Board Race
Board Race in South Africa since 2020/21: leaders by Flagline Rating (the board 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.
Board Race · Open · 2022/23
- Divisions · 2022/23
- 20
- 12 competitions
- Average field
- 17.1
- entries per division
- Top club
- Fish Hoek
- 157 pts · 7 golds
Open MenFull list (77) →
0 settled · 77 provisional
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesCheyne HauptFish HoekRating 676±33
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesMatthew CoetzerFish HoekRating 638±25
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesLevi MayesFish HoekRating 630±26
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesLuke NisbetPiratesRating 620±33
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesMatthew BradingFish HoekRating 611±29
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesNaor LombardCliftonRating 608±26
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesLuc O.PiratesRating 575±26
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesGeorges A.CliftonRating 544±30
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesCalvin AmorLlandudnoRating 539±35
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesJonathan LucasLlandudnoRating 538±33
Open WomenFull list (38) →
1 settled · 37 provisional
- 1Lara EdwardPiratesRating 402
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesTatum BothaPiratesRating 614±51
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesSaskia HocklyUmhlanga RocksRating 567±46
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesTannah S.PiratesRating 551±55
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesGeorgia S.Fish HoekRating 547±60
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesKerry ElliottEast LondonRating 540±67
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesSash H.Umhlanga RocksRating 531±73
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesCaitlin BrouckaertFish HoekRating 509±38
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesAnya HockingCliftonRating 478±77
- Provisional: under 10 rated racesMikaila BrownMarineRating 472±48
Ranked by the board group rating. Settled ratings, then provisional ones (P) where fewer than 10 are settled.
Podium rate = medals ÷ entries.
- 2020/217112 divisions · average field 5.9 · 6 competitions
- 2021/221129 divisions · average field 12.4 · 6 competitions
- 2022/2334120 divisions · average field 17.1 · 12 competitions
- 2023/2431925 divisions · average field 12.8 · 13 competitions
- 2024/2531619 divisions · average field 16.6 · 10 competitions
- 2025/2632116 divisions · average field 20.1 · 8 competitions
- 2026/27172 divisions · average field 8.5 · 1 competition
Entries in every Open Board Race division each season (September to August), whatever season is picked above.
Records · Open · 2022/23
All records →Most golds
Individual divisions won (1st in the final ranking). Relays not included.
- 1Levi MayesFish Hoek · from 4 divisions · 2022/233golds
- 2Cheyne HauptFish Hoek · from 4 divisions · 2022/232golds
- 2Georgia S.Fish Hoek · from 2 divisions · 2022/232golds
- 2Jordan DeebleDurban Surf · from 5 divisions · 2022/232golds
- 2Quinton ShabalalaDurban Surf · from 2 divisions · 2022/232golds
- 2Tatum BothaPirates · from 2 divisions · 2022/232golds
And 9 more athletes on 1 gold.
Longest finals streak
Races in a row that reached the final, counting only divisions that had heats or semis first. Straight finals are skipped.
- 1Jadon WesselsFish Hoek · 2022/234finals
- 1Levi MayesFish Hoek · 2022/234finals
- 1Mark KeelingFish Hoek · 2022/234finals
- 1Naor LombardClifton · 2022/234finals
- 5Calvin AmorLlandudno · 2022/233finals
- 5Cheyne HauptFish Hoek · 2022/233finals
- 5Jonathan LucasLlandudno · 2022/233finals
- 5Matthew BradingFish Hoek · 2022/233finals
- 5Robert TweddleLlandudno · 2022/233finals
- 5Samuel NortonFish Hoek · 2022/233finals
- 5Tanner GorilleClifton · 2022/233finals
- 5Thomas HofmeyrLlandudno · 2022/233finals
No division here has 3 rated entrants yet.
Field strength: the average settled Flagline Rating entrants carried into the division, from 3 rated entrants.
Championship winners · Open
- Tatum Botha · KZNOpen Women · SA Inter-Provincials · 27 May 2023
- Cheyne Haupt · Western CapeOpen Men · SA Inter-Provincials · 27 May 2023
- Sash H. · Umhlanga RocksOpen Women · SA Juniors & Seniors · 30 Mar 2023
- Cheyne Haupt · Fish HoekOpen Men · SA Juniors & Seniors · 30 Mar 2023
- Tatum Botha · PiratesOpen Women · Juniors & Seniors Champs · Dairy Beach · 11 Mar 2023
- Matthew Coetzer · Umhlanga RocksOpen Men · Juniors & Seniors Champs · Dairy Beach · 11 Mar 2023
- Caitlin Brouckaert · Fish HoekOpen Women · WC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Strand · 4 Mar 2023
- Levi Mayes · Fish HoekOpen Men · WC Surf Seniors & Juniors Champs · Strand · 4 Mar 2023
- Courtney Jean Davidson · SummerstrandOpen Women · East Cape Senior Champs · Dolphin Beach JBay · 25 Feb 2023
- Robert Clarke · Kings BeachOpen Men · East Cape Senior Champs · Dolphin Beach JBay · 25 Feb 2023
- Mikaila Brown · Durban SurfOpen Women · SA Open Water Champs · 18 Feb 2023
- Branden Willows · Mandeville DolphinsOpen Men · SA Open Water Champs · 18 Feb 2023
Division winners at SA Champs, the Inter-Provincials and provincial championships, newest first.
Juniors are shown as first name and initial. All disciplines · How board race works