South African Aquatic Champonship trophies

SWIMMING

(date event inaugurated)

5 men have each won the trophy 4 times - George Godfrey, R Dyason, Terry Collard, D Watson and Andre Kotze.

Dyason (1925-28) and Kotze (1979-82) winning 4 titles in a row. 

George Godfrey won this 5 times between 1909 and 1914.

Paul Blackbeard winning 4 times in a row between 1973-76.

George Godfrey won the event 6 times in a row between 1909 and 1914.

Peter Elliot won it in 1939 and 1940, while his son Brian Elliot won the same trophy in 1967 and 1968.

Simon Gray won it in 1974,75 and 1976, while his brother Andrew Gray won in 1979, and youngest brother Nicky Gray in 1981.

Tich Mc Laughlin won the event 5 times from 1957 - 1961.

Brothers Donald and Graham Jonston kept it  1946 - 1951.

Peter Elliot won in 1939 and 40, while his son did three times between 1966-68.

Simon Gray won 4 times in row from 1973-1976, while his brother Andrew won in 1979, and Nicky 1980 and 1981.

Olympic medallist Jenny Maakal won it 5 times between 1930 and 1935.

Olympic champion Joan Harrison won it 5 times in row between 1949-1953.

1956 Olympic medallist Natalie Myburg also won 5 in a row from 1955-1959.

Karen Muir won it 4 times. 

Olympic medallist Jenny Maakal won it 5 times between 1930 and 1935.

Olympic champion Joan Harrison won it 5 times in row between 1949-1953.

Diane Ludorf won the women's distance event 5 times from 1963 - 1967.

Sue Dickie and Ria van Zyl both won it three times.

Tricia Butcher won from 1980-1982, and her sister Susan Butcher in 1983.

Kathleen Russel won it six times between 1925 and 1933.

Joan Harrison 5 times in a row from 1950 -1954

Katinka Germishuis 4 times from 1968 - 1972.

KM Biggs won the sprint 6 times between 1912 - 1918.

Zus Engelenberg won 4 times between 1923 and 1927.

The event was discontinued in 1931 - and restarted in 1983.

Olympic medallist Marianne Kriel won three times between 1986 and 1989.

Since the first relay race in 1905 , and swum over various distances - Transvaal has won the trophy 42 times and Natal 41!

Eastern Province is third with only 8 victories. 

Won by Rhodesia 5 years in a row from 1961 - 1965

Overall won most often by Northern Transvaal - 13 times, with Natal and Transvaal 12 victories each.

won 6 times equally by Transvaal and Natal

Western Province Cup (1931)

GH May won it 6 times in a row from 1933 - 1938.

Jackie Wiid won 4 times from 1948 -1951.

Brian Stewart won 4 titles between 1964 and 1968.

Lee McGregor won 3 titles from 1970-1972, before making a comeback and winning again in 1977.

Brian Stewart won 6 titles between 1963 and 1968.

Mike Fairall and Erwin Kratz both also won the event 3 times in a row. 

M. Leemhuis won 5 times between 1940 and 1947.

Olympic gold medallist Joan Harrison won the event 6 years in a row from 1951 - 1956.

World record holder Ann Fairlie won three years in a row from 1963 -1965.

World record holder Karen Muir won 4 title between 1966 and 1970.

Karen van Helden, who broke Karen Muir's SA backstroke records, won 5 titles in a row from 1978 - 1982.

Olympic silver medallist Marianne Kriel won in 1989.

Karen van Helden won this trophy 6 years in a row from 1977 - 1982.

Karen Muir won the it 4 times between 1966 and 1970, although she was beaten by Canadain Elaine Tanner in 1967.

Ann Fairlie won it 3 years in a row from 1963-1965.

Mo Lamont won in 1975 and 1976, while her sister Ann Lamont won in 1985. 

Petra Nortje won from 1986-88.

DV Cohen won 4 times in a row 1946 - 1949.

Rob Hatherley of Rhodesia won it 4 times in a row from 1970 - 1973.

Dougie Eager of Vall traingle won 4 times between 1975 and 1980. 

Lizelle Peacock  5 times from 1986-1990.

Dorothea Neumeister of South West Africa won 4 years in a row from 1979 - 1982.

Jenny Maakal won 4 times between 1931 and 1935.

Dorothy Dunston won 3 times between 1942 and 1947 - interrupted by the war, and her sister Ann Dunston won in 1953. 

Lizelle Peacock won the trophy 4 times between 1986 - 1990.

John Keyter of Rhodesia won  6 times in a row from 1965-1970.

Jannie Horn won 3 times over nine years in1973,1978 and1982. 

John Keyter of Rhodesia won 5 times between 1965-1970.

Olympic backstroke medallist Marianne Kriel won the trophy 6 times between 1988/89, and 1992/95.

J. Wood of Rhodesia won it three times in a row from 1963-65.

Esme Oosthuizen (between 1973 and 1976) and Alice Escreet (between 1984 and 1987) both also won the trophy three times. 

Jenny Hardwich won 3 times in a row from 1978 - 1980

Alice Escreet won the trophy 3 times between 1984 and 1987. 

Anton van Niekerk won this trophy 6 times in a row from 1977 - 1982.

Graham Hill won 4 titles in a row from 1983 -1986.

Loren Rozowsky won the trophy 4 years in a row from 1978 - 1981.

Suzette Jansen won three years in a row from 1975-1977.

Alice Escreet won three times between 1984 and 1987.

Anton van Niekerk won it 4 times in a row from 1979 - 1982.

Paul Blackberad won 4 titles between 1974 and 1978.

Lee McGregor won three years in a row from 1970 - 1972

Loren Rozowzky won 4 titles in a row between 1978 -1981.

Karen Muir won three times between 1967 and 1970.

Transvaal won the event 17 times, with Natal winning 8 titles.

Transvaal have won the title 14 times.

Rhodesia won it first in 1951 and then 5 times between 1967 and 1972.

Natal won 12 times.

Diving

Rhodesia won the trophy for the first 6 years in a row from 1968 - 1973.

Eastern Province has won it 6 times.

Rhodesian men won the trophy for ten years in a row from 1964 - 1973. They were Terry Rossiter x4, Don Liebermann x4 and his cousin Robin liebermann x2.

Brothers Craig Vaughn and Trevor Vaughn won the trophy every year between 1983 and 1989.

HW Harris won the title 6 years in a row from 1923 - 1928.

Cliff Lubbe won 6 years in a row from 1934 - 1939.

Geoff Mandy won 4 years in row from 1946 - 1949.

Willie Welgemoed won 4 years in a row from 1950 - 1953.

Rhodesian women won the title 17 times in a row between 1958 and 1973. L. Grant-Stuart won the title 8 times in a row from 1961 - 1968.

Empire Games medallist Oonah Whitsitt won the title 7 times between 1923 and 1934.

Jo-Ann Hockley of Northern Transvaal won the title 6 times between 1981 and 1989.

Rhodesian men won the title 13 times between 1960 - 1973. 

Don Liebermann of Rhodesia won the title 7 times in a row between 1967 - 1973.

Barry Birkett of Eastern Province won the trophy 5 times between 1974 - 1982.

Craig Vaughn of Eastern Province won 5 times between 1983 - 1989, and his brother Trevor Vaughn won in 1984.

Rhodesian women won this event 17 times out of 21 years between 1960 and 1980. 

Rhodesian L. Grant-Stuart won 6 times between 1962 and 1968.

Jo-Anne Hockley of Transvaal won 6 times between 1981 and 1989.

Don Lieberman - 1969, 1970, 1971

Robin Lieberman - 1972, 1973

Barry Birkett - 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977. 

Lena Pretorius - 1969, 1970

Dottie Armstrong - 1970 

Lena Pretorius - 1971, 1972 

Gina Lawrie - 1973

Elaine Parker - 1974, 1975

Debbie Vaughan - 1976, 1977