Maritzburg College’s cricket, basketball and water polo teams took part in several tournaments and festivals over the holiday period. In addition, a number of boys have achieved at a national level and made national selections. The 1^st basketball team competed in the Kearsney Invitational Basketball Festival and finished in 2^nd place losing only the one match to Northwood.

College hosted the 63^rd Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket week which saw 20 teams from around the country participate.  College’s 1^st XI played matches against Grey College, Cornwall Hill College, Pretoria Boys’ High and Affies. A big shout out to 5^th former Ricky Lottering on being selected as part of the SA team for the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2023 beginning in Berlin.  Ricky is set to race in Berlin on 6 – 8 Oct 2023 and in Greece between 13 – 15 Oct 2023.

Congratulations also to College’s James Truter who finished 7^th overall at the SA Schools Golf tournament held at Irene and was selected for the SA Schools team. Well done to the Maritzburg College Cycling team who placed 5th overall at the SA Interschool MTB finals held in Brits.  Competing for the KZN team, a number of College riders including Luke Newlands, Cole Sellick, Brent Foster, Michael Jewaskiewitz, Kayden Searle and Daniel Janneker achieved top 10 places in their events.

Basketball

College’s 1^st basketball team took part in the Kearsney Invitational Basketball Festival and finished in 2^nd place overall losing only the one match to Northwood. Summary of results:

• Vs PBHS – won 59 – 45
• Vs WBHS – won 58 – 50
• Vs Kearsney – won 49 – 29
• Vs Westerford won 57 – 25

Quarter-final

Vs Jeppe won 56 – 43

Semi-final

Vs DHS won 47 – 41 DHS

Final

• Vs Northwood lost 35-49
• College finished 2^nd overall.

Cricket

At the 63^rd Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket Week, College’s 1^st XI played matches against Grey College, Cornwall Hill College, Pretoria Boys’ High and Affies. College lost three matches and won one.

Summary of results

1^st XI at 63^rd Oppenheimer Michaelmas Festival

Vs Affies

College 228/5; Mason 64, Brokensha 82*

Affies 232/7; da Costa 3-45

College lost by 3 wickets

Vs Grey College

College 173 all out; Mason 59, Armstrong 25

Grey College 177/5; Wiggill 2-30, Mason 2-48

College lost by 5 wickets

Vs PBHS

PBHS 232 all out

College 234/9; Thomas 34, Gibson 54, Dzanibe 47

College won by 1 wicket

Vs Cornwall Hill College

College 124/4; Brokensha 52, da Costa 24

Cornwall Hill Coll. 126/5; Brokensha 2-13, da Costa 2-26

College lost by 5 wickets

The U14A, U15A and U17A teams also participated in cricket festivals over the holiday period.

At the U14 Festival at Hilton, College’s U14A team won two matches, drew one and lost one.

Vs Grey Bloem

Grey 251/8; Hosking 3-25

College 126/9; Puddu

Match drawn

Vs St Alban’s

St Albans 228/7

College 222 all out; van der Merwe 67

College lost by 7 runs

vs Rondebosch

College 129 all out

Rondebosch 115 all out; Meyer 4-28, Schoeman 3-14

College won by 14 runs

Vs Wynberg (20 overs)

Wynberg 110/4

College 112/5; Puddu 36

College won by 5 wickets

College’s U15A played at the PBHS Festival, drawing one and losing three matches.

MC 1st Xi Michaelmas 2023 Caption: Maritzburg College hosted the 63rd Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket week – South Africa’s oldest and, arguably, most prestigious school cricket festival. The College 1st XI competed in the event along with 19 top cricketing schools from around the country. College played matches against Grey College, Cornwall Hill College, Pretoria Boys’ High and Affies. Credit: Justin Waldman Sport Photography

Vs PBHS

College 100 all out

PBHS 182/5 declared

College 2nd innings 98/3; du Toit 56

Match drawn

Vs Affies

Affies 300/6; Bharath 1-30

College 157 all out; Willson 41, de Bruyn 48

College lost by 143 runs

Vs Waterkloof

College 233/9; de Bruyn 91, Wiggill 28*

Waterkloof 234/5, Wiggill 2-21

College lost by 5 wickets

Vs St Alban’s

St Alban’s 167/4; du Toit 2 22-4

College 139/9; Wilson 53, Thompson 32*

College lost by 28 runs

At the U17 Festival held at Michaelhouse, College won two and lost two matches.

Vs Hilton

College 258 all out

Hilton 260/8

College lost by 2 wickets

 Vs PBHS

PBHS 70 all out; Koningkramer 6-9; Goslett 4-20

College 71/1, Nadasan 41*

College won by 9 wickets

 Vs St David’s

St David’s 73 all out; Dedekind 3- , Warren 4-

College 74/6; Bester 21

College won by 4 wickets

Vs St Alban’s

College 120/6

St. Albans 121/2

College lost by 8 wickets

Water polo

The College U16A team participated in the DHS U16 Water Polo Tournament. Up against some strong competition, they finished 11^th overall.

Summary of results:

Vs DHS lost 1-9

Vs Northwood lost 3-6

Vs St Benedict’s won 10-1

Vs Clifton lost 3-11

Vs Westville lost 6-11

Vs Grey College drew 4-4

College finished 11th