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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 · 2023/24

Divisions · 2023/24
23
12 competitions
Entries · 2023/24
300
up from 37 in 2020/21
Average field
13
entries per division
Top club
Clifton
156 pts · 6 golds

Leaders · Open

Flagline RatingMost golds

Open MenFull list (23) →

  1. 1Brayden BergsetUmhlanga RocksRating 715
  2. 2Samuel BooysenCliftonRating 714
  3. 3Jordan MinterFalse BayRating 691
  4. 4Siyanda MthethwaDurban SurfRating 661
  5. 5Ariel MausenbaumMilnertonRating 656
  6. 6Jalaaludeen SamuelsCliftonRating 650
  7. 7Darryl LindtCliftonRating 627
  8. 8Bandile NcananaDurban SurfRating 624
  9. 9Josh L.CliftonRating 582
  10. 10Ayanda MthimkhuluScottburghRating 552

Open WomenFull list (17) →

  1. 1Jenna TarrTuksRating 700
  2. 2Nicolette ChallenorUmhlanga RocksRating 667
  3. 3Zoë B.CliftonRating 666
  4. 4Jade B.Umhlanga RocksRating 623
  5. 5Kendra B.CliftonRating 622
  6. 6Celina IsaacsMilnertonRating 591
  7. 7Emma P.CliftonRating 560
  8. 8Caitlin BrouckaertFish HoekRating 529
  9. 9Tiffany KochWarnadooneRating 504
  10. 10Christina MallionCliftonRating 486

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. Standings at the end of 2023/24.

Top clubs · Open

Place
1Your club: Following: Clifton6 gold · 16 medals · 62 entries15626%
2Your club: Following: Durban Surf1 gold · 6 medals · 21 entries7329%
3Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks1 gold · 6 medals · 23 entries5426%
4Your club: Following: Scottburgh3 gold · 3 medals · 18 entries3817%
5Your club: Following: Kings Beach0 gold · 3 medals · 12 entries3225%
6Your club: Following: Fish Hoek0 gold · 2 medals · 18 entries2911%
7Your club: Following: Milnerton1 gold · 1 medals · 17 entries246%
8Your club: Following: East London2 gold · 3 medals · 3 entries22100%
9Your club: Following: Pirates2 gold · 2 medals · 5 entries1940%
10Your club: Following: False Bay0 gold · 1 medals · 11 entries199%

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 · 2023/24

All records →

Most titles

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

  1. 1Anele SibisiScottburgh · from 6 races · 2023/243golds
  2. 1Jenna TarrTuks · from 5 races · 2023/243golds
  3. 1Samuel BooysenClifton · from 6 races · 2023/243golds
  4. 1Zoë B.Clifton · from 5 races · 2023/243golds
  5. 5Lara EdwardPirates · from 2 races · 2023/242golds

And 9 more athletes on 1 gold.

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 · WC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Milnerton24 Feb 2024 · 3 of 38 entrants ratedField strength 610
  4. Open Women · SA Juniors & Seniors21 Mar 2024 · 5 of 24 entrants ratedField strength 584
  5. Open Men · SA Juniors & Seniors21 Mar 2024 · 10 of 61 entrants ratedField strength 546
  6. Open Men · Juniors & Seniors Champs · Dairy Beach24 Feb 2024 · 4 of 18 entrants ratedField strength 520

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