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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 · All-time

Divisions · All-time
355
5 seasons
Entries · All-time
6 168
athletes and teams
Average field
17.4
entries per division
Top club
Clifton
1398 pts · 49 golds

Leaders · Nippers

Flagline RatingMost golds
U9U10U11U12U13U14

U13 BoysFull list (66) →

  1. 1Noah V.CliftonRating 641
  2. 2Keagan W.Durban SurfRating 598
  3. 3Cruz R.ScottburghRating 588
  4. 4Kyle T.CliftonRating 576
  5. 5Elliot B.LlandudnoRating 575
  6. 6Dylan M.Durban SurfRating 566
  7. 6Reece R.ScottburghRating 566
  8. 8Noah S.LlandudnoRating 559
  9. 9Tristan V.Big BayRating 557
  10. 10Ahadi M.CliftonRating 550

U13 GirlsFull list (40) →

  1. 1Gia H.CliftonRating 670
  2. 2Ruby S.SummerstrandRating 668
  3. 3Lexi T.Big BayRating 653
  4. 4Ella S.SummerstrandRating 649
  5. 5Olivia C.ScottburghRating 620
  6. 6Lacey R.WarnadooneRating 609
  7. 7Leila W.CliftonRating 604
  8. 8Isabella P.StrandRating 586
  9. 9Ava H.PlettRating 560
  10. 10Hannah W.CliftonRating 543

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 · Nippers

Place
1Your club: Following: Clifton49 gold · 129 medals · 643 entries139820%
2Your club: Following: Durban Surf32 gold · 109 medals · 572 entries135819%
3Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks41 gold · 114 medals · 483 entries124624%
4Your club: Following: Fish Hoek21 gold · 75 medals · 754 entries105610%
5Your club: Following: Summerstrand13 gold · 72 medals · 513 entries89914%
6Your club: Following: Scottburgh27 gold · 79 medals · 286 entries81328%
7Your club: Following: Big Bay26 gold · 69 medals · 407 entries78117%
8Your club: Following: Kings Beach39 gold · 68 medals · 309 entries72922%
9Your club: Following: Llandudno14 gold · 45 medals · 419 entries61811%
10Your club: Following: Marine13 gold · 27 medals · 336 entries4628%

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 · All-time

All records →

Most titles

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

  1. 1Gia H.Clifton · from 14 races · 2021/22–2025/2610golds
  2. 2Kyto T.Clifton · from 9 races · 2021/22–2023/249golds
  3. 2Sabrina K.Big Bay · from 11 races · 2021/22–2024/259golds
  4. 4Lyra H.Kings Beach · from 11 races · 2021/22–2025/268golds
  5. 5Annabella E.Scottburgh · from 16 races · 2021/22–2024/257golds
  6. 5Benjamin P.Umhlanga Rocks · from 9 races · 2022/23–2025/267golds
  7. 5Levi A.Fish Hoek · from 13 races · 2022/23–2025/267golds
  8. 5Mia S.Umhlanga Rocks · from 10 races · 2022/23–2025/267golds
  9. 9Ethan C.Clifton · from 10 races · 2021/22–2024/256golds
  10. 9Lacey R.Warnadoone · from 8 races · 2022/23–2025/266golds

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 · 2022/23–2025/2612finals
  2. 1Emma R.Durban Surf · 2022/23–2025/2612finals
  3. 1Slade D.Pirates · 2023/24–2025/2612finals
  4. 4Annabella E.Scottburgh · 2021/22–2024/2511finals
  5. 4Olivia C.Scottburgh · 2022/23–2025/2611finals
  6. 6Mia S.Umhlanga Rocks · 2022/23–2025/2610finals
  7. 7Thomas D.Warnadoone · 2021/22–2024/259finals

And 7 more athletes on 8 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. U14 Boys · SA Inter-Provincials27 May 2023 · 3 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 628
  4. Men · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 4 of 9 entrants ratedField strength 619
  5. Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Mossel Bay1 Mar 2025 · 3 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 615
  6. U13 Boys · WC Surf Nippers Champs · Strand2 Mar 2024 · 5 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 610
  7. Women · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha3 May 2026 · 6 of 9 entrants ratedField strength 609
  8. U13 Girls · Surf Nipper Competition 2 · Fish Hoek28 Jan 2024 · 4 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 594
  9. U11 Girls · East Cape Nipper Champs · Dolphin Beach JBay24 Feb 2024 · 3 of 9 entrants ratedField strength 591
  10. U13 Boys · Surf Nipper Competition 2 · Fish Hoek28 Jan 2024 · 4 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 590

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.

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