A sunny Sunday at the Adel Astro and as the next generation of hockey players departed from Adel War Memorial after a successful morning of boys under 12 hockey, a team of yesteryear in green and gold arrived to do battle with the veterans from York in the first round of the England Hockey Masters Trophy. Masters requires your players to be over the age of 40 to be eligible and Adel had some squad Read more
This weekend, Adel ladies 4s embarked on a journey with the locals back to the 1940s for War Memorial weekend in Pickering. After a long and congested drive to Lady Lumley School with a few selfies thrown in for good measure, the ladies were ready to take on renowned goal scorers Pickering. After last week’s draw 0-0 against Cleckheaton, the team were determined to get some goals under their belt. The first half got Read more
As previewed last week here, the match against Sheffield Uni Bankers was nicely set up with both sides unbeaten in the league heading into the fixture. The Leeds side arrived in the Steel City without Walker but the players had been prepped in the days leading up to the game. Both sides started tentatively and the game was tight in the opening minutes. Bankers managed to gain the upperhand by overloading the midfield but Adel recognised Read more
After the double header weekend of Saturday 10th Oct which saw a 5-0 victory over Heckmondwike, and a demolition job win of 10-0 against Uni of Leeds on the Sunday – Ladies 3s were made to forget about that and their top league position, and treat mid table Doncaster with caution. With a near full squad of 14, everyone was treating Doncaster as if they were top of the table. After a minutes silence held Read more
Coming into Saturday’s fixture, average Adel Ladies’ 1st XI averaged 7 goals scored per game, averaged 0.25 goals against and most importantly averaged 3 points per league game. The pink army of Boston Spa were anticipated to be a different class to previous opposition, and the game that ensued proved this theory… Before proceedings commenced both sides took a moment for the sad news of the passing of Elly Sheard, a former player who was Read more
Both mens and ladies 1s retain top spot with 100% records maintained but tougher opposition stretched both our teams in their quest for promotion. The ladies 1s not only conceded two goals for the first time in ages, they also went one down to a spirited Boston Spa team before pulling one back to draw level at the interval. A better second half saw a two goal cushion give some breathing space although it was Read more