February 1st, 2019
The East Kilbride Pirates American Football Club Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday 17 February, from 12pm – 12.55pm in the Bowls Pavilion, Hamilton Palace Sports Ground, Mote Hill, Hamilton, ML3 6BY. Who can attend? All Pirates club members, coaches, committee, friends, family and supporters are welcome to attend the AGM. This includes […]
January 11th, 2019
Friday 4 January saw the Pirates women’s flag team get together at The Raven in Glasgow to celebrate their successes in the 2018 Opal women’s flag campaign. Six main awards were handed out by the coaching staff, recognising the top players on both sides of the ball, as well as a number of smaller awards. […]
November 21st, 2018
We’re looking for a defensive backs coach and offensive positional coaches to join the staff of one of the UK’s top U19s teams. Interested candidates should: Hold a minimum BAFCA Level 1 coaching qualification Have existing coaching experience or clearly show how their skills and experience from playing football or coaching another sport would be […]
November 19th, 2018
There would be no 5am starts for the Pirates women’s flag team on this Opal Series game day. For the first time, the Pirates would host an Opal round. The Chorley Buccaneers, Sheffield Giants and Manchester Titans travelled north and within the indoor arena at Ravenscraig Sports Centre, the four sides would battle it out […]
November 15th, 2018
After a huge week two performance, the East Kilbride Pirates women’s flag team travelled to Manchester to take on some familiar foes. The Manchester Titans women’s program was on a brief hiatus from the Opal Series, but had returned this year with strong results. A big effort was going to be required to take down […]
November 3rd, 2018
Meet our opposition for 2019! Conference alignments have been announced for the 2019 British American Football Association National Leagues season for Premier and Division 1 adult contact teams. As expected, the Pirates senior team drops down from NFC Premier North to NFC 1 North. They join Gateshead Senators, Glasgow Tigers, Northumberland Vikings, Yorkshire Academy Rams […]
October 28th, 2018
The East Kilbride Pirates women’s flag team improved their record to 8-0 with 4 more resounding wins, including a sound victory over the much-fancied Sheffield Giants. The day opened with a game against something of a bogey team for the Pirates – the Chorley Buccaneers. In last year’s games, the Buccaneers played the Pirates close, […]
October 16th, 2018
The Pirates women’s flag team enter week 2 of the Opal Series with a perfect 4-0 record, matched only in the North by their competitive rivals, the Sheffield Giants. The Giants sit atop of the North conference of the Opal Series by virtue of a superior points difference, but there were plenty of positives for […]
August 29th, 2018
We’re delighted to announce the following new coaching appointments. East Kilbride Pirates women’s contact Claire Cochrane takes over as Head Coach of the East Kilbride Pirates women’s contact team from outgoing Head Coach Andrew McGowan. As well as being one of the founding members of the East Kilbride Pirates women’s contact team with three seasons […]
August 29th, 2018
East Kilbride Pirates 46 – Hertfordshire Cheetahs 0 The Pirates Under 19 side rounded off their season with a resounding win in the National Plate Final on a cold, wet day in Leeds. East Kilbride kicked off and quickly had their opponenets under pressure. A wayward snap shot over the QB’s head and out of […]