SOME MONDAY COVERAGE

Just a quick post with some Monday morning coverage from the weekend’s action covered by Pixel8 Photos photographers.

First up is a nice hit in today’s Sun of Brighton and Hove Albion’s Ashley Barnes (far left) celebrating his goal in their 1-0 win against Southend United.

That defeat for Southend means it looks like they are heading for League Two next season.

But a nice big bit of coverage in The Sun softened the blow! Anyway I hear Accrington Stanley and Morecombe are nice places to visit on a Tuesday night.

Finally to finish off this quick update is a really nice spread of photos from Chelmsford City’s 1-0 win over Worcester City.

Our new Chelmsford City snapper Matt Bradshaw got some really nice shots and Chelmsford secured their place in the Blue Square South play-off spots.

Look out for some more of Matt’s shots on the site from City's play-off matches shortly.

NO MORE BALLING

The scheduled British Basketball season comes to an end this weekend, ahead of the play-offs and finals at the NIA in Birmingham next month.

We've enjoyed out first year covering the Essex Pirates inaugural campaign at Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre.

Tim Lewis' side completed their final home game of the season with an 108-86 defeat against the Everton Tigers on Saturday evening and we were there to capture the action.

And so to round-up a season of action we're showcasing some of our images in this blog post.

We hope you enjoy them as we'll be back for the start of the new season with even more basketball action.

Alan Metcalfe scores against Worcester Wolves - 17th Oct '09

Pirates Coach Tim Lewis - 31st Oct '09

Sam Toluwase scores against MK Lions - 21st Nov 09'

Spaniard Pablo Rodrigo avoids Worthing Thunder's defence - 27th Nov '09

Our first away game against London Capital - 29th Nov '09

Haggai Hundert takes flight against Leicester Riders - 4th Dec '09

Essex celebrate a rare win against Cheshire Jets - 12th Dec '09

Randy George scores against BBL Champions Newcastle Eagles - 18th Dec '09

Colin Sing battles with Worthing for a rebound - 23rd Jan '10

A record crowd for the Everton Tigers visit - 6th Feb '10

Taner Adu gets squashed as Sam Toluwase collects a rebound against Worthing - 13th Feb '10

Our favourite picture of the whole season - 27th Feb '10

Players mob Taner Adu after his last gasp winner against Plymouth - 13th Mar '10

Walid Mumuni scores against the London Leopards - 11th Apr '10

Marcus Knight gets surrounded by the Tigers defence - 17th Apr '10

Our full basketball archives can be found by clicking here.

TEAM SOUTHEND

We love sharing great pictures here at Pixel8 and so we thought we'd showcase this really dramatic team photo of Southend Rugby Club that was taken on Tuesday this week.
Our resident rugby snapper Jon Wagstaff was down at Warners Bridge to take an end of season photo of the whole Southend RFC squad as their season comes to and end.
Normally the sort of photo you see in the daytime, this shot was taken in the early evening and we just love the moody sky!
The Whites have had a great season and despite a late charge, a promotion bid is just out of their grasp this season.
Coach Ben Green is departing for pastures new shortly but he will be leaving behind a strong squad of players who will approach the new year with optimism.
Jon's going to be providing coverage at two of those final games against Henley RFC this Saturday and Worthing RFC the following weekend. Don't forget to log back onto the main site to check that out but in the meantime you can see more of our rugby coverage by clicking here.

MARCH-ING ON

2010 keeps whizzing by as we bring down the curtain on March with a round-up of coverage.

The month started in knock-out fashion as we photographed our first ever boxing match at Westcliff Boxing Club's Friday Night 2 event. Two of Pixel8 Photos friends were taking part in the amateur matches and we took great delight in capturing them taking a right hook in the gob.

A late finish was soon followed by an early start as we made the long journey up to Hartlepool for Southend United's 3-0 defeat against the Monkeyhangers. Not a lot to report from that game apart from a little bit of usage in The Times on the following Monday.

On the same day Jon Wagstaff our resident Southend Rugby snapper was at their game against Canterbury at Warners Bridge.

A 0-0 draw live on Sky Sports between Colchester United and Brighton followed soon after before we changed sports with basketball coverage making a welcome return.

Essex Pirates picked up an enthralling 82-80 last gasp win against Plymouth Raiders as Taner Adu hit a winner on the buzzer to record a rare victory.

The final two weeks of the month was mainly dominated by football coverage with Southend United's 2-2 draw with Carlisle, their 3-0 win against Walsall and a 4-3 defeat at Bristol Rovers.

The seven goal thriller at the Memorial Stadium also saw some exposure with two photos from the game forming The Mirror's coverage last Monday.

We finished the month off in style at Wembley Stadium for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final between Carlisle United and Southampton. Funnily it was the third time that month we'd covered Carlisle and we were also their official photographers for their big day out. Unfortunately they were on the end of a pretty comprehensive 4-1 defeat but that didn't stop their fans from having a good day out.

March 2010 coverage:

Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final - 28/03/10

Bristol Rovers vs. Southend United - 27/03/10

Southend United vs. Walsall - 23/03/10

Southend United vs. Carlisle United - 20/03/10

Essex Pirates vs. Plymouth Raiders - 13/03/10

Southend United vs. Exeter City - 13/03/10

Josh Dubovie - 12/03/10

Essex CCC pre-season training - 10/03/10

Southend United Reserves vs. Norwich City Reserves - 09/03/10

Paul Brush Special - 08/03/10

Colchester United vs. Brighton & Hove Albion - 08/03/10

Southend RFC vs. Canterbury RFC - 06/03/10

Hartlepool United vs. Southend United - 06/03/10

Southend United Reserves vs. Watford Reserves - 02/03/10

Coming up in April...

03/04/10 - Football - Southend United vs. Yeovil Town

03/04/10 - Rugby - Bridgewater RFC vs. Southend RFC

05/04/10 - Football - Gillingham vs. Southend United

07/04/10 - Cricket - Essex CCC Press Day

10/04/10 - Football - Leeds United vs. Southend United

10/04/10 - Rugby - Southend RFC vs. Ross Park RFC

13/04/10 - Football - Southend United vs. Brentford

17/04/10 - Football - Southend United vs. Brighton & Hove Albion

17/04/10 - Basketball - Essex Pirates vs. Milton Keynes Lions

24/04/10 - Football - Oldham Athletic vs. Southend United

24/04/10 - Rugby - Southend RFC vs. Worthing RFC

SHOULD OF GONE TO SPECSAVERS

Just a flying update of some recent national coverage, this time in today's Mirror Mania football supplement.

Today's exposure is from Bristol Rovers 4-3 win against Southend United at the Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

It was a nail bitting contest and Anthony Grant's last minute own goal eventually saw struggling Southend on the end of a devastating defeat.

The above photo though is of Southend striker Scott Spencer shortly after making it 2-0 to the Shrimpers. Apparently his celebration is in reference to a new Specsavers advert in which their is an actor that has more than a passing resemblance to Spencer - or so I am told.

For good measure The Mirror also decided to use a small insert of Bristol Rovers penalty king Jeff Hughes from the same game.

I'll be back later with a round up of all our coverage in March.

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A SPOT OF USAGE

Just a quick update to highlight a spot - and when we say spot we really do mean small - of usage this week.

Above is a headshot of Hartlepool United's Roy O'Donovan from their 3-0 win against Southend United.

Roy scored a hat-trick and the full frame version of this photo shows him with the match ball at the end of game.

Still we were happy with this effort as it was our first appearance in The Times!