August 1st, 2017
East Kilbride Pirates 32 – Lancashire Wolverines 16 The Pirates got back to winning ways thanks to a strong final quarter, after a closely matched game in the earlier stages. It started promisingly for East Kilbride, who took their initial drive all the way to the Lancs 14-yard line from where QB Neil Baptie connected […]
July 28th, 2017
Merseyside Nighthawks 59 – East Kilbride Pirates 13 A fourth straight defeat finally extinguished any slim hopes of post-season football this year and the Pirates must use the remaining fixtures to start building for next season. This game didn’t start well for EK. Their first drive came to a halt when the ball was stripped […]
July 27th, 2017
Merseyside Nighthawks 6 – East Kilbride Pirates 56 Last Sunday saw a convoy leave East Kilbride as both the junior and Senior teams travelled to face the Merseyside Nighthawks. The Juniors drew the short straw and had to make the earlier start as they were due to play first. Going into the game, they knew […]
July 25th, 2017
East Kilbride Pirates hosted the last tournament of the regular season on Saturday, and despite having already clinched top spot in the Scottish Conference, they were keen to maintain their unbeaten record. First up were the Edinburgh Wolves. After stopping the Wolves on their opening drive, the Pirates soon moved into the lead on a […]
July 12th, 2017
East Kilbride Pirates 7 – Tamworth Phoenix 59 The Pirates poor run of form continued with a heavy defeat at home to conference leaders Tamworth. The visitors had eight possessions in the first half and scored on every one of them. Tamworth received the opening kick off and immediately set about moving the ball up […]
July 11th, 2017
East Kilbride Pirates 36 – Leeds Academy Assassins 0 The Junior Pirates continued their unbeaten run when they entertained Leeds Academy on Sunday, and although the Assassins travelled with a small squad, they still managed to give East Kilbride a good work out. The opening period was evenly matched until the Pirates’ defense held Leeds […]
July 3rd, 2017
July 1 marked the fifth anniversary of the formation of Hamilton Buccaneers and to celebrate they hosted the most recent Scottish Youth Tournament. First up for the home side was a game against a strong Highland Wildcats team. On the back of a multi-TD performance by running back Aaron Paterson, the Wildcats ran out comprehensive […]
June 28th, 2017
East Kilbride Pirates 14 – Merseyside Nighthawks 45 A second successive dismal performance from the Pirates sees them drop out of a play-off position and leaves them with a mountain to climb if they are to have any chance of post-season action. Once again the Pirates were slow out of the blocks and failed to […]
June 28th, 2017
East Kilbride Pirates 30 – Highland Wildcats 12 The first home game of the season saw the Junior Pirates extend their lead at the top of the Division with a comfortable win against nearest rivals Highland. It was the Pirates who drew first blood early in the opening quarter. Quarterback Lewis Smith drove his side […]
June 20th, 2017
Tamworth Phoenix 48 – East Kilbride Pirates 00 The momentum that the Pirates had been gradually building in the early part of this campaign came to a shuddering halt as they hit the wall known as Tamworth Phoenix on Sunday. This was the first time East Kilbride had failed to score in a league game, […]