Overview Sporting Achievements
The weekend saw the start of summer fixtures with Maritzburg College’s cricket, basketball and water polo teams playing fixtures, mostly away against Kearsney and Northwood. College’s first XI cricket team played an Old Boys’ team and defeated them by 23 runs.
Cricket
The 1st XI friendly match against the Old Boys’ team saw the boys win, scoring 115 runs before bowling their opposition out for 92 runs. College 12 cricket teams played against Kearsney and Northwood, winning five of their matches and losing four. Four games had to be abandoned due to rain.
Summary of results
| Team | Opposition | Results | Format |
| 1st | Old Boys | College 115 all out; Thomas 32, Brokensha 29 Old Boys 92 all out; Wiggill 3/11, Mason 3/ College won by 23 runs |
20 |
| 2nd | Kearsney | College 195 all out Kearsney 140/4 Match abandoned due to rain |
50 |
| 3rd | Northwood | Northwood 148 all out. College 149/4 College won by 6 wickets |
50 |
| 4th | Kearsney 3rd | College 106/2; K Botha 52* C Erasmus 32 Kearsney 86/4 College won by 20 runs |
10 |
| 5th | Northwood | College 150/6; Simpson 64* Northwood 14/1 Match abandoned due to rain |
20 |
| 15A | Kearsney | Match abandoned due to rain | 50 |
| 15B | Kearsney | Kearsney 168/9. College 164/9 College lost by 4 runs |
20 |
| 15C | Kearsney | Kearsney 93 all out College 94/0 after 13 overs College won by 10 wickets |
20 |
| 14A | Kearsney | Kearsney 206/5, Venter 3/22 College 100/6 Match abandoned due to rain |
50 |
| 14B | Kearsney | College 148/8; Seaceko 54, Bhatt 35 Kearsney 25 all out; Killick 3/6, Schoeman 2/1 College won by 123 runs |
20 |
| 14C | Northwood | Northwood 145/4 College 117 all out College lost by 28 runs |
20 |
| 14D | Northwood | Northwood 151. College 72/8 College lost by 79 runs |
20 |
| 14E | Northwood | Northwood 114/7 College 100/8 College lost by 15 runs |
20 |
Basketball
The College basketball teams were very evenly matched in their encounter against Kearsney. College won nine of their 19 matches, losing nine and drawing one. The 1st team enjoyed a comfortable 67-39 win.
1st team report (Mr Suwi Siwila – Director of Basketball)
The season got off to a good start for the Basketball programme at Maritzburg College. Playing a very determined and admired Kearsney team, it was nerves all round. After a day of tightly contested games and amazing Basketball display on the court the 1st team game got off to a flyer. From the onset College took the lead and never looked back. The 1st team put on a solid performance with a mixture of flair and pose. The final score 67 – 39.
Summary of results
| Team | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
| 1st | Kearsney | Kearsney | 67-39 | Won |
| 2nd | Kearsney | Kearsney | 24-34 | Lost |
| 3rd | Kearsney | Kearsney | 27-34 | Lost |
| 4th | Kearsney | Kearsney | 31-31 | Drew |
| 16A | Kearsney | Kearsney | 22-27 | Lost |
| 16B | Kearsney | Kearsney | 27-26 | Won |
| 16C | Kearsney | Kearsney | 19-14 | Won |
| 16D | Kearsney | Kearsney | 41-17 | Won |
| 15A | Kearsney | Kearsney | 32-33 | Lost |
| 15B | Kearsney | Kearsney | 31-32 | Lost |
| 15C | Kearsney | Kearsney | 24-22 | Won |
| 15D | Kearsney | Kearsney | 27-20 | Won |
| 15E | Kearsney | Kearsney | 23-21 | Won |
| 14A | Kearsney | Kearsney | 33-39 | Lost |
| 14B | Kearsney | Kearsney | 20-38 | Lost |
| 14C | Kearsney | Kearsney | 9-32 | Lost |
| 14D | Kearsney | Kearsney | 9-27 | Lost |
| 14E | Kearsney | Kearsney | 27-18 | Won |
| 14F | Kearsney | Kearsney | 27-2 | Won |
Water polo
College’s water polo teams were outclassed on Saturday losing all their matches to strong Kearsney opposition. There were plenty of good lessons learned in the pool with the 1st team going down 4-20.
1st team report (Mr Darren Sherriff – 1st XI coach)
The 1st water polo team travelled to Kearsney over the weekend and the fixture started off well with both teams being in a tight first chukka. The score was 2-3 to Kearsney. Kearsney showed their strength and ability and took a good lead after the 2nd chukka. It was all Keasrney for the remainder of the game as they won comfortably 4-20.
Summary of results
| Team | Opposition | Venue | Score | Result |
| 1st | Kearsney | Kearsney | 4-20 | Lost |
| 2nd | Kearsney | Kearsney | 3-11 | Lost |
| 3rd | Kearsney | Kearsney | 4-5 | Lost |
| 15A | Kearsney | Kearsney | 7-10 | Lost |
| 15B | Kearsney | Kearsney | 7-10 | Lost |
| 14A | Kearsney | Kearsney | 2-12 | Lost |
| 14B | Kearsney | Kearsney | 6-10 | Lost |