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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 · 2025/26

Divisions · 2025/26
76
12 competitions
Entries · 2025/26
1 576
up from 453 in 2021/22
Average field
20.7
entries per division
Top club
Durban Surf
391 pts · 12 golds

Leaders · Nippers

Flagline RatingMost golds
All NippersU9U10U11U12U13U14

Boys

  1. 1Azanda N.Durban Surf3 golds4 medals · 4 races
  2. 2Adam A.Durban Surf3 golds3 medals · 3 races
  3. 3Jack W.Marine3 golds3 medals · 3 races
  4. 4Levi A.Fish Hoek3 golds3 medals · 3 races
  5. 5Storm B.Umhlanga Rocks3 golds3 medals · 3 races
  6. 6Slade D.Pirates2 golds7 medals · 7 races
  7. 7Farrell V.Clifton2 golds3 medals · 3 races
  8. 8Blake K.Scottburgh2 golds3 medals · 4 races
  9. 9Liam D.Llandudno2 golds2 medals · 2 races
  10. 10Ziayne W.Marlin2 golds2 medals · 2 races

Girls

  1. 1Olivia C.Scottburgh3 golds5 medals · 6 races
  2. 2Mia S.Umhlanga Rocks3 golds3 medals · 3 races
  3. 3Indi G.Durban Surf3 golds3 medals · 4 races
  4. 4Lacey R.Warnadoone2 golds4 medals · 4 races
  5. 5Riley A.Llandudno2 golds3 medals · 3 races
  6. 6Shiloh R.Milnerton2 golds3 medals · 3 races
  7. 7Isabella P.Strand2 golds3 medals · 4 races
  8. 8Sinai H.Pirates2 golds3 medals · 4 races
  9. 9Lyra H.Kings Beach2 golds2 medals · 2 races
  10. 10Tilda M.Clifton2 golds2 medals · 3 races

Top clubs · Nippers

Place
1Your club: Following: Durban Surf12 gold · 30 medals · 174 entries39117%
2Your club: Following: Clifton8 gold · 28 medals · 213 entries32413%
3Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks9 gold · 28 medals · 116 entries30624%
4Your club: Following: Fish Hoek6 gold · 22 medals · 239 entries2949%
5Your club: Following: Scottburgh7 gold · 21 medals · 107 entries23520%
6Your club: Following: Pirates4 gold · 19 medals · 73 entries19726%
7Your club: Following: Warnadoone5 gold · 13 medals · 51 entries14825%
8Your club: Following: Milnerton2 gold · 14 medals · 71 entries12120%
9Your club: Following: Llandudno4 gold · 9 medals · 95 entries1199%
10Your club: Following: Big Bay3 gold · 9 medals · 92 entries11110%

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 · 2025/26

All records →

Most titles

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

  1. 1Adam A.Durban Surf · from 3 races · 2025/263golds
  2. 1Azanda N.Durban Surf · from 4 races · 2025/263golds
  3. 1Indi G.Durban Surf · from 4 races · 2025/263golds
  4. 1Jack W.Marine · from 3 races · 2025/263golds
  5. 1Levi A.Fish Hoek · from 3 races · 2025/263golds
  6. 1Mia S.Umhlanga Rocks · from 3 races · 2025/263golds
  7. 1Olivia C.Scottburgh · from 6 races · 2025/263golds
  8. 1Storm B.Umhlanga Rocks · from 3 races · 2025/263golds

And 12 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. 1Cruz R.Scottburgh · 2025/265finals
  2. 1Slade D.Pirates · 2025/265finals
  3. 3Adam C.Pirates · 2025/264finals
  4. 3Blake K.Scottburgh · 2025/264finals
  5. 3Cyrus H.Pirates · 2025/264finals
  6. 3Emma R.Durban Surf · 2025/264finals
  7. 3Kaitlyn M.Pirates · 2025/264finals
  8. 3Olivia C.Scottburgh · 2025/264finals
  9. 3Skye B.Umhlanga Rocks · 2025/264finals

And 58 more athletes on 3 finals.

Strongest fields · Nippers

  1. Women · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha3 May 2026 · 6 of 9 entrants ratedField strength 609
  2. Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha3 May 2026 · 6 of 10 entrants ratedField strength 578
  3. U10 Boys · WC Surf Nippers Champs · Strand14 Mar 2026 · 7 of 34 entrants ratedField strength 538
  4. U11 Boys · Nipper Surf Competition 2 · Fish Hoek1 Feb 2026 · 10 of 26 entrants ratedField strength 538
  5. U11 Girls · Nipper Carnival 3 · South Beach11 Jan 2026 · 3 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 530
  6. U10 Boys · Nipper Surf Competition 2 · Fish Hoek1 Feb 2026 · 6 of 29 entrants ratedField strength 523
  7. U11 Girls · Nipper Surf Competition 2 · Fish Hoek1 Feb 2026 · 14 of 27 entrants ratedField strength 512
  8. U11 Girls · Nipper Champs · Addington Beach14 Mar 2026 · 4 of 10 entrants ratedField strength 501
  9. U11 Boys · SA Nippers · Gqeberha26 Mar 2026 · 11 of 31 entrants ratedField strength 498
  10. U13 Girls · SA Nippers · Gqeberha26 Mar 2026 · 23 of 32 entrants ratedField strength 495

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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