Overview Sporting Achievements
College’s penultimate round of summer sport fixtures were against local rivals St Charles. The basketball teams once again produced an excellent set of results, as did the water polo teams, although there were mixed fortunes on the cricket fields. With athletics, squash and cycling events, it was another busy weekend for Maritzburg College.
Basketball
College won 17 of their 19 basketball matches against St Charles College. The 1st team and U15A team participated in the St John’s tournament.
Water polo
College’s water polo teams secured three wins from four matches against St Charles College, with a convincing 27-1 victory for the 1st team.
Cricket
There were mixed fortunes for the College cricket teams over the weekend. Although they won 10 of their 14 matches, the 1st XI match see-sawed back and forth on a scorching Goldstones, before the away side eventually secured a 54 run victory.
1st team report (Mr Robbie Coutts, 1st XI Coach)
College’s 1st XI Captain, Chad Mason, lost the toss and the visiting captain elected to bat first on a hot and humid morning.
The decision looked a good one with the St Charles opening pair putting on 81 in 15 overs. The partnership was broken by Ryan McKean, who also picked up the second wicket an over later. College never allowed St Charles to put on any meaningful partnerships, picking up wickets at regular intervals. Off spinner Oliver Da Costa and leg spinner Mason bowled with good control and never let the opposition batsmen settle and limited them to 195 all out in 45 overs. Mason with 3 wickets and Mc Kean with two were the pick of the bowlers.
Llewelyn Sutherland was the first batsmen to be dismissed in the 6th over with the score on 23. Two wickets fell quickly before Daniel Nadasan and Oliver DaCosta steadied the College innings with a 45 run partnership, at tea College were well placed at a 93 for 3, needing 103 runs in 25 overs. Controversially, Nadasan was run out for a well-played 39, the runout started the collapse of the College innings wickets falling at regular intervals. The College middle and lower order once again, struggled to rotate the strike in the middle overs and that ensured the required run rate climbed. College from being well set at tea, collapsed to 141 all out in the 42nd over.
St Charles 195 all out; Mason 3 for 29, McKean 2 for 15 College 141 all out; Nadasan 39, Da Costa 28 St Charles won by 54 runs
Athletics
College’s athletes once again produced an outstanding set of results, including setting two new records at the 4th aQuelle series. With 18 schools participating, College finished 1st again, achieving six 1st places, five 2nd places and seven 3rd places.
Cycling
College’s mountain bikers competed in the popular Illovo Wartburg Classic MTB race. With three distance options, the boys placed in all three races in their age categories.
The 60km event had 136 riders. Congratulations to L Newlands (3rd), B Foster (4th) and M Jewaskiewitz (5th) who competed in the Junior age category of the tough 60km route. K Searle finished in 5th in the Youth category over the same distance.
A total of 89 riders entered the 45km, with M Barnardo taking silver in the Senior age category, while talented rider C Sellick took gold in the Junior age category. In the Youth age category, J Jankovich finished 10th.
There were 153 riders in the 25km event which saw G Jordan claim 3rd place and H McIntyre 4th in the Junior age category. In the Youth age category, congratulations went to B Fourie who took top spot while A Naidoo finished in 5th.
Squash
College squash teams played two fixtures this week. In the first match vs Howick, the Top 10 seniors won 10-0, while the Top 5 juniors played GHS 1st team and won 3-2.
In the second match against Westville, College lost 6-4 in a highly contested fixture, which could have gone either way.
Canoeing
College’s paddlers competed in the Inter-Schools Race in Underberg over the weekend, posting excellent results.
