Nigel Pointer

Chance favours the prepared mind.

[Essex Referees @EssexReferees]

Congratulations to Matthew, Joseph, Simon and Stephen for officiating the Essex Pelly U18 Cup Final tonight at Billericay Town FC 👏

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

The Mental Health Sessions

Ladders ( RPE 0-5). 0 is standing still, 10 is sprinting flat out to the point where your heart and lungs feel like exploding. YOU find your RPE, you're half way there...

1 min 7kmhr walk
1 min 18kmhr RUN

Repeat above with -1kmhr every RUN minute through 14kmhr( 18/7/17/7/16/7/15/7/14/7)

That's 10 mins. So for beginners at the gym, don't plod for 15 or 20 mins, find your RPE ( rate of perceived exertion) and do the 10 min set above tailored with your own speed based on your RPE.

Slowly build up the 10 minute sets ( add a run minute every week or two) until one glorious June day you'll be flying through 30 mins and beyond.

Never, ever, ever plod at the gym. Do intervals, gets your heart rate up and down quickly, tests yourself in bitesized chunks and gets you much fitter quicker, than plodding.

[Nigel Pointer @NigelPointer]

@StanCollymore Been wanting to start this for weeks (we spoke at it at SUFC not so along ago). Got started today, 7,10,7,11,7,12,7,13,7,14 then in reverse. Managed 30 minutes but will be back to it on Thur to extend to 40 mins then ultimately 1 hour.
Great motivation @StanCollymore thanks 👍🏽

[Essex Referees @EssexReferees]

Congratulations to the 8️⃣ @EssexCountyFA match officials who have been appointed to Play-Off games over the next two days by the @FA 👏 #DevelopedInEssex

[Essex Referees @EssexReferees]

"I don't want to be a teacher or doctor or vet, I want to be a referee".

A brief story of the journey of one of our young female referees.

Looking to become a referee? Get in touch today ⤵️

📧 [email protected]

[Mark Benham @benham_mark]

Great stuff @PitseaRC 👏👏

[Finishlinefund @finishlinefund]

A massive thank-you to @PitseaRC for their generous donation received this morning.Last year we supported them by funding the cost of a defibrillator and towards the cost of First Aid training. A large group made the short trip to Southend to say thank you and present to us 👏👏

[Pitsea RC @PitseaRC]

🚂 Jon Dear 👏 from @c2c_Rail to the rescue for our special volunteer train to the @LondonMarathon 👉 https://t.co/UEtGU8PJAL

[Pitsea RC @PitseaRC]

This meant that 152 volunteers from our Essex running community were able to marshal at Poplar and hand out the goody bags to the finishers at The Mall for the @LondonMarathon 🖤

[Brake, the road safety charity @Brakecharity]

JUNE FUNDRAISING EVENTS
24 hour "Feast and Fayre" running challenge in memory of Jake, who was tragically killed in a car crash.

Read the full story here, it's very inspiring: https://t.co/PIWPHprF91

- @PitseaRC

[Nigel Pointer @NigelPointer]

@EatesPeter @PitseaRC @EssexWildlife @EssexAArunning My pleasure 👍🏽

[Martin England 🇬🇧 @martengl]

@PitseaRC @finishlinefund Thank you for involving me in your presentation. So glad you have your defibrillator 💙 An important piece of life saving equipment, that works ✅ Enjoy every day 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻😀

[Finishlinefund @finishlinefund]

Good Friday saw us @PitseaRC Crown to Crown event.
We presented them with a portable defibrillator to enhance their medical equipment for future events. Also pictured is @martengl who in 2018 suffered a heart attack at a running event and was saved by use of a defibrillator

[Martin England 🇬🇧 @martengl]

Great to be involved in the defibrillator presentation for @PitseaRC with @FlyersSouthend donated by @finishlinefund An important piece of medical equipment & work very well, I know having had a Cardiac Arrest 3 yrs ago, keep on running, enjoy every day @cpjoggers @WeAreSCAUK

[Nigel Pointer @NigelPointer]

@07971Wendy @StanCollymore @SUFCRootsHall I couldn’t agree more, it was fantastic to see Bill so happy and back at Roots Hall - once again, @StanCollymore @CJPhillips1982 & @SUFCRootsHall we can’t begin to thank you so much for your generosity and care 💙🤍

[WC @07971Wendy]

@StanCollymore Thank you very much for taking the time to drop in to say hello to dad. Thank you also to @SUFCRootsHall and anyone else who was involved in making this day happen. You have all made dad him a very happy man, so good to see him relaxing and smiling so much today, thank you 🙌

[Nigel Pointer @NigelPointer]

@StanCollymore @SUFCRootsHall, @CJPhillips1982 & @StanCollymore thank you all, so, so very much. Stan, you’re a true blues legend, SUFC, I am so grateful for your generosity & Chris, you deserve a stand named after you - true thanks one and all 💙🤍

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Great to meet Bill and his family today, they love the club so it was a lovely touch by Tom and Rhys to arrange the box, for me it was just a pleasure to say hello and thank him for his support.

[Nigel Pointer @NigelPointer]

I can’t begin to say how grateful we are to @CJPhillips1982 @SUFCRootsHall & @StanCollymore. Bill has had a season ticket for 27 years, ill health meant he had to move away but today the club embraced him and us all. Thank you one and all & Stan, you truly are a legend 💙🤍

[Pitsea RC @PitseaRC]

Boxing Days Crown to Crown is featured as a double page spread in todays @Echo_Newspapers.
@NigelPointer was contacted by newly qualified journalist @Sophie_England_ and John Wilkinson gave permission to use and publish his photographs. 🖤 @EssexAArunning