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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 · Masters · All-time

Divisions · All-time
141
6 seasons
Entries · All-time
891
athletes and teams
Average field
6.3
entries per division
Top club
Umhlanga Rocks
1071 pts · 56 golds

Leaders · Masters

Flagline RatingMost golds

Masters MenFull list (32) →

  1. 1Simon VickersUmhlanga RocksRating 695
  2. 2Nic HornUmhlanga RocksRating 598
  3. 3Shannon CainSeagullsRating 577
  4. 4Jeremy MilesUmhlanga RocksRating 573
  5. 5Paul H HerbertUmhlanga RocksRating 567
  6. 6Steve CohenPiratesRating 550
  7. 7Franklin CoetzeeSummerstrandRating 542
  8. 8Darryn de JagerWarnadooneRating 520
  9. 9Christopher PearsonUmhlanga RocksRating 517
  10. 10Kerwin ClarkeSeagullsRating 515

Masters WomenFull list (12) →

  1. 1Janine PrinsSummerstrandRating 579
  2. 2Gina McClellandCliftonRating 523
  3. 3Bronwyn PowellFish HoekRating 514
  4. 4Keran CoetzerUmhlanga RocksRating 507
  5. 5Lisa PearsonUmhlanga RocksRating 476
  6. 6Andrea RohrbeckUmhlanga RocksRating 472
  7. 7Antje HocklyUmhlanga RocksRating 439
  8. 8Kerry LouwSummerstrandRating 438
  9. 9Tracey PooleyCliftonRating 421
  10. 10Nicolette SmithUmhlanga RocksRating 419

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.

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Top clubs · Masters

Place
1Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks56 gold · 122 medals · 197 entries107162%
2Your club: Following: Pirates9 gold · 22 medals · 90 entries33624%
3Your club: Following: Fish Hoek13 gold · 23 medals · 87 entries27526%
4Your club: Following: Summerstrand6 gold · 21 medals · 77 entries25527%
5Your club: Following: Durban Surf10 gold · 26 medals · 42 entries22762%
6Your club: Following: Clifton12 gold · 20 medals · 56 entries22336%
7Your club: Following: Scottburgh12 gold · 20 medals · 29 entries17869%
8Your club: Following: Marine6 gold · 15 medals · 36 entries16442%
9Your club: Following: Warnadoone6 gold · 20 medals · 28 entries15671%
10Your club: Following: Kings Beach3 gold · 9 medals · 25 entries10836%

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 · Masters

  • 2020/21568 divisions · average field 7 · 3 competitions
  • 2021/226713 divisions · average field 5.2 · 5 competitions
  • 2022/2322734 divisions · average field 6.7 · 5 competitions
  • 2023/2419333 divisions · average field 5.8 · 4 competitions
  • 2024/2512725 divisions · average field 5.1 · 3 competitions
  • 2025/2622128 divisions · average field 7.9 · 4 competitions

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

Records · Masters · All-time

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Most titles

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

  1. 1Lisa PearsonUmhlanga Rocks · from 10 races · 2020/21–2025/268golds
  2. 2Jeremy MilesUmhlanga Rocks · from 6 races · 2023/24–2025/266golds
  3. 3Christopher PearsonUmhlanga Rocks · from 11 races · 2020/21–2025/265golds
  4. 4Bruce Darbyshire-RobertsScottburgh · from 4 races · 2022/23–2025/264golds
  5. 4Christina MallionClifton · from 5 races · 2021/22–2025/264golds
  6. 4Nic HornUmhlanga Rocks · from 7 races · 2020/21–2025/264golds
  7. 4Paul H HerbertUmhlanga Rocks · from 11 races · 2020/21–2025/264golds
  8. 4Renee VrahimisFish Hoek · from 4 races · 2022/23–2025/264golds
  9. 4Siyanda NgexeDurban Pro's · from 9 races · 2020/21–2022/234golds
  10. 10Brian MkwanaziUmhlanga Rocks · from 6 races · 2020/21–2025/263golds
  11. 10Buntu MdyeshaneClifton · from 3 races · 2023/24–2025/263golds
  12. 10Shannon CainSeagulls · from 3 races · 2022/23–2025/263golds
  13. 10Simon VickersUmhlanga Rocks · from 4 races · 2022/23–2025/263golds

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. 1Brett C.Umhlanga Rocks · 2021/22–2023/243finals
  2. 1Byron SmithUmhlanga Rocks · 2022/23–2024/253finals
  3. 1Franklin CoetzeeSummerstrand · 2023/24–2025/263finals
  4. 1Nicolette SmithUmhlanga Rocks · 2022/23–2025/263finals
  5. 1Paul H HerbertUmhlanga Rocks · 2022/23–2025/263finals

And 17 more athletes on 2 finals.

Strongest fields · Masters

  1. Masters 65-69 Men · SA Masters · Gqeberha29 Mar 2026 · 3 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 467
  2. Masters 50-54 Men · Masters Champs · Battery Beach · Pirates30 Mar 2025 · 4 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 447
  3. Masters 50-54 Men · Masters Champs · Battery Beach · Pirates8 Mar 2026 · 5 of 9 entrants ratedField strength 407
  4. Masters 30-44 Men · Training Series 2 · Marine16 Oct 2022 · 3 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 404

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

Championship winners · Masters

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