A bar and RSA club on King Street in Temuka, near Timaru, rated 4.3 from 24 Google reviews, with darts, table tennis, mah jong, clay target shooting, golf and multi sport on its activities list. RSAs and chartered clubs are the social backbone of many small South Canterbury towns — a warm bar, a friendly welcome and a weekly rhythm of games nights and sport rather than pub crawls and late licences. Part of the wider Clubs New Zealand network of more than 300 clubs, they extend reciprocal visiting rights to members of affiliated clubs around the country, so travellers who belong elsewhere can often sign in. Regulars know the value of turning up for the fixtures: darts and table tennis bring people out, and tournaments give a club its calendar. For a quiet drink and a game in genuine small-town company, Temuka's clubrooms on King St fit the bill.