Scarborough Pirates ARLFC is the name of an amateur rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 team which competes in the Rugby League Conference Yorkshire Premier

Rugby League Conference Yorkshire Premier

The Rugby League Conference Yorkshire Premier is a division in the Rugby League Conference for teams in the Yorkshire area.It was first contested in 2008 following the break-up of the previous North Premier into the North West and Yorkshire Premiers....

 and British Amateur Rugby League Association

British Amateur Rugby League Association

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 winter leagues. The club is based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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In a joint initiative with Breakaway Sports Tours, the Rugby Football League

Rugby Football League

The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league football in England. Based at Red Hall in Leeds, it administers the England national rugby league team, the Challenge Cup, Super League and the Rugby League Championships...

 and Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough (borough)

Scarborough is a non-metropolitan district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covers a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey....

, the club have established a rugby league nines

Rugby league nines

Rugby league nines is a version of rugby league football played with nine players on each side. The game is substantially the same as full rugby league, with some differences in rules and shorter games. Nines is usually played in festivals, as its shorter game play allows for a tournament to be...

 tournament known as the Scarborough Rugby League Festival

Scarborough Rugby League Festival

Scarborough International Rugby League Festival is a rugby league nines tournament that is held in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The 2008 festival will be played at Pindar School on Saturday 26 April 2008 and Sunday 27 April 2008....

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History

The Scarborough and District Primary Schools under-11s rugby league team, along with Glasgow Schools, was selected to play the curtain-raiser to the 2000 Challenge Cup Final on 29 April at Murrayfield Stadium

Murrayfield Stadium

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 in Edinburgh. For several years, under-11s teams from non-traditional rugby league areas were selected by the RFL with the purpose of supporting the promotion of the sport.

Enthused parents of the team decided to form the Scarborough Pirates junior rugby league club soon afterwards, becoming the town's second junior rugby league club following Scarborough Sovereigns.

Originally based at Pindar School the club formed a link with the Aberdeen Pub, Aberdeen Walk Scarborough with Landlord Nick Smart, a former rugby league player. The first season concluded with the team playing at under-12s, finishing 5th in the Hull & District League

Hull & District League

The Hull & District Youth League is a series of rugby league divisions in and around Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.The league is run by a volunteer League Management Committee who are elected annually by the youth leagues member clubs...

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In 2002/2003, the club moved from its base at the Sunrise on Dean Road, Scarborough onto Scarborough F.C’s, McCain Lounge and the Mere Club, Seamer Road, to eventually returning to the Aberdeen, under new landlord Andy Dolan.

At the beginning of 2005 the club introduced an open-age team, which joined the North East Division of the Rugby League Conference

Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference , was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.The RLC was founded as the 10-team Southern Conference League in 1997, with teams from the southern midlands and the...

. The side incorporated some remnants of the stand-alone Yorkshire Coast Tigers open-age team that had competed in the RLC previously and extended Scarborough's representation in that competition.