Port Elizabeth
With the Boer War still affecting lives, the third South African championships were once again hosted by the Eastern Province ASA. No images of the facilities used in these early galas have yet been located.
Click here to read more about these early days of swimming in South Africa.
| 100 yds Championships | ||||
| Heat 1 | ||||
| Goldrick, W | Marist Brothers, Uitenhage | |||
| Hertbert, F | ||||
| Wrensch, Harry | ||||
| Heat 2 | ||||
| Wearin, E | WP | |||
| Cornwell, William | WP | |||
| Mark, AE | ||||
| Reeves, C | ||||
| Heat 3 | ||||
| Marais, RF | WP | |||
| Porter, H | WP | |||
| Carswell, Robert | EP | |||
| MacEwan, E | ||||
| Final | ||||
| 1. Wearin, E | ||||
| 2. Cornwell, William | ||||
| 3. Goldrick, W | ||||
| 4. Marais, RF | ||||
| 500 yards Championships | ||||
| 1. Wearin, Ted | ||||
| 2. Cornwell, William | ||||
| 3. Carswell, Robert | ||||
| Water Polo | ||||
| Western Province | ||||
| Porter | ||||
| Solomon, Reggie | ||||
| Solomon, Gus | ||||
| Wrensch, Harry | ||||
| Herbert, FW | ||||
| Pilkington, GW | ||||
| Marais, RF | ||||
| Eastern Province | Lost | |||
| Carswell, Robert | ||||
| Marks, AE | ||||
| MacEwan, K | ||||
| Cunningham, C | ||||
| Bunton, J | ||||
| Saunders, P | ||||
| Goldrick, W | ||||
| Thorne,SH | ||||
| Olivier | ||||
| Rens, JT | ||||
| Torgins, H | ||||
| Uitenhage SC polo team | Lost 5-2 to WP. Other local PE clubs were Institute and Redhouse. | |||
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British enthusiasm for water polo - played here in a river during the Boer War - painted by George Soper
Southampton to Durban steamer RMS Saxon, on which the Western Province water polo and swimming teams travelled to Port Elizabeth in 1902. On arrival in PE there was no wharf - so passangers had to swing onto a small boat by a rope - many fell into the water before getting to dry land!