After a busy few weeks,the delay for this blog portal means a double catch-up but alike previous editions, the gaming section is missing as the notes are still to be caught up. As such the gaming section will return in summary at the end of the year.
Rugby League reached the business end of the season but a bad start to September for the Wigan Warriors first team with an 8-6 loss to Widnes Vikings before back to back Stadium Travels successes - 18-12 at Hull FC and a superb 35-28 comeback win at Warrington Wolves.
The final home game of the Super 8s saw a 48-24 win over Catalans Dragons before a superb 28-18 play-off win against Hull FC ended the month and completed the goal to attend all home games in 2016. At Academy level, a superb 31-18 win over Leeds Rhinos U19S was followed by an agonising golden point loss in the Grand Final as St Helens U19s won 22-20. The final game of the season for me was the Super League Grand Final against Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford and after two years of hurt, a victory as Wigan triumphed 12-6.
However, the season truly came to an end for me a few days later as I attended the Wigan Warriors Awards Dinner which was an amazing once in a lifetime experience, highlights of which will feature in the images section. Aside from the aforementioned one, other completed goals in Sport are attending my seventh SL Grand Final and renewing my ST seat for 2017.
Football time now and non-attendance first in the shape of Liverpool who had a stunning September which began with a 4-1 win over champions Leicester City followed by a 2-1 win away at Chelsea. A 3-0 success over Derby County in the EFL cup and 5-1 demolition of Hull City led into October. The run of success saw 2-1 wins over Swansea City and West Bromwich Albion sandwich a 0-0 draw against fierce rivals Manchester United before a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur and 4-2 thriller against Crystal Palace completed the month.
Onto Skem United who began September with a 2-2 draw away to Dunston UTS in the FA Cup before exiting 2-1 in the home replay. Next up was the first win of the season with a 1-0 success at home to Corby Town before a 2-0 away loss to Sutton Coldfield was followed by back-to-back home defeats - Workington (0-1) and Mickleover Sports (1-3). The best performance of the season came in October's opener against Warrington Town which saw a 4-0 win which I sadly missed due to a clash with the SLGF.
However, back to reality a few days later with a 7-0 thumping at Spennymoor Town before I began a run of attending every home and away game which started with a first NPL trip off to Ilkeston Town which saw a 3-0 loss. Three home losses on the run followed with Whitby Town winning 1-0, Hednesford Town 3-1 (including a new feature detailed further below) and Kendal Town dumping Skem out of the FA Trophy 3-1. Completed goals saw Dunston UTS at home become my 20th of 2016 and Ilkeston my first away trip of the year.
Career success began to slowly move in October with a referral to a Work Programme as well as preliminary discussions about a path into self-employment which will be decided in December/January most likely.
As mentioned earlier, Skem v Hednesford saw a new feature which was an idea dreamt up by the management staff - a 'Post Match Reaction' video which since the pilot edition has worked well with a few games missing out due to the poor mood and result. All of the editions can be accessed via the Skem playlist by clicking here.
Out and About in 2016 has reached 43 weeks and the series has continued to have a good viewership but as content becomes varied as the year enters the final months, viewing figures will likely decrease as they did last year.
Aside from the PMR feature, Skem highlights videos at every game I attend continue as does my tenure at the reins of the club Twitter account.My volunteering at the BHF F&E store nears a year which will have fallen in mid-November with more different experiences every week and sadly more job rejections across the month and hopes are that the part-time 'job' at SARL will continue.
Sport
September saw the start of the new NFL season, so I will start there and for my team Washington Redskins, it was a miserable start as they opened 0-2 with a 38-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers followed by a narrow 27-23 defeat to division rivals Dallas Cowboys. However, fortunes turned around with a 29-27 win over division rivals New York Giants for 1-2 to round off the month.
October opened with a trio of successes to move to 4-2 as they defeated Cleveland Browns (31-20), Baltimore Ravens (16-10) and division rivals Philadelphia Eagles (27-20). The month closed with a narrow 20-17 loss to Detroit Lions and an enthralling 27-27 tie at Wembley against Cincinnati Bengals.
October opened with a trio of successes to move to 4-2 as they defeated Cleveland Browns (31-20), Baltimore Ravens (16-10) and division rivals Philadelphia Eagles (27-20). The month closed with a narrow 20-17 loss to Detroit Lions and an enthralling 27-27 tie at Wembley against Cincinnati Bengals.
The final home game of the Super 8s saw a 48-24 win over Catalans Dragons before a superb 28-18 play-off win against Hull FC ended the month and completed the goal to attend all home games in 2016. At Academy level, a superb 31-18 win over Leeds Rhinos U19S was followed by an agonising golden point loss in the Grand Final as St Helens U19s won 22-20. The final game of the season for me was the Super League Grand Final against Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford and after two years of hurt, a victory as Wigan triumphed 12-6.
However, the season truly came to an end for me a few days later as I attended the Wigan Warriors Awards Dinner which was an amazing once in a lifetime experience, highlights of which will feature in the images section. Aside from the aforementioned one, other completed goals in Sport are attending my seventh SL Grand Final and renewing my ST seat for 2017.
Football time now and non-attendance first in the shape of Liverpool who had a stunning September which began with a 4-1 win over champions Leicester City followed by a 2-1 win away at Chelsea. A 3-0 success over Derby County in the EFL cup and 5-1 demolition of Hull City led into October. The run of success saw 2-1 wins over Swansea City and West Bromwich Albion sandwich a 0-0 draw against fierce rivals Manchester United before a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur and 4-2 thriller against Crystal Palace completed the month.
Onto Skem United who began September with a 2-2 draw away to Dunston UTS in the FA Cup before exiting 2-1 in the home replay. Next up was the first win of the season with a 1-0 success at home to Corby Town before a 2-0 away loss to Sutton Coldfield was followed by back-to-back home defeats - Workington (0-1) and Mickleover Sports (1-3). The best performance of the season came in October's opener against Warrington Town which saw a 4-0 win which I sadly missed due to a clash with the SLGF.
However, back to reality a few days later with a 7-0 thumping at Spennymoor Town before I began a run of attending every home and away game which started with a first NPL trip off to Ilkeston Town which saw a 3-0 loss. Three home losses on the run followed with Whitby Town winning 1-0, Hednesford Town 3-1 (including a new feature detailed further below) and Kendal Town dumping Skem out of the FA Trophy 3-1. Completed goals saw Dunston UTS at home become my 20th of 2016 and Ilkeston my first away trip of the year.
Leisure
In terms of goals other than those mentioned above, September saw 50000 Blogger views reached, 9000 Xbox Achievements earned overall as well as reaching 300,000 TA points.Career success began to slowly move in October with a referral to a Work Programme as well as preliminary discussions about a path into self-employment which will be decided in December/January most likely.
As mentioned earlier, Skem v Hednesford saw a new feature which was an idea dreamt up by the management staff - a 'Post Match Reaction' video which since the pilot edition has worked well with a few games missing out due to the poor mood and result. All of the editions can be accessed via the Skem playlist by clicking here.
Out and About in 2016 has reached 43 weeks and the series has continued to have a good viewership but as content becomes varied as the year enters the final months, viewing figures will likely decrease as they did last year.
Aside from the PMR feature, Skem highlights videos at every game I attend continue as does my tenure at the reins of the club Twitter account.My volunteering at the BHF F&E store nears a year which will have fallen in mid-November with more different experiences every week and sadly more job rejections across the month and hopes are that the part-time 'job' at SARL will continue.
What's Next?
At the time of writing, November has ended so it is pointless listing upcoming events but in the next summary will be details of the following...- Skem home attendances against Widnes,Ilkeston, Colne (League Cup) with news of a few postponements.
- Trips to Rushall Olympic and Grantham Town with news of away postponements.
Photo/Video Highlights
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