The Tacking Point Surf Life Saving Club member cleaned up in Queensland on April 17-19 with seven gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

It saw her crowned as the women's master's athlete from the event.

But rather than shout from the rooftops about her victories, the former pool swimmer said the friendships formed were just as rewarding as the wins.

Myers was quick to point out that without the help of many people from around the surf life saving community she wouldn't have achieved her high-level results.

"Port Macquarie has such a wonderful community of people willing to help and share their knowledge and train with me," she said.

"I just really love being able to get down there with like-minded people and train."

While winning was great, it was more about the journey.

"You hang out with fitter, older people," Myers said.

"It's a way of life and it's the cherry on the cake to win, but I'm not gushing about winning, it's more the friendships you form with being healthy and active."

The victory in the iron woman event was the highlight of her seven gold medals because it was the hardest event to win.

It challenged an athlete across four different disciplines.

"It's really satisfying to know that in your 40s you can still learn things - albeit a lot slower - and you can still be active," she said.

"I had quite a lot of success as a pool swimmer so it's good to know there's another sport out there that's fun and can still set goals and achieve them."

The win at nationals backed up her success from state level, but Myers still admitted it came as a surprise.

"I thought I would be in contention but I didn't know whether I'd win it," she said.

"In the surf things can go your way, but often things don't go your way so everything fell into place for me and it was quite a shock to win it."

Other members including Luke Morris took out bronze in the flags, while Deb Bartlett joined forces with Myers to claim gold in the board rescue and bronze in the double ski event.

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