Association secretary Jim Auld says a recent meeting convened in Orange to hash out many of the details of the new-look representative competition and said the association will do everything it can to make sure the WPL's return is a success.

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"Four of our local clubs put their hands up at that meeting last Friday night, they do still have until February 11 to actually put their nominations in, but that meeting was mostly to resolve all the ins and outs of it," Auld said.

"My thoughts were to ensure that there'd be no impediment put on by Dubbo soccer towards the competition and that we'd be able to do everything we could to support the competition."

One of the main concerns outlined by members of the Dubbo association was scheduling, with travel concerns and timing making fielding teams difficult in the competition's last iteration, which ended in 2012.

"We also wanted to ensure that those players who choose to play in the Premier League have a door open for them to continue playing in the local competition if they chose too," Auld said.

Players from Dubbo's clubs will be able to make the decision for themselves in situations where playing both causes issues.

"That's going to depend on the individual player, some players may be able to back up and play again on the Sunday after playing on the Saturday, some players may not be able to."

"Bathurst are going to require them to actually play their premier league game on the Sunday when they play home games in Bathurst and Lithgow."

Premier League applications close next week, with Dubbo Bulls FC, Macquarie United, Orana Spurs and South Dubbo Wanderers expected to nominate.

With the local competition beginning to spin-up, and the Western Premier League returning, volunteers are likely to be more needed than ever and Auld is optimistic that the association can fill it's empty president position soon.

The association is still taking expressions of interest, with Westside Panthers' treasurer Josh Bernard recently taking on the vice president role.

"He's stepped up and taken on that position for the association and just the other day we've put it out there to see if anyone wants to put their hand up for the president, we're hopeful of filling that spot soon," Auld said.

Auld said that the difficulty of finding volunteers to help out was no stranger to sporting clubs in the area, and urged people who are interested to get involved.

"As all clubs would know, not just in our clubs, but in all codes, attracting volunteers is at times extremely difficult."