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Junior hockey off tonight. There is snow covering half the pitch and temperatures are falling so it is unsafe to play.

​With Leeds Adel’s Mens 1st XI league game re-arranged to earlier in the season, it presented the opportunity to play CoY Mens 2s in the hope the rust would disappear ahead of resuming the campaign next weekend. The game started at Church Lane in a high tempo in the blustery conditions, with the front three of Evans, Mayhew and the returning Butterworth linking well to create opportunities which tested the York captain in goal. Among Read more

I hope everyone has enjoyed the break and is raring to go for some more hockey!! Lots to play for in the second half of the season with many ladies and mens teams in the running for some promotions! So training is back at the usual times for the ladies on Tuesday nights and the Men on Thursdays. There are also league and friendly games this weekend, so please let your captains know your availability Read more

  The snow glows white on the mountain tonight, not a footprint to be seen.   The actual reality was it was a bit nippy (and I’m the southern softy remember!). Halifax made the journey across West Yorkshire, hopeful of keeping their unbeaten record in their last nine league outings since mid September (since they last underestimated Leeds Adel), 　A full strength Adel squad of 15, the return of assistant manager Baxter (with two young Read more

Adel 6 : 1 Kingston-Upon-Hull Adel Men’s 1st XI took full advantage of bottom of the league Kingston-Upon-Hull 2nd team on a chilly day at AWMA. Most other games in the division were cancelled, but the new Adel pitch held up well in the face of polar blasts, allowing the 1st team to notch up a healthy victory. No doubt inspired by the Ladies 1st XI’s impressive win prior to their game, the Men’s 1s Read more

FIH has today published the latest Rules of Hockey agreed at the Executive Board meeting at the FIH Congress on 30th October 2014. They are available for worldwide adoption and effective at international level from 1st January 2015, however we await confirmation from England Hockey, North Hockey and Yorkshire Hockey as to IF and when these rule changes are applied.  The two Rule changes are as follows: •    The ability to take attacking free hits, Read more