June 11th, 2016
The East Kilbride Pirates women’s team celebrated the completion of their first ever kitted football Sapphire Series season and announced award winners and a new head coach at a dinner in Glasgow on Friday evening. The winners were: Most Improved Player – Amy Oliver Sapphire Offensive MVP – Claire Cochrane Sapphire Defensive MVP – Angela […]
June 10th, 2016
The East Kilbride Pirates are set to welcome NCAA Div III team North Central College Cardinals to Scotland on 19 June for a friendly game. The Cardinals are travelling to Scotland from Illinois as an extension of a wider educational and cultural tour of Ireland and will take on the Pirates at Burnbrae, home of […]
June 9th, 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. This week we introduce you to Tight End Jordan Gilmour who has the ability to make a huge impact on the field. The Essentials Name: Jordan Gilmour Position: […]
June 6th, 2016
Lancashire Woverines 9 East Kilbride Pirates 30 The Pirates switchback season continued as they extended the win, loss, win, loss pattern with their third victory of the campaign. They must now hope to break that sequence when they travel to face Tamworth Phoenix this coming Sunday (12 June). It was the home side who kicked […]
May 24th, 2016
Welcome to the next edition of Senior Stories, where each week writer Nicky Smith introduces one of our third year or ‘senior’ members of our junior squad. This week we introduce you to one of the Divas, at least position wise, Wide Receiver Matthew Hamilton. The Essentials Name: Matthew Hamilton Position: Wide Receiver Nickname: Shoes […]
May 23rd, 2016
Looking to continue momentum from their last outing East Kilbride travelled south to take on the division’s newly promoted outfit, the Merseyside Nighthawks. It was, however, not to be as the streaking Nighthawks dominated an all-round poor Pirates performance which left much to be desired. The Pirates received the opening kick-off but quickly went 3 […]
May 17th, 2016
Welcome to the next edition of Senior Stories, where each week writer Nicky Smith introduces one of our third year or ‘senior’ members of our junior squad. We have a treat in store for you this week. Finally we get to go to the defensive side of the ball – the side of the ball […]
May 11th, 2016
Welcome to the next edition of Senior Stories, where each week writer Nicky Smith introduces one of our third year or ‘senior’ members of our junior squad. This week we picked one of our unsung heroes of the offensive line to be centre stage. The O line tend to not get the credit they deserve […]
May 8th, 2016
East Kilbride Pirates 37 Coventry Jets 0 The Pirates got back to winning ways after their humiliation at the hands of Tamworth just six days earlier, with a comfortable win against a depleted Coventry side on Saturday. The Jets travelled north with a small squad and their lack of numbers was to tell as the […]
May 6th, 2016
Andrew Prentice was one of the few bright spots on Sunday as the Pirates fell to their first regular season home loss in years. Building on a strong outing against Lancashire, Prentice, a rookie, scored EK’s only points of the day in the first quarter. Prentice is pictured here dragging a Tamworth defender into the […]