Why couldn't Tasmania get in on the act?

Van Asch's wish has been granted following the announcement of the Tasmania Tridents debut into the BPL for the first time ever later this year.

It will be the first time Tasmania has had a presence in the BPL, with the team set to roll into the league sporting the state's green, yellow and red colours in November.

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Van Asch said she was excited to be donning the state colours in Australian bowls version of the Big Bash League.

"I enjoyed my time with the Adelaide Pioneers and I am grateful I had the opportunity to compete in the BPL but it was always a slight tinge on the heartstrings every time I didn't get to don our Tassie colours," she said.

"To have these opportunities to represent ourselves on the national stage, it's my hope that we'll see more Tasmanians donning the green and gold in the future and representing Australia."

The Tridents name represents the three key regions of the state with Bowls Tasmania president Peter Hay emphasising the importance of the team to the state bowls pathway.

"It allows us to showcase our local talent, the whole and sole intent of getting this team onto the green," he said.

"It's not our intent to invite marquee players to play with our team ... it's the intent that all of our players come through our pathways squad and we'll give them the opportunity to be showcased on the national stage."

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Despite the emphasis on producing talent for the national competition, Van Asch is confident the team will be competitive.

"We've certainly got a highly credentialed team, I think one of the things we talked about when getting a Tasmanian team in the BPL was can we be competitive," she said.

"We firmly believe that we can be competitive and I think with the team that we've assembled there's no reason that we won't."

Alongside Van Asch, the Tridents have also called upon Tasmanian stalwart Mark Nitz and young gun Taeyln Male for their debut fixture while Mark Strochnetter will take the coaching reigns.

The biannual tournament is currently shown on Fox Sports during prime time viewing and holds fixtures at Queensland's Club Pine Rivers in November and New South Wales/Victoria border club Moama.

Hay said Bowls Tasmania was open to presenting the case for the state to host some PBL fixtures in the future.

Nitz said he was thrilled to be able represent his home state after an illustrious career at state level.

"We've always hoped that we've had a Tasmanian team in it, and that's finally come to fruition so to be paired up with Taelyn and Rebecca it's going to be fantastic," he said.

Sports and Recreation Minister Jane Howlett said the announcement was a major boost for the state and it's ambitions to have more representation in national leagues.

"For us to have a team on the national stage is so very important ... we look forward to watching them and cheering them on," she said.

"It's my aim to certainly see [a team] in the national netball league and certainly an AFL team for sure."

The BPL gets underway at Pine Rivers on November 9-12.

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