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
Welcome back to the second half of the season and a happy 2017 to everyone. The ladies section picked up where they left off in 2016 with a clean sweep on the first Saturday of the new year with 5 wins out of 5 and only one goal conceded. The 1s had a long trek up to Whitley Bay and came back with 3 points courtesy of a goal from the returning Claire Hesslewood, showing Read more
Welcome back to the second half of the season after the Christmas break. An early new years present for anyone keen to develop their umpiring skills is the level 1 Umpires course being held just up the road at our neighbours, Ben Rhydding. Further details below for anyone interested. As we are not running a course at Adel in the near future this is a great opportunity for those of you wanting to get involved Read more
Preamble: Captain Rich was keen to have some recognition of the three games that led up to this one, as successive DotDs have failed to provide any match reports. The game against Ramgarhia was typically tricky and disappointingly finished 1-1. The next game against City of York 5s wasn’t much of a contest, so much so that we reverted to a three-man defence, and ended with an emphatic 7-0 victory. That formation was maintained against Read more
Most league games take place on a Saturday afternoon, the occasional one starts on a morning and when weather intervenes some are rearranged for a Sunday afternoon. So it was a bit of a novelty to be asked to umpire a rearranged league game on a Tuesday evening. The ladies 2s rearranged game with Harrogate ladies 2s was a proper test for the floodlights at the Adel astro, having recently passed the North league requirements. However, Read more
As we enter the Christmas break, a number of our teams are well placed to come back in the new year with lots to play for and once again the club has the chance to earn promotions and championships. This time, after 2 years of the ladies section dominating the promotion successes, it is the mens section leading the way with 2 teams heading their tables and still undefeated at the midway point of the Read more