Overview Sporting Achievements
Unfortunately, heavy rain on Friday and Saturday saw the cancellation of cricket fixtures for the weekend, and it was only our water polo teams who travelled down to Durban to compete against the Grasshoppers from Glenwood.
Earlier in the week, College played tennis and squash matches. In addition, our boys also did very well in the Dash & Crash on the Umgeni ahead of the Dusi Canoe Marathon.
Canoeing
A number of our boys took part in the 2022 17km Dash & Crash, supported by College’s coach, Bridgitte Hartley. College took race honours by winning the K1 U18 race.
Results:
U18
Joshua Glyn-Cuthbert 1st
Ian Hemmingway 5th
James Goble 7th
James Sharpe 8th
Kent Rhodes 9th
Chris Adam 10th
R Finnie 27th
U16
Scott Adie 15th
U14
Scott Venniker 2nd
Nick Adam 6th
K2
Robert Ross/ Clint Ross 12th
James Gotte/ Gary Behn 21st
Brody Ollerhead/ Bryan Goble 56th
Squash
Our Top 8 squash side played against Glenwood midweek, and put in a sterling performance with each of our players winning their respective matches. College recorded a well deserved 8 – 0 victor.
Caption: Well done to Maritzburg College’s Top 8 squash team who secured a convincing 8-0 victory against Glenwood High this week.
Tennis
College’s tennis teams had mid-week fixtures against St Charles, Kearsney and Hilton College with some convincing wins for our A teams.
U19
College A vs St Charles A won 11-1
College B vs Kearsney A lost 12-0
U15
College A vs HC B won 9-3
College B vs HC A lost 12-0
Waterpolo
College fielded 8 teams against Glenwood over the weekend, with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
1st team report (Darren Sherriff – Director of Aquatics)
The 1st team game had an intense start with both teams exchanging goals. With the score 2-2 at the end of the 1st chukka. At the end of the 2nd Glenwood managed a 4 goal lead and were able to extend this slightly by the end of the game. College fought hard to come back but it wasn’t enough and went down 7-13.
Summary of scores:
1st lost 7-13
2nd won 14-5
3rd drew 8-8
4th won 11-2
15A won 12-7
14A won 6-3
14B won 2-1
14C won 2-1