August 4th, 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of Senior Stories, where each week writer Nicky Smith introduces one of our third year or ‘senior’ members of our junior squad. One of the best things about American Football is watching top flight athletes do things that you just cannot do. We don’t get to see too much of […]
August 2nd, 2016
We need your help. Donate just £5 by text, and you can help our youth and junior teams get to the national finals and playoffs this year! We’re delighted that thanks to their hard work both our Pirates youth and junior teams have earned Scottish championship titles this year. For the East Kilbride Pirates youth […]
August 1st, 2016
The East Kilbride Pirates U17 side followed their U19 team-mates in winning the Scottish Divisional title for the first time. They now go forward to the Britbowl Finals in Sheffield on 3rd September, looking to capture the National Championship crown. First up for the Pirates were the Edinburgh Wolves. The side from the capital had […]
July 29th, 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of Senior Stories, where each week writer Nicky Smith introduces one of our third year or ‘senior’ members of our junior squad. We’re going into the trenches with our latest instalment. If you love football, you tend to love O Linemen. And if you love O Linemen then you will […]
July 18th, 2016
East Kilbride Pirates 26 – Highland Wildcats 16 While it has been an indifferent season for their Senior counterparts, the Pirates Junior side has quietly gone about its business, ending up as Scottish Champions and going undefeated in the process. Reigning title-holders Highland were hot on their tail throughout and went into this last tie […]
July 18th, 2016
East Kilbride Pirates 69 Sheffield Predators 0 East Kilbride saved their best performance for the last home game of the season with a resounding win over Sheffield Predators. Following recent maintenance work to the main pitch, there was some rutting on the playing surface and the visitors expressed their concern about its safety. The Pirates […]
July 12th, 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of Senior Stories, where each week writer Nicky Smith introduces one of our third year or ‘senior’ members of our junior squad. After our wedding season break its time for edition number seven! This time it’s our pleasure to introduce you to a player in his first season in the […]
July 11th, 2016
Fancy trying a new sport? The East Kilbride Pirates Women’s team are holding another flag football taster session on Tuesday 2 August from 7pm – 8.30pm on Glasgow Green, meeting on the corner near West bar. No experience or equipment is needed and we’ll teach you everything you need to know. We launched our women’s […]
June 27th, 2016
East Kilbride Pirates 3 Merseyside Nighthawks 23 A fourth defeat of this year’s campaign finally closed the door on the Pirates’ play-off hopes for 2016. With both Merseyside and Tamworth still undefeated, the worst that either can finish is 6-4. This matches EK’s best possible finish, but both hold head-to-head advantage over the Pirates. The […]
June 27th, 2016
Fancy trying a new sport? The East Kilbride Pirates Women’s team are holding a flag football taster session on Tuesday 28 June at 7pm on Glasgow Green. No experience or equipment is needed and we’ll teach you everything you need to know. We launched our women’s only team in September 2015 and since then we’ve […]