Sports News from around the campuses

Swimming Riaan Schoemann (Durban North student) did an Olympic Qualifying time in the 400m IM and will be heading to the London Olympics in July. Varsity College Marine Sursfki Series Grant v d Walt finished an impressive 2nd overall in the Marine Series only a few points behind World Champ Hank McGregor. Check out the TV coverage TONIGHT (9th May) on SuperSport6 at 18h30 Trial Running CPT Trail Running Captain, Daniel Matthews, recently took part in the grueling Platteklip Charity Challenge on Table Mountain. The idea of the race is to test the runners to see who can summit Table Mountain the most times. Against some of the top contenders in the country, Daniel truly did us proud coming in joint 3rd, summiting our wonder of the world an awesome 9 times. Karkloof MTB Classic This event was a superb example of how the Sports Life initiative has evolved and making some waves in the MTB arena. There were 3 races over the weekend and we had 6 campuses participating (Sandton, Midrand, Pretoria, PMB, Westville & Durban North) with more than 22 students and staff all racing in VC colours. We created a mini VC student village as the students camped in Karkloof for the weekend. We got some fantastic results in all three races so it was a great combination of social and competitive participation as well as great camaraderie and fun! * Friday - Westville’s captain Evan Van Der Spuy (Buck-Norris) placed 2nd overall in the 20km Night Race * Saturday – Travis Browning from PMB placed 3rd in the downhill Enduro race * Sunday – Evan was placed 13th in the 60km race and 2nd junior category. Mark Malherbe (PMB MTB Captain) also participated in the 60km and came 15th overall. In the 40km race Dani Jenson from PMB came 17th overall and 3rd in his age group. Varsity College Golf Academy At the recent KZN Club Championships Bryce Bibby played superbly well to come 3rd at Royal Durban tournament and Kurt Northmore finished in the top 10 at Kloof Country Club tournament. Dusi Marathon Race & Non-Stop Dusi Kwanda Mlope (PMB Canoe Captain) achieved fantastic results in both the main Dusi race finishing 4th and 2nd in the non-stop Dusi race. Fantastic Results! Tsitsikamma MTB Challenge PE MTB club took part in the Tsitsikamma 23km challenge. It was a great weekend as they all travelled up the night before, the team bonded and woke up ready for the day ahead. Sam Berrington the captain did very well and finishing 3rd, Sadi Shelan came in 2nd in the ladies race and Eric Berrington came 5th overall. It was the 1st trip away as a club and it was a brilliant weekend of good healthy fun. GBUL Basketball League Sandton Men’s Basketball team as has achieved some great results in the GUBL winning their 1st match against UJ 40-36 and beating Vaal University of Technology (VUT) in another very intense and closely contested game 56-54. COMING UP... Varsity College is the new title sponsor of the multisport series and building on the many Sports Life success to date we believe it will take our Sports Life initiative to the next level. This multisport series is perfect fit as it’s designed around the family and about getting out there and having fun. Trail Running, Mountain Biking and Paddling make up the three core disciplines. Follow us on twitter @vcmultisport or www.facebook/multisportseries For more details please log onto http://www.maxcluer.com/ It’s all about having fun and showing everyone what Varsity College Sports Life is all about!