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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 · Nippers · All-time

Divisions · All-time
374
5 seasons
Entries · All-time
6 784
athletes and teams
Average field
18.1
entries per division
Top club
Clifton
1767 pts · 83 golds

Leaders · Nippers

Flagline RatingMost golds
U9U10U11U12U13U14

U13 BoysFull list (66) →

  1. 1Noah V.CliftonRating 641
  2. 2Keagan W.Durban SurfRating 598
  3. 3Cruz R.ScottburghRating 588
  4. 4Kyle T.CliftonRating 576
  5. 5Elliot B.LlandudnoRating 575
  6. 6Dylan M.Durban SurfRating 566
  7. 6Reece R.ScottburghRating 566
  8. 8Noah S.LlandudnoRating 559
  9. 9Tristan V.Big BayRating 557
  10. 10Ahadi M.CliftonRating 550

U13 GirlsFull list (40) →

  1. 1Gia H.CliftonRating 670
  2. 2Ruby S.SummerstrandRating 668
  3. 3Lexi T.Big BayRating 653
  4. 4Ella S.SummerstrandRating 649
  5. 5Olivia C.ScottburghRating 620
  6. 6Lacey R.WarnadooneRating 609
  7. 7Leila W.CliftonRating 604
  8. 8Isabella P.StrandRating 586
  9. 9Ava H.PlettRating 560
  10. 10Hannah W.CliftonRating 543

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.

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Top clubs · Nippers

Place
1Your club: Following: Clifton83 gold · 177 medals · 780 entries176723%
2Your club: Following: Durban Surf43 gold · 120 medals · 622 entries146519%
3Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks39 gold · 117 medals · 520 entries133523%
4Your club: Following: Fish Hoek21 gold · 87 medals · 947 entries12149%
5Your club: Following: Big Bay18 gold · 89 medals · 498 entries97818%
6Your club: Following: Summerstrand18 gold · 80 medals · 534 entries97615%
7Your club: Following: Llandudno15 gold · 63 medals · 545 entries83412%
8Your club: Following: Scottburgh26 gold · 66 medals · 265 entries70525%
9Your club: Following: Kings Beach29 gold · 60 medals · 316 entries68419%
10Your club: Following: Marine13 gold · 45 medals · 350 entries65613%

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.

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Field sizes by season · Nippers

  • 2021/2248535 divisions · average field 13.9 · 6 competitions
  • 2022/231 34385 divisions · average field 15.8 · 9 competitions
  • 2023/241 68292 divisions · average field 18.3 · 9 competitions
  • 2024/251 67588 divisions · average field 19 · 11 competitions
  • 2025/261 59974 divisions · average field 21.6 · 12 competitions

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

Records · Nippers · All-time

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Most titles

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

  1. 1Ahadi M.Clifton · from 14 races · 2021/22–2025/2612golds
  2. 2Gia H.Clifton · from 15 races · 2021/22–2025/2611golds
  3. 3Olivia C.Scottburgh · from 15 races · 2021/22–2025/2610golds
  4. 4Kyto T.Clifton · from 10 races · 2021/22–2023/249golds
  5. 5Alexa H.Clifton · from 9 races · 2022/23–2024/257golds
  6. 5Bianca S.Umhlanga Rocks · from 12 races · 2021/22–2024/257golds
  7. 5Emma R.Durban Surf · from 15 races · 2021/22–2025/267golds
  8. 5Hannah V.Clifton · from 16 races · 2021/22–2025/267golds
  9. 5Levi A.Fish Hoek · from 14 races · 2022/23–2025/267golds
  10. 10Benjamin P.Umhlanga Rocks · from 8 races · 2022/23–2025/266golds
  11. 10Lyra H.Kings Beach · from 10 races · 2021/22–2025/266golds
  12. 10Sinai H.Pirates · from 7 races · 2024/25–2025/266golds

Longest finals streak

Races in a row that reached the final, counting only divisions that had heats or semis first. Straight finals are skipped.

  1. 1Emma D.Summerstrand · 2021/22–2023/242finals
  2. 1Miya D.Summerstrand · 2021/22–2023/242finals

Strongest fields · Nippers

  1. Women · SA Inter-Provincials · Mossel Bay1 Mar 2025 · 4 of 5 entrants ratedField strength 660
  2. Women · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha3 May 2026 · 5 of 10 entrants ratedField strength 639
  3. U13 Girls · East Cape Nipper Champs · Dolphin Beach JBay15 Feb 2025 · 4 of 16 entrants ratedField strength 629
  4. U14 Boys · SA Inter-Provincials27 May 2023 · 3 of 9 entrants ratedField strength 628
  5. U13 Boys · Nipper Competition 1 · Clifton26 Nov 2023 · 6 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 621
  6. Men · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 4 of 10 entrants ratedField strength 619
  7. U14 Girls · Nipper Competition 1 · Clifton26 Nov 2023 · 3 of 26 entrants ratedField strength 617
  8. Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Mossel Bay1 Mar 2025 · 3 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 615
  9. U13 Boys · WC Surf Nippers Champs · Strand2 Mar 2024 · 6 of 30 entrants ratedField strength 600
  10. U14 Boys · Nipper Competition 1 · Clifton26 Nov 2023 · 6 of 22 entrants ratedField strength 596

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

Championship winners · Nippers

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