Waterford and Devil Cats To Co-Host PONY15 Regional Tournament!Request below was answered.It's official: 2012 PONY15 Regional tournament will be hosted locally with winner advancing to PONY15 Zone.-----------------------------------------------------------------Seeking Host For PONY15 Regional TournamentThe 15U division is not a great age division for going away to tournaments. Thus, it is a logical age division for us to host a sanctioned tournament. However, to do so, we need a committed host with access to a quality field or two. Here is a summary of the sanctioned post-season prospects at 15U.(1) PONY15 - doesn't have a World Series. (This is the only PONY age division w/o a World Series.) And last year it didn't have a Regional tournament either. This year Zone level tournament will be held in Pittsburgh or Maryland. PONY is still seeking a PONY15 Regional host. (2) AABC15 - doesn't have a regional tournament. (AABC doesn't sponsor a Regional for any of the odd year ages.) AABC doesn't provide AABC15 World Series teams with any travel reimbursement. This means the local AABC15 tournament winner advances directly to teh AABC15 World Series in Arizona at their own expense (not real appealing).(3) NABF doesn't offer tournament play at 15U (or any of the odd year ages except 17U).(4) CABA15 - offers two World Series, one wood (SC) and one metal (IN). ENYTB has a very limited number direct CABA15 World Series berths. Because of that and because of the highly competitive nature of CABA World Series competition, ENYTB makes these berths available to its Gold teams only. No travel money available.(5) CABA15 National Championships - there are two, one wood bat (MI) and one metal bat (OH). These tournaments are misnamed in that they are largely regional competitions (two or three states = 90% of entries). These berths may be purchased on a direct buy-in basis through ENYTB (cheaper than buying them on your own through CABA as an at-large team). ENYTB does not run competitions for these berths via regular season play of the June Madness tournament. ENYTB can buy more than one berth to these tournaments. No travel money offered. Thus, it is easy to see that unless you want pay the full tab to travel to AZ, MI, OH, IN (one lucky Gold team) or SC (one lucky Gold team) the only realistic sanctioned tournament opportunity is PONY15. If that is the case, we might find it desirable to host the PONY15 Regional tournament ourselves. Only two of our teams would ultimately qualify (host and best record) but these are normally only 5 team tournaments and the winner gets some travel money from PONY to advance to their Zone, which for all intents and purposes is their World Series in this age division.So, if we have one or two teams that would like to host this tournament, now is the time to shout out and claim it. I don't know the exact date yet but it is normally held either the 3rd or 4th week in July. It lasts about 3 days and includes only about 9 games max. If you want to host the PONY15 Regional tournament, I need to hear from you sooner rather than later!

Now Accepting Applications To Serve On ENYTB's Members' CouncilThe ENYTB Members' Council acts as an advisory body to the ENYTB Corporate Board. It is consulted on all non-corporate decisions affecting the membership e.g., rules changes, disciplinary matters etc. Council members are not asked to perform any ENYTB administrative functions per se.BAC... read more

Tournament Page Has Been Remodeled and Updated For 2012 (Except For AABC)The remodeling of enytb.com's "Tournament Master Schedule" page has been completed. The data for the 2012 tournaments also has been updated to the extent it is currently available (more detail on what is and isn't actually known at this time is presented below). The finished p... read more

Results of ENYTB Member Surveyre: In-Season Reschedule Rules/RestrictionsOn November 1, 2011, ENYTB conducted a survey of its membership to ascertain whether the system of rules and restrictions adopted for the 2011 season re: in-season reschedules was too strict, not strict enough, or just right. Before reporting the somewhat surprising results of... read more

New Bat Restrictions and Other 2012 ChangesPer ENYTB Exec Board/Members CouncilThe members of ENYTB's Executive Board and Members Council met on Saturday Jan 7 to vote on various issues and measures affecting the upcoming season. Some of these issues were governmental, some were operational and some were programmatic. All have been the subject of d... read more

ENYTB Teams Have Two Ways To Win Entry To A Sanctioned National Championship Tournament Series (NCTS)!Post-season play usually means sanctioned tournament play. ENYTB affiliates with four different sanctioning bodies: AABC; PONY; NABF; and CABA. Each of these sanctioning bodies conducts its own National Championship Tournament Series (NCTS) at each... read more

NY Valley Bombers and ENYTB to Host NABF14 RegionalENYTB Gold and Hi Silver teams at 14U have a special treat available to them this summer.The NY Valley Bombers, in conjunction with ENYTB, have agreed to host the NABF14 Regional Tournament. The tournament will begin on Thursday, July 12 and the NY Valley Bombers 14U team will be the host team. Dep... read more

ENYTB To Host June Madness Tournaments At All Ages In 2012!Last year's extremely popular and successful format is back for a 2nd year with a few tweaks; including:Tournaments for all ages will begin on Friday night, thereby limiting weekday day games to the latter stages of the tournament;All ages will begin play on June 22 and end by June 28, well... read more

ENYTB Has Direct Berths to CABA World Series at ALL Ages!Available to ENYTB Gold teams only via regular season competition.

ENYTB Has Direct Berths to NABF World Series at Ages 16U, 17U and 18U!Available to ENYTB Gold teams only via regular season competition.