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.

Ranjit Dillon used his remarkable foot speed and outstanding stick skills to emerge as one of the greatest lacrosse players in the history of the sport, not only in Victoria, but B.C. and Canada. His debut as an underage junior call-up was electrifying and he helped lead the Victoria Junior Shamrocks to the 1962 Minto Cup championship. The next year, Ranjit's fleet feet paced the Juniors to the Cup finals again but the Oshawa Green Gaels proved too tough. However, nothing was going to stop Ranjit's skills from carrying him to the platinum level of his sport. Although the Dillon brothers were the shining stars of some struggling Shamrocks teams of the 1960s, it was only as a pickup that Ranjit made it to the Mann Cup national finals with the New Westminster Salmonbellies. However, Ranjit's career ended with a fitting finale, indeed, when he retired in 1979 after the Shamrocks won their first Mann Cup national title in 22 years. What a storybook ending to a storybook career at Memorial Arena! It couldn't have been scripted any better. In a brilliant Western Lacrosse Association career from 1966 to 1979, Ranjit scored 450 goals and amassed 788 assists for 1,238 points in a club record 443 games for the Victoria Shamrocks. He was acclaimed for his achievements by being inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and now takes his well-deserved place in the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.