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Beach Flags in South Africa since 2020/21: leaders by Flagline Rating (the beach group rating) and golds, the clubs that win it, how fields are growing and the championship winners. From every result on LiveHeats. Squad bands follow the age groups.

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Beach Flags · Open · All-time

Divisions · All-time
96
6 seasons
Entries · All-time
1 151
athletes and teams
Average field
12
entries per division
Top club
Clifton
454 pts · 13 golds

Leaders · Open

Flagline RatingMost golds

Open MenFull list (45) →

  1. 1Samuel BooysenCliftonRating 734
  2. 2Jalaaludeen SamuelsCliftonRating 681
  3. 3Jake H.CliftonRating 665
  4. 4Javin PresenceMilnertonRating 661
  5. 5Nicholas Peter KingstonSummerstrandRating 659
  6. 6Robert ShaffLlandudnoRating 632
  7. 7Darryl LindtCliftonRating 630
  8. 8Joshua C.Fish HoekRating 627
  9. 8Zakariyyaa AbrahamsFish HoekRating 627
  10. 10Siyanda MthethwaDurban SurfRating 625

Open WomenFull list (19) →

  1. 1Eve A.Fish HoekRating 737
  2. 2Zoë B.CliftonRating 711
  3. 3Jenna TarrTuksRating 657
  4. 4Ella D.CliftonRating 648
  5. 5Tiffany KochWarnadooneRating 612
  6. 6Dayna DeebleDurban SurfRating 590
  7. 7Tannah M.Durban SurfRating 574
  8. 8Celina IsaacsMilnertonRating 552
  9. 9Jodi WilsonSummerstrandRating 516
  10. 9Tailyn S.MilnertonRating 516

Ranked by the beach group rating. Settled ratings only.

How to read this

The beach group rating counts every beach discipline, not Beach Flags alone. Current ratings of athletes who raced in the last 12 months.

Top clubs · Open

Place
1Your club: Following: Clifton13 gold · 42 medals · 199 entries45421%
2Your club: Following: Durban Surf19 gold · 44 medals · 103 entries44543%
3Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks5 gold · 19 medals · 60 entries19232%
4Your club: Following: Warnadoone5 gold · 14 medals · 40 entries16235%
5Your club: Following: Fish Hoek8 gold · 14 medals · 80 entries14618%
6Your club: Following: Scottburgh4 gold · 14 medals · 50 entries14328%
7Your club: Following: Summerstrand5 gold · 14 medals · 43 entries14033%
8Your club: Following: Kings Beach1 gold · 9 medals · 45 entries11020%
9Your club: Following: Milnerton2 gold · 5 medals · 86 entries956%
10Your club: Following: Pirates4 gold · 10 medals · 19 entries8853%

Podium rate = medals ÷ entries.

How to read this

Relay teams count as one entry. Clubs with fewer than 5 entries rank after the rest on it. Inter-Provincials count for provinces, not clubs.

Field sizes by season · Open

  • 2020/21378 divisions · average field 4.6 · 4 competitions
  • 2021/228511 divisions · average field 7.7 · 6 competitions
  • 2022/2324920 divisions · average field 12.5 · 10 competitions
  • 2023/2430023 divisions · average field 13 · 12 competitions
  • 2024/2518916 divisions · average field 11.8 · 8 competitions
  • 2025/2629118 divisions · average field 16.2 · 9 competitions

Entries in every Open Beach Flags division each season (1 October to 30 September, LSA's competition season), whatever season is picked above.

Records · Open · All-time

All records →

Most titles

Individual divisions won (1st in the final ranking). Relays not included.

  1. 1Samuel BooysenClifton · from 14 races · 2022/23–2025/268golds
  2. 2Eve A.Fish Hoek · from 9 races · 2023/24–2025/266golds
  3. 2Siyanda MthethwaDurban Surf · from 12 races · 2022/23–2025/266golds
  4. 4Dayna DeebleDurban Surf · from 10 races · 2022/23–2025/265golds
  5. 5Anele SibisiScottburgh · from 10 races · 2021/22–2024/254golds
  6. 5Tiffany KochWarnadoone · from 13 races · 2022/23–2025/264golds
  7. 5Zoë B.Clifton · from 14 races · 2022/23–2025/264golds
  8. 8Christopher D.Warnadoone · from 7 races · 2024/25–2025/263golds
  9. 8Christy GilmourDurban Surf · from 15 races · 2020/21–2025/263golds
  10. 8Jade B.Umhlanga Rocks · from 9 races · 2022/23–2023/243golds
  11. 8Jenna TarrTuks · from 7 races · 2023/24–2025/263golds
  12. 8Lara EdwardPirates · from 11 races · 2020/21–2023/243golds
  13. 8Nicholas Peter KingstonSummerstrand · from 8 races · 2021/22–2025/263golds

Strongest fields · Open

  1. Open Women · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 3 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 644
  2. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 4 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 642
  3. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Mossel Bay1 Mar 2025 · 3 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 636
  4. Open Men · Battle of the Bays · Muizenberg11 Oct 2025 · 4 of 28 entrants ratedField strength 631
  5. Open Women · Battle of the Bays · Muizenberg11 Oct 2025 · 3 of 9 entrants ratedField strength 618
  6. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha3 May 2026 · 3 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 618
  7. Open Men · WC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Milnerton24 Feb 2024 · 3 of 38 entrants ratedField strength 610
  8. Open Men · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha1 May 2025 · 8 of 30 entrants ratedField strength 594
  9. Open Women · SA Juniors & Seniors21 Mar 2024 · 5 of 24 entrants ratedField strength 584
  10. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials27 May 2023 · 3 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 574

Field strength: the average settled Flagline Rating entrants carried into the division, from 3 rated entrants.

Championship winners · Open

Division winners at SA Champs, the Inter-Provincials and provincial championships, newest first.

Juniors are shown as first name and initial. All disciplines · How beach flags works