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Fans of the late Val Doonican [Editor’s note: are you serious?] will remember his song about Delaney’s Donkey, a brilliant but stubborn race horse who could not be cajoled, bribed or bullied into winning, until finally, with the aid of some dynamite, he crossed the line in first place. Sometimes life really does imitate art. The men’s 5th team have been due a big win, with a series of frustrating losses, then a narrow defeat Read more

The Men’s 1st team woke up on a crisp Saturday morning in what could be a significant day in the promotion race from Yorkshire Prem, with Bradford away at Hull and a bare Adel 11 (12 including the illustrious coach!) for our trip to Lindum. The cold snap helped us with Paul Lewis able to swap coaching duties with playing duties with the cancellation of all home games pushing us up to a more comfortable Read more

Men’s 3s – Episode VII: The Horse Awakens By Jason Jones Our heroes are in a dark place – recuperating from a devastating draw to ancient enemies, Ben Rhydding; their numbers depleted due to key players being poached to fortify their own allies, the men’s 2s, and facing a new, daunting villain: Bradford 2s, pushing for promotion at second in the league, 4 points above the heroic Resistance in fourth. Marshalled by a strong central Read more

Sheffield Hallam M5 2 – 3 Leeds Adel M2 After last week’s match report from one senior citizen it falls this week to an even more senior citizen to remember what happened. Unfortunately this is one that will never be forgotten (more of that later). With Crocker away the 2s were forced into a reshuffle of the defence with Taylor having to fill those shoes at centre back. Bolstered by the return of Stroomer and Holford (we think Read more