Peppars Softball Club was established in 1975 by a group of young women who wanted to compete in a social softball competition. With no coach available, they joined the WA Softball Association and competed on the shores of the Swan River at Langley Park. Through hard work and determination they made it to the finals in their first year...and thus the journey began.
Since those early days we`ve seen many changes, many achievements and our seven life members have seen plenty of growth. Peppars moved to the main arena at Yokine Reserve, then in 1981 branched away to place a team in SEMSA so that we could compete locally. The club moved to SEMSA completely in 1982. Our many achievements include a Junior player who was selected to compete for the state in 1983. In an interview with the Midland Reporter she stated that she was there because of the skills she had learned at Peppars. We have had a team compete in Fiji and current Peppars players participated in the World Masters in Melbourne in 2002, Canada in 2005, Sydney in 2009, Italy in 2013, France in 2015 and New Zealand in 2017.
Over the years we have had many players from our club represent various SEMSA teams, travelling to Collie and Bunbury. We`ve even had a Peppars coach train a SEMSA team. Peppars Softball Club have competed in many SEMSA grand finals over the years with several success stories. Players have won the SEMSA and WASA Fairest and Best trophies over all other clubs in that grade in various seasons of competing.
Peppars thank their life members for dedication to the club:
Alison Bramwell, Elaine Myers, Stan Bramwell, Norah Barber, Barbara Stone, Christine Hibbitt, Tina Reed, Keith Mills, Matthew Bramwell, Kyile Prout
