St Clair Surf Life Saving Club

St Clair Surf Life Saving CLub
Founded 1911
Type Non-profit organization
Location
Area served
Metropolitan Dunedin,
Volunteers
500
Website St Clair SLSC
St Clair Beach, Dunedin.

St Clair Surf Life Saving Club (often shortened to St Clair SLSC) is a surf lifesaving club based at St Clair in Dunedin, New Zealand. The club is the largest of the six clubs based in the Otago region, and is one of 71 clubs nationwide. Established in 1911, St Clair has a long tradition of upholding the safety for visitors to Saint Clair Beach.

St Clair has a long tradition in surf sports events, and is a previous winner of the Nelson Shield.[1] It has also supplied several members to the Surf Life Saving Otago representative programme.[2] Club life member Duke Gilles was the inventor of the first mono-hulled surf canoe.[3]

The club hosts an annual midwinter swim each year which attracts large crowds to the cool Pacific Ocean waters.[4]

Notable members

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References

  1. ↑ "Surf Lifesaving". 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  2. ↑ "Surf Lifesaving: Competition-toughened athletes back for provinces". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
  3. ↑ "Lifesaving and surfing". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  4. ↑ Porteous, Debbie (23 June 2008). "No shame, very small togs make Ben a star". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2008-09-17.


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