Stan Seear became the first patron when Bowls Dunedin was formed by the amalgamation of the Dunedin Bowling Centre and the Otago Women's Bowling Centre in 2001.
Ian Roche, who died last year, was appointed the second patron in 2009.
"It was an honour for me to be asked,'' Malcolm (78) said.
"Bowls has a long history in Otago and I want to continue the tradition.''
Malcolm joined the Port Chalmers Bowling Club in 1982 and has been involved in administration at centre and national level for 33 years. She has won 11 centre titles.
She was made a life member of Bowls Dunedin in 2004 and was elected president of Bowls New Zealand in 2002.
Malcolm became an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2003 for her services to bowls.
Bowls New Zealand chief executive of Kerry Clark honoured the memory of Ian Roche (QSM), who was the patron of Bowls Dunedin from 2009 to 2015.
"Ian worked hard for the everyday bowler,'' Clark said.
"At national level he was part of Asia and Pacific Games organising committee when it was held at Dunedin in 1995.
"He was a very good president of Bowls New Zealand and a good thinker at council and board level.
"The contribution he made was immense and he will be missed.''
Roche joined the Tainui club in 1975, was elected a delegate to Bowls Dunedin the following year and became a life member in 2003. He was president of Bowls New Zealand in 1993-94 and was a delegate to a World Bowls meeting in Canada in 1993.
A Taieri club notice of motion to play the top women's interclub competition on Saturdays was supported by the annual meeting by 26 votes to 14.
It used to be played on Fridays as a fives competition but it will now be played in the same format as the national interclub with teams of seven players competing in singles, pairs, and fours.
Former president Robbie Thomson told the annual meetingt he was concerned about the standard of the women's representative team and it would be improved by playing ends instead of sets in the sevens competition.
Geoff Hanna, who has been a member of the Bowls Dunedin executive for the past 23 years, was elected president.
The new members elected to the Bowls Dunedin board were Jacqui Peterson (Fairfield), Geoff Purdon (Wakari) and Andy McLean (North East Valley).
The vice-president Jan Tucker is expected to be named chairman of the board. The other sitting members are Paul Nicholls and Dennis Sharp.
