Lee Valley weekend beckons…..

As we enter the final week of what seems like a lifetime of preparation for the EH Mixed Finals weekend at Lee Valley, its worth recalling how our club has progressed and advanced over the last few years, culminating in what promises to be a weekend of great excitement for all involved on and off the pitch, as well as a chance to extend the name of the club to a wider audience. In recent Read more…

Muck-In Weekend at the Club

Can you spare a few minutes, an hour, a day? This weekend we’ll be running our first ‘muck-in’ weekend where we invite all members to come and do their bit for the club. This year we’re building a path. To complement the new fencing and dugouts we’re building a new length of paving along the edge between the football and hockey pitches and extending the path towards a new gate at the far end of Read more…

The Orange Army is off to Lee Valley

Against all the odds (well Adel Socials) we have made it to Lee Valley in London for the semi-finals and finals of the EHA mixed tournament, the weekend of Friday 7th June until Sunday 9th June. As you all know this is an absolutely phenomenal achievement, and now the lads and ladies of Adel need our support more than ever!!! They’re training hard, so it’s time to do our bit and give Adel the support Read more…

Mixed team into EH semi finals at Lee Valley

For most clubs the hockey season is all but over, league campaigns done and dusted and a time for reflection on another year of highs and lows.  At Adel we probably expected the same for us and hence the installation of the new fencing and dugouts was booked in for the month of April, traditionally a quiet month for the club other than the AGM (8th April) and deciding what outfit to wear for the Read more…

Just one step from Lee Valley…

We are just one game away from seeing the Orange of Adel for the first time playing at the Olympic Park this June and we need your support! This Sunday Adel Mixed 1s take on Golborne Mixed 1s in the quarter-final of the England Hockey Mixed Championships here in Leeds. Stand out performances from Harriet Thomlinson, Rich Hinds and Jack Stevenson aided Adel’s route past local rivals York in the round of 16. Edd Holford Read more…

Another year over….

Well not quite.  The mens 1s have their final game of their league campaign against Durham University At Adel at 1.30pm but are likely to end the season in 4th place after challenging the 3 team above them all the way throughout the season.  The league winners, Sheffield Hallam 2s had a bit of  a fright in the opening game of the season at Adel with a 5-5 draw and then again when the 2 Read more…