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The dark clouds over Adel were punctured by a sparkling display of possession hockey by Adel 3s, lead from the front by Cpt David Mattinson. With new transfers in, again from LUUMDHC, the game started at a frantic pace with several short corners won by the team mainly made up of Leeds University Medics. With chances being in high supply, good quality finishing was in short supply, notably from short corners. Most of the possession Read more

Words by Paul Lewis Adel Men’s 1st XI: An Ode (Aka. Adel 5 v 3 Hallam) The leaves in the trees may be on the turn; Rich Partner’s deep heat, is on full burn. As winter draws near, There seems to be no opponent to fear.   Goals galore and another victory, Adel Men did battle with Hallam featuring Will Powley. Penalty corners, and dragg’d flicks, Hope is building – is promotion in the mix? Read more

Saturday afternoon in Adel. The day had warmed up nicely. Eleven players on the team and no one wants to be goal keeper. “Fine I’ll do it but I’m afraid of the ball so make sure it comes nowhere near me!” The captain’s famous last words before being wrapped up in padding by Pam Hardaker who exclaimed “I should have brought the junior kit, the adult one is way too large for you!”. And so Read more

Words by Paul Lewis “Et augebitur scientia.” [“And knowledge will be increased”] University of Leeds motto Learning comes in many different forms, often from unexpected sources. Building upon the lessons of the previous week, Leeds Adel Men’s 1st XI were able to dish out some schooling of their own, this time to the whippersnappers of LUUMHC 1st XI at the former fortress, Weetwood. However, this fixture arouses a singly important question: When is the number Read more

  Some rounding-up weekend match words from Rachel “stand in Sunday captain” Bishop…. A beautiful day, a few achey limbs and Captain Fathima Patel nowhere to be seen, the scene was set for Adel fours second game of the weekend away against Leeds Uni. Stand in captains for the weekend Hayley “I-don’t-need-instructions” Hildred and Rach “my-head-steams-when-I’m-hot” Bish were left with both an abundance of players and instructions, which resulted in a confusing start. Paul Lewis Read more

Ladies 4s season began with numbers. A gazillion reminder texts. Sixteen players on Saturday’s team. Subs collection. Countless Adel supporters. Double digit Autumn temperatures. Adel’s goal-keeper only touching the ball twice during the whole 70 minutes of the game. It was indeed a fine start to the Ladies 4s season with a 4-1 win over Airedale 2s. The first challenge for the players was adjusting to the bounce of the new pitch. Both teams had Read more