The Colorado Peaches Are Still Swinging — and They’ve Been At It Since 1991

Denver’s own Addenbrooke Park is home to the oldest senior women’s softball club in the country, and yes, their oldest player is 92.

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If you think retirement means trading in your cleats for a rocking chair, the Colorado Peaches would like a word with you — right after they finish their at-bat.

The Lakewood-based squad has been proving that theory wrong since 1991, making them not just a Colorado institution, but the oldest senior women’s softball club in the entire United States. This year, they’re celebrating their 35th anniversary, and if the energy at Addenbrooke Park is any indication, they’re just getting warmed up.

From Humble Roots to a 35-Year Legacy

The Peaches got their start in Colorado in 1991, a time when grunge was just hitting the radio and nobody had heard of the internet. What started as a group of women who simply refused to stop playing the sport they loved has grown into a full-fledged organization boasting roughly 60 active members.

And when they say “active,” they mean it. The roster spans players from their early 50s all the way up to 92 years old. Yes, 92. Let that sink in for a second the next time you tell yourself you’re too tired to get off the couch.

The team has made Addenbrooke Park in Lakewood their home base, and if you haven’t stopped by to catch a game, you’re genuinely missing out on one of the more quietly remarkable things happening in the Denver metro area.

“Baby Peaches” and the Philosophy That Keeps Them Going

Here’s where things get fun. The Peaches don’t exactly roll out the red carpet for anyone under 55 — or rather, they do, but with a little good-natured ribbing attached. Players who join in their early 50s are affectionately dubbed “baby Peaches,” which is either adorable or mildly humbling depending on how you look at it.

The philosophy driving the whole operation is straightforward but genuinely powerful: keep your body moving, keep your mind sharp, stay competitive, and — maybe most importantly — stay connected to people who actually like you. Healthy aging through friendship and sport. It’s not flashy. It works.

With 60-plus members covering multiple generations of playing experience, the team is less a single unit and more a living argument that age is, in many ways, exactly what you make of it.

The Schnapps, the Tarts, the Jams and the Salsas

You didn’t think a team this spirited was going to run a boring internal structure, did you?

When the Peaches break into sub-teams for local competition, they don’t go by Team A and Team B like some kind of corporate softball league. They go by the Schnapps, the Tarts, the Jams and the Salsas. Which, honestly, is a better team name situation than most professional franchises are working with right now.

The internal matchups give players of all skill levels a chance to compete against each other in a setup that keeps things fun, fierce and just competitive enough to matter.

The Gail Klock Memorial Peach Bowl

Every year, the Peaches host one of their marquee events: the Gail Klock Memorial Peach Bowl and End of Summer Bash. The event honors the team’s history while celebrating the community they’ve built across more than three decades. It’s part tournament, part reunion, part reminder of why they keep showing up to the diamond year after year.

Events like this are how organizations survive. The Peaches aren’t just a softball team — they’re a culture, and the Peach Bowl is one of the clearest expressions of that.

Taking It National

Playing locally is one thing. The Peaches, however, don’t stop at the Colorado state line.

The team regularly competes at the national level, including appearances at the Huntsman World Senior Games and the National Senior Games — two of the most prominent senior athletic competitions in the country. The Huntsman Games, held annually in St. George, Utah, draw thousands of athletes from across the globe. The National Senior Games are no different. The Peaches show up, and they compete.

It’s one thing to call yourself the country’s oldest senior women’s softball club. It’s another to back it up on a national stage. The Peaches tend to do both.

Why This Team Matters

Look, Denver has no shortage of things to brag about. The mountains are right there. The food scene has gotten genuinely good. But the Colorado Peaches represent something a little different — a 35-year-old grassroots organization built entirely on the idea that women don’t stop being athletes just because society thinks they should.

From a 92-year-old stepping up to the plate at Addenbrooke Park to a newly minted “baby Peach” in her early 50s getting her first taste of senior league competition, this team is doing something that sounds simple but is actually pretty rare: giving women a place to compete, belong and thrive — for as long as they want to.

Thirty-five years in, the Peaches are still swinging. Don’t bet against