San Mateo PONY/Colt/Palomino Youth Baseball
Who We Are
We are a youth baseball organization for players 13 - 19 years of age. We have three divisions of play: PONY, Colt, and Palomino.
PONY: For players aged 13 and 14. PONY has both a Fall season and a Spring Season. Our Fall program focuses on instructing players new to PONY to longer base lengths (80'), longer pitching distance (54'), balks, and leads to name a few of the differences with Little League. Our Spring program is our competitive league.
Colt: For players aged 15 and 16. This program starts at the conclusion (Mid-May) of the High School Frosh/Soph Baseball season and is played at High School field dimensions: base lengths (90') and pitching distance (60'6")
Palomino: For players aged 17, 18, & 19. This invitation only program starts at the conclusion (June) of the Varsity High School/College baseball seasons.
PONY: For players aged 13 and 14. PONY has both a Fall season and a Spring Season. Our Fall program focuses on instructing players new to PONY to longer base lengths (80'), longer pitching distance (54'), balks, and leads to name a few of the differences with Little League. Our Spring program is our competitive league.
Colt: For players aged 15 and 16. This program starts at the conclusion (Mid-May) of the High School Frosh/Soph Baseball season and is played at High School field dimensions: base lengths (90') and pitching distance (60'6")
Palomino: For players aged 17, 18, & 19. This invitation only program starts at the conclusion (June) of the Varsity High School/College baseball seasons.
Anouncements
2015 San Mateo PONY Spring Program for 13 and 14 year olds: Eligible Players: All eligible players from the San Mateo PONY Spring 2014 program and all 12 year old graduates from the Spring 2014 San Mateo American & National Little Leagues. To qualify for the PONY Spring Ball program the player must have been born between May 1, 2000 and April 30, 2002 and reside in the City of San Mateo, San Mateo Highlands, or San Mateo Oaks.
Sign-Ups: To sign up for the San Mateo PONY Spring 2015 League please fill out two copies of this downloadable registration form , and follow the instructions below:
All new players who did not play in the San Mateo PONY Spring 2014 season will need to sign-up in person. In addition to bringing two completed copies of the registration form (with original parent/guardian signatures) new players must also bring a copy of their birth certificate for our files. We will have two sign-up dates:
Early Bird Registration sign-ups will be held on Saturday December 6, 2014 between 9:00 am and Noon at the Beresford Recreation Center located at 2720 Alameda de las Pulgas in San Mateo. The cost per player, if you make it to this Early Bird sign-up will be $250 per player (make checks payable to: San Mateo PONY/Colt). If you wait until the January 8th registration sign-up, which is detailed below, the cost will rise to $275 per player.
Final Registration Date: Our final registration sign-up will be held on Thursday January 8, 2014 from 7:15 pm until 8:45 pm also at the Beresford Recreation Center. As detailed above the cost if you sign-up on this date will be $275 per player (make checks payable to: San Mateo PONY/Colt). Any new players not signing up by the January 15th sign-up will not be accepted.
All returning players from the San Mateo PONY Spring 2014 season may register by mail by sending two completed and signed registration forms and their check per the following instructions: Returning players whose Early Bird registration is postmarked (to the San Mateo PONY/Colt PO Box address detailed at the bottom of this page) by Saturday December 6, 2014 or who bring their registration to our December 6th in-person registration detailed above will need to pay $250 per player (make checks payable to: San Mateo PONY/Colt). Returning players whose registration is postmarked (to the San Mateo PONY/Colt PO Box address detailed at the bottom of this page) after December 6, 2014 will need to pay $275 per player (make checks payable to: San Mateo PONY/Colt). Final deadline for returning player registration will need to be postmarked by Monday January 5, 2015 or registration may be done in person at our Thursday January 8, 2015 registration at Beresford Recreation Center in order for returning players to be eligible for the Spring 2015 season. Any returning player registrations received after January 8, 2015 will not be accepted.
Timeline for Spring 2015 San Mateo PONY League:
Sign-ups: Early Bird registration sign-up is Saturday December 6, 2014. Second (LAST) registration sign-up is Thursday January 8, 2015.
Tryouts: All new players (players who did not play in the San Mateo PONY Spring 2014 season) will need to tryout. Tryouts are scheduled, weather permitting, for Saturday January 17, 2015. You will receive the time for your tryout when you register in person on either December 6, 2014 or on January 8, 2015. If the January 17, 2015 tryouts are rained out they will be held at the same times on Saturday January 24, 2015 and if that date is rained out then we will hold the tryouts on Saturday January 31, 2015 also at the same times.
Practices: If we are able to hold the scheduled tryouts on January 17th we are hoping to start practices the week of February 9, 2015..
League Games start: Tentatively the weekend of March 7-8, 2015. League games are held both on the weekends and also during the week.
League and Post Season Tournament Games conclude: July 2015.
If you have any questions about this program:
You may contact us either by email at: sanmateoponycolt@gmail.com
Or by mail at:
San Mateo PONY/Colt
P.O. Box 25297
San Mateo, CA. 94402
