As we all know, travelling to hockey matches can sometimes be a bit of pain, we in the 4s have to travel down to Sheffield on a regular basis this year which isn’t ideal when there a multiple other clubs on our doorstep. However we have all agreed that this mere 50 mile drive down to M1 is nothing to be complained about when jetsetter Iain Mitchell managed to be up at the crack of Read more
Just who are Adel’s biggest derby rival? I’ve heard many suggestions, from Leeds to Ramgharia, Harrogate to Horsforth???. But according to some of the old hands there is only one team we want to beat over any other – Ben Rhydding. Perhaps it is the small train station we are jealous of, or they our proximity to the great metropolis of Leeds. This game was built on the premise of a club on the rise, Read more
Lindum Hockey Club was formed in the June of 2015 through the amalgamation of Lincoln Hockey Club and Lincoln Roses Hockey clubs. After a successful first season sharing purpose built facilities at the Lindum sports ground, members of both clubs saw the benefit of coming together to create a centre of excellence for hockey in Lincolnshire. On a mild afternoon that fell someway short of the record high temperature of 34.8 °C recorded in August Read more
Many thanks to the geniuses at Yorkshire hockey HQ for reshuffling the league this season, so that everyone now spends their Saturdays driving up and down the M1. As Chris Rea once said: “This is the road to Hall(am).” And Chapeltown, Worksop, and Wakefield. This week it was our turn to play Hallam 8s, having been starved of goals in our game against their 7s a week earlier. A few of the opposition looked suspiciously Read more
Having dispatched two of our tougher mid-table opponents over the past few weeks ( 7 – 3 victory against Halifax 1’s and a 6 -3 Victory against Sheffield Hallam 3’s). The first team squad were home against bottom of the league Grimsby. However, due to a draw against them a few seasons ago which caused much upset we were aware they were a bogey team. After a strong warm up and some ever wise words Read more
Saturday saw 9 senior games with the mens 4s once again suffering due to the opposition not being able to raise a side. A hastily arranged knockabout game for the 10.30 slot at least ensured a big crowd were present for the following 2 games featuring our ladies and mens 1st teams. The game at High Noon was the showdown between Leeds Adel and City of York with the home team assembling a squad of Read more
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