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This is an invite for anyone to join the Leeds Adel Men’s fantasy hockey league. Sam has built the system to include every mens member of every squad, where points will be awarded to each player based on their performance, goals, clean sheets, cards etc – just like fantasy football. It’s £5 to enter (payable on the site as you register your team) with monies raised going toward the Christmas/ End of Season dinner(s). Captain’s Read more…

It gets harder and harder every year to establish when one season ends and another begins.  Does the last season end when you play the last league game, the end of season dinner, the AGM or some other hockey related milestone?  With summer league starting in early May and running through to August when pre-season training is already well under way, plus the Olympics to keep us all glued to the exploits of Team GB Read more…

Leeds Adel HC are taking part in the HockeyFest tomorrow up at the club and we are pleased to welcome Gary Limbert and Beth Moorley from England Hockey who will be popping along for some of the afternoon.  England Hockey were kind enough to provide some financial support for the new pitch when it was laid 2 years ago and our ladies 1s were of course awarded the Ladies club team of the year at Read more…

As quick as the last season ends the new one is now upon us. Training for our ten senior sides starts this week and in light of recent events at the Rio Olympiad, we are expecting big numbers at training with ladies starting Tuesday at 7pm and the men following suit at 7pm on Wednesday. The challenge for the club coaches is to help new players integrate into squads, stay enthusiastic for the sport and best Read more…

The first Intense Hockey camp at Adel over the summer is over and feedback from the attendees and organisers suggests everyone present had a great time and the improvement in the level of hockey ability over the week will be apparent when the new season starts. Intense Hockey are running a specific camp at Adel (and nowhere else which suggests as though they must either like our new pitch or think Adel is the hotbed Read more…