Maritzburg College’s sporting achievements were outstanding as the teams competed in several sporting events during the last week, including soccer, cycling, rugby 7’s, basketball and a local triathlon, producing very good results.
Triathlon
In the first event Splash Tri Dash, a super triathlon which took place on Amanzimtoti’s Main Beach, south of Durban, on Sunday, Maritzburg College finished 2nd in the school’s competition and 7th overall in a time of 39:50. Teams from as far as Cape Town and Johannesburg competed in the 3×3 repeat triathlon — starting with a 200m ocean swim, a three-kilometre bike, and a one kilometre run on the promenade. Well done to Matthew Lock (Swim), Luke O’Connor (Cycle) and Jayden Jansen van Rensburg (Run).
Soccer
Earlier in the week, in the quarter final of the Cowie Cup Competition, College’s 1st XI drew 2-2 against Carter but went on to win 4-2 on penalties, and next week, they will face Westville in the semi-final. College is currently ranked first in the SA School Sport Football rankings.
Over the weekend, the 1st IX competed in Jody Momple Cup, beating Treverton 8 – 0, and Umvuso 2 – 0, before being knocked out in the quarter finals by Edendale Tech.
The rest of the College soccer teams took on Hilton College, winning eight of their 17 matches, drawing five and losing four.
Summary of results vs Hilton
U14A won 1-0
U14B won 4-2
U14C lost 1-0
U14D drew 2-2
U15A drew 1-1
U15B won 2-0
U15C drew 1-1
U15D lost 4-0
U16A drew 0-0
U16B won 2-0
U16C drew 0-0
U16D lost 4-3
6ths won 5-0
5ths won 5-1
4ths won 1-0
3rds won 2-1
2nds lost 1-0
Rugby 7s
College’s U15 and U17 rugby 7s teams took part in the DHS tournament over the weekend.
The U17 team started well, beating Northwood 2 31-12, Pionier 22-12 and Michaelhouse 17-15 in the pool games. They unfortunately then lost to Northwood 14-7 in the cup quarter final.
After a slow start losing 21-17 to Michaelhouse, the U15s came back strongly beat hosts DHS 22-17. They also beat Northwood 12-7 in the cup quarter final but lost to DHS in the cup semi-final. After beating Glenwood 20-19 in the playoffs, they finished in 3rd place overall.
This weekend College hosts the Nashua 7’s tournament on our campus, which is also the Maritzburg College family day.
Cycling
College’s cyclists competed in the Burg Wheelers Compendium Gravel Growel over the weekend, with Michael Barnado taking top spot in the Men’s Elite category and finishing 14th overall, while Cole Sellick was second in the Junior Men’s category, and 2nd overall in the 48 km event.
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