The Hinton Hornets mark the club's 30th anniversary with a top-of-the-table All Age Northern Conference clash against Clarence Town Cobras on Saturday.
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Players, supporters, volunteers and coaches from the past 30 years including members of the Hornets 1999 premiership team will be taking part in a huge day at Stuart Park from 3pm and afterwards at the Hinton Hotel.
"We urge all former players, coaches, club officials, support staff and fans to get along for the day," Hornets president Rodney Mann said.
"It's the 20th anniversary celebration for our 1999 premiership team as well.
"We've made a few grand finals in our 30 years, but to date they are our only premiers.
"We might be able to change that this year. We've got a good side. We moved up to second after beating Dungog last week and we face the top side Clarence Town.
"We were missing a few players the last time we met, so we should get a better idea of how we match up this game."
Mann said fittingly the celebrations coincided with club favourite Rob Lavis' 100th game for the Hornets.
Clarence Town continued their unbeaten run with an error-ridden 32-12 win.
Cobras coach James Foot will need to cut out unforced errors if they are to continue their winning streak.
"It was one of those days, but we need to cut out the errors if we are going to compete in finals and next week against Hinton who had a good win against Dungog," he said.
"The boys have been terrific all season, the errors are an area we need to cut out but you can't fault their commitment this season.
"It's nice to be on top but there are areas we need to improve."
Hinton defeated Dungog 26-16 last Saturday, inflicting the first home loss on the Warriors.
The Warriors take on Maitland United, who lost 32-40 at Stroud, at Coronation Oval on Saturday.
Paterson River, last round 16-26 losers to Tea Garden, have the tough road trip to Stroud. Tea Gardens play Karuah.
