Overview Sporting Achievements
On Friday, College hosted an inter-school’s athletic meet at the Msunduzi stadium. Attended by a number of schools, College won the meet convincingly with some outstanding individual track and field performances.
Over this weekend, College had a number of summer fixtures planned against local rivals St Charles College. Unfortunately with the heavy rain on Saturday, all the cricket and a number of other fixtures had to be cancelled. Some basketball and water polo matches did take place.
College’s squash senior and junior teams both secured excellent wins against St Charles.
Athletics
A two hour athletics meeting involving seven other schools was held at Msunduzi Athletics Track last night and the College athletes excelled winning the meet.
The team results were as follows:
Team Places and Points
1 152 MARITZBURG COLLEGE
2 107 GLENWOOD BOYS HIGH
3 78 MICHAELHOUSE
4 73 NORTHWOOD
5 67 WESTVILLE BOYS HIGH
6 44 HILTON COLLEGE A
7 43 VOORTREKKER
8 9 HILTON COLLEGE B
Individual Results
1st Place
- SWEETNAM, J 32m Boys 17 Shotput
- BESTER, E 61m Boys 15 Javelin
- KAYEMBE, J 90s Boys 17 100m
- OOSTHUIZEN, S 32m Boys 17 Javelin
2nd Place
- SWEETNAM, C 50m Boys 15 Javelin
- KRITZINGER, A 20m Boys 17 Long Jump
- MULDER, R 97m Boys 15 Shotput
3rd Place
- MOTHA, L 00s Boys 15 100m
- KUENE, L 15m Boys 17 Long Jump
- ECKEROLD, T 70m Boys 15 Shotput
- NALA, O 45m Boys 15 Long Jump
Relay Results
- Under 14’s: 3rd
- Under 15’s: 1st
- Under 16’s: 2nd
- Under 17’s: 1st
Basketball
This weekend, College played against St Charles College. With the rainy weather there were some adjustments to the matches, which saw College win 7 of their 9 matches, losing just 2. Unfortunately the 1st team went down 40-63.
1st team Match Report
The SK arena at St Charles College was filled to capacity on Friday afternoon for the highly anticipated 1st team game between St Charles College vs Maritzburg College. Both teams started the game by trading baskets, but it was Maritzburg College that found themselves on the back foot. A back-and-forth battle kept the crowd entertained in an electrifying game which left the score almost tied at halftime. In the fourth quarter, St Charles extended its lead and consistently had the advantage. By the end of the 4th quarter, they had a substantial 15-point advantage, with their defence proving to be impenetrable. Ultimately it was the Saints’ who finished the victors with a solid score of 40-63.
Summary of results:
14A won 29-19
15A won 38-27
16A won 36-25
1st lost 40-63
Squash
The College squash teams played an Inter-school fixture against St Charles on Friday 21 October. The 1st team ‘stayers’ side put in a gutsy and determined performance, against a strong St Charles team, to earn a well-deserved 5-1 victory. The junior team also put in a sterling performance, recording an impressive 5-0 win.
Waterpolo
This weekend College’s U14A team took part in a tournament at Northwood, with other fixtures taking place against St Charles College.
U14 Tournament results vs
Hilton drew 4-4, lost 2-3
MHS lost 4-7
Kearsney lost 1-11
Westville lost 3-4
Glenwood won 5-2
Northwood won 5-3
DHS won 4-2
Northwood won 5-2
College U14A finished 5th
Water polo vs St Charles
Two teams were in action against St Charles; a senior team and a junior team.
Seniors won 7-3
Juniors lost 4-10