Pirates U19 eventually sink Buccaneers

May 22nd, 2019

Chorley Buccaneers 28 – 36 East Kilbride Pirates On the pages of a dictionary, the definition of ‘Pirate’ and ‘Buccaneer’ are very similar.  On the football field in Preston on Sunday afternoon, there was also little difference between the two teams battling it out. This may have come as a surprise to distant observers, and […]

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Tigers tamed as Montgomerie earns MVP

May 19th, 2019

Glasgow Tigers 14 – East Kilbride Pirates 47 With regular QB Neil Baptie unavailable, it fell to Pirates’ Academy graduate Sam Montgomerie to take over at the helm. The former Youth and Junior player rewarded his Coach’s faith with a mature performance in leading his team to a comprehensive victory. For the second consecutive game, […]

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Pirates punish Assassins

May 15th, 2019

East Kilbride Pirates 46 – 8 Yorkshire Academy Assassins The Assassins sent a small but strong squad north of the border, however the Yorkshire outfit was put to the sword – not only experiencing razor-edge attacking and powerful, defensive parrying from the Pirates, but also feeling the pointy-end of their special teams’ cutlasses against their […]

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Rams fleeced after locking horns with Pirates

May 13th, 2019

East Kilbride Pirates 47 – Yorkshire Academy Rams 12 The Pirates opened up their home schedule with a comfortable win to take them to 2-0 for the season to date. They made the best possible start, when on the first play from scrimmage, running back Dougie Meechan scored on a 53-yard dash, and while Allan […]

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