Parkes and Orange pool teams shoot it out for eight-ball honours in Inter-Town Challenge

Orange, led by skipper Lyndon Southwell, will make the trek to the Parkes Hotel to take on their Lachlan Valley counterparts from 11am, and with a wealth of experience on the table they stand every chance of claiming bragging rights on the road.

Southwell will be joined in the Orange side by the likes of Bob Stedman, Phil Crock, Danny Whitty, Matt Gander, Andrew Platt, Pete Stedman and Matt Goodlock, while Mark Stapleton, Kayden Cole, Braydn Fahy and Kristy Goodlock signalled their availability right on cue as well.

"We feel we've matched Parkes by placing together a mixed age of players with a variety of skills," Southwell said, before firing a pre-clash challenge.

"Orange is all in and ready for this competition, the question is - is Parkes going to be ready?"

They'll go head-to-head for eight-ball honours with the home side's skipper Joe Van Opynen and his outfit, made up of the 16 best players from Parkes' weekly competition, which boasts 136 players across 12 sides that battle it out on Monday evenings.

Van Opynen is confident he and his fellow selectors Chris Stibbard, Tony Marsh and Frank Van Opynen - all experienced players themselves - have picked a side capable of taking down Orange, although he's aware it's going to be a tough contest.

"We are expecting a tough match against Orange, we've seen a few of their team members in action and they are quality players," he said.

"We have selected a solid line-up with plenty of experience. We will all need to be playing our best pool to get the results, but I'm confident we will be up for the challenge."

Seeing those players in action is a by-product of the likes of Southwell competing in Parkes' weekly competition, with Van Opynen also running a 52-strong Premier League competition as well.

After explaining the catalyst behind this weekend's contest, thought to the be the first of its kind, he went on to say he's hopeful it could spark a western region-wide competition.

"[Southwell and I] were talking one night and thought it might be a good idea to organise an Inter-Town match," he said.

"Lyndon talked to the Orange players and they thought it was a great idea. If it's successful we are going to look at getting other towns like Dubbo and Cowra involved."

Saturday's clash begins at 11am. Each side consists of 12 players with four reserves, who play a best-of-seven series against their opponent with the winner claiming one point for their team.

Should overall score end up a six-all draw, the individual games' tallies will become the tie-breaker.

"We'll have a competition after the match for anyone who'd like to come along and have a game too," Van Opynen said.