23 September 2025
RUGBY
The Sharks delivered a devastating beatdown of Western Province in the final of the Grant Khomo Week, thrilling spectators with their creative and exciting play.
Among the standouts were three Kearsney College boys – Tunga Griffiths, Daniel Miskey, and Clement Makelele – and their excellence was recently recognised when they were included in the SA Rugby Union’s Early Player Development (EPD) Programme.
They’ll attend a camp in Paarl in October.
CRICKET
The Kearsney 1st XI was away in Zimbabwe at the St John’s Rams T20, where they lost only one match, but the timing was bad, and they missed out on the semi-finals. That meant there was no 1st XI clash with Maritzburg College.
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Nine matches were completed, however, with College recording six wins, Kearsney two, and the u14B teams sharing a heart-stopping tie.
RESULTS
2nd XI
Kearsney 172/10
Maritzburg College 173/2
Maritzburg College won by eight wickets
3rd XI
Kearsney 150/10
Maritzburg College 133/10
Kearsney won by 17 runs
4th XI
Kearsney 72/10
Maritzburg College 76/0
Maritzburg College won by 10 wickets
5th XI
Kearsney 14/10
Maritzburg College 15/0
Maritzburg College won by 10 wickets
u15A
Kearsney 177/10
Maritzburg College 143/10
Kearsney won by 34 runs
u15B
Maritzburg College 127/10
Kearsney 100/10
Maritzburg College won by 27 runs
u14A
Kearsney 317/7
Maritzburg College 123/2
Match abandoned due to bad light
u14B
Kearsney 138/9
Maritzburg College 138/10
Match tied
u14C
Kearsney 97/10
Maritzburg College 101/2
Maritzburg College won by eight wickets
u14D
Kearsney 46/10
Maritzburg College 47/0
Maritzburg College won by 10 wickets
BASKETBALL
Maritzburg College escaped an upset bid by Kearsney in the Alan Paton Memorial Hall and Multi-Purpose Centre on Saturday, holding on for a hard-fought 54-52 win after a contest of fluctuating fortunes.
College opened up a convincing 17-10 lead in the first quarter, keeping Kearsney off balance with an energetic defensive effort. The Botha’s Hill boys, however, clawed their way back into the contest in the second quarter, drawing to within a point at 24-25.
They continued to build on that strong showing in the third quarter and edged ahead, taking a 39-35 lead into the last quarter.
With three minutes remaining, though, only three points separated the sides. In the end. the difference was a couple of missed free throws from Kearsney and College sinking a tough lay-up as The Red, Black, and White triumphed 54-52.
College’s Carl Fynn was the leading scorer with 14 points, while Kwakuhle Sibiya led the way for Kearsney with 13, and Pabatso Sithole dropped 12 points for the visitors.
RESULTS
1st: Maritzburg College 54-52 Kearsney
2nd: Maritzburg College 28-30 Kearsney
3rd: Maritzburg College 43-6 Kearsney
4th: Maritzburg College 24-13 Kearsney
16A: Maritzburg College 38-31 Kearsney
16B: Maritzburg College 35-43 Kearsney
16C: Maritzburg College 23-19 Kearsney
15A: Maritzburg College 37-24 Kearsney
15B: Maritzburg College 50-10 Kearsney
14A: Maritzburg College 22-47 Kearsney
14B: Maritzburg College 22-24 Kearsney
The College u14A team also contested the St Benedict’s u14 Basketball Tournament, making it all the way through to the final after edging out St Benedict’s in the quarterfinals and King Edward VII (KES) in the semi-finals before coming up short against Saheti School in the gold medal game.
Group stage
Maritzburg College 59-30 St John’s B
Maritzburg College 54-17 Redhill School
Maritzburg College 44-73 Saheti School
Maritzburg College 87-10 CBC Boksburg
Quarterfinals
Maritzburg College 54-44 St Benedict’s
Semi-finals
Maritzburg College 45-44 KES
Final
Maritzburg College 32-63 Saheti
WATER POLO
Kearsney College’s highly regarded 1st team powered their way to a 24-13 win over Maritzburg College ahead of both team’s participation in the Clifton Water Polo Tournament.
The Botha’s Hill boys should be in the mix for the title. The competition is as open as it has been in many years.
RESULTS
1st: Maritzburg College 13-24 Kearsney
2nd: Maritzburg College 5-19 Kearsney
3rd: Maritzburg College 7-19 Kearsney
4th: Maritzburg College 3-16 Kearsney
15B: Maritzburg College 3-15 Kearsney
Kearsney’s u14A and u14B teams showed up well, too, in competition against a number of teams, including u15 sides.
Kearsney u14A and u14B
14A: Glenwood u15A 5-13 Kearsney
14A: Curro u15 1-7 Kearsney
14A: Maritzburg College u15A 0-12 Kearsney
14A: Thomas More College u15 5-6 Kearsney
14B: Thomas More College u15 7-6 Kearsney
14B: Maritzburg College 4-7 Kearsney
14B: Maritzburg College 14A 4-10 Kearsney
NATIONAL QUIZ CHAMPION
Last, but by no means least, Kearsney’s Thomas Blomfield flew the school’s flag high in the IIE Varsity College National High Schools’ Quiz final, which was held in Cape Town, earlier this month.
Over 550 contestants competed for the title, but Blomfield topped them all to take the honours.
Three other Kearsney boys – Liam Botha, Jason Dedekamp, and Connor McKeown – made it to the second round.
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