Theme of the week is College Culture & Character
The following is an extract from the College Credo which, apart from the 2nd Form and new boys, all our boys have signed.
To live out the CORE traditions:
- A College boy is loyal to his family, friends, school, community and country.
- A College boy is honest and tells the truth.
- A College boy thinks of others first.
- A College boy always gives of his best and never gives up.
- A College boy is respectful to and of others – One also needs to respect oneself in the first instance to then treat others with respect
- A College boy always owns up – where boys are not blaming others and ultimately taking responsibility for their actions
- A College boy is always immaculately turned out and displays good manners at all times.
Mr Andrew Clayton, President of the Maritzburg College Old Boys’ Association (MCOBA), who celebrated 125 years on Saturday, addressed the boys on perceptions around traditions from the OCs perspective. He along with five other OCS addressed the BE boys and staff last Wednesday evening.
Discipline update
As has been communicated to the school, 7 prefects and 2 house leaders have been suspended due to an act of serious misconduct. They face a disciplinary hearing and the independent panel will decide on appropriate form of sanction /punishment.
All the boys were once again reminded of the importance in always doing THE RIGHT THING at all times
NSC Academic Results highlights
College is very proud of the excellent matric results from our Class of 2021. These young men have shown true College grit, determination and resilience, and producing some outstanding academic achievements. Further information on these can be found here
Matric Results in Summary:
- 100% pass rate
- 89% Bachelor’s Degree pass
- 456 subject distinctions – an improvement of 46 last achieved in 2017
- 15 boys received seven distinctions [up by 3 from 2020 and the most for more than 10 years] and 10 boys received six
- 46 boys received three distinctions or more
- Better overall results than all our major public school competitors in KZN and those we have exchanges with
Five of our boys placed in the top 10 in the district; Morgan Pearson was placed 3rd and Thaufeeq Patel placed 5th. Amaan Essa came joint 7th with Samuel Padayachee and Usmaan Desai finished in 10th – an incredible achievement. Well done gentlemen!
An outstanding 15 boys obtained 7 Distinctions and 46 of our boys achieved 3 or more Distinctions.
We will have a special assembly next week acknowledging our top performers boys where many of them will be present
VIRTUS CHALLENGE UPDATE
Following our very successful Virtus Challenge last week, these are the overall scores
|
Inspection Score |
Soccer Score |
Obstacle Course Score |
Pool Score |
100m Score |
Long Distance Score |
Final Points |
Final Placing |
|
|
Strachan |
7.5 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
5.5 |
9.5 |
48.5 |
1 |
|
Nicholson |
9 |
9 |
10 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
47.5 |
2 |
|
Calder |
8.25 |
9 |
5 |
9.5 |
7 |
8.5 |
47.25 |
3 |
|
Barns |
8.25 |
7 |
7 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
9 |
47.25 |
3 |
|
Fuller |
7 |
6 |
9.5 |
8 |
9.5 |
6.5 |
46.5 |
5 |
|
Pape |
6 |
7 |
7.5 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
46.5 |
5 |
|
Commons |
9.75 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
6.5 |
10 |
45.25 |
7 |
|
Snow |
5 |
10 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
45 |
8 |
|
Lamond |
9.75 |
5 |
8.5 |
7 |
7.5 |
7 |
44.75 |
9 |
|
Forder |
6.5 |
7 |
6.5 |
8.5 |
10 |
5 |
43.5 |
10 |
The Tug of War is still to be completed at Athletics Sports Day on Friday, It is extremely close at the moment but well done to Strachan who are currently leading the charge
WEEKEND SPORT ACTIVITIES
Maritzburg College played a full round of fixtures against Westville. Full details of the results can be found here
Basketball:
- Well done to the basketballers and coaches on their overall results, winning 9 of 17 matches played
- Special congratulations to the 1st team on the manner in which they played
- Our 14A great start to their College career; 16A and 15A lost narrowly
Cricket :
- Well done to the cricket players and coaches on the very good results winning 11 of 15 games
- Superb performances by 2nd XI, 16A and the 15A showing resilience, grit and determination to win
Squash:
- Great start by the squash players on winning 5-3
Waterpolo:
- Wonderful start by 14A in their win and also to 14B who lost narrowly as did 15As
Well done on the support for the cricketers, basketball and waterpolo teams. We need to do the same this week when we play St Charles
Certificates of Recognition:
Basketball:
The following boys excelled in basketball on the weekend.
- CS Henman [Snow] 17 points in 1st team
- K Mthimkhulu [Lamond] 10 points 1st team
- WLHadebe [Snow] 10 points 1st team
Debating:
The South African School’s National Debating Championship 2021 was held in December and Mahomed-Haseeb Moosa and Ross Froise did both themselves and the school proud. Moosa was ranked in the Top 5 in the Junior Section and received a Silver Certificate of Recognition. Froise received a Gold Certificate of Recognition in the Senior Section.
SAF
Congratulations to KN Mthimkhulu [School Prefect] who has been appointed as Chair of the SAF
Cultural Video
The boys watched a short video from the Cultural Affairs Department as to the opportunities available for 2022 ahead of making their choices for the year.
It is three years almost since sang during assembly. Mr Stickells led the school through the singing of ‘Boys of College’ in preparation for the interschool matches and Reunion Day that lie ahead.
Pro Aris et Focis