The Castlecliff Bowling Club will host one of the most crucial meetings in its 99 year history next Saturday.
Faced with dwindling membership numbers from changing demographics in the seaside suburb, Castlecliff BC's struggle to stay afloat has reached critical, prompting an online campaign by Ray White commercial sales consultant Russell Duggan to save the club.
Reduced to around 14 active members, Castlecliff set up a three-person trustee group, who contacted Duggan about the prospect of selling their Manuka St property.
As a member of the Bowls Wanganui Inc board as well as vice president of the Durie Hill club, Duggan felt it was a conflict of interest to oversee any sale.
He is helping Castlecliff by launching a Facebook campaign to attract both new members and fresh ideas about other community groups making use of the clubrooms, so they survive into their 2018 centennial year and beyond.