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2020 Spring Baseball Program

Newport Harbor Baseball Association (NHBA) is the PONY youth Baseball organization. NHBA is Open Registration and we do not have residency requirements. Our fields are located at Kaiser Elementary, Newport Heights Elementary, Ensign Intermediate, Bob Henry Park, Mariners Park and Davis/Lyons Parks.

The PONY Spring Baseball is our primary season. One or two practices per week beginning February 1st with games during the week and on Saturday (depending on division).

Tryouts for Pinto National through Pony will take place on January 18-19, 2020. For Foal, Shetland American, Shetland National, and Pinto American divisions, if you have friend/coach requests please email the division director listed below.

Divisions available for 2020 Spring Baseball:
- Foal (3-4 year olds - Birthdates between 09/01/15 and 08/31/17)
- Shetland American (5 year olds - Birthdates between 09/01/14 and 08/31/15)
- Shetland National (6 year olds - Birthdates between 09/01/13 and 08/31/14)
- Pinto American (7 year olds - Birthdates between 09/01/12 and 08/31/13)
- Pinto National (8 year olds - Birthdates between 09/01/11 and 08/31/12)
- Mustang (9, 10 year olds - Birthdates between 09/01/09 and 08/31/11)
- Bronco (11, 12 year olds - Birthdates between 09/01/07 and 08/31/09)
- Pony (13, 14 year olds - Birthdates between 09/01/05 and 08/31/07)

Spring Ball Divisions are determined by the child's age as of August 31, 2020.

If you should have any questions about you child's division, please email their Division Director:

Jamey Beeson, Shetland ([email protected])
Rett Coluccio, Pinto American ([email protected])
Pat Wood, Pinto National ([email protected])
Mike Benson, Mustang ([email protected])
Rory McKinney, Foal/Pony ([email protected])
Sean McGrath, Bronco ([email protected])

Registration opens on 10/01/19 and will close 1/15/20. There will be a late fee of $50 for registrations after 12/31/19.

A few changes to note this year:
- Fundraising: No more candy bars! We are doing a mandatory raffle of $50 (5 tickets @ $10 each). Kids can either keep the tickets or sell them to friends/family. Winners will be awarded gift cards.
- Volunteer Fee: There will be a $50 non-volunteer fee. If you choose to volunteer, you are committing to provide volunteer hours to snack bar, opening day, pictures, field maintenance, etc)

If you would like to sponsor NHBA, please contact Jeff Nichols ([email protected]).

Thank you!