PONY Baseball Northwest Region

Announcements

WELCOME TO NORTHWEST PONY BASEBALL

Northwest Pony Baseball is looking for more teams in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Alaska wanting to join PONY Baseball.

PONY Northwest starts a Tournament Program open to club/select teams...see flier link in center of page.

Leagues interested in posting PONY Invitational Tournaments on the Regional Website Please contact M.Blonden@pony.org. If you're interested in posting your favorite pictures from League or Tournament play, please send them to Michael.

Northwest Region

Alaska Idaho

Washington Montana

Oregon

Palomino PONY West Zone

PONY Northwest Directors

Play Real Baseball
PONY For Ages 4 to 19

World Series
Mustang--Bronco 11--Bronco 11/12--Pony 13--Pony 13/14--Colt--Palomino
West Zone
Shetland (4-6)--Pinto (7-8)--Mustang 9

PONY COACHES TRAINING

Sanctioned Tournament Brackets

If you would like to start a PONY League in your area and play real baseball contact:

Ken Hawkins (253 222-6680) - PONY Baseball Northwest Regional Director
Michael Blonden (360-491-8869) - PONY Baseball Northwest Assistant Regional Director

Region Select Tournament Program for Club/Select/League Teams-
The objective of the Select Team Program is to provide an advanced PONY Baseball Program to the leagues in the PONY Northwest Region of the West Zone. The Northwest Region Select Teams will be developed with the support of the local leagues and PONY Northwest Region. The League Ages will include Bronco (12U) and Pony (14U). Select/Club Teams will be eligible to participate in the Program. See flier for further details .

Simplified New Baseball Bat Rules...
• No two and three quarter inch (2-3/4") diameter bats are allowed at any level of play.
• T-ball bats are only allowed when hitting off a tee and using a safety ball.
• Coach-pitch bats are allowed in coach pitch divisions when using a safety ball.
• Two and five-eighth inch (2-5/8") diameter bats that weigh minus 3 must have the BBCOR .50 stamp - designed for baseball use.
• Two and five-eighth inch (2-5/8") diameter bats that weigh minus 4 through minus 13 bats are legal as long as they do not exceed 42 inches in length - designed for baseball use.
• Effective 1 January, 2012 all minus 3 bats must be BBCOR certified. Maximum BBCOR is .50.
• Two and one-half inch (2-1/2") diameter bats must have a BPF of 1.15 or less stamp and Approved for PONY Baseball stamp.
• Two and one-fourth inch (2 ¼”) diameter non wood bats MUST have a BPF of 1.15 or less and MUST be stamped “Approved for play in PONY Baseball” as well as “BPF 1.15” and the year manufactured.
• Bats other than minus 3 are allowed. These bats are NOT required to be BBCOR certified.
• All BBCOR approved bats shall be labeled with a BBCOR certification mark.

Other 2012 PONY Rule Changes

Presidents' Meeting-Volunteers interested in starting a new League.
Presidents Meeting will be held on January 21, 2011 at 10 am. The meeting will held at the Hilton Garden Inn Seattle/Renton located at: 1801 East Valley Rd Renton, WA 98057 Phone # 425-917-8503.

2011 Tournament Winners

Pinto 8U Super Regional - Maple Valley Cubs

Mustang 9U - West Seattle Represents Region in CA

Mustang 10U - Seattle Senators

Bronco 11U - Spokane

Bronco 12U - North Seattle Jets

Pony 13U - Spokane

Pony 14U - Enumclaw

Colt 16U - LSBA Indians

Palomino 19U - Maple Valley Pinnacle