Lions Club of Dandenong City

26/01/2026

Happy Australia 🇦🇺 Day

26/01/2026

Happy Australia Day Everyone. 🇦🇺
Today we celebrate the people, stories, and shared spirit that bind us together and make this country home. It’s a day to stand side by side with friends and family, reflect on our journey, and be grateful for the freedoms we are privileged to enjoy.
We also pause with deep respect to honor our Aussie Diggers who made the ultimate sacrifice for this nation. Their bravery, selflessness, and unwavering mate-ship shaped the Australia we know today. We remember them with gratitude and humility, and we carry their legacy forward in the values of courage, compassion, and looking out for one another.
God Bless Australia.❤️❤️

04/04/2025

Ruwan Paul with Australian team mate Matthew
Pacific Competition !!

04/04/2025

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Team Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 performed phenomenally at the Asia-Pacific World Powerlifting Tournament held in Australia, winning medal after medal for their country!

With a total tally of a staggering Silver, Bronze and no less than 10 Gold Medals for Sri Lanka, the 5 athletes brought glory to Sri Lanka, causing applause at the end of the victory ceremony, as the Vice-President of the World Powerlifting Association Robert Wilks, announced that the World Powerlifting Championship will be held in Sri Lanka, this November.

Lydia won five gold medals and one bronze medal for Sri Lanka, in the 100kg category.

Ruwan, the world champion in weightlifting for many consecutive years, also won three gold medals and one bronze medal in the 120kg category.

Sri Lanka’s national powerlifting champion Ransilu competed in the 120kg category and won the gold medal in the event.

As a new athlete, Minura, who competed in the junior category in the 95kg category, won a gold medal and a silver medal in his first ever international competition.

Finally Vikue, who competed in the 105kg category, admiringly won a silver medal in the competition he participated in.

07/08/2024

Recipient of "The Melvin Jones Fellowship" award from Lions Club International Chicago which is the highest individual honor from the Lions Club International Foundation, 🇱🇰 Ruwan Paul is also a Gold Medalist in Power Lifting, competing with hundreds of athletes from over 30 countries and establishing a new record in Australia.