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September 2020 September 2020

BERE REGIS
I played in an FA Cup Final at Wembley!
SURGERY NEWS
The recent Arsenal FA Cup win revived memories of another occasion when I
played for them in an FA Cup Final at Wembley. So how did it come about that, at
the ripe old age of 64, I found myself in this situation? The road to Wembley started Flu clinics Bere Regis Surgery
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two years earlier when, on 27 July 2012, I had the honour and privilege to perform 2020
in the London 2012 Olympics
Opening Ceremony. At the time, Any patient eligible for the flu vaccine,
although it was the culmination of a please phone the surgery after 10.00 in
great deal of hard work, there was a the morning to make an appointment
job to be done. With the eyes of the for a flu vaccination.
world (80,000 people in the Olympic Patients 50-64 years with no long term condition will be advised in November if
Stadium and 100 million on TV) upon there are vaccinations available for them. If you particularly wish to have a flu
us, we had about fourteen minutes vaccination before then we would recommend that you contact your local
in our section, Pandemonium, to pharmacy.
clear the arena of the previous
“Green and Pleasant Land” This year we ask you to:
scenario, depict the Industrial
Revolution in all its grime and  Arrive at the exact appointment time
splendour, including the forging of  Provide easy access to your upper arms
the Olympic Rings, and then strike
the whole lot so that the NHS could move in.  Wear a face mask or face covering

There was so much going on and so much to remember, choreography,  Stay at home if you or a household member have symptoms
positioning to avoid collisions, set removal, in-ear cues and synchronization with
music, that we had to be totally focused on the task in hand. It was only  Please phone 01929 471268 to book your appointment
afterwards that the sense of ecstatic achievement could be experienced – we
had done our friends, families, Danny Boyle and our country proud!
CARERS NEWS
What could possibly come after such
an amazing experience? The euphoria Training
lasted for some considerable time and
was relived over and over again Are you interested in attending any training courses in the future? Possible courses
through the social networks and could include first aid, manual handling, mental health first aid and condition
‘reunions’ that had been established specific courses on things such as dementia. Subject to availability and demand,
amongst the various groups of Olympic courses would be funded by Carer Support Dorset. Please contact on 0800 368
performers and volunteers. It was 8349 if this would be of interest.
through one such group that another On Wednesday 16 September, we will be running a 2-hour Increasing emotional
volunteering opportunity came up. resilience workshop with Daran Bailey. This has been funded by Carer Support
They were looking for people to Dorset and will be free to carers. If you would like to register then please contact
perform in the opening ceremony of us on 0800 368 8349
the 2013 UEFA Cup Final at Wembley. The match was between two German
teams, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. The theme was to be a game of
chess involving knights in red or yellow, the colours of the two teams. Coping with anxiety after lockdown
I turned up at Barnet’s practice ground for the first rehearsal and found that the Laura Clifford-Jones MBACP, Adult & Young Persons Counsellor, gives some tips in

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