St Clair Bowling Club

Ings Ave, St Clair.

7.30pm tonight, preceded by social hour at the clubrooms.

Oldest clubs

Oldest clubs in Otago: Milton (1878), Balclutha (1880), Meadowbank (1881), Roslyn (1883), Taieri (1886), Kaitangata (1886), Oamaru Phoenix (1886), Green Island (1887), Port Chalmers (1892), St Clair (1892), Clinton (1897), Palmerston (1898) and Outram (1900).

First club in New Zealand: Auckland Bowling club, opened in 1861. It was followed in 1872 by the Dunedin club, which was based in the Dunedin Hospital grounds and closed in 1972. The Milton club is the oldest country club in New Zealand.

First interclub match in New Zealand: Held in 1876 between Dunedin clubs Fernhill and Dunedin.

Oldest in world: The world’s oldest surviving bowling green is at the Southhampton Old Bowling Club in England. It was first used in 1299.