmaster) introduced the topics for the day. These topics were strongly coupled with our bellowed Gavel Club.  Most of the senior Gavel members delivered their marvelous speeches on these topics. Few speakers were, Hasala, Sunera, Harinda, etc. Then, the ah-counters grammarian’s and timer’s reports were delivered. After that meeting came to a conclusion with Kanna‘s final words.

During the Gavel meeting

Then the most special moment came. A tasty cake was waiting to celebrate 150^th milestone of the Gavel club. The candles were blown off by the present president.  And the first piece was offered to Niles by the immediate past president, Channa Gunasekara.

Channa ayya giving the first piece to Niles

Long live Gavel