The 1st basketball team competed in the Kearsney Invitational Basketball Festival and finished in 2nd place losing only the one match to Northwood.

College hosted the 63rd Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket week which saw 20 teams from around the country participate. College’s 1st XI played matches against Grey College, Cornwall Hill College, Pretoria Boys’ High and Affies.

A big shout out to 5th 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 7th 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.

College’s 1st basketball team took part in the Kearsney Invitational Basketball Festival and finished in 2nd 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 2nd overall.

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

Summary of results
1st XI at 63rd 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.
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

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