The draw for the Central West Triathlon League was announced on Friday, with four events staged at each of the major clubs - Bathurst, Dubbo, Mudgee and Orange.

Mudgee will open the season on November 21, before the Bathurst one on Australia Day, followed by Orange on February 13 before Dubbo finishes the season on March 13.

After coming up short for several seasons now, club president Mick Stapley is hoping the Wallabies can take top spot in the interclub series.

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"It's certainly been the focus for us for a couple of years now. Orange have been a frontmarker in that Central West interclub competition," he said.

"For the last few years we've been up amongst it, we just haven't taken that next step.

"Our focus is getting numbers to those interclub events and trying to take that top step on the podium."

With lockdown preventing many athletes from having a normal training schedule for a number of months, Stapley said the return of regular triathlons from next month will help prepare club members get back to their full fitness.

"There's been a real lack of focus around training because we haven't had any events for people to target," he said.

"For those who have had targeted events, they have had them moved or changed. A lot of people have really struggled with that focused event, so it's really good to have a local event."

Wallabies is still talking to Bathurst Regional Council and local police with their local triathlon events, however, it has produced a tentative list of triathlons including one on November 14, December 5 (a women's only event), December 19, February 20, March 20, alongside the annual Australia Day interclub event on January 26.

Membership numbers are also looking good according to Stapley and he's expecting numbers to continue growing, especially around the start of the season.

"We're looking good in terms of membership," he said.

"Obviously there'll be a lot of people that join up when we get down to racing. Obviously there's quite a few that are a bit hesitant not knowing what's going.

"We're hopeful we'll have good numbers again this year."

For more information on the Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Club, visit its Facebook page @BathurstWallabiesTriathlonClub.

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