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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 · Open · All-time

Divisions · All-time
93
6 seasons
Entries · All-time
1 184
athletes and teams
Average field
12.7
entries per division
Top club
Clifton
434 pts · 17 golds

Leaders · Open

Flagline RatingMost golds

Open Men

  1. 1Samuel BooysenClifton14 golds17 medals · 18 races
  2. 2Christopher D.Durban Surf6 golds7 medals · 7 races
  3. 3Nicholas Peter KingstonSummerstrand3 golds6 medals · 8 races
  4. 4Siyanda MthethwaDurban Surf2 golds7 medals · 10 races
  5. 5Bandile NcananaDurban Surf2 golds4 medals · 8 races
  6. 6Brayden BergsetUmhlanga Rocks2 golds3 medals · 4 races
  7. 7Bulumko NtuthuKings Beach1 gold4 medals · 5 races
  8. 8Jake H.Big Bay1 gold4 medals · 6 races
  9. 9Ariel MausenbaumMilnerton1 gold3 medals · 6 races
  10. 10Max DavidsonUmhlanga Rocks1 gold2 medals · 2 races

Open Women

  1. 1Tiffany KochWarnadoone7 golds12 medals · 15 races
  2. 2Eve A.Fish Hoek7 golds7 medals · 8 races
  3. 3Zoë B.Clifton6 golds10 medals · 12 races
  4. 4Ayanda MhlunguDurban Surf5 golds6 medals · 7 races
  5. 5Tannah M.Durban Surf4 golds6 medals · 7 races
  6. 6Lara JohnsonClifton3 golds6 medals · 7 races
  7. 7Nicolette ChallenorUmhlanga Rocks3 golds4 medals · 4 races
  8. 8Jenna TarrEast London2 golds7 medals · 7 races
  9. 9Celina IsaacsMilnerton2 golds7 medals · 16 races
  10. 10Dayna DeebleDurban Surf1 gold8 medals · 10 races

Top clubs · Open

Place
1Your club: Following: Clifton17 gold · 41 medals · 228 entries43418%
2Your club: Following: Durban Surf18 gold · 48 medals · 102 entries43147%
3Your club: Following: Warnadoone8 gold · 17 medals · 40 entries16843%
4Your club: Following: Milnerton3 gold · 13 medals · 90 entries16614%
5Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks9 gold · 16 medals · 37 entries15943%
6Your club: Following: Scottburgh0 gold · 13 medals · 57 entries15823%
7Your club: Following: Fish Hoek6 gold · 11 medals · 87 entries15013%
8Your club: Following: Kings Beach2 gold · 13 medals · 45 entries13329%
9Your club: Following: Summerstrand5 gold · 12 medals · 46 entries12426%
10Your club: Following: Marine1 gold · 10 medals · 25 entries11240%

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 · Open

  • 2020/21235 divisions · average field 4.6 · 3 competitions
  • 2021/2210212 divisions · average field 8.5 · 6 competitions
  • 2022/2323920 divisions · average field 12 · 10 competitions
  • 2023/2430319 divisions · average field 15.9 · 10 competitions
  • 2024/2525418 divisions · average field 14.1 · 9 competitions
  • 2025/2626319 divisions · average field 13.8 · 10 competitions

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

Records · Open · All-time

All records →

Most titles

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

  1. 1Samuel BooysenClifton · from 20 races · 2021/22–2025/2615golds
  2. 2Eve A.Fish Hoek · from 8 races · 2023/24–2025/267golds
  3. 2Tiffany KochWarnadoone · from 15 races · 2022/23–2025/267golds
  4. 4Christopher D.Warnadoone · from 7 races · 2024/25–2025/266golds
  5. 4Zoë B.Clifton · from 12 races · 2022/23–2025/266golds
  6. 6Ayanda MhlunguDurban Surf · from 7 races · 2020/21–2022/235golds
  7. 7Tannah M.Durban Surf · from 7 races · 2024/25–2025/264golds
  8. 8Lara JohnsonClifton · from 7 races · 2023/24–2024/253golds
  9. 8Nicholas Peter KingstonSummerstrand · from 8 races · 2021/22–2025/263golds
  10. 8Nicolette ChallenorUmhlanga Rocks · from 4 races · 2021/22–2023/243golds

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. 1Samuel BooysenClifton · 2021/22–2025/269finals
  2. 2Zoë B.Clifton · 2023/24–2025/266finals
  3. 3Jalaaludeen SamuelsClifton · 2024/25–2025/265finals
  4. 4Anele SibisiScottburgh · 2021/22–2023/244finals
  5. 4Ayanda MthimkhuluScottburgh · 2021/22–2023/244finals
  6. 4Jenna TarrTuks · 2023/24–2025/264finals
  7. 4Nicholas Peter KingstonSummerstrand · 2021/22–2025/264finals
  8. 4Otto NdlovuScottburgh · 2021/22–2023/244finals

And 7 more athletes on 3 finals.

Strongest fields · Open

  1. Open Women · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 3 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 644
  2. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials5 May 2024 · 4 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 642
  3. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Mossel Bay1 Mar 2025 · 3 of 6 entrants ratedField strength 636
  4. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha3 May 2026 · 4 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 630
  5. Open Men · WC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Strand15 Mar 2025 · 6 of 25 entrants ratedField strength 587
  6. Open Women · SA Juniors & Seniors21 Mar 2024 · 4 of 18 entrants ratedField strength 581
  7. Open Men · Seniors & Juniors Surf Competition 1 · Fish Hoek23 Nov 2024 · 7 of 33 entrants ratedField strength 576
  8. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials27 May 2023 · 3 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 574
  9. Open Men · Seniors & Juniors Surf Competition 3 · Clifton8 Feb 2025 · 7 of 20 entrants ratedField strength 569
  10. Open Women · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha30 Mar 2026 · 9 of 24 entrants ratedField strength 566

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

Championship winners · Open

Division winners at SA Champs, the Inter-Provincials and provincial championships, newest first.

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