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  This week Adel welcomed third placed Rotherham to Church Lane looking to avenge the painful defeat suffered early season. This fixture would not have happened without the sterling efforts of the AWMA hockey, football and rugby contingency, who’s efforts to clear the pitch followed by the excellent pitch preparation by our trusted green and bluekeeper, Steve, would lead to the home Adel teams smashing a collective 16 goals across Saturday afternoon to the cost Read more

Words by Paul Lewis   Adel 5 : 0 Sheffield University Bankers 4th XI   Clean sheets; something that Adel Men’s 1st XI once specialised in obtaining, memory goes back two seasons to the successive 0-0 draws that the brave men of Adel fought for. But like on Jimmy Mayhew’s bed, clean sheets are not often seen these days, this being only the second of the 2014/15 season. However, Adel put together a strong performance Read more

Huge thanks to all the folk from rugby, football and hockey who got together and cleared the pitch last night. Rugby managed to train on it last night, football are hopefully training now and fingers crossed we will get some hockey on tomorrow. Lots of our away games are being cancelled so it’s great to see the bigger association at work together. The groundsman gave it another brush earlier and he thinks it will be ok Read more

Sorry to say that due to ice and snow on the pitch junior training is cancelled tonight, 23rd Jan 2015.

Leeds Adel Ladies 1st XI continued their impressive run of form with a fifth straight victory despite a stern test from Wakefield. Having left Leeds under a blanket of snow, the Adel elite ladies squad were somewhat dubious as to whether this game would go ahead, Fortress Adel had succumbed to the overnight freeze, no play at Church Lane today.  However after a short journey the team arrived in Wakefield where they were met by Read more

Rules Changes 2015 – Your Views Please   The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced some changes to the Rules of Hockey. Details can be found on pages 5 – 7 of the 2015 FIH Rules Book. These changes take effect at International level from 1st January 2015 and will be implemented in the Investec Women’s Hockey League (IWHL) and the Now Pensions Men’s Hockey League (NPMHL) upon the resumption of the outdoor season on 31st Read more