The past week saw Maritzburg College compete in soccer, cycling, debating, golf and tennis, producing very good results.

Soccer On Saturday 32 football teams took to the fields of College for a rivalry between two of the country’s highest ranked teams – Maritzburg College vs Westville.

1st team match report (Nic Haswell – Director of Soccer) The first half was an intense battle with both teams creating few clear chances at goal. Philasande Khuzwayo broke the deadlock for the hosts shortly before the break, driving the ball into the bottom corner.
In the second half College spurned a number of opportunities and the visitors were able to equalise through an unfortunate own goal by one of College’s defenders. Just as it looked as though the hosts would be made to regret their missed chances, Nzolo Ngcemu
came off the bench to score with his first touch of the ball, giving the home team a 2-1 victory.

Caption: Congratulations to College’s Luke Newlands who finished in 1st place in the Junior Men’s category, and has won every one of the three races this season, while Brent Foster took 2nd (for the 2nd time this season).

Summary of results: Played 16, Won 5, Drew 3, Lost 81st vs Westville won 2-1
2nd vs Westville lost 1-2
3rd vs Westville lost 1-3
College Road FC vs Westville won 4-1
16A vs Westville won 1-0
16B vs Westville lost 0-1
16C vs Westville won 4-3
16D vs Westville lost 0-4
15A vs Westville lost 0-1
15B vs Westville lost 5-7
15C vs Westville drew 3-3
15D vs Westville lost 0-2

Cycling With over 500 competitors, College’s cyclists produced excellent results again over the weekend.

Junior Men’s category:
1st L. Newlands
2nd B. Foster
4th C. Sellick
5th M. Jewaskiewitz
8th H. McIntyre
10th M. Barnardo

Youth Men’s category:

5th K. Searle
10th D. Janneker
17th B. Fourie
23rd C. Wood
41st K. Leonard
43rd A. Naidoo
54th H. Dlamuka

Sub-junior High boy’s category:

2nd C. Baxter
21st D. Chunilall
23rd D. Rencken

Tennis

Maritzburg College took on a very strong team Zimbabwe and produced excellent overall results winning 9-6.

Golf

Congratulations to J Perumal and F Pillay who have been selected for the KZN B golf team.

Debating

Up against Grace College, College Grade 8 team won. A number of College boys featured in the Pmb Debating league Top 10 speakers:

Grade 8
K Mkhwane 1st
S Gumbi 2nd
Q Madlala 3rd
N Luvuno 4th
J Luridsamy 7th
Seniors:
MH Moosa 5th

Caption: Well done to College’s Cole Baxter who finished his race in 2nd place.