Sports News: Maritzburg College holiday achievements
Hockey
Maritzburg College offered a wonderful representation of itself during the mid-year holidays with the National and Regional Hockey Tournaments. Inland Hockey selected 3 teams per age group. The highlight of all the tournaments was hosting the u18A and B section tournament at Maritzburg College. By all accounts this turned out to be another well run event by Maritzburg College and a special thank you to all staff involved for making this event a huge success.
Overall, College had 49 boys selected to play for Inland. Unfortunately, 1 boy had to withdraw to a serious knee injury and one other due to disciplinary action taken by the school. College represents one third of all boys selected for Inland Hockey. 6 Staff members were involved in coaching, managerial or analyst roles during IPT. Another truly remarkable statistic for Maritzburg College.
Inland u14A
- 8 College Boys
- 2 College Staff
- Finished 3rd overall securing a bronze medal
- Z Fakude 5th highest goal scorer
Inland u14B
- 6 College Boys
- 1 College Old Boy coaching
- Finished 1st in Regional Tournament securing a Gold Medal
Inland u14C
- 2 College Boys
- Finished 1st in Regional B Tournament securing a Gold Medal
Inland u16A
- 7 College Boys
- 1 College Staff
- Finished 6th overall
Inland u16B
- 3 College Boys
- Finished 11th overall and avoided relegation from A-section
Inland u16C
- 5 College Boys
- Finished 5th overall
Inland u18A
- 6 College Boys
- 1 College Staff
- 1 College Old Boy in management staff
- Finished 9th overall
Inland u18B
- 6 College Boys
- Finished 6th overall
Inland u18C
- 6 College Boys
- 2 College Staff
- Finished 4th overall
National Selection
The following boys were selected to represent South Africa
SA u16A
- S Mchunu
SA u17A
- A Lembethe
- V Ndlovu
- S Sithembu
SA u18B
- D Jackson
Rugby Craven Week
The 2025 U18 Craven Week Rugby was held in Middelburg.
Craven Week is always a highlight on the schoolboy rugby calendar — a stage where provincial pride, talent, and character are tested. This year’s edition, hosted in Middelburg, was no different and proved to be a week of hard lessons, growth, and moments of brilliance for our U18 side.
The team posted the following results:
Match 1: vs Eastern Province – Won 41–10 Match 2: vs Western Province – Lost 13–45 Match 3: vs Free State – Lost 12–34
Special mention must go to our College boys, W Vyambwera, C Cherayi, I Mlotshwa and A Ngubane who did themselves and College proud in the manner with which they carried themselves off the field and on it. Stand out performance amongst the boys was Cherayi. His consistency and fight turned heads and showcased the sportsmanship and dedication expected of a College Boy.
A very big congratulations must go to Wasi Vyambwera our 1st XV Captain on his SA Schools selection.
Academy Week
The Sharks Academy team is primarily represented by boys that are still in Grade 11. College was represented in the team by O Kosani; R Stanton and T Boshoff. Two of our College senior coaches Messrs Malinga and Orchard were in the squad as Assistant coaches.
Boshoff was certainly a standout player scoring 5 tries throughout the tournament, which included a hattrick against the Blue Bulls.
The team posted the following results:
Match 1: vs EP – lost 33-39 Match 2: vs Boland – won 32-5
Match 3: vs Blue Bulls – won 33-29
U16 Grant Khomo Week
College was represented at the 2025 Grant Khomo week by J Mbanzaswi; K Lubbe; L Vyambwera and M Mogale. The team had an incredible tournament and finished as the unofficial winners, tied with the Blue Bulls.
The team posted the following results:
Match 1: vs Golden Lions – won 44-35 Match 2: vs Blue Bulls – drew 29-29
Match 3: vs Western Province – won 51-28
U17 Afrgi Week
Maritzburg College were well represented in the Sharks U17 team for this event. D Colenbrander was the captain and was joined by D du Toit; L Tsoko and R Chikukwa
Both Colenbrander and Tsoko were presented with Man of the Match awards The team posted the following results:
Match 1: vs Blue Bulls – won 27-8 Match 2: vs Pumas – won 47-6 Match 3: vs Griffons – won 52-15
U15 Afrgi Week
Maritzburg College was well represented at the National U15 Afrgi Week. In the young Sharks team, College was represented by J Badenhorst; A Linde & L Bezuidenhout, with Mr Morolong joining them as the team manager.
The team performed exceptionally and were the unofficial winners of this event after posting the following results:
The team posted the following results: Match 1: vs vs Bulls – drew 16-16 Match 2: vs Limpopo Bulls – won 43-0 Match 3: vs Pumas – won 42-15
Soccer
1st XI Soccer results from the Kloof Tournament 2025:
Won 1-0 vs Amanzimtoti Won 5-0 vs Mondeor Won 1-0 vs Birdswood
Lost 1-2 vs Carter (Cup last 16)
Won 2-0 vs Umvuso Secondary (Plate QF)
Drew 2-2, won 3-1 on penalties vs Nilgiri (Plate SF) Won 6-1 vs New Forest (Plate final)
Maritzburg College crowned Plate Champions of the Plate section of The Kloof Tournament 2025 Malachi Momple was selected for the Team of the Tournament.
Canoeing
Congratulations to N Curry for a completing this year’s Berg River Marathon and finishing 2nd in the junior division. This amounts to approximately 220 km over 4 days.
K Vogt finished 2nd overall and was the 1st U18 in the Scottburgh to Brighton Surf Ski race, a distance of approximately 48 km in some really big surf conditions
L O’Connor was the 3rd U18.
S Venniker and J Gotte represented South Africa at the ICF slalom junior and U/23 world championships in Fiox, France. This was their first time representing South Africa. This was an incredible achievement and both boys gained great exposure to the international world of Olympic sports.
They produced the following results:
Kayak Cross
Scott Venniker 55th James Gotte 69th
Kayak Slalom
Scott Venniker 67th James Gotte 73rd
