Welcome to Adel!

We are the friendliest and longest established hockey club in the city of Leeds. With 11 competitive senior teams and 2 development teams playing every weekend and junior, mixed, indoor, and social hockey available across the year, and the biggest summer league in the region, we pride ourselves on providing hockey for all. Whether you want to join our Men’s and Women's 1s in pushing for promotion to national league or have never played before, we welcome you to Adel.

Our attractive membership rates cover all the hockey you could wish for on our modern pitch under new lights (that really make our orange kit even harder to miss!) and also include membership to our onsite clubhouse and bar where Adel’s social scene thrives.

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This week’s Fixtures and Results

Socials on this year

  • Saturday Night Lights

    Lets kick off the season* in style with some 'friendly' competition with Leeds Hockey Club! All welcome to get involved under the lights, we can guarantee hijinks, one-handed hockey and of course the inevitable dizzy flicks!

  • Junior Halloween Social

    Get creative with your costumes and practice your apple bobbing, it's Halloween!

  • Beer Pong

    Every cup game you can imagine, 18+, need we say more?

  • Christmas Party

    Come down to the clubhouse for fancy dress competitions, the best advent calendar you've ever seen and a visit from a special guest...

  • Junior Christmas Social

    Dig out your jingle bells and put out a carrot for Rudolph, Adel does Christmas!

  • Blackout

    Put your trust in your social secs and go along for the ride to a mystery location for an adventure of a night out...

  • Adel Does Darts

    Darts ability not required (and frankly, discouraged) and prizes to be won throughout for outfits & general darts related nonsense

  • Bongos Bingo

    Final hall social of the season, Bingo is fast becoming a weird & wild Adel classic, 18+, fantastic prizes to be won, no scooters allowed!

  • Club Day

    All day action at the fortress, sideline entertainment and a halftime junior competition; what a great saturday!

  • TOUR

    Blackpool Hockey Festival makes its return to our calendars, get involved for organised fun, cool outfits, and maybe some hockey... We can't say any more, what happens on tour stays on tour!

  • Junior EOS Celebration

    Get together to look back at the season and finish it off in style with a celebration of everyone in our amazing junior section!

  • End of Season Dinner

    Whether you've had a season to celebrate or bounce back from, finish the year on a high with your teammates at our annual meal and awards ceremony, followed by a night to remember! (if you can...)

  • Wakey Splash

    More hockey than you can shake a stick at, themed fancy dress nights and camping with your friends, what's not to love?

Meet our committee

Sam Jackson

Chair

Adel has been my home away from home for the past 11 years. For 10 of those years, I’ve sat on the committee in various roles including treasurer, and membership secretary, and been involved in many a development project. This is now my fourth year as Chair.

Adel for me has a strong community and collaborative culture. It’s about hockey for all abilities, and so much more. This is an exciting time to be part of the club as it grows and develops its offering to its members. This year I’m especially excited to further help launch our junior development teams and to get spades in the ground for the new changing rooms at the club.

Ross Nichols

Ross Nichols

Secretary

I’ve been a part of Adel since returning home from Uni in 2016 and joined the Men’s 4th team. In my second year at the club I took over as captain before handing over the reins in 2021.
I've now taken up the role of Secretary to continue to support the club.
You’ll find me most weekends at Adel trying to look busy in the middle of the pitch or on the sidelines supporting other teams.

John Holden

Treasurer

I joined Adel in 1993 and despite some periods working or living away, I’ve always come back, mainly because it’s so welcoming friendly and inclusive. For me those are the most important things.
Over the years I've played for every Men's side, coached juniors, captained teams and got my umpiring credentials. These days you are more likely to find me with a whistle than a stick, although I do occasionally have a run out with the Men’s 6s.
I retired at the end of 2023 after a career in Whitehall and NHS leadership. As our club’s Treasurer I aim to continue the excellent work done by others to achieve a robust financial position, and support the ambitious plans we have to improve the hockey experience for every member.

Bryony Wellman

Womens Club Captain

I joined Adel in 2022 and found myself as captain of the Ladies 5's halfway through the season! (The Ladies 5's are a brilliant bunch!) I've loved my time at Adel so far and I am looking forward to stepping up in my new role as Club Captain

Ian Phillips

Mens Fixtures Secretary

From Porthcawl, South Wales, I moved to Leeds in 1970 joining Leeds Corinthian HC, which unfortunately folded in the late 80’s. As a result, I joined Adel. After captaining a couple of teams, I steadily moved down through the teams and was given the nickname ‘sniffer’, not for the quality of my goals, more the lack of distance from the goal.
After I retired, I wanted to put something back into the club that had given me a second chance at 40, so I became fixture secretary for the men. I have played for Wales O65s, O70s and now O75s, for the last 12 years. This has taken me across Europe to play in European and World Cup tournaments.
None of this would have happened without the support Adel gives to all players of all ages and abilities. A wonderful club to be a part of.

Sue Renton

Ladies Fixtures Secretary

I have been involved with Adel HC since around 2012. Originally as a 'hockey mum', watching my daughters progress through the junior section and into the seniors. In 2022, after taking part in a parents/ juniors mixed game, I decided it was time to give playing competitive hockey a go once more. So around 30 years since I last played properly I began playing for the Ladies 5 team and absolutely loving it! More recently, I have become fixtures secretary for the ladies section.

Zoe Mather

Webmaster

I joined Adel in 2021 and have found a second home at this club; I love the atmosphere on and off the pitch and am thankful to all who have made this club so special. I've played in 5 different teams but currently run around in the Ladies 1s. I have volunteered at a number of England Hockey events and I'm looking forward to helping Adel grow online. Feel free to get in touch with any ideas!

Chloe Cherry (she/her)

Youth and Welfare Officer

I joined Adel in 2020 after moving back to my home county of Yorkshire. I've played hockey since I was a child and have played, captained, and coached at various clubs in the West Midlands. I love hockey and the challenge to improve, work together as a team and the host of positives it brings to mental wellbeing.
Since joining Adel I have experienced a supportive, driven and fun club. I currently play for the ladies 3s. I have taken on the role as welfare and youth officer at Adel to focus on safe and enjoyable hockey experiences for all. I am passionate about hockey, teamwork and development. I aim to be open, supportive and encouraging within my role. When not playing hockey I will be spending time with family, friends and my dog.
I am contactable via the email welfare@leedsadelhc.co.uk and in person around the club.

Rachel Harrison-Taylor

Media Coordinator

I joined Adel back in 2021 after not playing hockey since high school and was immediately greeted with a warm welcome! I have played in the Ladies 5's since I started and have played with a number of great people and have recently been appointed vice captain of the Ladies 5's.
Adel is a warm and welcoming club who support all ages and offer many social opportunities. Within my role as media coordinator, I hope to document a number of different aspects to show off the fantastic club that so many people are part of.

Charlotte Winn

Umpire and Summer League Coordinator

I have been part of the Adel hockey family for the last 8 years. Both my daughters play for Adel ladies. For the past 2 seasons they have been involved in the summer ladies and mixed leagues. Which they have loved. I am a Science teacher at a local high school. I am a hockey Mum and not a player. I think sport is important for mental and physical fitness.

Andrew Grindrod

Fundraising & Sponsorship Secretary

I joined Adel Hockey Club in the early 1990’s and have been involved in the club just about every season since: as a player, as captain of the Men’s 3rd team and as the Men’s club kit coordinator – and making lifelong friends along the way.

Whilst the club has evolved over the years, the welcoming and inclusive nature has never changed which means even now, in my sixties, I can play in the 6th team, helping to bring through the players of the future.

I recently retired after a career in architecture, and with the luxury of more time, I am supporting the club in a more practical way, more specifically with our ambitious plans to develop new changing rooms. My role on the committee will be to oversee and facilitate club sponsorship and grant funding, mainly for the new building, but also with a view to establishing regular corporate partners which will, we hope, firm up the overall financial structure of the club.

Tania Bischof

Social Secretary

I've been part of Adel Hockey Club for the past three years, and it’s been an amazing club to join right after finishing uni. I’m currently playing for the Ladies 3s. My love for the socials really kicked off after going on tour to Blackpool - one of the best weekends of the year! I’m very passionate about the social side of the club and can’t wait to help organise lots of fun events for everyone to enjoy and get involved in.

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