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Jack Hoover

NCSSA started with the leadership of Jack Hoover. Jack began playing Senior Softball with the Redwood City Señors softball club in 1985 at the age of 61. Besides being the past president of the Señors, he has been the advisor for the City of Palo Alto's senior softball tournaments since 1988. It was when he participated in local tournaments that he came up with the idea in 1990 of coordinating the different tournaments in northern California to form an organization that would use the same set of rules, resolve conflicting playing dates and get parity in the bracketing of tournaments. Jack with the help of others got more than 50 interested parties to attend a meeting in Fairfield, CA in November 1990. Regions were set up and play began in 1991. Jack also served as president of NCSSA in 1993 and participated in Senior Softball World Series held in the late 80s & early 90s in Detroit, MI, Greensboro, NC and West Palm Beach, FL.

Dean Perkins

Dean has been serving on the board as a Region 4 representative of NCSSA since 1994, at times serving as Vice President. Since 1989 he has been a Tournament Director in the San Leandro / Hayward area. Dean's softball career started in 1965 when he moved to California at the age of 36. In 1989 a friend invited him to play senior softball with the Palo Alto Cherokees. In 1992 he formed the Palo Alto Chiefs 60s and is now still managing the Chiefs but playing as a 75+ team.

Seth Simpson

Seth was elected as the first Vice President of NCSSA in 1991 and served on the board representing Region 1 until 1999. At the age of 54 ran his first Penn Valley tournament with 5 teams in 1987 and this year completed his 21st year as a Tournament Director. Seth's managing career began with the California Padres in 1990. Since then he has played for the Sierra Gold, Gold Rush, Elk Grove Renegades and started the California Oaks which is still in existence today.

Roland Stiarwalt

Roland was a key figure in the preliminary discussions that were held in 1990 before the historic meeting took place in Fairfield and NCSSA was formed. In 1991 and 1992 he presided over the Board as our first President and held a position on the board until 2003. He has always been responsible for coordinating our yearly tournament schedules. He was also a tournament director from1991 to 1994. In 1987 at the age of 55 Roland began his senior softball career playing in the Vintage Softball Club of Santa Clara County. A year later he started the Vintage 55 team that is now known as the State Roofing Royals. Since then he has played and/or managed other teams such as the Nor Cal 60, Elk Grove Renegades and is currently on the Gold Rush.

Carl Wagner

Carl is a member and past president of the Stanislaus Senior Softball Association. The SSSA tournaments, under his leadership since 1992, have been some of the more successful NCSSA tournaments held. In 1993 he was elected to the NCSSA board and served as a Region 3 representative until 2007. Born in 1940 he started his senior career playing with the Modesto Classics. Carl is currently on the California Bald Eagles and has played for the California Bandits, San Jose Cobras, Diamond Nuts and other Modesto teams.

Harold Dunbar

Harold served on the NCSSA board as a representative of Region 2 from 1995 to 2006. During that time served two terms as Vice President. He first started playing senior softball in 1994 for Nor Cal 60s. In 1995 he started the Elk Grove Renegades and was a player/manager until 2003. He currently is playing the outfield for the California Gold Rush.

Harold has been directing tournaments for more than ten years and presently runs the tournament in Carson City.

Frank Kirchman

Frank began playing senior softball in the Vintage Softball League of Santa Clara County in 1990. As an outfielder, in 1994 he began playing for the State Roofing Royals. He moved from the area in 1996 and played for the Elk Grove Renegades until 2004.

While representing Region One he was a Board member for four years serving as President in 2001 and 2002.

Noel Lanctot

Noel has been playing senior softball since 1991. He is a past president of the Vintage Softball Club of Santa Clara County as well as a long time NCSSA board member. Noel has been doing some of the thankless NCSSA jobs such as the minutes and the rankngs. He has been a tireless worker and is almost always cheerful around everyone except with an umpire or two. In many ways, he is the glue that holds NCSSA together.

As a player and manager, Noel has played all over the US and is a memeber of the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame. In addition to some of the Vintage tournament teams, Noel has played for the Cobras, Bandits and Diamond Nuts.

Carl Neaterous

Carl has as his email address ncssaprez for a reason. Carl, as a representative from Region 3, presided over NCSSA five years as its President while serving on the Board from 1995 until 2008. He is presently the tournament director of NCSSA's Hall of Fame Tournament.

Carl started playing senior softball as a member of the Lodi softball association where he served as both vice president and president as well as the manager of Neat Roofing. He is presently pitching for the Brannon Tire Ravens. Carl proudly sports a ring that he earned by participating fifteen years in the Huntsman World Senior Games to go along with 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Richard Seward

Dick, a pitcher began playing senior softball in 1992. For ten years he was a player/manager of the Sacramento Mavericks. As a representative of Region 2, he served on the NCSSA board from 1995 until 2001. If not busy enough, Dick has served as a tournament director from 1994 to the present. Besides running the tournaments for the Sacramento TPA he also runs tournaments raising money for the Rio Linda High Special Ed track team and field trips. Now retired, he is still very much involved in taking the kids on field trips.

Bob Strand

Bob, affectionately known as "Mr. Tommahawk" or to others as the "Web Master", has been playing senior softball since 1993. Bob's career started as a member of both Vintage and Redwood City Señors. He is currently using that "swing" playing for the California Olden Bears.

Using his computer expertise, Bob built up the NCSSA's website and has maintained it since 2003. He has spent thousands of hours working and developing programs making it easier for our tournament directors and getting information out to our members. One could say that Bob's value to NCSSA is "priceless".