Once again the wintry conditions decided to intervene and spoil hockey proceedings at the weekend. The 8.30 am pitch inspection on Saturday morning saw the astro covered in light snow and the prospects of play looked very slim. Phil Bayford had already made his own mind up and was still enjoying a Saturday morning lie in. With Harrogate the away team at 10.30 due to play the ladies 2s and Scarborough v the ladies 4s at Read more
Last week was national pie week, I mention this as we had an outstanding Sheppards pie made by yours truly for after match teas, so out standing man of the match was a close run thing and nearly ended up going to the pie it’s also a good metaphor for what we were throwing at the oppo goalkeeper whilst in search of goals during the match – pies, and lots of ’em. As per the Read more
Men’s 3s – but not as we know it , Out of orbit, warp drive and launch control Men’s 3 had a two big games this weekend to continue their quest to the top of the table. With Captain Tom Beale missing Saturday , and a few changes in the line-up, Greg Hilton stepped up to lead the Men’s 3’s away game against Boston spa. A challenging away fixture as Boston were 3rd in the league. As Read more
This season, the weather seems to have frustrated us more than ever, causing postponements and fixture rearrangements that have given our fixtures and umpire secretaries nightmares. Deadlines from the YHA for final games of the season, the threat of further bad weather and our astro already maxed out on Saturdays with 5 home games mean it gets increasingly harder to find that Sunday window of opportunity to squeeze in rearranged games. Thursdays snowstorm created a Read more
With the season coming to a close, this weekend originally was going to be the last of our many double-header weekends in which we took on Rotherham 3s for our final home fixture on Saturday and Hallam 7s away on Sunday that has been in the pipeline to be played since last November (I think) with endless rearrangements due to the weather having it in for us Saturday ended up being conceded to us as Read more
The ladies 1s feeling pretty pumped from their win a few weeks ago before #snowmageddon went into this weekends double header knowing that more points were needed to get out of the relegation zone. Saturday 10th March v Brooklands 2s Knowing this game would be tough the Adel ladies arrived at the fortress in good time; with even Gibbo arriving on time! There’s a first for everything J Adel all warmed up and ready to Read more
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