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HARRY DE SAYRAH OAM. J.P – 50 years of Service to the Community<\/span><\/h1>\n

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OLD JOSEPHIAN LION HARRY DE SAYRAH OAM. J.P – MELVIN JONES FELLOW – LIFE MEMBER OF THE 101 YEAR OLD LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL THE LARGEST SERVICE ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITIES OF SRI LANKA FOR 20 YEARS AND AUSTRALIA FOR 30 YEARS\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

IN 1969 LION HARRY WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE THEN LIONS CLUB OF COLOMBO BY LION COMMODORE MALCOLM DE COSTA – FORMER ADC TO A GOVERNOR GENERAL OF SRI LANKA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

HE WAS THE 1st ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS CLUB OF KOLLUPITIYA COLOMBO AND THE 39th PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS CLUB OF BANKSTOWN SYDNEY AND HELD VARIOUS RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Harry de Sayrah reminisces…🏇<\/span><\/span>🏆<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Harry de Sayrah a proud product of St. Josephs College, Colombo 10 and now a resident of Australia counts 50 years of service to the community this year. A life member of the 101 year old Lions Club International, the largest service organization in the world, Harry has served the communities of Sri Lanka for 20 years and Australia for 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was Lion Commodore Malcolm De Costa \u2013 former ADC to the Governor General of Ceylon who invited Harry de Sayrah to join the then Lions Club of Colombo in 1969. Harry went on to be the first elected President of the Lions Club of Kollupitiya, Colombo and the 39th President of the Lions Club of Bankstown, Sydney.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harry de Sayrah OAM JP was awarded the Order of Australia in the Queen\u2019s Birthday honours in the year 2007. He is also a Melvin Jones Fellow, a rare honour bestowed on Lions Club members for distinguished service to charity.<\/span>
\nHarry de Sayrah in an article to the \u2018Ceylankan\u2019 (The Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia) speaks of the glory days of Horse Racing in Ceylon and recalls with joy that in achieving his youthful dreams of owning racehorses and leading them in to the winners circle that fairytales do come true!\u00a0<\/span>
\n(Grateful thanks to The Ceylankan, Mr.Hugh Karunanayake and Mr.Harry de Sayrah for this story.)<\/span><\/p>\n

This is Harry\u2019s Story…
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\nFrom the \u201cGandhi Side\u201d to the Queens Box!<\/span>
\nIt is said that Horse Racing is the Sport of Kings but I was no King when I got interested in this sport. I went to the races at the Havelock Race Course in my youth and stood in the baking hot sun in the Rs.1.00 enclosure called the \u201cGandhi Side\u201d in the middle of the racecourse. My parents who were keen turfites and silent punters, sat in the Member\u2019s Enclosure in the Grand Stand whenever they attended.
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\nIt was greatly exciting to me to see the famous Cotton Hall, Kunj Lata, Cosy Corner go past the winning post and watch the owners of the winning horses lead them into the paddocks and face a battery of photographers and receive Sterling Silver Trophies like the Governor General\u2019s Cup for Thoroughbreds and the Roberts Cup for the Arab Horses. I often use to dream when I would get an opportunity to achieve this feat?
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\nThat opportunity came one day in the late 1950\u2019s when my mother Charlotte purchased on easy payment terms, a grey mare called \u2018Persian Approach\u2019 from Sir Donatus Victoria for Rs.5000.00 and registered the mare in my name. My racing colours were Orange Black Cross Sashes, front and back, and Black cap.
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\nThe mare was trained by Eustace Samarawira and won five races. She favoured the left hand track at Nuwara Eliya where races were held during the April season. \u2018Persian Approach\u2019 found the heat in Colombo distressing and whenever she raced in Colombo, she was taken back immediately after the races to be brought back on a Thursday for the following Saturday\u2019s races.<\/span>
\nWe had a misunderstanding with Samarawira and moved stables to veteran trainer A. Selvaratnam \u2013 a trainer who won many famous races for his clients. One day, Selvaratnam came home with his stable jockey and son \u2013 in \u2013 law Ted Fordyce and persuaded us to purchase a two year old filly, \u2018Golden Optic\u2019, imported by the Ceylon Turf Club (CTC) for Rs.8000.00 on easy \u2013 payment terms. The filly was renamed \u201cMiss Anoma\u201d after my lucky sister. \u201cMiss Anoma\u201d won 16 races, including four Sterling Silver Trophies. Our string of racehorses increased with the purchase of a third horse \u201cMaster Rukman\u201d , named after the first De Sayrah grandson. \u201cMaster Rukman\u201d won only one race \u2013 the S. G. Morley Cup which was presented to me by the Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake.
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\nNow my dream had finally come true and I got numerous opportunities to lead my winning horses in to the paddocks and go up to the Queen\u2019s Box and receive trophies from various political and racing dignitaries at the time.<\/span>
\n\u201cMiss Anoma\u201d won for me the W. B. Bartlett Cup and I received the trophy from the Governor General Sir Oliver Goonetilleke. This mare also won the Channer Cup and I received the trophy from Francis Amarasuriya, President of the Board of Stewards of the Ceylon Turf Cub. The fourth trophy, the Closenberg Cup, I received from Sir Razik Fareed, President of the Board of Stewards a year later.
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\nThe origin of the Channer Cup is worth noting. In the early days of horse racing in Colombo, the five furlong (approx. 1000m) staright course starting from the Queen\u2019s Club end of the course and leding up to the \u2018winning post\u2019 was known as the \u201cChanners Straight\u201d. This straight course was scrapped in the late 1950\u2019s and a trophy named the \u201cChanners Cup\u201d was introduced.<\/span>
\nThere were many foreign jockeys who rode for me. To name a few: there was Ted Fordyce, Bill Stevens, F. L. Smith and Ted Doone \u2013 all Australian jockeys. Ted Doone now 92 years resides in elders home. Fordyce and Smith rode in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) for many years and married Sri Lankans. Among the local jockeys were F. J. Isaacs, P. D. P. Perera, J. T. Samarawira (nephew of trainer Eustace), W. Somapala and Don Benjamin. Isaacs, a light weight jockey won many races for my stables.
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\nThere were many well known race horse owners, namely, Vernon Rajapakse, Thaha Cassim, Sir Razik Fareed, The Amarasuriya Brothers (Francis and Buddy), Chevalier Sir Chittampalam Gardiner, Sir Donatus Victoria and Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, who raced his horses in the name of his daughter Shiela Dodanwela.<\/span>
\nAnd thus unfolded my transition from a mere spectator in the \u201cGandhi Side\u201d to a winning owner in the Queen\u2019s Box!<\/span><\/p>\n

Authors Note: I was privileged to have presented two of the Sterling Silver Trophies to my old school St. Joseph\u2019s College \u2013 which are now offered as Challenge Cups to the school\u2019s Senior and Junior Sportsmen of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2014 with\u00a0Harry de Sayrah<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hugh Karunanayake<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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