With the season back in full swing after the Christmas break that can only mean one thing… time for some more socials, so here’s some dates for your diaries! March 2nd – Beer Pong! After it’s fantastic success last year the Beer Pong tournament will be returning. Enter teams of 2-4 people for your chance of winning this prestigious tournament. Entry will be £5 a head and will include a drink and a fab Read more
Word by Mr D Madden. An away trip to Doncaster was on the cards for the Adel Men’s 2nd XI, a fixture that had finished 8-0 in favour of Adel, the previous time the two sides had met. However, any complacency was rapidly extinguished by a Holford team talk and rumours, confirmed by the internet (what isn’t now) that Doncaster 2’s didn’t have a fixture. Adel started the game in the usual fashion; dominating possession, Read more
The weather looks to have intervened and led to training evenings being postponed sadly. A chance for everyone to rest up, squeeze in a personal gym session or in the case of some members, attend yet another meeting at Adel to continue the good work going on behind the scenes. Most of these meetings involve one club member more than others – to some of you Sam Jackson might just be a team mate, a guy Read more
For the first time this season the weather decided to intervene, meaning an early start for the Adel pitch clearing squad of Ball, Phillips, Jackson, Cockburn and Powley (who arrived late but did bring the coffees and biscuits). The 10.30 game for the mens 5s had already been cancelled by an enthusiastic Andy Hedge who visited the ground at 8am but thanks to the removal of the snow the remaining 4 home games were able Read more
We are fortunate this season to have a number of committed individuals who give an enormous amount of their time off the pitch in organisational or committee roles. Some of these people are up at the club 3 or 4 days a week at meetings, training with their own squad or coaching others. At Adel we have a good track record of supporting up and coming new coaches, developing our own members who want to Read more
The mid season break seemed to last a long time although the absence of outdoor hockey allowed some the chance to venture indoors and a few others to have a well earned rest from all the activity associated with getting out 12 teams on some Saturdays and multiple junior teams on Sunday mornings. Whilst a couple of teams were quick out of the blocks the weekend before last catching up with fixtures (well done the Read more