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Building of a new Field

VMSSA was founded in 1994 when a group of senior softball players from the legendary "Vancouver Senior 60's" tournament team were playing in the Portland Summer league and decided it was time to start a league in Vancouver. As VMSSA (Vancouver Metro Senior Softball Association) league approaches 30 years since inception, those that have and continue to participate as well as future players owe a great deal of gratitude to the many people who paved the way through their dedication, vision, talent, passion for the game, and time invested towards the benefit of and success of the league. VMSSA has evolved into a mainstay for senior men and women softball players 60 years old and above.

Various pictures of the volunteers building the VMSSA field starting back in 2016. Read the league history article.

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Google map of the cleared land for the new field.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Placing the home plate in preparation for the field to be built.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Surveying preparation is about to begin.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Augur digging pole hole in preparation for the fence posts.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Surveying the area to mark off field.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Surveying marker for the poles.

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New backstop poles set up.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

New backstop poles being set into the ground.

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Cement already poured into the backstop poles forms.

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Preparing the cement forms for the backstop poles.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

The volunteering crew.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

A new backstop fence is up.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Dugout poles being set up.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Preparing the fence line and cement forms.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Cementing in the fence poles along the backstop.

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First base dugout poles cemented in.

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Ballfield dirt with surveying markers.

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Top soil being spread out by a tractor loader.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Third base dugout cement poured and the platform for the bleachers.

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Third base bleacher platform being poured.

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First base bleacher platform poured.

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Cement being poured and smoothed behind the backstop.

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Top soil being dumped in the infield by dump truck.

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Mounds of top soil ready to be spread.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Foul line marker and water access for the sprinklers.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Putting in the fence poles along first base line.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Top soil being spread by a tractor.

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Soil being spread by a grader.

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Various volunteers after most of the work has been completed.

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A few of the core volunteers that coordinated and made this new field possible.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Volunteers putting up the metal fence poles in cement along left field.

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Volunteers putting up the metal fence pole for the sidelines.

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Getting the PVC pipes ready to lay in ground.

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A trench digger preparing for the underground PVC for watering.

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Volunteers clearing out some of the rocks and debris before the fencing went up.

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Sprinklers now working to water the field.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Spraying out the soil and seeding for the outfield prep work.

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Outfield dirt all leveled and outfield fencing going up.

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Outfield grass starting to grow.

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Volunteer seeding the field using a tractor spreader.

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Now have grass with the dirt infield.

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Volunteer running a front loader to get rid of rocks.

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Digging out and framing the large holes in preparation for the steel beams for the outfield sign.

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The sign poles are now set up while the cement is drying.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Preparing the metal posts for the outfield signage.

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Volunteers filling in the steel pole with cement for the sign support.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Cementing and aligning the steel beam post for the outfield sign.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

New parking lot.

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Putting in sidewalk to the back stop.

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Pouring the walkway to the back stop.

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Assembing new metal bleachers offsite.

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Volunteers after bleachers assembled.

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Mowing the new grass field.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Preparing the foul lines.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Volunteers preparing the warning track areas and foul lines with dirt.

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Installing the new outfield sign.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Setting up the new spectators bleachers.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Putting on the yellow liner on the outfield and foul line fences.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Setting up bleacher chairs in the new dugouts.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Dumptruck unloading the topsoil.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Planting the shrubbery around the dugouts.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Preparing the dugout roof frames.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Putting on the dugouts metal roof.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Preparing the infield after removing the grass.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Planting flowers next to new third base dugout.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Installing the home plate.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Layout out the home plate and batters box.

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Home plate batters box and field almost done.

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The completed field.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Completed field with cement paths bleachers and head stone plaque.

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Installing the dedicated marble head stone.

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Teams ready to play on the new field next to the dedication plaque.

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Batters trying out the new field.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

High fives after a game.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

Fans and volunteer families coming out for the dedication.

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Dedicated first pitch.

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Volunteers at the dedication.

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First test pitch on a partially completed infield.

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Making the warning track area in the outfield.

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Volunteers and Building of the new field

High school band playing behind home plate.

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A working outfield game board.

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Trying out the new infield almost done.

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Teams and a batter playing a game.

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