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This festive elephant happy with another clean sheet   Following two disappointing weekends of cancelled fixtures due to inclement weather, Leeds Adel Ladies 1st XI drove to the far end of the M62 for a game against Hull. The motorway travel conditions were treacherous and whilst others may have been put off, this only made the team more determined to make the fixture. Needless to say the full squad of 15 players, 1 coach, 1 Read more

On a day which saw horrendous weather conditions for players, umpires, spectators it seemed wholly appropriate that we went into battle against teams from Brrrridlington and Brrrrrigg. The top 3 ladies teams all came away victorious, scoring an impressive 16 goals between them.  The surprise perhaps was that only 1 was scored by the ladies 1s but it was enough to return from Hull with 3 points and maintain the 100% record for the season.  Read more

A clean sweep for the ladies with all four teams victorious. We have come to expect this from the ladies 1s who have a 100% record across all competitions this season and are strong candidates for promotion. The ladies 2s went off bright and early to Harrogate and came back with the 3 points with a closely fought 3-2 win.  They are now starting to get the bit of luck that seemed to have deserted Read more

A mixed bag of results this weekend with the weather making an intervention along the way too. The ladies 1s and Mens 3s suffered the same fate as a waterlogged pitch in Huddersfield put paid to any competitive action on the pitch and consigned the teams to a rearranged Sunday match in the New Year in all probability.  The ladies 4s were also postponed as opponents Bradford University gave advance warning of being unable to Read more

Weekly round ups have had a rest for a few weeks, but in their absence there has been plenty of hockey at Adel and this last weekend was no exception. The Ladies 1s double header is reported elsewhere, their 100% win record maintained in all competitions, their goals conceded the envy of the whole of the country and despite the arctic conditions, the spectator count continues to be healthy, although even Baxter resorted to a Read more