Overview Sporting Achievements:
Maritzburg College hosted the Nashua Midlands Rugby Sevens tournament on Saturday, which saw 10 school teams compete in U18 and U15 pools. Maritzburg College’s teams secured a place in both finals with the U15 team winning the Cup final against Michaelhouse 26-15, while the U18A team lost narrowly to Northwood 7-10.
College’s 1st XI soccer team added to their exceptional performances this season by winning the FA Pmb cup final against Carter.
There were also excellent performances from the College canoeists at the Inter-Schools canoe polo tournament.
Rugby Sevens Ten school teams competed in U18 and U15 pools of the Nashua Midlands Rugby Sevens tournament hosted at Maritzburg College. The U15 and U18A teams both secured places in the finals with the U15 team winning the Cup final against Michaelhouse 26-15, while U18 team lost narrowly to Northwood 7-10.
U15 Pool College vs St Charles won 12-0 College vs Northwood 2 won 36-0 College vs Linpark won 60-0 College vs Michaelhouse won 40-19
Cup SF College vs Kearsney won 24-10
Cup Final College vs Michaelhouse won 26-15
U18A Pool College vs Linpark won 45-7 College vs Hilton won 21-10
College vs Northwood 2 won 26-5 College vs St Charles won 35-26
Cup SF College vs Glenwood won 25-7
Cup Final College vs Northwood lost 7-10
Soccer
This weekend College’s 1st soccer team competed in the PMB & Midlands FA Cup. College won all of their five matches, progressing through to the semi-final against Alex which they won 5-1, and then to the final against Carter which they won 3-2 – and are the FA Cup Champions for 2023!
On top of the fantastic tournament win, congratulations to CJ Sukraj who was named Goalkeeper of the Tournament and to Grayson Mentory for being named Top Goalscorer. Grayson missed out on equalling Ryan Moon’s tournament record by one goal but still notched up an impressive 7 goals, including 4 in the tournament opener vs St Nicholas.
Summary of results:
St Nicholas won 8-0 vs Voortrekker won 1-0
Quarter Final: vs Heritage Academy won 2-0
Semi-Final : vs Alex won 5-1
Final: vs Carter won 3-2
Fifteen soccer teams were in action against Michaelhouse over the weekend, winning six of their matches, drawing five and losing four.
Summary of results
U14A drew 1-1 U14B drew 1-1 U14C lost 0-3 U14D lost 0-1
U15A drew 0-0 U15B won 1-0 U15C lost 1-2 U15D drew 0-0
U16A won 5-1 U16B won 1-0 U16C drew 0-0 U16D won 4-1
4ths lost 1-4 3rds won 5-2 2nds won 4-2
Canoeing
Well done to College’s A team who took top spot at the Inter-Schools canoe polo tournament, while the College B team finished in 2nd place.
Standings: 1. College A 2. Michaelhouse 3. College B 4. Epworth 5. Hilton 6. Barbarians (Hilton/MHS)
Teams consisted of: Team 1 M Van Heerden J Odell S Norton J Gotte S Venniker
Team 2 C Adam S Adie M Rawson J Craig B Cook
Athletics Congratulations to Josh Sweetnam for an excellent overall performance, and receiving the Senior Victor Ludorum award at the KZN Christian Schools Athletics Championship, breaking records in the discus, hammer throw and shot-putt events.
Match report sent by Maritzburg College
