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Beach Sprint

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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Nippers Juniors Open Masters

Beach Sprint · Nippers · 2023/24

Divisions · 2023/24: 80; 8 competitions
Entries · 2023/24: 1 188; up from 453 in 2021/22
Average field: 14.9; entries per division
Top club: Durban Surf; 391 pts · 7 golds

Top clubs · Nippers

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1	Your club: Following: Durban Surf7 gold · 30 medals · 159 entries	391	7	30	159	19%
2	Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks11 gold · 34 medals · 143 entries	329	11	34	143	24%
3	Your club: Following: Clifton10 gold · 29 medals · 108 entries	305	10	29	108	27%
4	Your club: Following: Big Bay10 gold · 22 medals · 92 entries	245	10	22	92	24%
5	Your club: Following: Summerstrand4 gold · 20 medals · 62 entries	222	4	20	62	32%
6	Your club: Following: Fish Hoek6 gold · 15 medals · 133 entries	213	6	15	133	11%
7	Your club: Following: Llandudno3 gold · 13 medals · 72 entries	173	3	13	72	18%
8	Your club: Following: Scottburgh5 gold · 16 medals · 47 entries	163	5	16	47	34%
9	Your club: Following: Kings Beach10 gold · 15 medals · 48 entries	160	10	15	48	31%
10	Your club: Following: Marine4 gold · 7 medals · 98 entries	130	4	7	98	7%
11	Your club: Following: Pirates2 gold · 8 medals · 38 entries	115	2	8	38	21%
12	Your club: Following: East London1 gold · 7 medals · 17 entries	70	1	7	17	41%
13	Your club: Following: Strand1 gold · 3 medals · 26 entries	39	1	3	26	12%
14	Your club: Following: Milnerton2 gold · 4 medals · 16 entries	38	2	4	16	25%
15	Your club: Following: Warnadoone1 gold · 2 medals · 21 entries	37	1	2	21	10%
16	Your club: Following: Marlin0 gold · 3 medals · 10 entries	23	0	3	10	30%
17	Your club: Following: Durban Undersea LC0 gold · 0 medals · 15 entries	19	0	0	15	0%
18	Your club: Following: Umtamvuna0 gold · 1 medals · 3 entries	11	0	1	3	33%
19	Your club: Following: Mandeville Dolphins0 gold · 0 medals · 8 entries	8	0	0	8	0%
20	Your club: Following: Seagulls0 gold · 0 medals · 3 entries	7	0	0	3	0%
21	Your club: Following: Harties Reflection0 gold · 0 medals · 23 entries	6	0	0	23	0%
22	Your club: Following: Plett0 gold · 0 medals · 1 entries	4	0	0	1	0%
23	Your club: Following: Tuks0 gold · 0 medals · 3 entries	2	0	0	3	0%
24	Your club: Following: Southern Cross0 gold · 0 medals · 4 entries	1	0	0	4	0%

Podium rate = medals ÷ entries.

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 55174 divisions · average field 21 · 11 competitions
2026/27252 divisions · average field 12.5 · 1 competition

Entries in every Nippers Beach Sprint division each season (September to August), whatever season is picked above.

Records · Nippers · 2023/24

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Most golds

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

And 15 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.

And 21 more athletes on 3 finals.

Strongest fields · Nippers

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