Assassins 13-27 Pirates: National Championship Game: Chorley Buccaneers 22-51 Pirates The Hamilton Buccaneers In 2012, the Pirates increased their coverage in Lanarkshire by creating a second Youth team, the Hamilton Buccaneers. The Bucs have continued to grow, consistently finishing #3 in the Scottish youth conference, and in 2017 launched the club's first youth flag endeavor. East Kilbride Pirates Junior In mid 2013, the team announced plans for a Junior team, to compete in the 16–19 age range and bridge the gap between Youth and Senior. They played their first season in 2014 with a small squad, recording 2 wins, however a good graduating class from the two youth teams boosted the 2015 playing squad and the team won two games before finishing their season by winning a friendly against Clackmannanshire Ravens in the off-season after a change of coaching staff once the season had ended. Further additions from the two Youth teams and an expansion of the coaching staff boosted the squad and in 2016 they went on to become Scottish Champions, Northern Champions and British u19s championship runners-up. In 2017 the team repeated this achievement, narrowly losing in the British Final to the London Blitz, in the highest scoring Junior final in British history. This made the Pirates the first Scottish team ever to appear in more than one British Championship game. In 2018 the junior team went 5–1 in the regular season, and narrowly lost out to Manchester Titans in the semi-final, in a game that went to overtime. The team went on to compete in the National Plate final, winning the championship 46–0 against Herfordshire Cheetahs. In 2019, despite having the team's youngest and most inexperienced squad to date, the team finished their regular season 6–0, and won a semi-final 13–9 against Birmingham Lions to qualify for their third appearance at the British U19 final in four years. The game was streamed by BBC Sport, and despite strong hopes the Scots were shut out 26–0 against a fast and physical London Blitz junior team. Women's teams In September 2015 the East Kilbride Pirates launched their first women's team. The call for players met with a positive local response and the team competed in the British American Football Association's Opal Series flag competition for women. The Pirates women's team compete in the Opal flag and Sapphire kitted competitions. In 2017 the women's section split into distinct contact and