Club president Kerry Stevens said the club faced a difficult decision about whether to close or continue with low membership numbers.
"It’s a difficult time for the club. The club’s been in existence for over 105 years and there’s naturally a reluctance to call time on something with that sort of history in our community.
"Because we know that once we do make the final decision then that’ll be it, there’ll be no going back," he said.
A decade ago, bowling club members won the Mills Shield,the symbol of supremacy for lawn bowls in North Otago. The club also won the shield eight times between 1940 and 1996.
There are about six to eight members currently and at the last annual meeting it was decided they would continue on in a social capacity, Mr Stevens said.
"We’ve not fielded any competitive bowling teams and we’ve just run social bowls on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons with volunteers doing the green, and lawn mowing and hedge clipping, and all that sort of thing, just to keep the show running and encouraging local community to come and enjoy some company and the facility."
Mr Stevens said they would need "an influx" of new members as various members had moved away due to age and health reasons.
The low membership was their main issue.
He said a preliminary discussion with the Waitaki District Council had taken place in order to understand the processes and steps the club would need to take if members did decide it had to close.
The upcoming annual meeting in June or July would probably be a time for the club members to consider its future, Mr Stevens said.
"No doubt it will come up for discussion and if there’s sufficient support to keep the club running in a social capacity, I’d be in favour of that.
"I can’t speak on behalf of others. I don’t know what will happen at the AGM.
"We’re doing our best to keep things going and there have been some signs of people using the facilities, but whether that is enough for us to carry on, I’m not sure."
He said while the club was "not wealthy" it had enough financial reserves to carry on if the members were in favour of that.
"We’ve minimised our costs to the bare minimum: everything is done by volunteers. Our main costs are for power and rates and we run weekly meat raffles at the local pub on a Friday night and that, with our existing financial reserves, has been enough to get us through the year," Mr Stevens said.
