Sports News for Maritzburg College:
With winter trials taking place across the campus over the weekend, the excitement is building ahead of what promises to be a great season. Meanwhile, a special congratulations goes to College’s canoeing captain, Jack Odell, who took on the exceptionally tough non-stop Dusi race. Impressively, he completed it in just under 12 hours!
Maritzburg College’s athletes continue to excel winning the KZN leg of the National SuperSport Track and Field series as well producing excellent results at the KZN Athletic Championship.
Well done to all the College boys selected for the uMgungundlovu district tennis teams, with special mention of Adam Tilbury who captained the winning U19 team!
Athletics
Maritzburg College took part in the KZN leg of the National SuperSport Track and Field series, winning the event convincingly with seven 1st places, five 2nd places and eight 3rd places. Special mention must be made of Theo Boshoff who was the best men’s athlete with his throw of 15.10m in the Shotput.
Single events will be held in all nine provinces with the winning school from each province competing for the national title in April. College will now travel to Johannesburg to compete against the best athletic schools in South Africa
Results:
1st
T Boshoff Shotput u17
C Sweetnam Javelin u17
E Bester Javelin u19
P Louwrens Long Jump u19
R Potgieter Long Jump u15
M Mogale 100m u17
S Ismail 800m u17
This weekend, eight Maritzburg College athletes were selected to take part in the KZN Athletics Championship, winning four gold, three silver and two bronze medals.
Gold
B Andrews High Jump under 17
T Boshoff Shotput and Discus under 17
C Sweetnam Javelin under 17
Silver
T Ekerold Shotput and Hammer under 19
S Ismail 800m under 17
Bronze
L Baptista Hammer and Discus Under 19
Tennis
Seven college boys represented the uMgungundlovu district over the weekend and performed exceptionally well. Special congratulations to the U19A team, captained by Adam Tilbury, who secured first place, with Samuel Deane remaining undefeated throughout the tournament.
Cricket
Two of our current 1st XI stars, Captain Daniel Nadasan and Sphamandla Dzanibe, teamed up with three Old Collegians in the Tuskers Colts squad to take on the Northern Cape Colts. Alongside OCs Asanda Khumalo, Bryn Brokensha, and Chad Mason, the two boys played a crucial role in securing an impressive victory. As a result of their combined efforts, the Tuskers dominated the match, winning by a convincing 149 runs!
Special shoutout to Bryn Brokensha for his stellar 62 runs and Daniel Nadasan for his solid 35 runs. All five players contributed to reducing the NC Colts to just 107 all out. Well done, boys!
Canoeing
Well done to College’s canoeing captain, Jack Odell, who took part in the non-stop Dusi – an exceptionally tough race which he completed it in just less than 12 hrs!
In the Kayak cross, at the SA Championships held at Underberg, College boys placed in all categories, with Scott Venniker taking gold in the U18, James Gott silver and Joshua Craig bronze.
Scott Venniker was also 2nd in the Senior category.
In the school race river section, the boys also did very well.
U18 K1
James Gotte 4th Nathan Curry 5th K2
Joshua and Christopher Craig
U16
Matt Rawson 2nd Brett Gotte 11th
Ian Don- Wauchope 18th Fynn Venniker 19th
Basketball
Congratulations to the three College boys who have been selected for the ZN U16 basketball team; Wandile Mbanjwa, Mpho Ntlakana and Wonga Makhanda. These boys will represent KZN in an IPT
Report sent from Maritzburg College
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