Newsletter #8 - Maritzburg College

Maritzburg College
Providing a balanced, internationally competitive education
for each of our boys
HONESTY - INTEGRITY - COURAGE - SELF-DISCIPLINE - COMMITMENT - RESPECT
Pics by Brandon Swart
The fifth formers went on their leadership camp to Spirit of Adventure. As
you can see from the pics below they had a wonderful time...albeit
sometimes hair-raising!

Captains of Sport 2012
ATHLETICS MM MASONDO
BASKET BALL MB ZUMA
CANOEING MC HAW
CRICKET GC ORR
CROSS COUNTRY JE SPEED
GOLF Z PELZER
HOCKEY T GUISE-BROWN
RUGBY RB SMITH
SHOOTING B DREYER
SOCCER HN KHUMALO
SQUASH DCL SMITH
SWIMMING MA ALLEN
TENNIS S JAGANYI
WATER POLO EJ PIETERSE
COLOURS
SPORTS AWARDS
ATHLETICS BT TYRER, J WEWEGE
SWIMMING NB VORSTER
TENNIS JD ROPER, SP ZONDI
HONOURS
SWIMMING MCJ BINEDELL
J-CK FITCHAT

GOVERNIN GOVERNING GOVERNIN BODY BODY ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Governing Body of Maritzburg College, after extensive consultations, has resolved to change the scope and
emphasis of the portfolio of “Director of Sport”. The person holding the position of “Director of Sport” would not
be engaged in any coaching of any sport to enable them to give full attention to the portfolio. Michael Bechet, the
current “Director of Sport”, faced with the choice of Director of Sport or continuing as a coach, has elected not to
take up the position of Director of Sport in the new format, believing he can add greater value to the SCHOOL by
continuing to coach sport.
Mr Bechet will accordingly concentrate on coaching the First Cricket and Hockey teams and will continue as
Housemaster of Hudson House and will spend additional time as “Head of Physical Education”.
College Biologists – Jeanette Finnie
Form 5 Life Sciences boys investigating the effects of
fermentation using yeast, sugar and warm water. This
process releases carbon dioxide as a by-product and
inflates the balloons attached to the plastic bottles The
boys compared the amounts of carbon dioxide produced
under various conditions in each bottle. This is a good
opportunity for our boys to do "hands-on" practical work
during their lessons.
Some wishers:
College turns 149
To our big brothers – Maritzburg College
The Merchie Mudrats, we wish Maritzburg College a Happy 149 th
Birthday for today! Congratulations and may you continue to grow from
strength to strength.
From the Staff and Boys of Merchiston Preparatory School
Well done College! (John Odendaal)
Geluk aan ons vriende by Maritzburg College met hul skool se 149e
verjaarsdag. (Williame Brown - Affies)
Congratulations!!!! As an ex-mommy, always still proud to be part of
it ......... Enjoy the celebrations! (Marilyn Skene)
Happy Birthday College! Here’s to the next 100+ years. Keep up the good work. Congratulations. (Peter
Huysamen)

Watch the College promotional video on our website www.maritzburgcollege.org.za
Mooi river
U18
1. D Wewege
2. M Haw
3. M Starr
4. J Speed
6. A Woodgate
U16
1. L Hattingh
2. D Stamp
9. D Spies
vs Hilton - Won 16 -13
vs St Charles and Epworth - Won 20- 11
Squash
The KZN Classic Invitational Tournament was held last weekend
with players invited to participate from around South Africa.
College boys posted the following results:
D Pieters -12 th
D Smith – 2 nd (losing to SA #1 in the final)
Canoeing
T Wilson 3 rd place in race 6 of the Varsity College Marine Surfski Challenge
Golf
Two teams competed in the KZN High School Championships at Mt Edgecombe CC.
A total of 23 teams competed.
College A team – 2 nd
College B Team – 17 th
Congratulations to M Mitchell who won the Champs.
Dan Smith

Waterpolo
College U14’s participated in the Ken Short Water Polo Tournament at Jeppe and placed 12 th out of 20.
The U15’s played in the Indigo Tournament hosted at Parktown Boys High. The boys came 15 th out of
20.
The 1 st team participated at the KES Tournament and finished 6 th out of 8.
Old Collegians
Congratulations to Grant Glutz who, in his first year out of school earned a cap for the South African
Hockey Team and scored a goal on Debut! Watch the goal at:
http://vimeo.com/38145126
Upcoming events
Husqvarna Skonk Nicholson
Rugby Festival
The fifth annual Skonk Nicholson Rugby
Festival (SNRF), named after the
legendary rugby coach and school master
of Maritzburg College, will take place
during the Easter holidays.
As a premier rugby school in South Africa,
Maritzburg College has been able to
attract 28 rugby teams from across the
country - some of which have attended
since the inaugural Festival. These teams
will be competing in 3 fixtures at the
festival which starts on the 2 nd of April
and will run through to Friday the 6 th of
April, with fixtures on the 3 rd , 4 th and 6 th
of April.
Entry is free, and we invite all lovers of
quality schoolboy rugby to support the
festival which promises open and exciting
matches played in the true spirit of sport
espoused by Skonk Nicholson.

GASP Presentation
On Monday 19 March, Mr Gavin Cox from Games Adolescents Shouldn’t Play (GASP) will be
speaking to the junior (Forms 2 and 3) boarders about the dangers of playing, in particular, the
so-called ‘choking game’. Gavin’s own 16-year-old son died playing it in 2004, and he has since
then dedicated his life to saving the lives of other children, and sparing other families similar
grief. The talk will take place in the Victoria Hall at 18h30, and dayboys and their parents are
welcome too. The cost is R10 per person, and all donations will be passed on to GASP.
Winter Fixtures 2012
17 March Northwood/Voortrekker/Carter (H)
14 April PBHS (H)
21 April DHS (A)
5 May KES (A)
12 May Michaelhouse (A)
19 May Hilton (H)
26 May Westville (A)
2 June Kearsney (H) Reunion
9 June Glenwood (A)
21 July Affies (H)
23 July Dulwich College (H) 1 st XV
28 July PBHS (A)
4 August Glenwood (H)

UNOFFICIAL SPORTS
If you are aware of any achievements of our boys outside of school organised activities, please pass this
information on to Graham Bennetts at marketing@mc.pmb.school.za.
Mrs Marchant will be keeping a list of non-school achievements through the year so that they can receive due recognition.
WEBSITES to visit
www.maritzburgcollege.org.za
www.collegeoldboys.co.za www.collegefoundation.co.za
www.saschoolsports.co.za www.superschools.co.za
www.teensport.co.za
College / MCOBA newsletters / magazines online for your reading pleasure.
To access them, go to www.issuu.com and register. It’s FREE!
Then look for College / MCOBA or Maritzburg College Old Boys’
Association in the search bar and find our newsletters.
Pro Aris et Focis
Regards
The College Marketing Department