Adel Men’s 4s visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Adel Men’s 4s versus Airedale 3s. The 4s started the game mighty as always with a high intensity from all pressing a strong Airedale side deep in their half. A few early chances from Greig and brayshaw gave the 4s hope of the opening goal – firstly an open net missed by brayshaw then a few shots saved by what was an impressive Airedale keeper.  Not long before the first half ended Brayshaw had a Read more

York 4’s V Adel 2’s

Extra counting, contract negotiations, stunning finishes, moments of madness, severe injuries, last minute drama and where’s Jim? It’s got it all. Read on. 7th January   After finishing 2016 on a high note with the demolition of Doncaster on their travels, the 2’s looked to take another away scalp at York for the second time this year. Having dominated against their 5’s in 15 minute spells making a convincing win seem like a half hearted Read more

Hard work goes unrewarded

Its the time of the year when the weather starts to intervene in weekend fixtures and the overnight snow on Thursday had left the Adel astro with a covering of snow on Friday.  Despite the sunshine, the pitch inspectors turned up at 8.30am on Saturday morning to find a quarter of the pitch still covered with snow/frost/ice although the junior footballers were running around safely on the other three-quarters of the pitch. With the 10.30am Read more

Men’s 1s unbeaten run continues

The Mens 1st team traveled Sheffield Hallam with a few extra pounds after the christmas break. Not ideal as it looked like we would be playing a stronger Hallam ‘4s’ side than we beat 8-0 earlier in the season!    After a slow start for the Adel men and a harsh green card awarded myself (Purdy) Adel slowly started to get a grip on the game and dominated most of the first half creating a number a chances but Read more

Adel Mens 4s versus Bradford.

The Adel men’s 4’s were looking to push on from their draw against Thirsk in the last game of the season and make a statement for their first game back. Where better to start then at home against Bradford; the first time the 4s played Bradford hockey club this season. The game started evenly as Bradford’s centre-half held off Adel advances, with some key tackles early in the first five minutes. But it was only a Read more