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Mens 1s deserved champions..but the job not finished yet

The men’s 1’s went away to Bradford knowing that a win would secure promotion. First task of the day was to negotiate the roads of Bradford… The changing room was full of nervous energy, Bens team talk calmed the lads and after an intense and focused warm up the game began! Bradford pressed hard in the first 10minutes putting the Adel midfield and backline under a lot of pressure. A short corner was initially saved Read more

By Greg Hilton, ago

Champions before the end of February!

Its been a busy few weeks for most hockey sides as they try and fit in rearranged games in the slip week or on a Sunday in order to complete their league fixtures before the end of the season schedule for mid-March.  The Ladies 2s have had to be more creative and agreed to play away at Selby on a Tuesday evening when Selby normally train at their pitch.  The first attempt a few weeks ago was scuppered Read more

By Mark Powley, ago

U16 boys set for end of season play offs

L-R: Henry, Sam, Adam, Fin, Seb, Patrick, Ben, Tom, Simon, Dan, Kuoros, Charlie…. and Sholto Adel boys’ u16 squad held on to their place in level 3 of the Yorkshire League, after a tough final round of group matches on Sunday.   They now progress to the play-offs in April, with the chance to finish as high as 9th in Yorkshire. This is a great achievement for an age group where we didn’t even have Read more

By john holden, ago

3 points never tasted so sweet…

A cold morning at Fortress Adel meant that the Ladies 1s patiently waited for the pitch inspection to take place, and were relieved to hear that the big game against Didsbury Greys would go ahead. After a motivational team talk from Coach Paul Lewis the team were ready to go, and knew that winning was the only option. The warm up saw the Adel sniper out nice and early with Hannah stacking it (at least Read more

By paullewis, ago

ANOTHER SOLID WIN

With the freezing Russian winds threatening a frozen pitch, it was a joy to discover that the pitch was ready for the Mens 1s to take on Sheffield Bankers. 12pm arrived and a large collection of the squad gathered by the pitch to support the Ladies 1s and after they secured 3 points, we knew we had to do the same. Now memory of all the goals is very hazy because there were 14 in Read more

By Greg Hilton, ago

Phwoars vs 4s

Another great weekend of hockey for Leeds Adel this Saturday with both our first teams taking convincing wins against their opponents, followed by the Ladies 5s and then Mighty phwoars rounding off the day with a 16:30 pushback against Halifax 4s. The reverse of this fixture was played on remembrance Sunday and was a very tense affair that saw us go 0-1 down, then 3-1 up, then 3-4 down, but snatched the 3 points 5-4 Read more

By Ross Nichols, ago