Polkinghorne, 30, will play a club record 264th game with the Roosters against Werribee.

He overtakes John Orr and Mick Ryan, who each played 263 in senior and reserves ranks in the 1980s and 1990s.

Polkinghorne played 140 - 126 senior and 14 reserves - in the Ballarat Football League from 1988 to 1995 and will take his tally in the Victorian Football League to 124 - 118 senior and six reserves - tomorrow.

North Ballarat has invited former team-mates who lined up alongside the four-time premiership player and two-time best and fairest in his senior debut against Maryborough in 1989 to the special celebrations to mark the outstanding achievement.

North Ballarat president Peter Wilson said the games record was testimony to the loyalty and durability of Polkinghorne.

He said the fact that Polkinghorne had played such a high percentage of senior matches spoke for itself.

"It is significant that Travis was able to make the transition from being a leading player in the Ballarat Football League to maintaining that mantel in the VFL," Mr Wilson said.

Polkinghorne says the move to the VFL is certainly one of many highlights of his career.

"Going from the Ballarat Football League to the VFL was a real challenge and a thrill," he said.

He said he had enjoyed the opportunity of playing at the higher level and over the past few years against AFL players.

Polkinghorne said these challenges had given him a chance to see where his football was.

He finds it difficult to single out one moment as being more special than others, but feels his first senior premiership in 1991 is right at the top.

"It was really good. We had a young team ... many of us had been playing together for a while."

Polkinghorne is North Ballarat through and through, having started playing at the club in under-12s.

Only once did he consider playing anywhere else.

"I did some pre-season at West Adelaide when (my brother) John was there, but I couldn't get into uni and I didn't really want to leave Ballarat anyway," Polkinghorne said.

He said North Ballarat had been good to him and his family over a long period.

And what of his future?

Polkinghorne says he is not thinking beyond this year.

He plans to take a well earned break from the rigors of football at the end of the season and give himself time to think about his playing future.

As he has been throughout his playing career, Polkinghorne remains physically sound.

He still has a couple of screws in the base of a thumb, legacy of an injury last year, but this is not of any concern.

Polkinghorne's decision regarding how much longer he plays will be determined by family and work commitments.

For the time being though, it is business as usual at the Northern Oval for the Rooster stalwart.

Polkinghorne is one of three sons of North Ballarat premiership player Kevin Polkinghorne to have played with the Roosters.

Grant played 173 times with North and John chalked up 136 appearances to complement their father's 115 games.

Significantly, Travis has worn the same number as his father - 27 - throughout his career.