There were 8 water polo matches on Saturday with visitors Westville winning 6 and hosts Maritzburg College 2.

The first team match saw Westville come away with a 12-goal winning margin while the U16A encounter was Westville’s by 8 goals to 3. There was much satisfaction for the Red Black and White’s water polo community in seeing the new College boys clinch a 7-4 victory in their first game for their new school.

In total over the 8 matches, Westville netted 65 goals at the Dudley Forde Aquatics Centre to Maritzburg College’s 32.

Maritzburg College director of aquatics Darren Sherriff said the first team match was a tough contest.

“Westville managed to take an early 3-goal lead in the 1st chukka,” Darren says. “College fought hard in the 2^nd chukka and managed to pull back 2 goals but Westville were able to extend their lead to 6-2.”

Westville came out firing in the 3rd chukka and added a further 3 goals to their tally in taking a commanding 9-2 lead.

“Going into the last chukka, Westville were just too accurate and strong for the College side and came out the victors (15-3).”

SCORES
(Westville score first)
U14B drew 7-7; U14A lost 4-7: U15B won 7-1; U15A won 8-3; 4th lost 7-8; 3rds won 7-2; 2nds won 10-3; 1sts won 15-3.