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HONESTY - INTEGRITY - COURAGE - SELF-DISCIPLINE - COMMITMENT - RESPECT

MARITZBURG COLLEGE

Providing a balanced, internationally competitive education for each of our boys

Middle East African Conference Rakshen Moonia, Form 4, was chosen to attend the Middle East African Conference in Durban as a representative of Maritzburg College. The theme was:

"DIVERSITY IS THE ONE THING WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON, CELEBRATE IT EVERYDAY"

As South Africa has a diverse culture, the People to People International World Forum decided to host their conference in South Africa. Rakshen was asked to present and talk about himself as a Hindu and Indian in South Africa. The group spent five days in and around Durban and visiting the Horizon Farm was one of the highlights. The forum was addressed by Mary Jean Eisenhower. Rakshen had an wonderful insight into people living with disabilities and will assist Megan van Eck (The President of the People to People Chapter) at Hillcrest High School in the endeavour to assist the underprivileged. In line with the Employment Equity Act of South Africa he is now aware that all people need employment opportunities. He will be attending various People to People International Leadership Conferences.

BURIED CHILD This post-modern look at Mid-Western American families was certainly one of the best ever plays that have been showcased at College recently. Mr Barbour and his well chosen cast did a stellar job in handling very controversial and sensitive subject matter. Mr Barbour’s professional manner utilising in directing productions does College proud and we are fortunate to have him in the Drama department. Special mention should be made of the incredible acting that T Willows did as a drunk, broken down old man. We are looking forward to see him on the world stage in the future!

Rakshen Moonia, pictured on the

far left. Pic supplied by:Shanita Moonia

Pics supplied by: Ron Barbour

GEOGRAPHY Mr. Andrew MacFarland of SURMAC gave a talk on Land Surveying to some of the 4th Form Geographers. The boys pick a topic of their choice that is related to geography and study it then design a presentation for their peers. F. Lane chose land surveying and he worked with Mr. MacFarland on his topic. He told us how he has orientated and been involved with the erection of power lines though Africa right up to the Congo! He regaled the class with stories of his work, outdoors and in very interesting places, and he allowed the boys to use his instruments and take measurements. It was a great experience for the boys and they enjoyed learning outside of the classroom.

Mr Andrew MacFarland demonstrating the Total Station

Mr Andrew MacFarland using the Total Station

BASKETBALL 1st 43 – 91 2nd 20 – 44 16A 24 – 40 15A 34 – 17 15B 16 – 23 14A 21 – 22 14B 12 – 33 14C 6 – 14 Played 8 won 1 and lost 7

Pics supplied by: Bruce Henderson

CRICKET

College vs D.H.S. (Goldstones) (Limited to 50 overs) College won the toss and elected to bat first. Kewan Harries and Josh Rencken got the team off to a solid start. However, after advancing the total to 60/0 after 15 overs, the 10 overs before tea yielded just 30 runs as they got themselves bogged down. After the tea interval Rencken was out softly for 35, scored off a mammoth 97 balls and Harries followed in the same over for 51 scored off 66 balls. (94/2 after 27 overs). Calvin Savage (4 off 9 balls) came and went to a soft dismissal, (102/3 after 29 overs), and a patient partnership of 33 off 47 balls between Gareth Orr (27 off 43 balls) and Greg Miller (15 off 17 balls) was ended when Miller played an immature shot to lose his wicket with the total on 135/4 after 37 overs. Orr followed in similar vein two overs later with the total on 140/5 and this brought Grant Glutz to the crease to join Tim Guise-Brown. A brisk 37 run partnership off just 30 balls was broken when Glutz (14 off 12 balls) got out softly, only to be followed by Guise-Brown (23 off 29 balls), who also gave his wicket away at a critical stage of the innings, with the College total on 184/7 after 46 overs. Stefan Ungerer (14 off 14 balls) and Andy Charters (10 off 13 balls) got the total to 206. After lunch College dropped both DHS openers within the first 3 overs and this allowed them to settle and add 30 for the first wicket. Lionel Fouche, standing in as a opening bowler for the absent Daryn Dupavillon who was away at the National U17 Camp, induced a poor shot from van Heerden (20 off 18 balls) for Fezile Memela to take the catch. The second DHS wicket fell with their total on 69 when Guise-Brown and Memela combined to give the former his only wicket. At the halfway stage of their innings DHS were well-placed with their total on 90/2 and clearly in a position to push for a win. In the second over after tea Fouche nipped one through the defence of DHS Captain Grewar (38 off 79 balls) and at 100/3 the game was still there for anyone’s taking. Kotze (33 off 55 balls) and Bosch (16 off 34 balls) added 42 runs for the 4th wicket which fell when Calvin Savage came on for a third spell to rip the heart out of the DHS middle order, taking 3 wickets in two overs of aggressive pace and suddenly DHS were 153/7 after 42 overs. With 7 overs remaining and 48 runs wanted, Memela and Charters came back for second spells. They got into the DHS tail and in the 49th over the DHS innings came to a standstill with their total on 177. Savage (3/20 in 9 overs), Fouche (2/32 in 10 overs) and Charters (2/30 in 9,4 overs) had been the pick of the College attack. The second half of the DHS innings had seen the intensity of the College effort increase and DHS, after having made a good fight of the game, were found wanting being just 29 runs short of the College total. College 206/10 in 50 overs (Harries 51; Rencken 35) D.H.S. 177/10 in 48,4 overs (Savage 3/20) College won by 29 runs

Other Results: 2nd vs DHS College won by 7 wickets (Griffiths 38; Wattrus 4/35) 3rd vs DHS College won by 10 wickets (Swanepoel 34* and 3/28; Fitton 4/18) 4th vs DHS Match cancelled by DHS 5th vs Glenwood College won by 7 wickets (Holman 30*; Nixon 4/3) 16A DHS 153 (Wiesner 3/22) College 151 College lost by 2 runs 16B vs DHS College won by 10 wickets (MacKenzie 33*; Jeary 8/16) 16C vs Glenwood 16B Match cancelled – wet pitch 16D vs DHS 16C College won by 129 runs (Jones 54; Labuschagne 50) 16E vs Glenwood College won by 8 wickets (Rattray 32) 15A DHS 178 (Eisenring 3/36; Singh 3/38) College 183/2 (Govender 80*; Mahmoud 56) College won by 8 wickets 15B vs DHS College won by 6 wickets (Holder 4/15; Christie 4/17) 15C vs DHS College won by 126 runs (Hanlon 40*; Kok 36) 15D vs Glenwood College lost by 92 runs (Boodhoo 52) 15E vs DHS 15D College won by 14 runs (Marion 4/12) 15F vs DHS 15E Match cancelled 14A College 287/7 (de Wet 68*; Tullis 57; Getkate 50) DHS 176 (Ward 3/14) College won by 102 runs 14B vs DHS College won by 3 runs (Herselman 97; Hattingh 85; Rodseth 3/49) 14C vs DHS College won by 51 runs (Marcus 45) 14D vs DHS College won by 5 wickets (Cooper 4/6) 14E vs DHS College won by 62 runs (Dreyer 6/3) 14F vs DHS College won by 10 wickets (Majam 4/1)

MOTOR SPORTS ROUND 3 - BAYNESFIELD ENDURO 18 SEPTEMBER 2011 The last round of the inaugural Enduro Series took place at Cottonwood Farm in Baynesfield. The course was set by Clive Coulthard, a regular front runner in the Senior WFO's and Enduro's. The course proved to be very technical and challenging to all riders, thus testing their endurance and riding capabilities. An extremely hot day added to the testing conditions. RESULTS Senior 85 cc 1st place : Cullim Symons 2nd place : Bradley Coulthard 5th place : Dylan Barker Senior 125cc Participated : Jason Jones

CIRCULARS End of term Circulars will be available for downloading on Friday 30 September. Go to www.maritzburgcollege.org.za/downloads and select Circulars. Copies of Circulars will also be handed to your sons on Friday 30 Sep 2011.

Cullim Symons

Jason Jones

Pics supplied by: Claire Symons

THE BURLY BEARS The Burly Bears started as an initiative to show that typical (somewhat big-boned) SA manne really do care about the ladies and that we are prepared to get out of our comfort zones to support Pink Drive! Pink Drive is a non profit organisation that runs free breast screening clinics and raises awareness about Breast Cancer. With the aid of the wise and wonderful Carlos Gonzalez at Spanafrican Adventures, we have completed four progressively more challenging Drakensberg hikes and on 1 October we will be starting the Drakensberg Grand Traverse. We only have 7 days up our sleeves to complete the 210 km and we plan to push ourselves to the limit to get it done in or under the time we have available! We are on Facebook as 'Burly Bears for Breasts' and on www.pinkdrive.co.za under 'Supporters/Champions'. Donations can be done on the Pink Drive site or by SMSing 'breast' to 36560 and donating R10. Huge thanks also to the our wonderful sponsors Jim Green Footwear, High Altitude Indoor Climbing PMB , CPW Printers, Parklane Spar and Pink Drive!

BOARDER FUND RAISER

Calling on the College Family to support the parent fundraising initiative at the Barnyard (Gateway, Durban) with the proceeds going towards the upgrading of the Maritzburg College Boarding Houses - starting with new curtaining and tracks and revamping the common rooms.

The name of the show is The Final Countdown - 6 decades of Rock n Roll Tuesday 11th October - doors open at 18h30 show starts 20h00

We have already sold almost 300 tickets!

Please support - you don't need to sell a whole table - grab

some friends and sit in prime seats in gallery or try and

sell a table of 10 (or more!) to friends and family.

WE PARTY AND OUR BOYS BENEFIT!

For bookings, please e-mail: carol.d@wol.co.za

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 or Gill Williams gill@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.pmbrelay.co.za www.teensport.co.za Pro Aris et Focis Regards The College Marketing Department

PARENTS WHO PRAY

Parents are invited to attend prayer meetings every Monday morning in the chapel at 07:30