Jack(son) of all trades….

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…

Unbeaten on Saturday!

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…

Meet the committee – Head Coach Simon Ball

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…

Welcome back

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…

Adel Men’s 2nd XI Match Report 12/01/2019

words by Toby Ratcliffe Adel Mens 2nd XI returned from the Christmas break top of the Yorkshire division 1 and eager to re-assert themselves as the dominant force in the league from the off. The first fixture of 2019 saw Adel face Boston Spa at home, a game that looked comfortable on paper but could have posed problems if Adel were off the pace. The boys began in usual fashion, pressing well, turning over the Read more…

Men’s 3s away at Huddersfield, In Association with Crayola and Northern Rail.

Words by Mr R. Higgins Saturday saw the meaningful return to action for the 3s after the festive break, making the short trip to Huddersfield to face some dragons seemed to take forever but we still wound up with an hour to kill in the changing rooms listening to gabbo explain why he can’t say no to free fruity fridays, marvelling at Beale’s beard and waiting for Boag! We were all drilled into our roles Read more…