Back to College in 2002

2020 saw… Darien Townsend, College’s only Olympic gold medal winner, as captain of the swimming team. Ken Elliot depart from College after 10-and-a-half years as headmaster. The first XI cricket team ended their season unbeaten and ranked no 1 in South Africa. I Moodle named as Dux of the school.  The following South African School’s … Read More

Celebrating 150 years of rugby at Maritzburg College

From 14h00 on Saturday, 8 October 1870, the first recorded 15-man rugby match in KZN was contested between teams from Hermannsburg School (founded in 1856) and the old Pietermaritzburg High School (now Maritzburg College) (founded in 1863). In fact, there are grounds to believe that it was the first ever recorded 15-man rugby match played … Read More