The Vipères Family
Founded on December 19, 1989 by Marc Williamson, the club has kept growing to become a benchmark of French baseball.
Performance and inclusion
The Vipères have always combined sporting ambition at every level with a strong social mission: integration through sport, openness to all, baseball as a school of life.
Sporting performance
From our baseball school to our senior teams in National Division 2, every category of the club aims for progress and competition at its own level.
Social inclusion
An adapted-sport team and a cricket section committed to integrating young refugees: sport as a vehicle for empowerment and social connection.
Our history
1989
Birth of the club
On December 19, 1989, Marc Williamson founded the club upon returning from a trip to the United States, where he discovered baseball.
1990
First steps in competition
The club fields 9 players and takes part in creating the Nord-Pas-de-Calais baseball league.
1991
Merger with Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
The club merges with the Saint-Amand-les-Eaux team to strengthen its roster.
2009
A fresh start
Marc Williamson takes over the club's presidency. In his first year: a first regional title and promotion to National Division 1.
2011
National podium for the youth team
The 12U team finishes 3rd at the French Championship in its category.
2014
Vipères Park is inaugurated
On September 28, 2014, the club inaugurates its home ground, Vipères Park, with the club already counting 170 members.
2018
National Division 1 champions
The flagship team wins the French National Division 1 championship title.
2019
Promotion to Division 1
Building on its title, the club is promoted to Division 1, the highest national level of amateur baseball.
2022 - 2024
Three consecutive finals
Team 1 reaches the Division 2 final three years in a row and finishes runner-up each time, confirming its status as a major French baseball club.
