Division H of District 82 Toastmasters checked their heartbeats on 24th November 2018 during their mid-year conference held in Anuradhapura, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka.
The event took place at hotel Heritage, Anuradhapura with the participation of 150 Toastmasters of the Division H. The Division Director of Division H, District 82 Distinguished Toastmaster Lawrance Madapatha took this remarkable decision to conduct the mid-year conference of Division H for the Toastmaster year 2018/19 in Anuradhapura which is the first kind of event took place in Anuradhapura.
Since Division H of District 82 covers widest geographical demarcations of Sri Lanka which comprises the clubs from western to northern peninsula of Sri Lanka, and was a tough call to hold this conference in Anuradhapura. The challenge was accepted by the conference chair, TM Tharaka Amarasena and his team. The event was ceremonially commenced at 10 am by welcoming the distinguished guests with the traditional oriental band & dance. After the arrivals of the guests, the gratitude to the nations was paid by singing the national anthems of both India and Sri Lanka with pride.
The official welcome address was delivered by the Division H, Director Distinguished Toastmaster Lawrance Madapatha. Then the key note speaker for the morning session, Rohan Pallewatta, executive chairman of Lanka Harness Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. rocked the stage by his wonderful speech. His address was full of joy and learning and during his address he motivated the audience with his success stories. One of the heart touching line was “success never comes at first attempt.
Following this the first fascinating contests of the day begun, the evaluation contest of Division H.
Ten hard core evaluators participated to the event and Toastmaster Ravi Uduwela, Toastmaster Tissa Dissanayake & Toastmaster Arshad Nizam won the first, second and third places respectively. After the powerful address of Club Growth Director, Distinguished Toastmaster Noorul Munawwara, an authentic Sri Lankan lunch was served at the hotel.
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