Overview Sporting Achievements
Maritzburg College’s cricket, water polo and basketball teams were in action against Northwood for the penultimate round of summer sport fixtures this weekend. Our U15A basketball team took part in the St John’s festival, while the U15A water polo team competed in the Dallas Hutton tournament. College’s 1st and 2nd golf teams played against St Charles, while our Athletics boys took part in the ASA League 5 event. There was also cycling and canoeing action over the weekend.
Cricket
It was a tough day out for the College cricketers, although the 1st XI secured a good win against Northwood, winning by six wickets. Of the 11 matches played, College won 3 and lost 8.
1st team report (Robbie Coutts, 1st XI coach)
The College First XI brought home a comfortable victory this past weekend, putting together arguably their best all round performance of the season. Northwood won the toss and had no hesitation in electing to bat on a used wicket that would get lower and slower as the day progressed.
At the start to the bowling innings, the College bowling attack lacked discipline and bowled far too many extras which allowed the Northwood opening batsmen to settle. Asanda Khumalo broke the partnership, Liam Armstrong taking a well-judged catch on the square leg boundary with the score on 14. Left arm seamer Sphamandla Dzanibe ensured the Northwood batsmen were always under pressure, picking up two quick wickets. Northwood were never able to put together any partnerships of value, with the biggest partnership of the day being 22 between the last pair, setting the visitors 105 for victory. The College spinners of Oliver Da Costa, Chad Mason and James Wiggill bowled a combined 29 overs for only 45 runs, picking up 6 wickets.
College got off to a steady start, getting to 44 before Armstrong was out caught. Two smaller partnerships of 21, the first between Creedon Smith and Captain Bryn Brokensha and the second between Smith and Caleb Thomas ensured College comfortably won the game by 6 wickets in the 36th over. Smith unfortunately getting out with the scores tied for a well-played 51.
Scores in brief:
Northwood 104 all out; Wiggill 3/15, Dzanibe 2/14, Da Costa 2/13
College 105 for 4; Smith 51
College won by 6 wickets
| Team | Opposition | Venue | Time | Result |
| 1st | Northwood | (Away) Smith Oval |
09:00 | Northwood 104/10; Wiggill 3/15
College 106/4; Smith 51 College won by 6 wickets |
| 2nd | Northwood | Goldstone’s | 09:00 | Northwood 210/9; Pascoe 2/24, Marcus 2/269
College 103 all out College lost by 106 runs |
| 3rd | Northwood | Nicholson’s | 09:00 | College 166/10 Northwood 136/9
College won by 30 runs |
| 16A | Northwood | (Away) Crusaders 1 | 09:00 | Northwood 247/9 College 87/10
College lost by 160 runs |
| 16B | Northwood | Collegians | 09:00 | Northwood 276/4
College 111/10; Botha 24 College lost by 165 runs |
| 15A | Northwood | Away (Pollock oval) |
09:00 | Northwood 141/10; Willson 7/26, Thompson 2/38
College 137 all out; van Niekerk 62 College lost by 4 runs |
| 15B | Northwood | Barns’ | 09:00 | College 86/10; Palmer 32
Northwood 87/4; Pay 2/16 College lost by 6 wickets |
| 14A | Northwood | Away (Whitfield oval) | 09:00 | College 134/10; van der Merwe 40
Northwood 136/8; Hosking 3/23 College lost by 2 wickets |
| 14B | Northwood | Snow’s | 09:00 | College 195/10; Seaceko 71
Northwood 196/7; Killick 5/32 College lost by 3 wickets |
| 14C | Northwood | Lamond’s | 09:00 | College 150/6 Northwood 119/3
College won by 31 runs |
| 14D | Northwood | Leach’s | 09:00 | Northwood 134/5
Colege 122/5; Hellberg 28, Zakwe 19 College lost by 12 runs |
Basketball
While most of the basketball games were against Northwood this weekend, College’s U15A side took part in the St John’s tournament. Against Northwood, College won 12 of the 21 matches played, losing nine.
Summary results
14A lost 18-28
16A won 43-15
2nds won 35-25
At the St John’s Basketball tournament, College’s U15A team finished in 5th place, with C Fynn being named in the All Star team.
Vs St Peter’s won 36-25
Vs St Andrew’s won 18-10
Vs Kings Linbro won 22-15
Vs St John’s lost 26-38
Vs Northwood in Quarter final lost 30-36
Placement
Vs Michaelhouse won 33-30
Vs St Benedict’s won 22-15
Athletics
College’s athletes continue to dominate local meets, securing nine 1st places, six 2nd places and seven 3rd place positions at the 5th league of the ASA event held midweek.
1st places
- J Werth – 3000m under 18
- C Higgins – 3000m under 20
- J Sweetnam – ShotPut, Discus and hammer under 20
- C Sweetnam – Javelin under 16
- M Mogale – 100m, 200m and Long Jump under 16
- M Kritzinger – 100m under 18
- T Boshoff – Discus, ShotPut and Hammer under 16
- A Kritzinger – Long Jump under 18
- G Mulder – Hammer under 18
2nd places
- A Kritzinger – High Jump under 18
- C Reardon -100m under 20
- M Wolhuter – Long Jump under 20
- C Sweetnam – ShotPut under 16
- G Mulder – ShotPut under 18
- S Jansen – Hammer under 16
3rd places
- JL Hendriks – Javelin under 16
- R Jacobz – 800m under 18
- T Mudeley – 100m under 16
- S Jansen – Discus under 16
- G Mulder – Discus under 18
- L Shangase – 1500m under 18
- F Kunene – Hammer under 16
Canoeing
Our canoeists took part in the KZN Interschool Lions River race over the weekend, with the younger boys especially producing excellent results.
U14
Josh Worthmann 1st
Matthew Rawson 4th
Riley Quin 5th
Hayden Reitz 6th
U16
Luke O’Connor 2nd
Jayden Jansen van Rensburg 3rd
Bradley Craig Cook 9th
James Gotte 10th
Nathan Curry 16th
U18
Jack Odell 5th
Christopher Adam 8th
Simon Norton 10th
Water polo
Most of College’s waterpolo teams placed against Northwood this week, with the U15A team taking part in the Dallas Hutton tournament.
1st team report
On Saturday College hosted Northwood for the water polo fixture and the match started well with College taking an early two goal lead. Northwood fought back and then went up 2-4. In an exciting match up to the end of the 3rd chukka Northwood had the lead of 8-10. It was just too much for College in the last chukka and they went down with an 8-16 final score.
Summary of results vs Northwood
1st lost 8-16
2nd lost 4-18
15A won 7-6
14A lost 5-11
Played 12, won 3, drew 1, lost 8
At the Dallas Hutton water polo tournament, College’s U15A team finished in 6th place.
Vs Northwood lost 4-7
Vs DHS won 13-4
Vs St Charles won 17-1
Vs MHS lost 2-8
Vs Kearsney lost 2-15
Vs Invitational won 10-1
Vs Northwood lost 4-5
Cycling
The College cycling team took part in the Wartburg Classic over the weekend, with a number of boys placing in their age categories.
60km
Luke Newlands 41st overall 5th junior
45km
Cole Sellick 4th overall, 2nd in age group
Kayden Searle 11th overall, 3rd in age group
Michael Jewaskiewitz 19th overall, 4th in age group
Joseph Jankovich 39th overall, 5th in age group
25km
Ethan Kock 4th overall, 1st in age group
Brent Foster 5th overall, 2nd in age group
Golf
College’s 1st and 2nd gold team secured good wins against St Charles College, with the 1st team winning 8-0 and the 2nd team 6-0.
Squash
A number of our College squash players competed in the latest KZN Individual Squash Tournament, hosted at a variety of venues across Pietermaritzburg and surrounds over this past weekend. Amongst some tough opposition, our boys posted some very pleasing individual results.
U14
Samuel Johnson – 3rd
Bandile Mahaye – 2nd
U16
Joel Maistry – 23rd
Kriben Pillay – 21st
Sean Kleu – 20th
Thomas Mason – 19th
Keagan Jones – 18th
Travis Kufal – 11th
Veer Premchund – 9th
Tilak Nana – 6th
U19
William Galliers – 7th
Matt Mason – 2nd