Overview Sporting Achievements

The past weekend was a free one for many of our sporting teams following Reunion; however, there was canoeing, cross country, cycling, debating, soccer and volleyball action.

Canoeing

Two of College’s canoeist competed In the Dudley Pringle Marathon Practise race over the weekend winning both their age categories:

U16  K Vogt 1^st and 3^rd overall,     U18 J JvRensburg 1^st and 10^th overall

On Sunday the boys also competed in the Duc winter reef surfski series

U18:Keegan Vogt 1^st U18, 1^st U16, 3^rd K1 overall Luke O’Connor 6^th

U16: Josh Worthmann 2^nd

Cross Country

Twenty-four senior boys and eight junior boys competed in the 4^th Cross Country league race held at Grace College. With three boys in the top 10 in the senior category, the Maritzburg College team finished in 2^nd place. Four of the College juniors secured top 10 places and the junior team finished 1^st overall.

Seniors (top 10)

3^rd           J Werth

8^th           C Gould

10^th         L Shangase

Juniors (top 10)

1^st           S Ismail

4^th           L Makhoba

7^th           J Wilson

10^th         D Lewis

Cycling

Well done to the five Maritzburg College riders who raced at the KZN champs held at Cascades on a world class XCO track.

Sub-junior boys: 3^rd   Cole Baxter

Youth boys: 3^rd  Kayden Searle  5^th Daniel Janneker

Junior boys: 3^rd  Michael Jewaskiewitz  4^th Cole Sellick

Debating

The following boys have been selected for the provincial tournament:

Grade 8: K Mkhwane S Gumbi

Junior: A Ngcobo A Madlala

Seniors:   MH Moosa K Moodley A Mhlanzi  J Moneyvalu D Gademan L Naicker

Soccer

Maritzburg College’s 1^st team took on Linpark in what was a repeat of last year’s League Final game. Linpark defended with determination and the half-time score stood at 0-0. College’s sustained pressure paid dividends in the second half and they ran out comfortable 2-0 winners. This means that College’s 1^st team have now qualified for the League Final, with a game to spare, which they play on Thursday versus Carter on Barns’ at 4pm.

There were also very good results for the lower teams from the mid-week fixtures: U14A vs St Nicholas won 9-0

U15A vs St Nicholas won 4-3 U16A vs Alex won 2-1

2nds vs Carter 1sts lost 3-0 1sts vs Linpark won 2-0

Volleyball

Congratulations to the Maritzburg College’s volleyball teams who competed over the weekend winning all three of their fixtures.

College 1st vs George Campbell 1st won 2-0 College 1st vs Port Shepstone 1st won 2-0 College U16A vs Northwood U16B won 2-0

Sports report send from Maritzburg College

1st Team Rugby Rankings