Water Polo SA

Statement by Swimming South Africa, Sunday 31 August 2008

Swimming SA to the appointment of an independent person or persons (from outside SSA circles) to investigate the serious claims that have surfaced in the media, both today and last Sunday.

Getting excited got to check on team South Africa, Swimming South Africa should by now have a few medals in the bag, just checked and we have, oh we still have zero medals. All the money spent, all the politics and all the racial bickering that has taken place what more could one expect.

Double standards and the blatant disregard for all the disciplines within the aquatic umbrella has left SwimSA with egg on its face but they will more than likely quote the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin: "The important thing is not winning but taking part. What counts in life is not the victory but the struggle; the essential thing is not to conquer but to fight well."

One could be fooled by this however water polo did not go to the games because they were not going to win a medal. Taking part in Beijing would be a waste of money and time.

The more I look at the whole Aquatics  regime the more I feel as if I am in the Twilight Zone.

I call on all water polo players of this country to mobilise in a peaceful, law abiding and intelligent manner, to change the current status quo of where water polo finds itself now....

WaterPoloSA.com recived a letter written by Dave Mallett which was sent to Messrs. Warley and Adriaanse of Swim South Africa after the Kramer Tournament. We still waiting for a response from SwimSA regarding other letters we have posted. We feel the contents of this letter should be read by everyone....