Overview Sporting Achievements
Canoeing
Nine of our Maritzburg College boys as well as a number of our Old Boys took on the grueling 3 day MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon, producing some excellent results.
Top honours went to College old boys Andy Birkett and Dave Evans, overall winners in their K2; a 9th consecutive and 12th overall win for Andy, and a first win for Dave!
Our U18 boys did extremely well, with James Goble and his partner finishing in 3rd place in their age category.
U18 K2
James Goble & Ross Palframen – 3rd
James Sharpe & Joshua Glyn-Cuthbert – 5th
Ross Finnie & Ian Hemingway – 8th
U18 K2 (mixed)
Chad Newman & Gemma Fradd – 1st
U18 K1
Kent Rhodes – 1st
Chris Adam – 2nd
U23 K2
Jack Odell & David Odell – 14th
College’s head canoe coach, Bridgette Hartley, finished in 3rd place in the women’s race paddling with Pippa McGregor.
Basketball
College hosted a very successful U19 and U14 basketball tournament this weekend, competing against 9 schools. Our own boys played extremely well, with both teams progressing to the finals and winning all their matches. Our U14A emerged the victors of the junior tournament beating Northwood 50-36. Our U19 also won their final match and their section of the tournament with a score of 91-67 against Northwood.
U19/1st team U14 team
First rounds
vs Kearnsey won 95-55 vs WBHS won 45-22
vs Linpark won 111-18 vs MCS won 63-8
vs PSHS won 61-13 vs SCC won 38-17
vs WBHS won 92-67
Semi-final
vs SCC won 66-53 vs KC won 48-37
Final
vs Northwood won 91-67 vs Northwood won 50-36
Earlier in the week, College’s teams played against Carter and St Nicholas winning all 7 of their matches.
Vs St Nicholas
2nds vs 1st, won 40-8
16B vs 16A, won 21-4
14B vs 14A, won 19-4
Vs Carter
1st team won, 68-28
16A won, 65-6
15A won, 66-1
14A won, 36-5
Waterpolo
College’s 2nd team took part in the Logan Stanley 2nd Team Festival over the weekend finishing 11th .
Summary of scores:
Vs Northwood lost 0-13
Vs Kearsney lost 8-9
Vs Westville lost 2-7
Vs St Charles (1sts) lost 7-8
Vs KES lost 5-8
Vs Toti won 8-3
Vs Glenwood won 9-2