April Attending Becomes Physical

As the title announces, physical attending finally returned in April with the first 2021 live match coverage coming as Skem U visited Sandbach United but more on that below. 

Sport

Football wise, the joy of physical attending began at the aforementioned visit to Sandbach United with Skem U and in a 4-1 win, Skem started the St Luke's Cup with instant success in the tournament created by the next opponents Winsford United who sadly defeated Skem 3-2 in the first JMO visit of 2021. 

Attending returned across the other two levels with mixed results, joy in seeing the Academy team defeat Runcorn Linnets with a 4-2 win which came as a huge boost as the lads lost 7-1 at Linnets a few days earlier after a couple of tough away losses. The Youth team resumed action in a 5-0 loss to Atherton Collieries 18s and sadly ended their season due to player unavailability. 

As the physical arrived in football, virtual attendances continued in RL with Super League in full swing and Wigan Warriors in perfect form across both the men's and women's teams. The men's team opened the season with a 34-6 win over Wakefield Trinity before beating York City Knights (26-0) in the Challenge Cup. They ended the month unbeaten after three more league wins over Leeds Rhinos (19-6), Castleford Tigers (22-12) and Hull FC (16-14).The Women made a perfect start to the WSL season with a 52-8 win over Warrington Wolves Women. 

A return to physical football means two sections here and the second being Liverpool's action, April began with wins over Arsenal (3-0) and Aston Villa (2-1) before consecutive 1-1 draws against Leeds United and Newcastle United which dented top four hopes. 

Life

The Countdown Weights reached 114/115/116 per round as the month ended with the next milestone of 300,000 lifts reached on the 23rd just ahead of the anniversary of the idea's formation on the 28th which was great to reach especially with progress increasing day by day. 

Updating on the friends front, more exits of short-term ones but also new connections which have grown wonderfully with my long-term friend still sticking with me. 

Gaming

The gaming boost continued with the domination lessening due to the sporting increase but still posting a good haul for the month of 205 unlocks and as always more details can be seen in the Xbox Achievement Adventure April Summary.

As the month has been homebased with some trips out, highlights are limited but a few are shown below.