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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 · Nippers · U13 · 2024/25

Divisions · 2024/25
77
10 competitions
Entries · 2024/25
1 495
up from 453 in 2021/22
Average field
19.4
entries per division
Top club
Clifton
328 pts · 8 golds

Leaders · Nippers U13

Flagline RatingMost golds
U9U10U11U12U13U14

U13 BoysFull list (48) →

  1. 1Ameer M.Fish HoekRating 662
  2. 2Keaton M.LlandudnoRating 646
  3. 3Chase S.CliftonRating 622
  4. 4Cameron V.LlandudnoRating 607
  5. 5Asher V.CliftonRating 599
  6. 6Boris W.LlandudnoRating 596
  7. 7Tyde S.CliftonRating 584
  8. 8Slater V.Big BayRating 576
  9. 9Hiram R.Kings BeachRating 562
  10. 10Jaydon A.CliftonRating 555

U13 GirlsFull list (47) →

  1. 1Lyra H.Kings BeachRating 759
  2. 2Hannah V.CliftonRating 702
  3. 3Sarah M.Fish HoekRating 642
  4. 4Bianca S.Umhlanga RocksRating 636
  5. 5Miya D.SummerstrandRating 613
  6. 6Isabella W.CliftonRating 593
  7. 7Olivia C.Fish HoekRating 585
  8. 8Matilda R.CliftonRating 581
  9. 9Sophia S.SummerstrandRating 564
  10. 10Grace W.ScottburghRating 557

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. Standings at the end of 2024/25.

Top clubs · Nippers

Place
1Your club: Following: Clifton8 gold · 28 medals · 183 entries32815%
2Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks14 gold · 30 medals · 111 entries32627%
3Your club: Following: Fish Hoek6 gold · 21 medals · 241 entries2929%
4Your club: Following: Summerstrand1 gold · 21 medals · 133 entries24216%
5Your club: Following: Big Bay10 gold · 22 medals · 121 entries22618%
6Your club: Following: Durban Surf2 gold · 16 medals · 108 entries21915%
7Your club: Following: Kings Beach13 gold · 18 medals · 80 entries19123%
8Your club: Following: Llandudno6 gold · 13 medals · 133 entries18510%
9Your club: Following: Scottburgh5 gold · 18 medals · 59 entries16631%
10Your club: Following: Marine2 gold · 6 medals · 74 entries1118%

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 · Nippers

  • 2021/2245329 divisions · average field 15.6 · 5 competitions
  • 2022/231 45693 divisions · average field 15.7 · 9 competitions
  • 2023/241 18880 divisions · average field 14.9 · 8 competitions
  • 2024/251 49577 divisions · average field 19.4 · 10 competitions
  • 2025/261 57676 divisions · average field 20.7 · 12 competitions

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

Records · Nippers · 2024/25

All records →

Most titles

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

  1. 1Gia H.Clifton · from 3 races · 2024/253golds
  2. 1Hannah V.Clifton · from 4 races · 2024/253golds
  3. 1Liam D.Llandudno · from 3 races · 2024/253golds
  4. 1Reece R.Scottburgh · from 5 races · 2024/253golds

And 19 more athletes on 2 golds.

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. 1Blake K.Scottburgh · 2024/253finals
  2. 1Bradley S.Umhlanga Rocks · 2024/253finals
  3. 1Dax B.Umhlanga Rocks · 2024/253finals
  4. 1Emma R.Durban Surf · 2024/253finals
  5. 1Marc S.Umhlanga Rocks · 2024/253finals
  6. 1Olivia C.Scottburgh · 2024/253finals
  7. 1Reece R.Scottburgh · 2024/253finals
  8. 1Slade D.Pirates · 2024/253finals
  9. 1Thomas A.Umhlanga Rocks · 2024/253finals

And 84 more athletes on 2 finals.

Strongest fields · Nippers

  1. Women · SA Inter-Provincials · Mossel Bay1 Mar 2025 · 4 of 5 entrants ratedField strength 641
  2. U13 Girls · East Cape Nipper Champs · Dolphin Beach JBay15 Feb 2025 · 4 of 16 entrants ratedField strength 629
  3. Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Mossel Bay1 Mar 2025 · 3 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 615
  4. U14 Girls · Nipper Surf Competition 2 · Fish Hoek2 Feb 2025 · 12 of 20 entrants ratedField strength 549
  5. U11 Boys · Nipper Surf Competition 2 · Fish Hoek2 Feb 2025 · 9 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 536
  6. U10 Boys · WC Surf Nippers Champs · Clifton29 Mar 2025 · 9 of 22 entrants ratedField strength 534
  7. U10 Girls · SA Nippers · Gqeberha28 Apr 2025 · 11 of 40 entrants ratedField strength 532
  8. U10 Girls · WC Surf Nippers Champs · Clifton29 Mar 2025 · 6 of 27 entrants ratedField strength 529
  9. U12 Girls · Nipper Surf Competition 2 · Fish Hoek2 Feb 2025 · 10 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 523
  10. U10 Boys · SA Nippers · Gqeberha28 Apr 2025 · 13 of 44 entrants ratedField strength 515

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 sprint works