Discipline · Beach group rating

Beach Flags

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 · 2022/23

Divisions · 2022/23: 18; 9 competitions
Entries · 2022/23: 233; up from 37 in 2020/21
Average field: 12.9; entries per division
Top club: Durban Surf; 112 pts · 4 golds

Leaders · Open

Flagline Rating Most golds

Open Men

Open Women

Top clubs · Open

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Place
1	Your club: Following: Durban Surf4 gold · 11 medals · 31 entries	112	4	11	31	35%
2	Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks3 gold · 10 medals · 26 entries	98	3	10	26	38%
3	Your club: Following: Clifton2 gold · 4 medals · 32 entries	58	2	4	32	13%
4	Your club: Following: Kings Beach1 gold · 3 medals · 20 entries	41	1	3	20	15%
5	Your club: Following: Summerstrand1 gold · 3 medals · 13 entries	32	1	3	13	23%
6	Your club: Following: Milnerton1 gold · 2 medals · 12 entries	27	1	2	12	17%
7	Your club: Following: Fish Hoek1 gold · 2 medals · 12 entries	22	1	2	12	17%
8	Your club: Following: Marine0 gold · 2 medals · 8 entries	21	0	2	8	25%
9	Your club: Following: Warnadoone1 gold · 1 medals · 4 entries	17	1	1	4	25%
10	Your club: Following: Alpha0 gold · 2 medals · 3 entries	17	0	2	3	67%
11	Your club: Following: Durban Pro's1 gold · 2 medals · 2 entries	15	1	2	2	100%
12	Your club: Following: Marlin1 gold · 2 medals · 5 entries	15	1	2	5	40%
13	Your club: Following: False Bay0 gold · 1 medals · 3 entries	11	0	1	3	33%
14	Your club: Following: Pirates0 gold · 1 medals · 5 entries	10	0	1	5	20%
15	Your club: Following: Llandudno0 gold · 1 medals · 9 entries	8	0	1	9	11%
16	Your club: Following: Strand0 gold · 0 medals · 2 entries	8	0	0	2	0%
17	Your club: Following: Hobie Beach0 gold · 1 medals · 1 entries	6	0	1	1	100%
18	Your club: Following: Durban Undersea LC0 gold · 0 medals · 6 entries	5	0	0	6	0%
19	Your club: Following: East London0 gold · 0 medals · 2 entries	5	0	0	2	0%
20	Your club: Following: Scottburgh0 gold · 0 medals · 9 entries	5	0	0	9	0%
21	Your club: Following: Strandfontein0 gold · 0 medals · 1 entries	4	0	0	1	0%
22	Your club: Following: Winklespruit0 gold · 0 medals · 1 entries	1	0	0	1	0%

Podium rate = medals ÷ entries.

Field sizes by season · Open

2020/21378 divisions · average field 4.6 · 4 competitions
2021/228511 divisions · average field 7.7 · 6 competitions
2022/2323318 divisions · average field 12.9 · 9 competitions
2023/2431625 divisions · average field 12.6 · 13 competitions
2024/2518916 divisions · average field 11.8 · 8 competitions
2025/2627916 divisions · average field 17.4 · 8 competitions
2026/27122 divisions · average field 6 · 1 competition

Entries in every Open Beach Flags division each season (September to August), whatever season is picked above.

Records · Open · 2022/23

All records →

Most golds

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

And 12 more athletes on 1 gold.

Strongest fields · Open

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