• ESCAPADE: October Fiesta and Fun-Fair | October 2024

The OGA decided to go back to school and organise a good old carnival with rides for every age group including thrill seekers, traditional carnival games, food and trade stalls, magic shows, a 9D movie experience, virtual reality games with good music to entertain right throughout the evening. Despite the burst of showers early on in the evening, the carnival drew crowds and kept everyone entertained right till the very end. 

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• Members' Day Out | August 2024

The members day this year was a special one - commemorating the 100th OGA picnic, it was indeed fun-filled day spent at Sherwood by the Barn, despite the scattered showers. The afternoon was filled with fun games, good food, music that gold the youngest and oldest members on the dance floor and good old camaraderie.

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• Inter-house OGA Netball Tournament | April 2024

What started off as a sunny day only got more intense with heated competition between houses as all teams went out and did their best on the netball court. The tournament was refereed by independent mercantile and national level referees who did not take the event lightly. After multiple whistles blown for stepping and off-sides, the day ended with a drizzle (as per Metho custom) and all houses being placed - a welcome coincidence.  

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• OGA Food Stall | February 2024
  

The OGA ran it's customary food stall at the school's annual inter-house sports meet held at NCC. The stall felt like a sports event it itself with items being sold out before the trays were refilled! Needless to say the stall was a success. We thank all committee members and volunteers who helped man the stall on the day and contributed to the items that sold like hot cakes. 

• Christmas Soirée | 8th December 2023

What a night! Beginning with cocktails and enchanting music by Vlute, followed by a packed dance floor till the wee hours of the morning with music by Voice Print and DJ Kosala, a scrumptious dinner and breakfast by the Chefs of Cinnamon Lakeside and hot chocolate by Anchor (Fonterra) for the recovery phase of the evening - the OGA Christmas Soirée was indeed a night to remember. The event was well attended by old girls, family and friends across generations with more prizes and giveaways than one could carry! Our host, Dino Corera did a splendid job juggling the mic and all the selfie requests. It was certainly the best way to ring in the season and conclude the events calendar of the OGA for 2023.

• Annual General Meeting | 25th November 2023

The AGM was held at the refurbished auditorium on the 25th of November 2023 where the President, Secretary and Treasurer addressed the membership about the events that took place over the past year and the financial position of the OGA. As in the past, the event was also live streamed so as to open out the meeting for those unable to attend in-person. The members thereafter moved on to the foyer (which has also been refurbished) where fellowship ensued with cake and iced coffee.

• Teachers' Day High Tea | 3rd October 2023

The OGA celebrated teachers' day this year by organising a high at the Marine Grand for all our past teachers of Methodist College. It was a lovely (albeit noisy) evening that had the teachers catching up with each other and having a good laugh.

• Members' Day Out & Road Rally | 30th August 2023

After years of not being able to organise the annual picnic (due to COVID and the fuel crisis that followed), the OGA hosted a Members' Day that was a day of fellowship, games, really good food, karaoke and a bit of dancing! To add to the fun element of our adventurous members we also organised a clue-based road rally that began from school and ended at Jetwing Blue (our venue for the Members' Day). The teams were given over the first clue at school and had to solve it in order to reveal the location of the next.

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• Metho OGA Inter-house Sports Day 2023 | 27th May 2023

The inter-house sports day was held at the NCC grounds at 8:30 a.m. on the 27th of May 2023. The event commenced with the house reps unfurling the house flags, Mrs. Hiranya Fernando unfurling the College flag and Ms. Ruwandi de Mel, treasurer of the OGA unfurling the National flag. Although we were blessed with rain in true Methodist College style, the sun shone for the rest of the day in time for the arrival of the chief guest, Mrs. Priyani Fernando and a beautifully choreographed performance by the school Hewisi band. It was really a day of healthy, fun competition and fellowship with members performing well on the track and in relays. Shire and Scott emerged joint winners after an unsuccessful tie breaker (when the tug of war rope snapped in two!)

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• Merry Mingle, Past Teachers' & Over 60's Christmas Lunch | December 2022

The Christmas lunch to celebrate our past teachers and senior members was held at Scott Hall on the 10th of December. It was a morning full of fun with lots of games and activities and many prizes. The event ended in a scrumptious lunch, merriment and fellowship that was cherished by all who attended.

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• The Morning Chatter, breakfast AGM | November 2022

The Annual General Meeting was held at the Kingsbury followed by breakfast and was well attended with about 170 members present and 45 members online (via zoom). It was an enjoyable morning of fellowship and a much welcome change by all. The breakfast spread was also much appreciated, especially the hopper station! 

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• Food Stall at the Sports Meet | August 2022

Circumventing restrictions the Methodist College Sports meet was held this time over a period of 2 days at NCC for track events and at school for house relays, the march past and award ceremony. Although it was low-key in comparison it was a fun event of sportsmanship. The OGA ran its customary food stall on both days.

• High Tea | July 2021

The High Tea was held at the Waters' Edge on the 24th of July 2021. After having to postpone this event many times due to the pandemic, it was a pleasure having so many members join in for fellowship, while adhering to health and safety regulations. The evening was made that much more enjoyable thanks to the indulgent spread of goodies. 

• Metho Mastermind 2021 | July 2021

For the first time the OGA organised a virtual event that was beyond borders. Two enjoyable sessions of Trivia hosted to accommodate all time zones. Both sessions had the same questions to be fair, and despite bad weather and unstable connections, turned out to be competitive yet fun. The top scorers (names below) received prizes of Spa Ceylon gift vouchers.

Congratulations to the winners!  

Session 1:

1. Rashmi Peiris (despite getting disconnected and missing a few questions!)
2. Christabel Loganathan
3. Shalom David

Session 2:
1. Enoka Loganathan
2. Nuska Nasser
3. Shani Goonesekera

• Annual General Meeting | April 2021

The AGM of the Methodist College OGA was held on Saturday 24th April. This was the first time we had a virtual AGM. However, it’s promising to note that we had a global presence at this meeting with over 150 members from across the globe 

• Sports Meet | Thursday 20th February 2020

The Annual School Sports Meet was held on Thursday 20th February at the NCC grounds. The OGA has its customary food stall which was patronized by al present. It was an afternoon of fun and laughter.

• Christmas lunch | Sunday 8th December 2019

The centenary celebrations ended on Sunday 8 th December with a Christmas Lunch at the “flow” Restaurant of the Hilton Colombo Residencies. This was a very well attended event with a wide cross-section of nearly 180 old Girls attending. Live Music, Carols, Laughter and Good Food were the order of the day

• A night in Venice, Dinner dance at the Water's Edge | 26th October 2019

The Centenary Dinner dance – A night in Venice was held on Saturday October 26th at the Waters' Edge Hotel. This was held to collect funds to refurbish the College Auditorium. Popular Bands – “Doctor” and “Black “ were on hand to entertain those who attended. Airline Tickets, Hotel Vouchers and Good Food and great Music made for a memorable evening which ended at dawn.