Top representative player Steve Beel is one of several former members of the Wakari Bowling Club returning to the city for the club's centenary this weekend.
Beel, the development officer for Bowls New Zealand in Tauranga, won 13 Dunedin titles before moving north.
He was a long-serving member of the elite Bowls Dunedin sevens team and won a New Zealand fours title in 2005.
Beel is one of 90 members attending the centenary.
Others include Dennis Leeden, Bryan Williamson and Nigel Birkbeck, who have also won five or more centre titles and gained their gold star.
Leeden, the club's centennial president, has made his mark in the Professional Bowls Association and represented the New Zealand PBA at the world finals in the United Kingdom.
Former club presidents returning include Norman Eade, from Omakau, and Noel Scott, from Nelson.
The Wakari club was formed in 1909.
It went into recess in 1920 and was revived when a new green was formed in 1947.
But there were more problems and the club had to move when the Dunedin City Council issued plans to widen Helensburgh Rd.
The club was relocated to its present home in Mayfield Ave in 1958.
The most noted administrator was George Macdonald, who was president of the New Zealand Bowling Association in 1984.
He became a life member of Bowls Dunedin a year later.
Another noted administrator was Fred Earl, who became president of the New Zealand Bowling Umpires Association in 1999.
All centennial functions are being held at the club.
There was a get-together last night, there will be interclub bowls at the club today and the centennial dinner is tonight with a mystery guest speaker.
There is a barbecue tomorrow and a club members' tournament from 1pm-4pm.
