The club sent out 14 senior teams into battle this weekend, over the course of 2 days. 9 home games gave the Adel faithful plenty to support, cheer and with over 50 goals (plus one mysteriously chalked off in controversial circumstances in the big game of Sunday) the orange goals of the Adel astro were given a serious test. So where do you begin when Saturday saw not one Adel team lose a game, we Read more
Adel Men’s 1’s had two games over the weekend with Sheffield Hallam 3’s first up on the Saturday and a highly awaited clash with Bradford HC the only other unbeaten side in the league on the Sunday. Saturday saw the arrival of a strong Hallam team with Adel giving a very warm welcome to their new goal keeper Matt Cooper by sending him into the Hallam dressing room after Jimmy assumed he was part of Read more
After writing the match report from the reverse fixture (available to purchase – just message my PA), it’s safe to say this is just as gruelling a task as before. Summary from reverse fixture: Jackson missed an open goal, we were pag, snakes everywhere, terrible formation (the one everyone else uses)… This time strimmer managed to bag a meal deal from work and make it prior to kick off, despite Adel 2s Demi god (rich Read more
As I drove down the sunny M1 on a Saturday afternoon munching away on my Coronation chicken sandwich I kept asking myself what this mysterious Wakefield team had to offer. The team we resoundingly thumped 7-0 in the home leg of the fixture yet had beaten one of our title rivals and drawn with another in the past two weeks. The secrets were soon to be unearthed. Turns out I took too much time wondering Read more
The Men’s 5s had two games over the weekend: nothing as dramatic as the 1st team clash of the titans, but a chance to consolidate on a few good results and maybe even help our 4th team in their battle for the league title. On Saturday it was a fixture that looked tough on paper, an evening kick off against Wakefield 7s who are the only side to beat the phwoars this season. Long story Read more
Boys hockey at Adel is thriving. There is a conveyor belt of talent coming through the younger age groups, thanks to a hard core of dedicated volunteers on frozen Friday nights, which is fantastic news for the long term future of the club. Many of the u14 & u16 boys already play in the senior teams on a Saturday. But the u16s still have a couple of tournaments left before they finish their youth hockey Read more
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