Empire and Commonwealth Games Champions

Winner of the Women's Diving at the 1930 Empire Games in Hamilton, Canada, Oonagh is the only diver from South Africa to have won a major international title.

Molly competed at the 1934 and 1938 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in the relays at both events.

Carla won two silver medals at the 1938 Commonwealth Games in Sydney - 220-yard breaststroke and 330-yard medley relay. She was born in Amsterdam, before emigrating to South Africa. She was dressmaker before she died in Ramsgate in 1999.

Hazel, with Molly Ryde and Carla Gerke, won a silver medal in the 330-yard Medley Relay at the 1938 Empire Games held in Sydney.

Terry hails from Pretoria and swam for Northern Transvaal. He was the only male swimmer selected to represent South Africa at the 1938 Empire and Commonwealth Games. He won the silver medal in the 110-yard freestyle at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney.

Jacobus Coenradus de Beer "Jackie" Wiid was a backstroke swimmer from Kroonstad . He won the 110-yard event at the 1950 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. In the 100m freestyle, he finished 5th. He also competed at the 1948 Olympic Games held in London, where he finished 6th  in the 100m backstroke. 

Felicity was a swimmer from the University of Pretoria who won a gold medal at the 1954 Commonwealth Games in the 4x110-yard freestyle relay, with Joan Harrison, Maggie Petzer and Natalie Myburgh

At the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver Machadult 'Maggie' Petzer won two relay medals - gold in the freestyle relay and silver in the medley relay.

Mary was a Transvaal swimmer who won silver in the 220-yard breaststroke at the 1954 Commonwealth Gamers in Vancouver.

In 1954 Peter was 2nd, behind his teammate Graham Johnston in the 1650-yard Freestyle. he also won a bronze medal in the 4x220-yard Freestyle Relay. He was one of 4 South African swimmers to win a scholarship to the University of Oklahoma in 1952. 

'Billy' Steuart finished 3rd in the 1954 Commonwealth Games 4x220 yards Freestyle Relay, with Dennis Ford, Graham Johnston, and Peter Duncan. In the 1958 and 1959 NCAA Championships he won and defended his titles for 440 yards and 1650 yards freestyle.

Like Joan Harrison, Dennis Ford came from East London, but attended King Edward VII High School (KES) in Johannesburg, where Cecil Colwin coached him.  At the 1954 British Empire Games he won a bronze medal in the 4x220 yard relay.

Murray 'Tich' McLachlan was born in Johannesburg, where he matriculated at the King Edward VII (KES) High  School. Tich won the bronze medal in the 1650-yard freestyle at the 1958 Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff.

He swam at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, where he competed in the 400 and 1500-metre freestyle events.

He finished 6th in the final of the 1500, in a time of 17:44,9 compared to his bronze medal-winning time at the 1958 Commonwealth Games of 18:19,2

In 1961 he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. Tich also played water polo for the famous London Otters Club, where he played in the winning team at the 1964 National Water Polo Championships. He settled in California where he swims in Masters events.

At the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Peter won a silver medal in the 220-yard breaststroke.