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Welcome to BC Lions Training Camp
This is your one-stop location on BCLIONS.COM for everything you’ll need to follow the team as they prepare for a run at a seventh Grey Cup title in 2025. Practice schedules, printable position charts, rosters and detailed practice reports will be updated daily when the team hits the field beginning with mini- camp on Wednesday, May 7 and for the start of main camp on Sunday, May 11.
**Please note: Media and fans are welcome to watch practice from the stands at Hillside Stadium. Reporters will be allowed to shoot footage from various parts of the track but must first check in with a member of the Lions communications staff before commencing filming. Lions staff reserves the right to restrict or forbid reporting on the stands on lineup notes, formations and plays.
The Lions will use the all-weather surface at Hillside Stadium, adjacent to the campus of Thompson Rivers University. Select practices listed in the tentative camp schedule below may take place on the lower grass field. Please note that practice times (especially ending times) are subject to change on short notice.
Media on-site at Hillside Stadium will be permitted to conduct in-person interviews after practice on a daily basis. In some cases, as indicated on the schedule below, media availability takes place at the start of lunch hour on days where practice is in the late afternoon. Player and coach requests for reporters on-site must be submitted to Matt Baker: mbaker@bclions.com, before the end of practice or ONE HOUR before the designated media time.
Local media in Vancouver who are not on-site and wish to conduct interviews virtually or on the phone must submit their requests no later than TWO HOURS prior to the end of practice on any given day. Best efforts will be made to accommodate virtual or phone interviews during the allotted time for media availability as per the daily schedule below.
At the discretion of the BC Lions communications and football ops. staff, ENG Camera operators looking to capture B-Roll footage may be permitted to move closer to the field. Filming will not be allowed during certain portions of practice, particularly during the ‘team’ periods.
*The schedule is subject to change. All practices take place at Hillside Stadium.
2025 Training Camp Roster and Position Chart
Mini-Camp: May 7-9 | |
Wednesday, May 7 |
Practice: 5:00-6:00 pm Media availability: by request only |
Thursday, May 8 |
Practice 1: 10:15 am- 11:45 am Media availability: following practice 1 Practice 2: 4:30-6:00 pm |
Friday, May 9
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Practice: 3:00-5:25 pm Media availability: following practice |
Week 1 | |
Sunday, May 11 |
Practice: 9:45 am-12:15 pm Media availability: following practice |
Monday, May 12 |
Practice: 9:45 am-12:15 pm Media availability: following practice |
Tuesday, May 13
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Practice: 8:30 am- NOON Media availability: following practice |
Wednesday, May 14 |
Practice: 8:30 am-NOON Media availability: following practice |
Thursday, May 15 |
Practice: 8:30 am- NOON Media availability: following practice |
Friday, May 16 |
Practice: 9:45 am-12:15 pm Media availability: following practice
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Saturday, May 17 |
Practice: 8:30 am- NOON Media availability: following practice
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Week 2: | |
Sunday, May 18 |
Walkthrough: 10:30-11:35 am Media availability: following walkthrough ** Players and coaches depart to Langford following walkthrough. |
Monday, May 19 |
Pre-season: BC Lions vs. Calgary Stampeders Starlight Stadium, Langford Kickoff: 1:00 pm ** Players and coaches return to Kamloops following the game. |
Tuesday, May 20
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No practice or media availability. |
Wednesday, May 21 |
Media availability: by request only 11:45 am* Practice: 4:00- 7:30 pm |
Thursday, May 22 |
Media availability: by request only 11:45 am* Practice: 4:00- 6:30 pm |
Friday, May 23 |
Media availability: by request only 11:45 am* Practice: 4:00- 5:45 pm
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Saturday, May 24 |
FanFest Presented By BCLC: 2:30- 7:00 pm, Hillside Stadium Open Practice: 3:00-5:25 pm |
Week 3 | |
Sunday, May 25 |
Walkthrough: 11:00-12:45 pm Media availability: following walkthrough |
Monday, May 26 |
Practice: 8:30- NOON Media availability: following practice |
Tuesday, May 27
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Practice: 8:30- 11:00 am Media availability: following practice |
Wednesday, May 28 |
Practice: 8:30- NOON Media availability: following practice
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Thursday, May 29 |
Walkthrough: 11:00-11:35 am Media availability: following walkthrough ** Players and coaches depart to Edmonton following walkthrough
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Friday, May 30 |
Pre-season: BC Lions at Edmonton Elks Commonwealth Stadium |
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