St Clair's female stars have provided the highlight for Otago at the national surf life-saving championships in Gisborne.
Two of the club's female crews won gold at one of the most intensely competitive national events in recent summers.
The under-19 crew of Jesse Schneiders, Lulu Schneiders, Carina Doyle and Jordy Fogarty claimed a gold medal in the surf teams race on Saturday.
They were too good for teams representing powerhouse clubs Papamoa and Mt Maunganui.
The Schneiders sisters then teamed with Ellis Doyle and Olivia Stevens to win a silver medal in the under-16 surf race.
St Clair won a second gold yesterday when Sophie Robb, Carla Laughton, Stephanie Laughton, Monique Francois and Vienna Sutherland combined to win the women's short course canoe race.
The club then claimed bronze in the long course race.
Doyle completed a successful day for the St Clair women when she won silver in the under-19 surf race.
St Clair's male life-savers did their bit, with Jamie Mowat and Andrew Trembath combining to win silver in the under-16 tube rescue.
Trembath backed up with an impressive third place in the ironman.
On Saturday, St Clair also pocketed two bronze medals in junior men's racing.
Logan Garforth, Angus MacKenzie and Hamish McCulloch were third in the under-19 board relay, while Mowat, Trembath, Hamish Taylor and Ossian Woods had the same placing in the under-16 surf teams race.
Doyle won St Clair's only medal on the opening day, a silver in the under-19 run-swim-run.
Omanu's Max Beattie out-sprinted local favourite Cory Taylor in the open ironman, denying Taylor's dreams of capturing the open/under-19 double, while the winners of the women's ski race and men's surf race both had to be decided from video footage.
In the end, Wainui's Oliver Puddick and Midway's Mike Janes could not be separated after their surf race sprint finish, crossing the line together and awarded first equal, while Red Beach's Caitlin Ryan took the women's ski title from Rachael Dodwell (Mairangi Bay) and Devon Halligan (Midway).
However, everywhere else Halligan was peerless, winning the under-19 and open ironwoman race, the open board race and run-swim-run, the under-19 ski race and the under-19 tube and board rescue.
The Sydney-raised 19-year-old, whose father is former Kiwis rugby league player Daryl, was delighted with her form two weeks out from the Australian championships.
"I pretty much classify myself as a Kiwi so I'm really proud of my results here," Halligan said.
"A lot of people in Australia don't know how good the competition is here on this side of the Tasman - there are so many good athletes coming through and it's really good racing."
Taylor also had a stellar carnival, winning the under-19 ironman, surf race, ski race and tube rescue titles on the final day and silver in the under-19 board race.
Midway reclaimed the Allan Gardner Trophy for overall champion with 102.5 points.
Defending champion Mt Maunganui was second on 98, and fellow Bay of Plenty club Papamoa third on 89.
St Clair finished 12th on 24 points.
