At least that is the hope coming from the Confederates camp after it was announced they would be departing the women's premier league competition to make way for a new team in town.

This new team - Orange United - was the brain-child of Feds players such as Eva Reith-Snare, who wanted to give as much opportunity to the city's young players as possible.

"We'd been talking about it for a little while and we just thought it was time to put aside all of the club rivalries and think about the juniors and the future of Orange hockey," she said.

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"We still want to produce really good hockey players and we still want our rep players to make state squads and prove that Orange is a good hockey town."

Orange United will act as a stand-alone team and not be affiliated with Feds or any other current premier league side.

Sam Vennard is the publicity officer for Confederates and said this will afford juniors affiliated with clubs that are not in the premier league an opportunity to play alongside the best in the Central West.

"Normally you've got Feds, CYMS and Ex-Services (in the premier league) but no one would swap between the clubs," she said.

"Then if they did it would cause a terrible grievance which is terrible because at the end of the day, these girls have been training their backsides off and they've worked so hard to get to a playing level of premier league.

"But if they weren't affiliated with any of those clubs for their local hockey, they're missing out on that opportunity."

She added that the goal will be to give those junior players a real chance at making a premier league side.

"Because of us being a club there were barriers for other juniors to trial or give it a go," she said.

"So when the girls decided to get rid of that barrier, we were 100 per cent behind it.

"Premier league is not club based, it's the best in the Central West. We play against one Parkes team, two Lithgow teams, you've got your Bathurst teams and we needed an Orange team that encompassed every junior player.

"I'm born and bred in Orange, and for clubs in Orange it has been divisional all of my life. I've not known it to be any different to that. This is a really great opportunity to get rid of those barriers."

Orange United Sports Club was established nearly seven years ago, with the idea being to give kids the opportunity to play mainstream sports.

Club president Jason French was delighted when Feds came to them with the idea to field a hockey side.

"We're growing as a club and if hoping to expand out into multiple sports," he said.

"It's good to see that we've now got a platform to launch and not only have the best players represent Orange, but also provide a platform that hopefully can see our juniors look up to them."

Vennard stressed that it will be an equal opportunity team, where players can train, trial and still go back to their own clubs.

"It's about getting as many boots on turf as possible," she said.

"If we continue to go down a club-based track, those opportunities are not going to be given to those kids.

"I would love nothing more than to have a really inclusive environment where we embrace the game and sport for what it is."