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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 · 2025/26

Divisions · 2025/26
19
10 competitions
Entries · 2025/26
263
up from 23 in 2020/21
Average field
13.8
entries per division
Top club
Clifton
138 pts · 6 golds

Leaders · Open

Flagline RatingMost golds

Open Men

  1. 1Samuel BooysenClifton5 golds5 medals · 5 races
  2. 2Christopher D.Durban Surf4 golds4 medals · 4 races
  3. 3Thubelihle BandaMarine1 gold1 medal · 3 races
  4. 4Jalaaludeen SamuelsClifton0 golds3 medals · 4 races
  5. 5Tiaan LyonWarnadoone0 golds2 medals · 3 races
  6. 6Darryl LindtClifton0 golds2 medals · 4 races
  7. 7Javin PresenceMilnerton0 golds2 medals · 5 races
  8. 8Bryce H.Durban Surf0 golds1 medal · 1 race
  9. 9Keagan W.Durban Surf0 golds1 medal · 1 race
  10. 10Landon KrugerWarnadoone0 golds1 medal · 1 race

Open Women

  1. 1Tannah M.Durban Surf4 golds4 medals · 5 races
  2. 2Zoë B.Clifton3 golds4 medals · 4 races
  3. 3Eve A.Fish Hoek3 golds3 medals · 3 races
  4. 4Dayna DeebleDurban Surf0 golds3 medals · 3 races
  5. 5Celina IsaacsMilnerton0 golds3 medals · 4 races
  6. 6Tiffany KochWarnadoone0 golds3 medals · 5 races
  7. 7Ella D.Western Cape0 golds1 medal · 1 race
  8. 8Georgia L.Clifton0 golds1 medal · 1 race
  9. 9Jenna TarrTuks0 golds1 medal · 1 race
  10. 10Mandi A.Eastern Cape0 golds1 medal · 1 race

Top clubs · Open

Place
1Your club: Following: Clifton6 gold · 14 medals · 60 entries13823%
2Your club: Following: Durban Surf7 gold · 13 medals · 20 entries11265%
3Your club: Following: Warnadoone1 gold · 7 medals · 16 entries6344%
4Your club: Following: Milnerton0 gold · 4 medals · 29 entries5214%
5Your club: Following: Scottburgh0 gold · 3 medals · 11 entries4727%
6Your club: Following: Fish Hoek3 gold · 4 medals · 33 entries4312%
7Your club: Following: Marine1 gold · 3 medals · 8 entries3338%
8Your club: Following: False Bay0 gold · 0 medals · 8 entries140%
9Your club: Following: Umhlanga Rocks0 gold · 0 medals · 5 entries120%
10Your club: Following: Summerstrand0 gold · 1 medals · 13 entries108%

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 · 2025/26

All records →

Most titles

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

  1. 1Samuel BooysenClifton · from 5 races · 2025/265golds
  2. 2Christopher D.Warnadoone · from 4 races · 2025/264golds
  3. 2Tannah M.Durban Surf · from 5 races · 2025/264golds
  4. 4Eve A.Fish Hoek · from 3 races · 2025/263golds
  5. 4Zoë B.Clifton · from 4 races · 2025/263golds
  6. 6Thubelihle BandaMarine · from 3 races · 2025/261gold

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. 1Jalaaludeen SamuelsClifton · 2025/264finals
  2. 1Samuel BooysenClifton · 2025/264finals
  3. 3Carlton BaronFalse Bay · 2025/263finals
  4. 3Zoë B.Clifton · 2025/263finals
  5. 5Amy HareFish Hoek · 2025/262finals
  6. 5Celina IsaacsMilnerton · 2025/262finals
  7. 5Christina MallionClifton · 2025/262finals
  8. 5Darryl LindtClifton · 2025/262finals
  9. 5Eve A.Fish Hoek · 2025/262finals
  10. 5Javin PresenceMilnerton · 2025/262finals
  11. 5Jenna G.Milnerton · 2025/262finals
  12. 5Tyler ErnstzenClifton · 2025/262finals

Strongest fields · Open

  1. Open Men · SA Inter-Provincials · Gqeberha3 May 2026 · 4 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 630
  2. Open Women · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha30 Mar 2026 · 9 of 24 entrants ratedField strength 566
  3. Open Men · Surf #1 · Clifton15 Nov 2025 · 11 of 23 entrants ratedField strength 566
  4. Open Men · SA Juniors & Seniors · Gqeberha30 Mar 2026 · 16 of 54 entrants ratedField strength 542
  5. Open Men · Surf #3 · Fish Hoek7 Feb 2026 · 13 of 31 entrants ratedField strength 541
  6. Open Women · WC Surf Champs · Clifton28 Feb 2026 · 6 of 12 entrants ratedField strength 538
  7. Open Men · Juniors & Seniors Champs · Dairy Beach21 Feb 2026 · 4 of 11 entrants ratedField strength 532
  8. Open Women · Series 4 · Durban Surf25 Jan 2026 · 3 of 7 entrants ratedField strength 529
  9. Open Women · Juniors & Seniors Champs · Dairy Beach21 Feb 2026 · 3 of 8 entrants ratedField strength 529
  10. Open Men · WC Surf Champs · Clifton28 Feb 2026 · 16 of 32 entrants ratedField strength 521

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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