Sporting Successes from the April holidays
With the formal return to school sport, during the holidays, Maritzburg College’s teams participated in Hockey and Rugby festivals around the country, as well as in Squash, Cross Country and Golf competitions. This week sees the official start of our winter fixture season with College’s teams travelling down to Durban to play our oldest rival, DHS.
Hockey
It was a very good start to the season for College’s hockey teams. Our 1st, U16A and U14A teams all took part in the inaugural KZN Schools Hockey festival from 23-25 April. Of the 15 matches played, College won 12 games, drew two and lost just the one.
| Open Festival | |||
| Team | Opposition | Score | Results |
| 1st | St Charles | 2 – 0 | won |
| 1st | Glenwood | 3-0 | won |
| 1st | Hilton | 2-1 | won |
| 1st | Northwood | 1-1 | drew |
| 1st | DHS | 3-1 | won |
| U16A Festival | |||
| Team | Opposition | Score | Results |
| 16A | St Charles | 4-0 | won |
| 16A | Glenwood | 5-1 | won |
| 16A | Hilton | 0-0 | draw |
| 16A | Northwood | 1-0 | won |
| 16A | DHS | 1-0 | won |
| U14A Festival | |||
| Team | Opposition | Score | Results |
| 14A | St Charles | 2-0 | won |
| 14A | Glenwood | 3-0 | won |
| 14A | Hilton | 3-2 | won |
| 14A | Northwood | 1-0 | won |
| 14A | DHS | 0-4 | lost |
Rugby
College’s top rugby teams took part in the Red Oak/Isuzu Fichardtpark High School Rugby Festival from 23 -26 April. Our boys had a great tournament with an overall summary of results as follows:
Played 15, Won 13, Lost 2.
We look forward to a great season of winter fixtures ahead.
| 1st Team Festival | |||
| Team | Opposition | Score | Results |
| 1st | Voortrekker Bethlehem | 35-17 | Won |
| 1st | Diamantveld | 26-8 | Won |
| 1st | Duineveld | 24-5 | Won |
| 2nd Team Festival | |||
| Team | Opposition | Score | Results |
| 2nd | Sentraal 1st | 28-24 | Won |
| 2nd | Fichardtpark 1st | 31-24 | Won |
| 2nd | HTS Louis Botha 1st | 29-14 | Won |
| U16A Festival | |||
| Team | Opposition | Score | Results |
| 16A | Fichardtpark | 28-17 | Won |
| 16A | Noord Kaap | 47-13 | Won |
| 16A | Grey Kollege | 17-26 | Lost |
| U15A Festival | |||
| Team | Opposition | Score | Results |
| 15A | Welkom Gim | 42-5 | Won |
| 15A | Noord Kaap | 17-16 | Won |
| 15A | Grey Kollege | 17-14 | Lost |
| U14A Festival | |||
| Team | Opposition | Score | Results |
| 14A | FichardtPark | 66-5 | Won |
| 14A | Noord Kaap | 48-7 | Won |
| 14A | Welkom Gim | 40-5 | Won |
Squash
College boys excelled at the recent Midlands Squash tournament. Nicholas McFarland placed 1st, Sean Strydom 2nd and Shrivar Maharaj 5th in the U19 event, while Tilak Nana placed first in the U13 competition.
Cross Country
Cross country results from the holiday saw 4 of our boys secure places in their age categories.
| U20 Junior |
| Scott Harvey 1st |
| U18 Youth |
| Camryn Higgins 2nd |
| Scot Arnold 3rd |
| U15 |
| Jonathan Werth 3rd |
Golf
Well done to our College golfers; Stephan Delport finished 10th out of a field of 150 in the SA Nomads U19 Golf Championship, and Chad Newman won the KZN Junior Golf tournament.