A Wanganui team won the D-grade title last year the fourth national championship for the club in 40 years.
Roestenburg said the club would like to follow on its success from the late 1990s - in 1997 the club's C-grade men and women both won national championships, with the men making it a double the following year.
They have drawn the No1 seed position, which is good because it puts the No2 and No3 teams both in the other pool bracket of the 10-team men's competition.
Katikati Squash Club is expected to be the other contender, although any team is capable of pulling off an ambush.
Round-robin games begin on Wednesday, August 21, with the two winning squads of each five-team pool going into that Saturday's final.
Roestenburg said they would pack out the main court for the final and wanted to introduce some showmanship to the event.
"We're going to pump the venue up a bit.
"Got some speakers and we'll introduce them like a boxing match, to their own theme music."
Key to the host team's chances is their No1 player, Pakistani ex-pat Hamza Ali, who has progressed so quickly that he won a C-grade level tournament at the Rangitikei club at the weekend.
All the players have nicknames and his is "Grasshopper", as he is such a good student of the sport.
"E to C grade in six months," said Roestenburg.
"He calls me 'Master'.
"He's old school, [like] the old kung fu movies."
The Wanganui team is:
1. Hamza Ali; 2. Shanan Whitlock; 3. Kevin Sherman; 4. James McKenzie; 5. Wade Coneybeer; 6. Dave Campbell; 7. Vance Wilson.
Coach: John Roestenburg.
Manager: Rob Moore.
