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Beach Sprint

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Beach Sprint 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 Sprint · Open · All-time

Divisions · All-time
93
6 seasons
Entries · All-time
1 184
athletes and teams
Average field
12.7
entries per division
Top club
Clifton
434 pts · 17 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 Sprint alone. Current ratings of athletes who raced in the last 12 months.

Top clubs · Open

Place
1Your club: Following: Clifton17 gold · 41 medals · 228 entries43418%
2Your club: Following: Durban Surf18 gold · 48 medals · 102 entries43147%
3Your club: Following: Warnadoone8 gold · 17 medals · 40 entries16843%
4Your club: Following: Milnerton3 gold · 13 medals · 90 entries16614%
5Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks9 gold · 16 medals · 37 entries15943%
6Your club: Following: Scottburgh0 gold · 13 medals · 57 entries15823%
7Your club: Following: Fish Hoek6 gold · 11 medals · 87 entries15013%
8Your club: Following: Kings Beach2 gold · 13 medals · 45 entries13329%
9Your club: Following: Summerstrand5 gold · 12 medals · 46 entries12426%
10Your club: Following: Marine1 gold · 10 medals · 25 entries11240%

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

  • 2020/21235 divisions · average field 4.6 · 3 competitions
  • 2021/2210212 divisions · average field 8.5 · 6 competitions
  • 2022/2323920 divisions · average field 12 · 10 competitions
  • 2023/2430319 divisions · average field 15.9 · 10 competitions
  • 2024/2525418 divisions · average field 14.1 · 9 competitions
  • 2025/2626319 divisions · average field 13.8 · 10 competitions

Entries in every Open Beach Sprint 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 20 races · 2021/22–2025/2615golds
  2. 2Eve A.Fish Hoek · from 8 races · 2023/24–2025/267golds
  3. 2Tiffany KochWarnadoone · from 15 races · 2022/23–2025/267golds
  4. 4Christopher D.Warnadoone · from 7 races · 2024/25–2025/266golds
  5. 4Zoë B.Clifton · from 12 races · 2022/23–2025/266golds
  6. 6Ayanda MhlunguDurban Surf · from 7 races · 2020/21–2022/235golds
  7. 7Tannah M.Durban Surf · from 7 races · 2024/25–2025/264golds
  8. 8Lara JohnsonClifton · from 7 races · 2023/24–2024/253golds
  9. 8Nicholas Peter KingstonSummerstrand · from 8 races · 2021/22–2025/263golds
  10. 8Nicolette ChallenorUmhlanga Rocks · from 4 races · 2021/22–2023/243golds

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. 1Samuel BooysenClifton · 2021/22–2025/269finals
  2. 2Zoë B.Clifton · 2023/24–2025/266finals
  3. 3Jalaaludeen SamuelsClifton · 2024/25–2025/265finals
  4. 4Anele SibisiScottburgh · 2021/22–2023/244finals
  5. 4Ayanda MthimkhuluScottburgh · 2021/22–2023/244finals
  6. 4Jenna TarrTuks · 2023/24–2025/264finals
  7. 4Nicholas Peter KingstonSummerstrand · 2021/22–2025/264finals
  8. 4Otto NdlovuScottburgh · 2021/22–2023/244finals

And 7 more athletes on 3 finals.

Strongest fields · Open

  1. Open Women · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 3 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 644
  2. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 4 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 642
  3. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Mossel Bay1 Mar 2025 · 3 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 636
  4. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha3 May 2026 · 4 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 630
  5. Open Men · WC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Strand15 Mar 2025 · 6 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 587
  6. Open Women · SA Juniors & Seniors21 Mar 2024 · 4 of 18 entrants ratedField strength 581
  7. Open Men · Seniors & Juniors Surf Competition 1 · Fish Hoek23 Nov 2024 · 7 of 33 entrants ratedField strength 576
  8. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials27 May 2023 · 3 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 574
  9. Open Men · Seniors & Juniors Surf Competition 3 · Clifton8 Feb 2025 · 7 of 20 entrants ratedField strength 569
  10. Open Women · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha30 Mar 2026 · 9 of 24 entrants ratedField strength 566

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 sprint works