Adel 4s got the season off to a flyer with a convincing victory over rivals Ben Rhydding on the newly laid Adel pitch. In recent times the pitch had become a fortress for both Men’s and Women’s teams and the trend continued on a classic yorkshire Saturday morning. The new Captain drafted in several of the offseason free transfers from Leeds Medics and Dentist’s Hockey Club and the gamble seemed to pay off with 2 Read more
Words by Paul Lewis Amongst the sporting pantheon of great comebacks, some stick in the memory; Lasse Viren falling in the 10,000m 1972 Munich Olympics only to get back up and win gold, the Ashes contest and Sir Ian Botham at Headingley in 1981, Dennis Taylor from a re-spotted black the final frame in 1985 from 7-0 down, and Wolves storming back from 3-0 down at halftime to pip Leicester 4-3 in 2003. Devotees Read more
Ladies 1’s vs Halifax Saturday 20th September 2:30pm push back Adel 3 Halifax 1 The ladies 1’s season kicked off to a good start with a win away at Halifax. After 2 tasty encounters with them last season and watching them win 2-0 against City of York last weekend in the North Challenger Cup, the 1’s were in no doubt that this was a tough way to start the season. After a good warm up Read more
What an amazing start to the league season and also the new pitch and Fortress Adel. So far we’ve haven’t lost a match on the new surface! 8 games were played yesterday and EVERY team won, this just goes to show all the hard work pre-season has paid off. Now let’s push on as a club. The way we can continue to do this is to keep training and get other team members training. We’ve Read more
Congratulations to new skipper Dave for his maiden league win as the 4s beat local rivals Ben Rhydding 4-1. Great to see some new faces as well as some old friends and some impressive debuts today. Not to be out done the ladies 3s demolished Shefffield 11-0 with Jen scoring 3 in the first ten minutes or so and some great play from the youngsters in the team.
Ladies 4s had a promising yet interesting start to their new season in a new league with a 3-2 win over Huddersfield Dragons 3s. With no goal keeper and no subs, a smart decision was made to play 15 minute quarters in a 7-a-side match. This allowed us to catch our breaths more often than not. The first quarter was fairly even with the girls showing good skills defending and tackling and made great use Read more
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