Will members get a letter from the King?
The club started out as an exclusive group, after all.
You had to be an old boy of Albany Street Public School. But these days the doors are open to anyone.
The club has three senior men’s teams and is working on getting a women’s team up and running again.
Planned festivities included a double-header against rival club University, Albany president Ben Sinnamon said.
Albany’s division 2 team will play the University Dugongs in the morning, and the Albany Alligators will play the University Blue Whales in the afternoon.
"It is quite special we are playing Uni because 100 years ago the club played its first game and went up against University and were fortunate to get a win, so we are hoping to repeat that a century later," Sinnamon said.
The Alligators are in third place in the premier grade and "are right in the thick of it".
"It is very tight at the top."
About 100 guests are expected to attend a function in the Longroom at the University Oval later in the evening, including Albany life member Pete West, who was a permanent fixture around the club from the mid-1980s through to the early 2000s.
Mathew Rooney is another long-serving club man. He has played more than 400 games for the club and has stuck with the sport despite making steady progress from striker to defender as the years rolled by.
Former Black Sticks father-and-son duo Dave and Nick Ross, who both played for the club, will be led in a question-and-answer session by Sinnamon.
It is an opportunity to link the past with the future and celebrate the milestone.
"I’ve always been a big believer, in my time at the club, that the people change but the jersey remains the same.
"Regardless of how long some people have been away, they seem to slot back in like they never left."
Sinnamon said Albany played a big role in the early years of Otago hockey, but added "a couple of decades ago we were down to one side".
"Although we had had great success and won plenty of premier titles, if you don’t have multiple teams it is really hard to remain viable.
"But we’ve come back to having three teams. We entered a team in the Sunday men’s league last year, which means we have a team in every men’s grade in Dunedin."
Albany is working on re-establishing a women’s team and is also keen to foster closer ties with schools.
"That would be the best step for our longevity."
