Lions Minor Baseball Association
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Welcome to Lions Minor Baseball Association!


Servicing the communities of Esquimalt, Vic West, View Royal, Burnside, Gorge and Tillicum for over 60 years.

Our community of volunteers are dedicated to youth baseball for all interested players ages 3-12 in our catchment area.

We run a Spring season for 5U, 7U, 9U, 11U and 13U and Fall season

for some of our older returning players.

Please join us!

Our club is located at

Lampson Park

867 Lampson Street,

Esquimalt, BC​​​​​​​


Spring 2024 Registration is now closed. 
If you are interested in being on our contact list for future seasons please fill out our form.


Upcoming Events (times TBA)

- Gear Swap and Park Clean Up: Saturday, March 23

- Opening Day: Saturday, April 6

- Lions has applied to be in the Buccaneer Day Parade: Saturday, May 11
- No games May long weekend (May 25/26)

- Last Day of games for 5U, 7U & 9U teams: Saturday, June 8

- Closing Day: Saturday, June 15

- 11U & 13U games continue until: June 23, then playoffs.





​​​​​​​Our History

The Esquimalt Lions Club, under the presidency of Arthur Bowker, was one of the principal driving forces in establishing Little League Baseball in the Esquimalt Municipality and in Victoria West.

During his tenure as president of the Lions Club, Mr. Bowker, along with many others, worked tirelessly toward obtaining a charter from Little League Baseball in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and the dream became a reality in 1955.

The Esquimalt/Vic West Little League was subsequently formed with Mr. Bowker as its first president. Arthur and Emma Bowker hosted many meetings in the family home on Esquimalt Road; committees were formed, and managers and coaches were appointed. The original League was comprised of four "major league" teams as well as "minor league" teams. The four major teams were:

  • Esquimalt Merchants
  • Pirates
  • Yarrows (Shipyards)
  • Esquimalt Lions

Team tryouts were held and the major teams were subsequently 'drafted' by the managers under the auspices, guidelines and rules set forth under the Little League Charter.

The first officially sanctioned games were played on a Saturday afternoon in the Spring of 1955 at Bullen Park on Lyall Street. Bullen Park was the Little League venue in Esquimalt until the move to the park on Lampson Street. The first season was deemed to be a great success - culminating with the defeat of the Lions by Yarrows in the playoffs.

Following Mr. Bowker's untimely death at age 48 in 1961, the decision was made to dedicate the new park in memory of his significant contributions to the Municipality of Esquimalt.


Arthur Scott Bowker

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