Royal Palm Orangewood Little League

It has been a long standing tradition with RPO Little League for each team to make their team banner. Team banners are displayed at Opening Day Ceremonies and at each game. Team banners help get the players involved and allow them to take ownership of their team name.

Parent Rep Duties

Parent Reps will coordinate the making of the banner (when possible, with all the players/parents.) If creating banners is not your thing, ask people on your team who would be interested in this... you might be surprised at the creative talent among your team! It need not be elaborate, it is more important that you just have one representing your team. Kids notice when they are the only team without a banner on Opening Day. Banners can be purchased (a vinyl sign maker or hire an airbrush artist), but keep in mind, this can be expensive. Whatever you decide, the cost involved should be evenly split between all members of the team. Homemade banners are perfectly fine, (in fact, encouraged) they add to the charm of Opening Day. It is a lot of fun to see the creative contributions parading on Opening Day.

Guidelines/Suggestions/Helpful hints:

Approx: 40”x 60” (nobody will be measuring, so if you have some leftover material that could work, by all means – use it! Just make it large enough to be seen from across each dugout.)
Use felt, vinyl or fabric (something sturdy like canvas works best)
Felt cut-outs, fabric pens, fabric paint, fabric glue and airbrushed items have been used in the past and are good options
Banners should incorporate: Team colors, Year, Team Name, Team Division, Team Logo (some logos can be intricate, do your best to duplicate it or at least some part of it), Players Names,Coaches Names & Team Rep
Keep in mind this needs to be durable as it will take some abuse in/out of the car & dragged on the ground. It should be able to withstand heat, wind & rain for 2 months! For this reason paper, Elmer's glue or hot glued on items may not be good choices.
Consider how you will hang this on the fence at each game…putting grommets in all 4 corners for easy hanging on the fences at the games has been a good method over the years. (Fasten with caribiner clips or binder rings that clamp)
Some have also sewn a pocket across the top to place a PVC tube to help carry it on Opening Day
HAVE FUN WITH IT!

If you do not know what your logo looks like... search for the team name on the internet. All teams are either Major League Teams or a Minor, Farm or AAA affiliate of all the Major League Teams.

Try this link to find your team

www.minorleaguebaseball.com

There is a pull down menu to the left (select team) you can visit each of their websites to see the logo.

To see Examples, Click here