Mens 5s in funtastic festive friendly

With less than 48 hours before Santa’s arrival, the mens 5th team were poised and ready to begin their Christmas shopping.   But then somebody organised a friendly “Dads, Lads & Lasses” hockey match, and all hopes of spending a pleasant Saturday afternoon in the queue at Primark had to be abandoned.   Duty calls.  Also calling were mince pies and pale ale in the club house. The fives have enjoyed dedicated support from a hard core Read more…

Mid season update

As we take a break from hockey for the festive season, its worth reflecting on where we are as a club both on and off the pitch as we pause for breath for a couple of weeks.  Sadly, in some cases, the weather has intervened and some teams have had a non-scheduled couple of weeks off so the second half of the season will be busier than expected so please try and keep those Sundays Read more…

Keepin’ it clean in November 2017 (mostly)

Another weekend, another 2 games for the Men’s 4s as we welcomed Chapeltown 4s to Adel on Saturday and then Bradford 4s on Sunday. Taking another 6 points would see our current lead at the top of the league strengthen further as we pull away from Worksop 2 who are looking to be our main competitors in this league given their goal scoring record so far. Details of the Saturday are few because I wasn’t Read more…

Harrogate 2 – 3 Adel

After a two-week lay off since any hockey (exercise of any sort) was played by Adel they arrived at ‘Gate’ with some slight trepidation. A strong team talk from Big Ben and the relief to see Gaz ‘Nugget Junkie’ Maver arrive, the men in Orange were ready. A ferocious start from Adel gave them many a chance, completely bewildering ‘Gate’. Eventually, a great aerial ball from Will Purdy allowed Simon Ball to enter the ‘D’ and finish Read more…