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Mens 1st XI v Sheffield Uni Bankers 4th XI

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

By Mark Powley, ago

Adel Ladies’ 3s learning From Past Mistakes

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

By Sam Ransley, ago

Adel Ladies Overcome Tough Test

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

By Sam Ransley, ago

First class

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

By Mark Powley, ago

Sad News

Sadly one of our former players, Elly Sheard passed away yesterday after a brave battle with cancer.  I know a number of current and former players will have fond memories of playing hockey with Elly at Adel and our thought and sympathies have been passed on to her family via Jen Jones who knew her better than most. As a mark of respect, and to give everyone a moment to remember Elly, we have agreed Read more

By Mark Powley, ago

Men’s 2s turn up after a day off

After a disappointing result on Saturday Fozzy called in reinforcements, Jim Cockburn and Sam Ransley to strengthen the defence alongside Ruairi and Fozzy for the Sunday fixture against Leeds University. It was a standard high quality warm up for Adel 2s… do what you want, try to kill the keeper before the start of the game. The game was flowing from end to end from the very start with Adel edging it against the young Read more

By Greg Hilton, ago