Happy New Year and Welcome back to hockey!

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…

Adel Ladies 1st XI Too Hot To Handle

  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…

Leeds Adel 1st XI v Kingston upon Hull 2nd XI

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…

Latest Rules of Hockey published by FIH

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…

Mens 1st XI v Grimsby 1st XI

Words by Paul Lewis Adel 2 : 1 Grimsby Giving their finest team performance of the season, Adel Men’s 1st XI took all three points as they played host to table topping Grimsby. The squad availability went from feast to famine in the space of seven days – a bare minimum twelve making themselves available for potentially the most difficult clash of the season to date, with Coach Walker making his goalkeeping debut for the Read more…

Men’s 1st XI v Harrogate 2nd XI

Harrogate 2 : 2 Adel After a run of disappointing results, Adel Men’s 1st XI turned up with nearly a full complement of players and produced a performance to be proud of, even if they didn’t manage to take all three points. In the early morning mist versus a weakened opposition, Adel may have hoped to catch hosts Harrogate 2s cold, and a strong start from the War Memorial side showed their intent. A sharp Read more…