Since its establishment in 1908, several milestones shaped the club's history, including its relocation in 1945 from Berkshire St, to its present location on the corner of Hertford and Denbigh St.
The shift boosted the number of rinks on the green from four to the more traditional number of eight.
As part of the move, an old school building from the Catholic Church across the road was shifted to the new site to act as the clubrooms.
The building remains today in a revamped form and has been extended, with the construction of a second building linked to the first about four years ago.
The Arrowtown Ladies Bowling Club was established in 1946 alongside the men's club, and just a few years ago the two amalgamated and became one club- another major turning point.
The installation of an artificial turf a year ago enabled the game to be played year-round, at least for those prepared to brave the Wakatipu winters.
Club president John Lindsay said membership in the early days was not great, ‘‘probably less than 20'', and the club even went into recess in 1917 because so many of the younger players were overseas fighting in the war. Things did not pick up again until 1929 and then remained stable right through to today.
‘‘I think the club membership remained fairly static over a long time and it was only about fifteen to twenty years ago that there was a bit of an increase,'' Mr Lindsay said.
The membership sits around 80 at present and was given a boost after the introduction of community bowls last year, which attracted nearly 40 new social members and six full members. Many of those were younger players and Mr Lindsay said this was a positive development for the club which, like many other bowling clubs, had a predominantly older membership.
‘‘Those [older] guys gradually disappear and we've got to get bowls moving in the much lower age levels and that's what we've achieved with the community bowls.''
The club constitution allows for four life members, three men and one woman at present, the longest-serving being Taylor Reed.
Several streets in Arrowtown have been named after former life members of the club.
The oldest playing member was Alan Fisher, who at 86 was still ‘‘very competitive'' in his twiceweekly matches, Mr Lindsay said.
Many past and present members, friends and supporters of the club will get together this Friday evening to open the centenary celebrations, some from as far away as Christchurch.
The following day, an informal tournament will take place before a centennial dinner on Saturday night.
Sunday's programme features another full field on the green, in a teams tournament with players from other clubs competing and a barbecue to close the weekend's events.
Mr Lindsay and centennial committee member Jenni Heazlewood said the celebrations were ‘‘a big occasion'' for the club and they were looking forward to reminiscing over some of the honours and successes the club had achieved.
Successes included the club's ladies performing ‘‘extremely well'' in several recent competitions, as well as club member Bev Menlove being named coach of the year for Central Otago in 2007 and a good representation of players competing at Central Otago level.
