Sixteen teams across two divisions will duke it out in what's one of the country's fastest-growing sporting demographics - seniors cricket, and while there'll be plenty of laughs Western's Kim Taylor still has his eyes firmly set on winning.

"We'll be having a red-hot crack at it this year," he said.

Taylor, originally from Portland and now based in Bathurst, has plenty of memories playing in what was the Western Districts competition - now known as the Mitchell Cricket Council - for Lithgow, and is no stranger to the decks of Riawena Oval and Wade Park.

"I've made a bunch of runs here, had some good times and some bad times - Steve Iffland and all that banging it around the earholes," he said laughing.

"Orange is fabulous, I've got a background of playing district here years ago and it's great up here, the facilities are absolutely fantastic."

He said the Western Wildfire had structured differently this year to try and increase its chances at taking the title, picking a proper first XI and second XI instead of mixing it up like last year.

"We're going a little bit different this year, the two sides we had last year we've combined the firsts and the seconds, we've picked the first XI and the second XI," Taylor said.

"We'll be very competitive."

Taylor's likely to have the gloves on behind the stumps for the three days of competition and while he admitted his knees will be "shot" by the time Tuesday rolls around, it's all worth it.

"I love it, I absolutely love it," he said.

The veteran had the chance to head across to Perth with the state squad, picked after last year's over 50s carnival in Orange, where his Wombats side came second - beaten by just six runs in the decider.

"It was absolutely brilliant playing in Perth, we played all over Perth and had an absolute ball. Well organised, accommodation was good and the other blokes - the camaraderie was absolutely incredible," he said.

There are eight sides in each the first and second divisions, with the top Western side drawing seventh seed in division one while the second Wildfire is the second seed in division two.

The division one Western Wildfire side plays Riverina Drive at Riawena Oval on Saturday from 10am, while the second side is in Molong.

Games will continue on Sunday and Monday.