After the first up-to-date post
of the year came last month, the trend continues in the August summary with the Gaming section to follow when that
set of notes is finally caught up.
Rugby League dominated the month yet again and Wigan Warriors opened the month with a 60-12 win at home to Wakefield before a Stadium Travels visit to Castleford saw a 36-22 defeat. A superb 25-0 derby win at the DW against St Helens was followed by the sole visit of the month to Orrell which saw the 19s defeat Salford 32-20. The latter saw the goal of attending 10 Wigan Academy/Scholarship games across the year completed.
Football wise, Liverpool started the month with a strange double header as they stormed to a 4-0 win over Barcelona before being beaten by the same score the following day by Mainz. Pre-season over and the opening game in the league saw a seven goal thriller away to Arsenal with the Reds winning 4-3. A 2-0 defeat away to Burnley and 1-1 draw at Tottenham completed the month.
Skelmersdale United also entered the month still in pre-season and started horrifically with a 7-0 loss at Ashton Athletic, my first attendance of the month saw superb outcome as Welsh Premier side Bala Town visited Stormy Corner with Skem claiming a 1-0 win. The following weekend saw the opening game of the league season which was a 1-1 draw against Grantham Town. Away games saw a 1-1 draw at Matlock and 3-1 loss to Mickleover Sports before another mixed attendance as Coalville Town won 2-1 at Stormy Corner. A 4-4 draw away to Stafford Rangers followed with the final game of the month seeing Skem draw 1-1 at Ashton United.
Pale in comparison to most YouTubers but given I don't have a wide audience and the content is produced for free, I'm proud of that accolade. On the video front, Out and About in 2016 has reached 34 weeks and the series has continued to have a good viewership.
After a testing period of filming at the back end of last season, I have resumed Skem highlights videos at every game I attend and strangely the view counts are bigger than the actually match attendance which hopefully could boost figures. Also on the Skem focus, I have been handed the reins of the club Twitter account which is something I have discussed in the past but was not ready to take on but in the week or so on it, followers and traffic are good. The Rio Olympics saw a re-opening of my Olympic blog in which I covered all 16 days and will hopefully cover the upcoming Paralympics as well.
My volunteering at the BHF F&E store has reached 42 weeks with more different experience every week and sadly more job rejections across the month but my part-time paid job on SARL is still going strong and a busy September ahead on the site hopefully.
Sport
The countdown to the new NFL season saw the month feature four pre-season games for Washington Redskins with great success in a 3-1 record. An opening 23-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons was followed by narrow 22-18 and 21-16 wins over the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. The final game saw a third win in a row as they defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-13.
Football wise, Liverpool started the month with a strange double header as they stormed to a 4-0 win over Barcelona before being beaten by the same score the following day by Mainz. Pre-season over and the opening game in the league saw a seven goal thriller away to Arsenal with the Reds winning 4-3. A 2-0 defeat away to Burnley and 1-1 draw at Tottenham completed the month.
Skelmersdale United also entered the month still in pre-season and started horrifically with a 7-0 loss at Ashton Athletic, my first attendance of the month saw superb outcome as Welsh Premier side Bala Town visited Stormy Corner with Skem claiming a 1-0 win. The following weekend saw the opening game of the league season which was a 1-1 draw against Grantham Town. Away games saw a 1-1 draw at Matlock and 3-1 loss to Mickleover Sports before another mixed attendance as Coalville Town won 2-1 at Stormy Corner. A 4-4 draw away to Stafford Rangers followed with the final game of the month seeing Skem draw 1-1 at Ashton United.
Leisure
In terms of goals other than the one mentioned above,just two more were completed in August with a new record low in terms of weight marked on the 5th as I was at my lightest since 2014. The other goal came in the final stages of the month as just a month short of the third anniversary of my main YouTube channel, I reached a dream total of 100,000 views.Pale in comparison to most YouTubers but given I don't have a wide audience and the content is produced for free, I'm proud of that accolade. On the video front, Out and About in 2016 has reached 34 weeks and the series has continued to have a good viewership.
After a testing period of filming at the back end of last season, I have resumed Skem highlights videos at every game I attend and strangely the view counts are bigger than the actually match attendance which hopefully could boost figures. Also on the Skem focus, I have been handed the reins of the club Twitter account which is something I have discussed in the past but was not ready to take on but in the week or so on it, followers and traffic are good. The Rio Olympics saw a re-opening of my Olympic blog in which I covered all 16 days and will hopefully cover the upcoming Paralympics as well.
My volunteering at the BHF F&E store has reached 42 weeks with more different experience every week and sadly more job rejections across the month but my part-time paid job on SARL is still going strong and a busy September ahead on the site hopefully.
What's Next?
At the time of writing, only one event in September which was Wigan v Widnes, details in next month's post but the rest of the month's confirmed events feature below...- Stadium Travels visiting Hull FC (9th) and Warrington (16th) before Wigan end the Super 8s at home to Catalans (23rd).
- Skem attendances start the FA Cup 1Q replay against Dunston UTS (6th) followed by Corby Town (10th) and Workington (27th).
- Sadly the monthly Riversiders meeting is on the 6th so will miss it this month due to a clash above.
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