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On a cold and chilly morning, Adel travelled the short distance to their nearest rivals in terms of distance and points, Boston Spa. Whilst other teams may have been put off by the windy travel conditions, Adel recognised that as grown adults, it wasn’t really an excuse to call off a match. The game started somewhat brightly for the girls in orange, early possession helping to settle the nerves. The back line of Byers, Gibson, Read more

The mens 1s were back to winning ways this week with an 11-1 thrashing of Sheffield Bankers 4s after a disappointing 3-1 loss to Rotherham the previous week.   With most of the game played in a heavy blizzard, Adel stormed into a three goal lead in the first five minutes to put the game beyond Bankers.   Free-flowing attacking hockey followed the remainder of the game as Adel improved their already superior goal difference Read more

A sunny Huddersfield Sunday greeted the Adel team for this rearranged fixture. After negotiating the peat bog that is Huddersfield’s car park, the action got underway in the picturesque surroundings of Lockwood park. A re-jigged formation, courtesy of tactical mastermind Tom I, led to Adel dominating early possession. Huddersfield’s half-court press gave Carl plenty of time on the ball, enabling him to spray the ball about with incision and Si able to perform as Adel’s Read more

This year’s first round draw and for the third year in a row  would be an away trip. Luckily for Adel the short trip to York was better than crossing The Pennines. Adel’s squad of 13 contained 9 girls, and whilst many would think this would be a potential weakness, anyone from Adel knows this was a blessing in disguise. The team arrived and changed and were then met by an opposition, or maybe army Read more

 Adel and Chapeltown took a moment together with the umpires to remember Tony Moffatt before the game commenced   The weather forecast for this Saturday had been good all week and the team had been looking forward to playing again since the disappointment of last week’s double header cancellation. Sadly the the mood had been dampened by the sad news on Friday of the passing of Tony Moffatt, Adel and Chapeltown took a moment together Read more

I am delighted to announce that Leeds Adel HC have been awarded the Clubs First accreditation by England Hockey.  This means we have been recognised by our sport’s governing body as working towards providing a Safe, Effective and Child Friendly club environment. Making sure we meet all the criteria to receive this award is a mammoth task and covers a vast and wide range of areas so it is a real team effort from a number Read more