As anyone involved with amateur sport knows, it takes really dedicated volunteers to allow an organization or team to flourish. Roy Woolsey was just such an individual, lending a hand behind the scenes and on the floor at various levels of lacrosse in Victoria from the box game's beginnings in the mid-1930s through the 1970s. A Bobby-helmet wearing beat cop at first and later a desk sergeant with the Victoria police, Woolsey was well-known in the community and developed numerous contacts whom he could hit up to sponsor his teams. In the 1940s, having gained experience managing the Joker's junior and intermediate teams, he was well-equipped to help the club move into the Senior 'B' ranks. With his help, they won the B.C. championship in 1943 and in 1945. Roy used his managerial experience to get on the board of the Greater Victoria Lacrosse Association in the late 1950s and in 1970 became GVLA president. Along the way, he worked as a director with the Shamrocks, until joining the fledgling McDonald's Bakery sponsored Junior A program in the early 70s. With his instrumental help, they developed into a Minto Cup winner. While he was a gruff character on the outside, Roy Woolsey had a big heart, as folks who took in games at the Memorial Arena witnessed. He was often stationed at the arena entrance ensuring handicapped patrons had a decent place from which to watch the game.

Nirmal Dillon came out of minor lacrosse to become one of the greats of the sport, on and off the floor. He first came onto the lacrosse radar starring for the Junior Shamrocks and helping lead them to the 1962 Minto Cup title. His leadership skills were evident as he was selected captain of the Senior Shamrocks for five of his 11 playing seasons with the WLA team, in which his cunning play and blazing speed allowed him to finish with 227 goals, and 390 assists in 342 games to land in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Those leadership attributes would hold Nirmal in good stead as he parlayed his knowledge of the game into a tremendous coaching career. After retiring as a player, he was named to coach the Shamrocks in 1976 and was an immediate hit on the bench, leading the green and white to first place in 1976, the WLA championship in 1978 and to within a game of the Mann Cup national Senior 'A' title. After some time away from the sport, Nirmal was back on the bench of the Victoria Junior Shamrocks from 1988 to 1992. During that span, they had three first-place finishes, three appearances in the national finals with one Minto Cup victory. Nirmal's second stint with the Senior Rocks began in 1994 and the natural leader coached Victoria into four Mann Cup finals and two national titles. He was WLA Coach of the Year in 1976,1995, 1996 and 1998 and one of the greatest Victoria coaches in any sport is now an honoured member of the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.