College had a busy programme of sport during the December and January holidays.
CRICKET
1st XI
Kempton Park 150/4 (McKean 2-15)
College 119/9 (Mason 32)
Lost by 31 runs
Park Town 126/7 (Naidoo 2-6)
College 130/6 (Dzanibe 25*, Sutherland 26)
Won by 4 wickets
Under 15A
College 153/8 (Hosking 43, Puddu 45)
Kempton Park 126 all out (Stead 2-21, Schoeman 3-15)
Won by 27 runs
College Invitation Team 137/7 (Bharath 30, Thomas 28) (Hosking 2-21)
College 133/4 (Sekeko 41)
Lost by 4 runs
College Invitation
Glenwood 98 all out (Van Rooyen 3-2)
College Invitation 99/8 (Kruger 26)
Won by 2 wickets
National Weeks
Under 19
B. Brokensha and C. Thomas represented the KwaZulu Natal Inland U19 team at the National week. Thomas performed well opening the batting with scores of 61 against Free State and 50 against the Titans. The team finished the week in 4th place.
Under 16
S. Dzanibe, D. Nadasan and D. Naidoo represented the KwaZulu Natal Inland U16 team at the National week. Dzanibe performed well winning the man of the match award against Boland with bowling figures of 3 for 17 in 10 overs. The team played in the 3rd / 4th playoff match but the match was unfortunately cancelled due to rain.
CANOEING
Ozzie Gladwin 14 January 2024
K2 U/18
- Keegan Vogt & partner ( Greg Palframen) 1st
- Jack Odell & Matthew van Heerden 2nd
- Luke O’Connor & Partner ( Dylan Barber ) 3rd
- James Gotte & Simon Norton 6th
DEBATING
After 3 days of debating, the College senior team made it to semi-finals. Unfortunately they were knocked out; however the following awards were earned in the tournament:
1. D Gademan (2 best speakers)
2. A Mhlanzi (best speaker)
3. L Naicker (best speaker)
4. K Moodley (best speaker)
5. MH Moosa (3 best speaker)
B Zakwe – junior novice award
Senior Rankings – Top 10
3rd – MH Moosa
A special lifetime award for contribution to KZN and PMBDL, was awarded to Ms Avershree Maistry
National debating 2023 Results:
Three College debaters represented KZN at the annual National Schools Debating Championship (December 2023).
A Mhlanzi and K Moodley were on the junior KZN team that claimed 3rd place.
MH Moosa’s team made it to semi-finals.
MH Moosa selected for second year the National team representing South Africa in 2024.
TENNIS
College attended festival at St Stithian’s
College vs St Benedict’s: 12 – 30 (lost)
College vs St KES: 03 – 32 (lost)
College vs Middelburg: 23 – 26 (lost)
College vs St John’s: 11 – 32 (lost)
College vs St Alban’s: 19 – 29 (lost)
Outstanding Performance: Troy Smith
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
These were awarded to the following boys:
- Cricket: Dzanibe – Man of the Match award for KZN Inland v Boland with bowling figures of 3-17 in 10 overs.
- Debating: MH Moosa selected for second year the National team representing South Africa in 2024.
- Table Tennis: T Royappen won Silver in Top Schools’ National Summer Games. The KZN u18 boys reached the final and lost narrowly to W Cape. Wonderful effort.
- Tennis: St Stithian’s Festival – Outstanding performance T Smith