About South Placer Senior Softball Club
As explained in our bylaws, the objective of the club is to provide any person fifty (50) years of age or older the opportunity to play slow pitch softball in organized league play and to participate in any other activity sanctioned by the club. An Honorary Membership is established for the founder of the club, Ida Mae Ding. Ida Mae founded SPSSC as a birthday present for her husband, as both Ida Mae and her husband loved the game of softball.
More Detail & Timeline
The section below was researched and written by ChatGPT because at the time this section was written, we only knew what was in the bylaws. If you have additional input, stories, or context, please feel free to share that info and we’ll do our best to incorporate it into our club story.
Here we go…
The South Placer Seniors Softball Club (SPSSC) grew out of the local senior slow-pitch scene in the late 1980s / early 1990s and now runs a draft recreational 50+ and 60+ Tuesday evening league at Maidu Regional Park in Roseville. It was co-founded around 1990 (Gerald “Jerry” Ding is named as a co-founder in local notices) and has hosted regional/state senior-softball events since at least the 2000s.
What the club is today: SPSSC operates recreational senior slow-pitch leagues at Maidu Regional Park, with separate 50+ and 60+ divisions, a draft format, and a season that runs roughly April–September (games on Tuesday nights). That description comes from senior-softball directories and league listings.
Founding / origin (late 1980s — 1990): Local reporting and an obituary for Gerald (“Jerry”) Ding identify him as a co-founder of a South Placer senior men’s slow-pitch league around 1990. Other local senior leagues in the area trace back to the late 1980s as well, so SPSSC grew out of that same era when senior softball was being organized and expanded in Placer County. (Local community reporting places activity/founding in that general timeframe.)
Growth and role in the area: Over the years South Placer Seniors has been listed among the active senior softball clubs in the Sacramento/Placer area and has served both local recreational players and tournament players. Placer Valley has hosted senior softball tournaments (Western Nationals / state championships) with fields in Roseville — SPSSC and local parks have been part of that event ecosystem.