TAMWORTH City Bowling Club has celebrated its centenary year in style with a gala dinner with past and current members.
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The dinner marked one of several centenary events held by the club this year, with members recently coming together to unveil a commemorative plaque.
Along with the turn out of members, honoured guests such as Tamworth acting mayor Phil Betts and Bowls NSW president Vince Beard were also in attendance.
Club president Kerry Walden told the Leader there was "nothing better than coming together to celebrate".
"We had a really lovely night as a club," Walden said.
"It was a really great atmosphere with some great food, company and memories shared.
"I really don't think we as a club could have asked for much more than that."
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Walden said the centenary celebrations had left him confident of a bright future for the club.
"To be honest, this club is like a bloody big family," he said.
"We have had some down times as a club in recent years but I really think we have turned a corner towards a bright future.
"At the moment we have currently got 950 members and hopefully that will continue to grow in the near future.
"Really, it is just a great feeling around the club at the moment."
The centenary dinner coincided with the club's annual Easter triples carnival, which drew in a total of 42 competitors spread across 14 teams.
"I think the next step for us is to get our second green operational," Walden said.
"We were a bit restricted with how many participants we could have in our carnival, so it will be a big thing for us to focus on and it should be up and running again soon."
Walden said the dinner was not the last of the club's centenary celebrations.
"We will be hosting a few more things later in the year," he said.
"I think they will be a continuation of what should be a really good year for us."