Iconic Parkes playmaker Dennis Moran will return for his third year as captain-coach, while George Wright will debut as coach for the reserves.

Luke Clarke and Todd Jayet will take the reins of the Under 18s, and Natalie Gardiner and Joe Spicer are stepping up to boost the profile of the Spacecats in league tag.

“We’ve got the right team to create the right culture and have a good season,” Porter said.

“I’m very happy.”

Porter said he decided to step up as president for a full season, after a brief stint relieving former president Jaimee Timmins towards the end of last season.

His goal is to build a better culture within the club.

After allowing as much time as possible to fully recover from injury, Moran expects to make a return on the field and to make “massive improvements”.

He said his focus at the moment is the pre-season and trying to get back to full fitness.

“I’m disappointed with last season, I owe it to the boys,” the star halve said, after his side finished 2016 seventh on the Group 11 ladder.

“This year will be a bit different, we need to make sure everyone is buying into what we’re doing.

“To be a leader off the field, not just on the field is the goal too.

“The town’s been great to the club and hopefully we can come away with a premiership [next season].”

Wright has been playing league his whole life and has experience in both first grade and reserves.

He also intends on joining his men on the field, and with one ultimate goal.

“To win the competition,” Wright said.

“We’ve got a good bunch of players so we’ll see how we go.”

Clarke and Jayet co-coached first grade in Eugowra two years ago and are joining forces once again for Parkes’ Under 18 players.

2017 will be the duo’s first time coaching teenagers.

But it’s a challenge they’re keen to take on.

“We’re planning to have a good year with the up and coming young fellas of the game,” Jayet said.

“We’re looking forward to getting among them and getting a good bunch together.”

Clarke, who played first grade with the Spacies last season and plans to play again next year, is looking forward to getting involved with the club.

“Under 18s is the best year to play I reckon, because you’re playing with all your mates,” he said.

Gardiner and Spicer will also be coaching league tag for the first time, and with one main focus.

“Our goal mainly is to establish a pathway for the junior girls,” Spicer said.

“We have a lot of young ones coming through, we want to establish a good profile.

“Parkes has only been in this competition for two years, so it’s still just growing.”

After playing with reserves in his hometown of Gundagai for the last two years and with 10 years of first grade experience under his belt, Spicer has returned to Parkes to focus on coaching.

Gardiner, who played with the 2016 premiers Spacecats, is unsure if she’ll play with the side next season.

“I’m going to see how it goes, I might want to focus on coaching instead,” she said.

“I want to bring the squad together, be competitive and fun at the same time.

“I think when you finish on such a high it makes it exciting to go back.”

“We have a fairly new squad and it’s a good squad, it’s about getting them to gel,” Spicer added.