Leeds Adel Hockey Club

Leeds Adel Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Adel, Leeds, England. The club is also known as 'Leeds Adel' and was renamed from Leeds Adel Carnegie Hockey Club in 2012.

Leeds Adel Hockey Club
Leeds Adel Logo
Full nameLeeds Adel Hockey Club
Nickname(s)Leeds Adel / Adel
Founded1946
GroundAdel War Memorial,
Church Lane, Adel
LeagueNorth Hockey League
Yorkshire Hockey Association League
WebsiteClub website

The club is one of the largest in the Leeds area with over 300 members and aims to promote the sport within the community with relations to the local universities and various sporting events held at the club. The club fields six men's teams, five ladies teams, boys and girls junior teams of all ages, mixed, indoor and masters teams.

Leagues

Leeds Adel hockey club enters teams in various leagues over the season which include the following:

History

The hockey club first played as a mixed team in 1946, and later the same year forming a Men’s 1st XI with an inaugural tour to Aberdeen. Adel Hockey Club was originally a semi-nomadic side playing at Bedquilts, then Ireland Wood and then Soldiers Field.

The Men’s 2nd XI was formed in 1950. The invitation to join AWMA gave the club luxuries other local clubs did not have including changing rooms and high-quality grass pitches. Thus regular hockey started being played in 1962 at Adel. In 1970 they merged with Fulneck Old Boys and the Men’s 3rd XI was formed.

A decision was made in 1971 to level, drain and seed the top field for hockey and to create a Ladies section. This was followed by the Men’s 4th XI being formed in 1974 and the Ladies 2nd being formed in 1981. The Men’s 5th XI started in 1985 alongside the Ladies 3rd XI, with the Men’s 6th XI in 1991 and the ladies 4th XI in 1993.

The club first laid the artificial surface in 1997, and the first game was played on 29 June 1997. In 2014 after hard fundraising efforts, a new surface was laid and unveiled in time for the start of the 2014-15 season.

More recently, the club won Ladies Team of the Year at the England Hockey Awards in 2016.[3] The Men's 1st XI were shortlisted for the England Hockey Men's Team of the Year award in 2018.[4] Paul Lewis, an Adel member and former club captain was shortlisted for the England Hockey Unsung Hero Award in 2018. [5] The Mixed 1st XI have reached the semi-finals of the England Hockey Championships which is to be played at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in June 2019.[6]

League Honours & Promotions

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Season League Team W D L Pts GS GA Position Promoted to
2018/19Division 1 Yorkshire Hockey AssociationMen's 2nd XI17215389181stEast Pennines Division 2 South North Hockey Association
2017/18Premier Division Yorkshire Hockey AssociationMen's 1st XI220066139441stDivision 2 (East) North Hockey Association
2017/18Premier Division Yorkshire Hockey AssociationLadies 2nd XI19125890271stTBC North Hockey Association
2017/18Division 2 Yorkshire Hockey AssociationMen's 2nd XI182256114381stDivision 1 Yorkshire Hockey Association
2017/18Division 5 (South-West) Yorkshire Hockey AssociationMen's 4th XI19125885211stDivision 4 (North) Yorkshire Hockey Association
2016/17Division 1 Yorkshire Hockey AssociationMen's 1st XI201161126241stPremier Division Yorkshire Hockey Association
2016/17Division 6 (North) Yorkshire Hockey AssociationMen's 4th XI191058104121stDivision 5 (South-West) Yorkshire Hockey Association
2015/16Division 2 South East North Hockey AssociationLadies 1st XI22001056241stDivision 1 North Hockey Association
2015/16Division 3 Yorkshire Hockey AssociationLadies 3rd XI16335190201stDivision 2 Yorkshire Hockey Association
2014/15Division 1 Yorkshire Hockey AssociationLadies 2nd XI20116183171stPremier Division Yorkshire Hockey Association
2014/15Division 6 North Yorkshire Hockey AssociationLadies 4th XI12222856121stDivision 4 North Yorkshire Hockey Association

Cup Honours
Season Cup Team
2017/18 Yorkshire Hockey Men's 1st XI Team TrophyMen's 1st XI
2017/18 North Teams ChallengerLadies 1st XI

2018/2019 Season
Team League Position GP W D L Pts GS GA
Men's 1st XI North Hockey Men's Division 2 (East)4th2213184011579
Ladies's 1st XI North Hockey Women's League Division 2 (South East)7th227411255356
Men's 2nd XI Yorkshire Hockey Men's League Division 11st201721538918
Ladies's 2nd XI Yorkshire Hockey Women's League Premier Division7th22949314035
Men's 3rd XI Yorkshire Hockey Men's League Division 34th2212010365146
Ladies's 3rd XI Yorkshire Hockey Women's League Division 28th22868303736
Men's 4th XI Yorkshire Hockey Men's League Division 4 (North)6th221057356242
Ladies's 4th XI Yorkshire Hockey Women's League Division 4 (North)4th22984354226
Men's 5th XI Yorkshire Hockey Men's League Division 5 (North)5th2211110345855
Ladies's 5th XI Yorkshire Hockey Women's League Division 5 (South)6th221228386929
Men's 6th XI Yorkshire Hockey Men's League Division 5 (South west)4th191423448923

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References
  1. http://www.northhockey.org/public/results.php
  2. http://www.yorkshireha.org.uk/e107_plugins/league_manager/index.php?fixtures
  3. http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=34970&itemTitle=And+the+winner+is....&section=22
  4. http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=43327&itemTitle=England+Hockey+Award+nominees+revealed&section=22
  5. http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=43327&itemTitle=England+Hockey+Award+nominees+revealed&section=22
  6. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/hockey-leeds-adel-hockey-club-flying-the-flag-for-county-on-national-stage-1-9801509
  7. http://www.yorkshireha.org.uk/e107_plugins/league_manager/index.php?tables
  8. http://www.yorkshireha.org.uk/e107_plugins/league_manager/index.php?tables

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