MARITZBURG COLLEGE BULLETIN October 2013 | Page 10

Sport
2013 MA BAKER 7’s RUGBY FESTIVAL
College hosted the inaugural Ma Baker
7s tournament where 16 teams from
around the province descended on a
cold and wet Maritzburg College on
National Woman’s Day. The teams
were divided into 4 pools.

SHOOTING

went through to the next round with the
bottom two going through to the shield
stages.
The top finishers were St Charles,
Westville, MHS and DHS; all going
unbeaten in the early rounds.
College managed to narrowly beat
Westville in the quaters due to scoring
first after the scores were tied, while
the other teams to progress were
St.Charles, MHS and DHS.

TOP GUN SHOOTING
COMPETITION
Five schools participated in this competition hosted by College. In the Springer
Class, M Ford came second earning himself a Silver medal. In the Sporter Class,
2nd Former S Ellis shot 94 which was
the highest score in the prone position.
W Gunter was awarded the trophy for the
Top Gun this year. He shot the highest
overall score – 286/300.

St Charles got the better of College for
the second time on the day during the
first semi final, while Michaelhouse beat
DHS.
Games kicked off bright and early
taking place every 20 minutes on both
Snows and Goldstones. With the rain
staying away and the DJ playing some
entertaining music, the players went
about playing some exciting 7’s rugby.
The beauty of the 7’s game is that
it levels the playing field somewhat
between the bigger schools and smaller
rugby schools. This was evident early
on as the results were far from what the
crowds expected. Clifton, Kloof, Weston
and St Charles were very impressive
and showed that they were here to
cause a few upsets. The development
team started off slowly but improved
significantly with each game.
The top two teams from each pool

The final was a close contest in the first
half but Michaelhouse came through in
the end as comfortable winners.
RESULTS:
Ma Baker Cup Final:
Bowl Final:
Shield Final:
Plate final:

Michaelhouse
Westville
Weston
Kloof

The day was a great success and
special thanks go to Ma Baker for their
generous sponsorship.

The team also attended the KZN
Sevens Tournament held at Glenwood.
They almost lost the first game of the
day against the unknown Montana
but thereafter played some very good
Sevens rugby to reach the final against
Glenwood.

The following boys were selected for the
Midlands Team:

U16 SPORTER:
K Dreyer, E Randall, T Baker,
H Oberholzer, C Rudling

The following results were recorded at
the LIV Village Sevens Festival:
Won 12-5
Won 19-12
Lost 0-15

SHOOTING SELECTIONS

U20 SPORTER:
J Smith, W Dorling, W Gunter,
C Campbell

LIV VILLAGE 7’s RUGBY FESTIVAL

vs Kearsney
vs DHS
vs Michaelhouse

PHOTO: S Ellis, W Gunther and M Ford

In the final they lost to Glenwood 19-50.
The following results were recorded at
the tournament:
vs Montana
vs Port Shepstone
vs Kingsway
vs George Campbell
vs Michaelhouse
vs Glenwood (Final)

Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Lost

17-14
36-0
59-0
47-7
26-21
19-50

U14 SPORTER:
K Pretorius, T Kamhuka, S Ten-Bokkel
Huinink, S Ellis, P Fisher
U20 SPRINGER:
M Ford, J Muller
U16 SPRINGER:
C Fjellvik, L Wood
Congratulations to all of these boys
on their outstanding achievements!

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