Overview Sporting Achievements
The penultimate round of sporting fixtures saw Maritzburg College’s cricket, basketball and water polo teams take on longtime rivals Glenwood. College dominated across all three codes, winning all of the basketball and water polo matches as well as 10 of the 11 cricket matches.
Basketball
College won all their matches against Glenwood with some impressive margins. The 1st team secured a very convincing win 96-23.
1st team report (Mr Suwi Siwila- Director Basketball)
College continued their impressive season thus far, and Glenwood leading up to the 1st team game had not won a game the entire day. College looked poised and ready to from the “jump”, and got off to a strong start only allowing Glenwood 11 points in the 1st half, while putting up 44 points. With the writing on the wall College turned to W Mbanjwa and C Fynn, the upcoming 2nd and 3rd form talents, and giving them a run on for 1st team. Overall College came out on top convincingly. The boys and staff are very aware of the big fixture vs Westville next weekend and the upcoming 1 year anniversary of the passing of the much beloved Coach B, Mr B Khumalo. College took the somber route of not dwelling on the victory but rather chose to dedicate this victory to Coach B.
Summary of results:
| Team | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
| 1st | Glenwood | College | 96-23 | Won |
| 2nd | Glenwood | College | 66-25 | Won |
| 16A | Glenwood | College | 53-38 | Won |
| 16B | Glenwood | College | 28-22 | Won |
| 15A | Glenwood | College | 46-25 | Won |
| 15B | Glenwood | College | 69-22 | Won |
| 15C | Scottsville | College | 82-16 | Won |
| 15D | Scottsville | College | 39-5 | Won |
| 14A | Glenwood | College | 55-17 | Won |
| 14B | Glenwood | College | 45-6 | Won |
| 14C | Glenwood | College | 38-15 | Won |
Cricket
Eleven College’s cricket teams hosted the boys from Glenwood, with the 1st XI playing their penultimate match of the year on Goldstones. College’s cricketers secured wins in 10 of their games, and for the 1st team it was a convincing 10 wicket victory.
1st XI match report (Mr Robbie Coutts – 1st XI coach)
The College 1st XI brought home a comfortable victory this past weekend, putting together arguably their best performance of the season.
College won the toss and had no hesitation in electing to bowl in conditions that would offer the bowlers early assistance. At the start to the innings, College put Glenwood under pressure with some well-disciplined bowling; the visitors however were able to absorb the early pressure and with some good running between the wickets ensured the scoreboard ticked over. College eventually picked up wickets in the 7th and 8th overs through captain Bryn Brokensha and Michael Gibson, and then continued to take wickets on regular occasions, so that Glenwood were never able to put together any meaningful partnerships, the biggest being 22 for the 7th wicket. Leg spinner Chad Mason once again bowled with excellent control picking up 3 for 17 in 9 overs, and Sphamandla Dzanibe and James Wiggill both took two wickets to bowl Glenwood out for 108.
College got off to a fast batting start, reaching 48 in 5 overs before lunch. Openers Caleb Thomas and Liam Armstrong were patient when needed and harsh on anything loose, hitting the bad ball to the boundary. After lunch the pair only needed another 12 overs to get their team past the Glenwood total. Thomas reached his half century with a couple of runs to get, but it was Armstrong with a boundary that won the game for his team, with College being comfortable winners by 10 wickets.
Scores in brief:
Glenwood 108 all out; Mason 3 for 17, Wiggill 2 for 11, Dzanibe 2 for 12
College 111 for 0, Thomas 53*, Armstrong 43*
College won by 10 wickets
Summary of results:
| Team | Opposition | Venue | Result |
| 1st | Glenwood | Goldstone’s | Glenwood 108 all out; Mason 37, Dzanibe 2-12, Wiggill 2-11 College 111/0; Thomas 53*, Armstrong 43* College won by 10 wickets |
| 2nd | Glenwood | [Away] Dixons | Glenwood 134 all out; Goslett 2-33, Konigkramer 2-23, Sutherland 4-23 College 138/1; Nadasan 58*, Sutherland 64* College won by 9 wickets |
| 3rd | Glenwood | Collegians | Glenwood 105/8 College 107-3 College won by 7 wickets |
| 4th | Glenwood | [Away] Dokkies 2 | Glenwood 69 all out; Jackson 2-17, Clark 2-9, Deyzel 2-5 College 70/2; Ekerold 30* College won by 8 wickets |
| 5th | Michaelhouse | [Away] Holley’s | MHS 147/7 College 113/7 College lost by 34 runs |
| 15A | Glenwood | Barns’ | Glenwood 132 all out; Wiggil 6-39 College 133/5; Thompson 54 College won by 5 wickets |
| 15B | Glenwood | Nicholson’s | Glenwood 187 all out; Pedlar 4-33, Smith 3-34 College: 190/4; Jursa 48, Palmer 38 College won by 6 wickets |
| 15C | Glenwood | [Away] Dokkies 1 | College 314/1; Lötter 135*, Francis 59, Barnard 50 Glenwood 50 all out College won by 264 runs |
| 14A | Glenwood | Snow’s | Glenwood 157; Hosking 3-28 College 160/4; Bisset 41 College won by 6 wickets |
| 14B | Glenwood | [Away] Madsens | Glenwood 234 all out College 110 all out College lost by 124 runs |
| 14C | Glenwood | Lamond’s | College 158 all out Glenwood 42 all out College won by 116 runs |
| 14D | Glenwood | Leach’s | College 224; White 29, Gregory 25, Matthee 53, Hadebe 58 Glenwood 37 all out; Gregory 2-8, White 2-1, Anthony 2-8 College won by 187 runs |
| 14E | Merchiston | Snow’s | Merchiston 61 all out College 62/2 College won by 8 wickets |
Water polo
College’s water polo teams have improved steadily through the season, and this week their commitment paid off with three wins from three matches against Glenwood.
1st team report (Mr Darren Sherriff, Director: Aquatics)
On Saturday, College hosted Glenwood for water polo. The match started with College gaining an early lead, and looking in control, they were ahead at the end of the first chukka 6-1. The second chukka was much tighter as each side managed 1 goal apiece. College kept control and extended their lead, eventually winning the game 14-5.
Summary of results:
| Team | Opposition | Venue | Time | Score | Result |
| 1st | Glenwood 1st | College-Long Course | 10:30 | 14-8 | Won |
| 15A | Glenwood 15A | College-Short Course | 09:40 | 16-3 | Won |
| 14A | Glenwood 14A | College-Short Course | 09:00 | 8-5 | Won |
Canoeing
Congratulations to the canoeists for their podium positions this past weekend at the Pete Marlin Surfski race in East London
Day 1
S1 Single ski
Keegan Vogt 3rd u16
Jayden Jv Rensburg 7th u16
Luke O’Connor 8th u16
Day 2
S2 Doubles
Keegan Vogt and Jayden JvRensburg 3rd u18 and 25th overall.