IT'S last drinks and bowls at the Murwillumbah Bowls Club today.

After 91 years the final president Lex Fletcher said he expected 80 to 90 bowling members to attend.

That's without taking into account about 500 social members who could also be there to pay the club their respects.

"I think we might be surprised who and how many turn up," Mr Fletcher said.

"There'll be a noon arrival, a game at 1pm and we'll cease bowls at 3.30pm.

"During a half-hour following bowls we'll have nibblies and drinks and that'll be it."

He said the "majority" of the club's male and female bowlers would end up signing on at Condong Bowls Club.

"About half a dozen will go to Kingscliff or South Tweed, but none of them are happy about having to do it.

"After 91 years, it's a bitter pill to swallow."

Murwillumbah Services Club CEO Guy Diven said there were no plans as yet for the bowls club site, which is owned by the services club and his focus had been "accommodation of the bowlers".

"I don't think the zoning, which is recreational and residential, is very favourable," Mr Diven said.

Mr Fletcher said the services club had also told him there were no concrete plans for the site. The services club took over the bowls club's $170,000 debt.

"We've been down a lot of avenues that we thought would be able to help," he said. "And we drew a blank everywhere we went.

"If we were to fight the closure we'd need thousands and thousands of dollars we don't have."