Overview Sporting Achievements:
This weekend sports achievements saw Maritzburg College’s 1st XI soccer team take on Durban High School (DHS) to defend the Raw Cup, unfortunately losing the match 0-1. College’s canoeists secured top places at the Upper Umgeni Jock Classens 16km race. The U15 and U17 rugby sevens teams travelled to Glenwood to play in their first tournament, and the College’s shooting team competed in the next league securing excellent results.
Rugby Sevens:
For their first tournament of the year, College’s U15 7’s team won four of their five matches and finished in 3rd place overall. In the early rounds they beat Kearsney 41-5, DHS 22-17 and Northwood 33-0. In the semi-final, they lost to Westville, before playing against Glenwood in the plate final and winning 29-24.
The College U17 7’s team had a more difficult tournament. They lost to Glenwood and Northwood but beat Kearsney, and in the bowl semi-final, they lost again to Northwood 19-24.
Soccer Five
College teams took on DHS on the weekend, with the 1st team contesting the Raw Cup. vs DHS. The game was a hard-fought battle between two well matched teams, with DHS scoring a late goal to reclaim the Raw Cup. U14A lost 0-1 U15A drew 1-1 U16A won 4-2
The U15 soccer team competed in the Knockout Tournament at Howick High School on the weekend finishing in 2nd place.
vs Carter won 2-0 vs New Forrest won 2-0 vs Northwood 0-0 (5-4 on penalties) vs Westville lost 1-2 (Final)
Canoeing
Three College canoeists took part in the Supa Quick kUpper Umgeni Jock Claasens 16 km race over the weekend. Keegan Vogt placed 1st in the U16 category, while Matthew Rawson won the U14 category with Josh Wortmann in 2nd place. Well done boys!
Tennis
In the week’s tennis fixtures, College’s C team played against Treverton A winning 6 – 0. The College lost to Hilton 1 – 5.
