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Geoff collecting his cheque from Holly

This amazing man came into collect his cheque without the aid of

his wheelchair or walking stick!

With the huge support of many local businesses, suppliers and the

kindness of the local community in South Woodham Ferrers, Alistair

Black raised a total of £1099 to help towards the costs of Geoff’s

rehabilitation following his lifechanging stroke earlier this year.

On the 7th September 2019 Alistair Black combined their 40th

Anniversary with fundraising for Geoff. It was a fun-filled day

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Brenda Peffer (Joint President of Inner Wheel) Eric Johnson (President of Rotary)

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(Joint President of Inner Wheel)

Rotary & Inner Wheel learned that there was a UK based water and

sanitation charity that works to improve the lives of people across

Africa and Asia.

An extremely popular charity, with a fiercely loyal supporter base,

they've seen huge growth since starting in 2010.

Both Clubs wished to support the work being done.

It seems hard to believe today that some 2.3 billion people have

no access to sanitation.

Toilet Twinning is an initiative which invites people to "twin" their

own toilet with latrines in poor communities (an analogy with the

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Ann Bryan (East Bridge Road)

Sadly passed away on 23rd September 2019

She will be greatly missed by her children

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Funeral Service will be on Monday 7th October at the Holy

Trinity Church, SWF at 8.45am followed by a committal at

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DAWN WOOD AND HER ATLANTIC ROW

Dawn came to the SWF Rotary Club to share with us the experiences she endured when rowing single handed across the Atlantic

Ocean. She did this in order to demonstrate to Governments of the world how much plastic finds it way into the oceans and how it

damages the ecosystems of our oceans.

She has been extremely impressed with the Rotary and Inner Wheel responses both here in the UK and in Barbados to assist her quest

to reduce plastic pollution.

It seemed totally inconceivable that she saw discarded plastic material floating around in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean!!

We have been informed as a part of the movement towards a green economy and in its goal to have Barbados plastic-free by 2020,

the Barbados government has placed a ban on single-use plastics.

Dawn thanked Rotary and Inner Wheel members, most sincerely for the assistance with her Challenge and hoped with our help the

scourge of discarded plastic in our oceans which has such a devastating impact on the marine ecosystem, may become a thing of the

past.

We could not have let this occasion of her visit go without presenting her with examples of her diet during the expedition as in the

photo above of dry pot noodle.

The club also could not let this meeting go by without marking support for her charity “Marine Conservation Society” with a cheque

which was presented to Dawn by Rotary President Eric Johnson as above.

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Outstanding NHS staff

recognised at Mid Essex

Hospitals’ awards

The black-tie event, held at Stock Brook Manor, saw trophies

awarded across ten categories including Hospital Hero - which was

voted for by patients and members of the public – and

Outstanding Service.

Winners included bereavement midwife Tabitha Stuthridge - who

has also recently been nominated for a national Butterfly Award,

the frailty team for the innovative work with frail and elderly

patients, and healthcare assistant Nicola White who last year lit up

Broomfield Hospital pink and blue to raise awareness around baby

loss.

There was also a presentation to

former Mayor of Chelmsford

Yvonne Spence who raised a

magnificent £87,000 during her

year in office for the hospital’s

dementia project and Kids

Inspire. Eight long-serving

members of staff were also

honoured for having completed

25 years with the Trust.

Mid Essex Hospitals’ managing

director Jane Farrell said: “We

see many patients coming

through our doors on a daily

basis, and the proof of the care

we are providing was shown by

the standard of nominations at

these awards. Individual

members of staff and clinical

teams were recognised for doing

something special that was

above and beyond the expected

level of care.

“Well done to everyone who was

either shortlisted or a winner on

the night. It was a fantastic

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MENS DINNER

Richard Hewes held a men’s dinner last

November at the Eatery

He has decided to hold another on

Friday 1st November

He has another good guest speaker.

Javier Candal who is the Project Manager at an East End

drug rehabilitation centre.

They take in men with all kinds of addictions

for 18 months.

He is also involved in a Street food outreach

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several drop in coffee houses in churches. A gangs ministry

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Evita - Chelmsford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society at the Civic Theatre

(26th September 2019)

Review by Cheryl Jennings

seductive when danced by Perón and Eva. The way that ‘The Art

of the Possible’ was staged, to portray Perón competing for

power with the generals, was certainly different but didn’t quite

come off, being a little on the slap stick side.

All in all though this was a very watchable production and it was a

joy to hear all the fabulous music. CAODS made a good job of

presenting this difficult show and while those of us who are

familiar with the stage and film versions might be a little more

critical of certain aspects, there’s no denying the enjoyment that

the audience and cast derived from this performance and

congratulations must go to the company for taking on such an

ambitious show. We are fortunate that we have a local amateur

company that will take on a challenge, it can never be said that

CAODS shirk at something demanding and Shrek is their next

production which promises to be very exciting!

Evita is a much acclaimed musical by Andrew Lloyd-Webber and

Tim Rice. It was first performed in London in 1978 starring Elaine

Page and David Essex winning the Laurence Olivier Award for best

musical and later transferred to Broadway to become the first

British musical to win a Tony award. This success was eventually

followed by a film in 1996 starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas

and there have been regular revivals over the intervening years to

the present day.

This outstanding musical is set in Argentina and tells the story of

the life of Eva Duarte, from age fifteen in 1934. She was one of

five children from a poor background who basically slept her way

to the top, finally ensnaring Colonel Juan Perón, an ambitious

military colonel and eventually becoming First Lady of Argentina

when he is elected president. On the way she wins the adoration

of the poor, who she supports and finances, practically bringing

the country to bankruptcy in the process. The story is told through

the cynical eyes of Che, an activist member of the public.

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October.

The whole musical is what’s known as a sung-through, there is no

spoken dialogue so it’s an extremely difficult task to make sense

of the complicated plot. This is a huge undertaking for an amateur

society and CAODS certainly made a good fist of it. The set was

effective with excellent lighting, making it all look very

atmospheric. This show is one big sing for Evita, played by Sammy-

Jo Evans and she certainly had the voice to carry off this iconic role.

Her songs were sung with vigour and confidence, she managed

‘Don’t Cry for Me Argentina’ effortlessly, and gave excellent

renditions of all the numbers that fans of this musical love so much

and know so well. I felt that her acting was not as strong, the

manipulative nature and seductive charisma of Evita was not shown

to full effect in this portrayal, though whether this was down to the

inexperience of Sammy-Jo or the direction, it’s difficult to say. It is

without doubt a demanding role for an amateur. There was no such

problem for David Everest-Ring who took the part of Che. He was

on stage practically the whole way through and had an enormous

amount of music to learn. He was spot on with his timing and

singing, I enjoyed ‘High Flying Adored’, always a favourite with the

audience, and he gave the role his own touch. Undeniably the best

performer in this production, he deserved his appreciative

applause at the end and the praise for his performance that I heard

many people express afterwards. John Sullivan as Juan Perón had

obviously worked hard on his character, I especially enjoyed ‘Dice

Are Rolling’ (‘The Money Kept Rolling In’). Natasha Lesley, as the

mistress of Perón, also gave a very nice performance of ‘Another

Suitcase, Another Hall’. Michael Bardo sang well as Magaldi, the

heartthrob tango singer. The chorus sounded good and coped

with singing the difficult music in Spanish and Latin apparently with

no problem, their voices blended beautifully in the harmonies.

I wasn’t sure about some of the dancing, the tango moves weren’t

quite convincing when done by the chorus and needed to be more

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SITUATIONS VACANT

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Outdoor Cinema Night

4 October 2019 – 6:30pm for 7:00pm

William de Ferrers Sports Field

£5 per person

Get your tickets on ParentPay or

on facebook @friendsofwilliamdeferrers

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Happy 5th birthday Chloe, you are so

grown up and we are really proud of you!

Love you lots and lots

Mummy, Daddy and Holly x x x

BASILDON TIMBER MERCHANTS ARE 30 YEARS OLD!

John and Les Cordery are pleased to be celebrating an impressive 30

Years in Business. Thank you to our customers past, present and future

for your continued support and to all of our staff.

We are all very proud of you and love you very much.

Love Leigh, Harry, Ruby & Teddy xx

Happy 5th Birthday Freddie, we hope

you have a Marvel-lous time celebrating!

Lots of Love, hugs & kisses Mummy,

Daddy & Lola Xx

Happy 13th Birthday to our lovely kind

and caring Francesca for the 5th

October! We love you lots! love from

Mum,Dad,Nanny,Sparkles and Matilda

XXX

Happy 9th Birthday to Molly & Darcey! I’m very proud of the

lovely, kind & caring little girls that you are. Hope you enjoy your

sleepover with your friends. Love you to the moon and back

again, Mummy, Alfie, Elvis & Buster xxxx

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Happy 14th Birthday to Mica for 25th

September and Happy 12th Birthday to

Megan for 3rd October"

Love you both lots and lots Mum, Dad and

all the family xx


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‘Happy 30th Russell Evans!

Lots of love all your family x’

Happy 6th birthday Sienna!

Love Mummy, Daddy & Oscar

X X X X X

Happy 8th birthday Oscar!

Love Mummy, Daddy & Sienna

X X X X

Happy 9th

birthday to

Molly and

Darcey on

the 8th of

October.

Have a

wonderful

day.

Love you

both lots

and lots

NaN

XXXXXX

And just like that you were 10!

Happy Birthday my beautiful Ava love you

millions & more x

Wishing my first born my first love a very

Happy Birthday! Love you millions & more x

CONGRATULATIONS & BIRTHDAYS

Please either email messages and photographs to

nicola@focuspp.com

or call in with them to the office at:

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"Happy 2nd Birthday

to our gorgeous

grandson Reuben.

Hope you have the

best birthday.

Lots of love Nanny and

Grandad Xxx"

If you have recently had a fundraising

event, don’t forget to send in a report

and let us know how much you raised

and send in any photos to accompany it.

The Focus is the magazine to be noticed

in, going out to over 7,000 homes and

businesses.

We are always looking for items of

interest to publish for our readers!

Happy 2nd Birthday 'ROO ROO'!

Thank you for being a super son,

everyday you find a way to make me

smile even if you are growing up way to

fast!

I hope you have a FAB birthday!

Lots of love mummy! X x X

CARE ASSISTANTS

REQUIRED IN

SOUTH WOODHAM

FERRERS

Fambridge Care are currently

looking for dedicated and passionate

care workers who have an interest in

making a difference to the lives of

elderly and disabled adults living in

their local community.

Whether you are able to offer full or

part time hours, we believe that every

member of our team can play an

important role in our success.

You do not need to have previous

experience as we will train and

support you as you develop your

experience within the caring role.

Why work for Fambridge Care?

̌ Flexible hours that can be

arranged to suit you and your

lifestyle.

̌ Excellent pay rates, including

weekend and bank holiday

enhancements.

̌ Free professional training

& an induction programme

certified by CQC.

̌ Travel time & mileage

allowance in addition to your

hourly rate.

Happy Birthday to our wonderful Jack!

Have a great day! Lots of love Mummy,

Daddy, Elle & Eva xxx

To apply or for more information contact us on:

01245 356 592 | www.fambridgecare.co.uk

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To Jenni @ The Jungle Body

Over to

you...

Thank you so much for giving me the confidence in myself to get up,

get dressed and get out.

Without your brilliant classes I would have nothing to look forward

to, these classes make my Monday so much more bearable.

I urge anyone who is looking for a fun way to exercise with no

pressure to come and have a go.

Search ‘The Jungle Body with Jenni’ on Facebook to find out more.

Thank you Whalebone Pub

See you Monday night.

Shelly

We would like to express our thanks to ‘Scrimshaws’ Restaurant at

The Whalebone Pub on the occasion of an 80th birthday celebration

last Saturday. We had a party of 43 seated for a family lunch and had

the most delicious three course meal which guests selected from a

very varied menu. The food and service were excellent and special

thanks go to the talented Chef Jeanette and the ‘party hostess’

Angela and her team. We cannot praise them enough for their care

and attention towards a very successful function. This was our fourth

celebration at this restaurant and can thoroughly recommend the

venue and lovely staff and not forgetting Lee. Thank you again.

Alan and Eileen Jaggers

Tickled Pink at Asda

ASDA management would like to take this opportunity to thank all

its customers who help make our Tickled Pink Breast Cancer day

which took place a couple of Fridays ago, such a success. The day

was supported by our own local singer, Rita B who managed to sing

almost continuously for the 6 hour fund raising event without

repeating a song. Due to everybodies fantastic efforts the day raised

£1147 for the Charity. Once again thanks to everybody who

participated and the generous way you donated.

Peter

Thank you Andrew Wing Landscapes

We would appreciate a thank you letter for the excellent work from

Andrew Wing Landscapes, who have transformed my back garden.

Extremely professional team, who were very polite, clean and tidy.

We can now sit back and enjoy the garden.

Careless driving

Muriel and Bob

've just walked to Spar to post a letter only to be pushed off the

pavement by a driver in a black shiny Range Rover who thought he

had right of way having mounted the pavement by the post box to

take a short cut into the car park by Spar/Greggs. I felt intimidated

and angry as I was virtually pushed aside to make way for him. He

probably thought he looked clever but in fact he looked quite

ridiculous.

Just another inconsiderate lazy idiot who couldn't care less about

anyone but himself.

Find a Twizzletops Bookmark

Twizzletops day nursery

marsh farm have started a

community kindness club.

Our first act of kindness was

making bookmarks for our

community to enjoy. The

children took a walk to the

library on Thursday to hide

these bookmarks in the

books. We hope someone

has found them and is

enjoying them.

If you did find one, please send us a picture to

marshfarm@twizzletops.co.uk or share on our marsh farm Facebook

page.

All at Twizzletops Day Nursery

It seems that pedestrians are slowly being driven off the pavement

in favour of lazy selfish people who can't be bothered to observe the

highway code ("what's the highway code?" I hear them say).

You know who you are and you should be ashamed.

From a grumpy resident

All ‘over to you’

correspondence please send to:

nicola@focuspp.com

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WOODHAM FERRERS SWIMMING CLUB

SHINE AT HOME GALA AND OPEN MEET

Over to

you...

Dear Sirs,

I have been reading with interest the ongoing correspondence

regarding the building developments along the Burnham Road.

It appears that we are about to get a KFC that the majority of the

towns residents do not want. This is being built alongside the BP

Station that the majority of the towns residents did not want.

Just along the road from this is the new medical centre which the

majority of the towns residents do not want which is being built

next to the new Sansburys that the majority of the towns residents

do not want.

Therefore I have a question for our councillors at all levels, You are

elected to represent and stand up for the views of your

constituents.

Considering all of the above what exactly is the point of you?

Yours faithfully

Peter Smith

2-5pm

openday

saturday26thOctober

On

Saturday 14th September, WFSC hosted another round of the Essex

Mini League competitions. 34 swimmers represented the club and

they managed to score their highest points ever in one evening.

Many club records were broken and some nail-biting finishes which

raised the roof as the atmosphere soared. We won a record

number of races too which is all proving that WFSC are firmly

making their mark in Essex. And then on Saturday 28/29

September, 9 swimmers travelled to the Basildon Sporting Village

to compete in an open meet trying to secure their places in the

Essex County Championships to be held at the London Aquatic

Centre in 2020. 3 swimmers so far have secured their positions,

Ben Podd, Jack Hatch and Lucas Deans. Harley Fairman and Lucas

Deans shone through, both securing podium places.

The Club has come an enormous way in the past 2 years but we

are always looking for more local talent. We hold regular new

intake trial nights so if you are interested, please contact

s.newby232@gmail.com

Support Hospice

Care week!

7 th - 13 th October

Can you host a Quiz and

help make a difference?

Bring friends and family to get a taste of what we do at the Mid Essex Buddhist Centre

2.15 Talk: Change your mind and you change the world

2.50 Yoga taster

3.20 Meditation taster

4.00 Mindfulness for stress reduction

4.30 Buddhist ritual

Indian Head Massage at 2.00, 2.30, 3.00, 3.30, 4.00, 4.30

This October we are asking schools,

colleges, pubs, community groups

and friends to get together and host a

community quiz in aid of Farleigh Hospice.

For your Community Quiz pack call us now on:

01245 457411

or email: fundraising@farleighhospice.org

All events are free of charge.

THE AIM AND VISION OF THE MID ESSEX BUDDHIST CENTRE IS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SPIRITUAL

FRIENDSHIP AND SANGHA CAN FLOURISH TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO GROW AND DEVELOP TOWARDS THEIR FULL

POTENTIAL THROUGH MEDITATION AND THE STUDY OF BUDDHISM.

It is because you care that we can

www.farleighhospice.org

Registered charity no 284670

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HEALTH INITIATIVES - 'Bonking Boris' has set out a £13 billion plan

for 40 new hospitals to replace old and out-dated buildings. The Prime

Minister told The Sunday Telegraph that the Government was

embarking on "the biggest programme of hospital building in a

generation". He said the plan was beginning with a £2.7 billion cash

injection for six hospitals over the next five years.

Perhaps he should think about replacing the aged St Peters Hospital

which was built in 1873 as a workhouse ... ideally putting it somewhere

that is easily accessible.

Amongst a slew of promises to improve the NHS, Laura Donnelly

reports in the DT that: "More than 300 diagnostic machines will be

funded across the country, in a bid to replace outdated MRI machines,

CT scans and breast screening equipment with “cutting edge”

technology. The funding follows a Government pledge to improve

diagnosis of cancer, with Britain bottom of international league tables

for cancer survival."

Australia is streets ahead of us when it comes to five year cancer

survival rates ... so, whilst there have been improvements here, we

have a lot further to go.

A mother asks her son: "Anton, do you think I’m a bad Mum?"

Son: "My name is Paul."

CANCER SUCCESS. More than half of patients can now survive a

deadly skin cancer that was considered untreatable just a decade ago,

says the BBCs James Gallagher - who goes on to say: "Ten years ago

only one-in-20 patients would live for five years after being diagnosed

with late-stage melanoma. Most would die in months. But drugs to

harness the body's immune system mean 52% now live for at least five

years, a clinical trial shows."

This has been described as an extraordinary and rapid transformation

in care.

JG goes on to talk about the way the new drugs work:

"Immunotherapy is Nobel Prize-winning science that is making the

untreatable treatable. Ipilimumab and nivolumab both stop some

cancers from hiding and allow the immune system to attack. They

interrupt the chemical signals that cancers use to put the brakes on

the immune system."

In the bad old days, when there was often quite a delay if you

preferred patients to hospital, I used to remove any easily resectable

melanoma I saw within 24 hours on the basis that it might decide to

go on its travels if it was left ... and it was the spread to distant parts

of the body that's the big problem with these tumours. The results

were excellent - though I say it myself - but fortunately the service

provided by specialists is far more readily available these days so such

cancers are best referred.

As ever, prevention is better than cure - Google 'NHS preventing

melanoma' for advice.

When it comes to another common cancer, there is guarded optimism

for Olaparib, a drug that according to a BBC report "could become a

revolutionary treatment for prostate cancer - the first genetically

targeted drug for fighting the disease. "

The drug, which is already in use in the UK for ovarian cancer, has been

called a game-changer. The Beeb reports that it has been shown in

trials to slow tumour growth in men with advanced prostate cancer -

adding: " Olaparib, also called Lynparza, works by targeting and killing

cancer cells with faulty genetic code, while sparing normal cells with

healthy DNA. It won't work for everyone with prostate cancer, but it

is effective for some men with the disease."

So this is not a 'here and now' treatment - but it is a 'watch this space'

development as 'tailor made' therapies are a very a useful additional

weapon in the armamentarium.

I don’t think women should be allowed to have kids after 40. 40 kids

is way too much by any standards.

HANCOCK GETS TOUGH. One policy which has received a lot of

coverage during 'conference season' is the Health Secretary's

suggestion that the government could get heavy in a bid to tackle

falling vaccination rates. Peter Walker reports in The Guardian that

"The government is 'looking very seriously' at making vaccinations

compulsory for state school pupils and has taken advice on how such

a law could work."

He goes on to say: "Matt Hancock, a vehement critic of antivaccination

campaigners, has previously suggested such a plan.

Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference, he

said he was “very worried” by falling vaccination rates, indicating the

government could act soon.

Walker points out that "The UK has lost its official measles-free country

status from the World Health Organization after a gradual fall in rates

of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) immunisation. Hancock said that

vaccination rates below 95% lost the so-called herd immunity effect,

and thus put at risk children unable to be vaccinated, for example

those undergoing treatment for cancer."

Hancock added: “You’ve got to make sure the system would work,

because some children can’t be vaccinated and some may hold very

strong religious convictions that you’d want to take into account, but

frankly, the proportion of people in either of these categories is tiny,

compared to the 7% or 8% now who don’t get vaccinated.”

To hear the another side to the argument, listen to the wonderful

Margaret McCartney examining the evidence on the 25th September

edition of Inside Health on BBC Radio 4. Download it at

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008nxz

I ran into my ex in town yesterday. Then I ran over him and backed

up to run into him again.

IMPORTANT JAB FOR 'FRESHERS'. At a time of year when many

students have waved farewell to their tearful Mums and headed off to

university for the first time it's worth all concerned double checking

that they've had the jabs they need. UCAS advises that "Meningitis is

a life-threatening disease that can affect anyone, but young people

and students are at particularly high risk. A free MenACWY vaccine is

available to first year students up to the age of 25 through their GP.

This vaccine and knowing the symptoms of meningitis is the best

protection against this devastating disease, which can resemble the

flu or a hangover and so is often ignored until it’s too late."

Universities these days tend to be pretty good at picking up anyone

who has slipped through the net ... and students are encouraged to

register with a nearby GP so there is every opportunity to catch up on

missed jabs. For more details see:

https://www.ucas.com/connect/blogs/get-your-free-menacwy-vaccine.

“Trump’s nothing like Hitler. There’s no way he could write a book”

Frankie Boyle

ASTHMA IN ADULTS. There is good news for people whose asthma

is hard to treat. An esteemed journal called 'The Lancet' says that a

"Three-in-one inhaler therapy can improve lung function and reduce

asthma attacks" ... adding "Patients with severe asthma which is not

controlled with standard treatment – leaving them at risk of severe

asthma attacks – could benefit from using a single inhaler combining

three, instead of two therapies, according to high quality trials with

over 2,500 patients across 17 countries.

I'm glad to see that combination inhalers are now lauded by the

'experts' as they make treating the condition so much easier for

patients. One of the earliest was derided - it was called Ventide - as it

was a combination of Ventolin (aka salbutamol) and Becotide (aka

beclometasone.) The cognoscenti didn't like fixed dose combinations

as they're inflexible and they thought the puffers should be used

separately. As a 'non-expert' I thought combinations had a place as

the problem with e.g. young patients was that the 'preventer' didn't

have an immediate effect - so they stopped using puffers like Becotide

- and overused relievers (i.e. puffers like Ventolin which had an

immediate beneficial effect.) This put them at risk - and, although

Ventide wasn't the greatest combination in the history of the universe

(as demonstrated by the fact that I haven't seen it used for a long, long

time) it did mean that those whose asthma was deteriorating got a bit

of 'preventer' which probably saved quite a few hospital admissions -

and may even have saved a life or two.

Dr John

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A Reflection

Every year on 4th October the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, known

and beloved by so many people of all faiths throughout the world. For some, he is a garden saint, the statue

holding the birdbath, for others Francis is the saint who loves and blesses animals; and yet again, he is seen

as the man of peace. Bu, however we consider Francis of Assisi, he is a saint who is attractive to us, someone

we feel comfortable with. And this should come as no surprise because even during his lifetime, some 800

years ago, he attracted many thousands of men and women to follow his particular spiritual path through

life which always led to Jesus Christ. The appeal of Saint Francis of Assisi lies in the fact that his chosen way

of life, cheerful poverty and cheerful penance, enabled him to be an honest witness to Our Lord; so much

so in fact that a number of Popes have dubbed him as “the most Christ-like Saint” that has ever lived on earth. Through his

example, we are able to see, not so much Francis of Assisi, but Jesus Christ.

By the Grace of God, Francis could see that everything came from the hand of the Almighty, everything was gift from the Creator.

From the tiny grains of sand, to the powerful forces of nature which made rocks into sand; from tiny plants and wiggly worms,

to elephants and whales; from the vastness of the cosmos, to the complexities of men and women. But Francis saw that the

greatest of God’s Gifts was His only Son, Jesus Christ, given to us because He loved the World so much. Indeed, Francis gradually

became aware of the enormity and extravagant nature of God’s love for us through the life and especially the death of Jesus; for

God knew it would be impossible for us ever to return a love equal to His; He knew we could never fully understand or appreciate

His love, and God knew too that sometimes we would not even bother to try to love Him back or share that love with others,

that we would even turn our backs on Him. But, through His conception in Mary’s womb, God had not only fully committed

Himself to frail humanity but had also become our brother.

Awareness of God’s great love for him as his brother caused Francis to fall so much in love with Jesus Christ that he wanted to

be like Him in every way. Because Christ purposely chose to be poor so that everyone could approach Him, Francis became poor;

because Christ deliberately led a life of hard work and suffering to reassure us that He understood our difficulties, Francis also

lived that kind of life. Let us ask Saint Francis of Assisi to help us to be more grateful to God for the beauty and wonders of

creation and to have a greater trust in His love for us.

Canon Peter Connor OFS (Catholic Parish Priest of Danbury and South Woodham Ferrers)

Mon-Fri: 09:00 - 17:30

Tue: 09:00 - 19:30

Sat-Sun: 11:00 - 15:00

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South Woodham Ferrers United

Weekly News and Results Roundup

U10 Ravens U7 Sharks Mens Reserves

The Sharls battled hard at the

weekend to overturn a pre

season defeat to Tiptree

Jobserve into a well deserved

win. Well done guys. We think

they enjoyed it!

In only their second league

game our Ravens really did the

town proud. They had to work

their socks off at the weekend,

with no subs, and no rest they

battled away defemding attact

after attacke from opponents,

Lakeside. Despite a number of

efforts neither side could break

the deadlock and the girls got a

well earn draw. Well done

Ravens!

A bumper crowd saw our

reserves take on local friends,

Woodham Radars at the

weekend in a cup game that

didn't dissapoint. SWFU came

out clear winners at 3-0 in what

was a great game. Well done

lads.

U10 Reds v U10 Lions

We couldn't have been more proud to see our two of our U10 teams play each other in league action at the weekend. At

a rain swept 3G the crowd were gifted with a superb advert for local friendship, in a rare inter team match. Once the

whistle blew friendships were quickly forgotten as the Reds took the lead twice. Not to be beaten our brave Lions battled

back with two goals to even the scores. In an great end to end game neither team were able to make the breakthrough

with the game ending in a well deserved draw for both teams. Well done to Mark, Ian, and everyone involved for making

this such a special game for all involved. We are super proud of both teams!

Results Roundup - Selected Games

U7 Eagles - Lost U10 Reds - Drew U12 Lions - Lost 1-3 U15 Wanderers - Won 10-0

U7 Wolves - Won U10 Lions - Drew U12 Redcats - Won 4-0 U15 Terriers - Drew 1-1

U7 Sharks - Won U10 Swifts - Won U13 Lions - Lost (Cup) U16 Reds - Lost 3-2

U8 Panthers - Lost U10 Ravens - Drew U13 Leopards - Won 5-1 U16 Dynamos - Lost 7-1

U8 Reds - Won U11 Hawks - Lost U14 Eagles - Won U17 Lions - Won 6-4

U8 Whites - Lost U11 Lions - Lost U14 Cobras - Won 5-1 Men's First - Lost 7-2

U9 Rangers - Lost U12 Pumas Drew 0-0 U14 Dolphins - Lost 3-0 Men's Res - Won (Cup)

U9 Eagles - Lost U12 Jaguars - Won 8-0 U14 Warriors - Lost 0-1

U12 Pumas correction from last week - it was a win, not a loss. Sorry for the mix up guys!

For more information and fixture details go to our website or follow us on social media

www.swfu.co.uk

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Three Rivers Golf Club Ladies Section -

competition results

DUST OFF THOSE BOOTS AND JOIN US

AT THE 3G EVERY TUESDAY EVENING!

The same traditional down to earth Football, just a slower pace -

all ages and abilities welcome

We have had another busy week. On Sunday 22nd September, our

ladies competed in the semi final of the Harris Bowl, a County

Competition. We are very proud of our team who played Benton

Hall and emerged the winners. They will now play against

Maylands Golf Club in the final of the competition which takes

place next Saturday 5th October.

On 23rd September we held our Autumn Meeting when we played

a team Stableford competition in teams of 3 with the best 2 scores

counting. This was followed by a meal in the clubhouse.

The winners of the team competition on the day were:-

Caroline Crispin

Jackie Scollen

Julie Morrow.

The 3 of them are seen above having been presented with their

prizes by Sharon Warrington our Lady Captain.

It was also our annual trophy presentation of all trophies and

medals won during the year. Golfer of the Year was won by Jo

Stentiford and our Club Champion was Jackie Scollen.

Our popular walking football sessions continue at the

3G pitch every Tuesday evening, year round

It's exactly as it sounds - a standard game of

football where players walk instead of running. It's

designed for all ages to help people get fit or maintain an active lifestyle no

matter what their current fitness levels or ability, as well as helping people

get back into football following injury

Where 3G pitch at the Leisure Centre

When Every Tuesday 8:00 - 9:00 pm

What Suitable footwear is needed. Ask us for details

Cost £3 per session, payable on the night

All new players welcome - feel free to join at any time

South Woodham Ferrers United FC

For more information contact us on 07870 272665 or email

us at info@swfu.co.uk

Follow us on Facebook @swfufc or visit our website at www.swfu.co.uk

Jacks Summer Competitions

Jack Bowling Centre in Latchingdon held its Summer competitions on the 21st and 22nd of

September. This marked the end of their Summer season .

Pictured Is john Kenton from South Woodham Ferrers receiving his Men’s Singles trophy

from Club President Stuart Harvey.

Full results of al of competitions are available on the Club web site at www.jackscentre.net.

The Club will now enter its busier winter season, when members who have been bowling

outside come in for the winter.

Anyone interested in taking up the sport and finding out more about Jacks, please check

out the website above.

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1st XV vs Norwich - Saturday 28th September 2019

SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS FOOTBALL RFC

South Woodhams second home game of the season ended in disappointment as

they went down to London 2 North East league leaders Norwich 16 point to 27.

The lads will be frustrated as they led right up into the 70th minute when ill -

discipline and some slack defending handed the advantage back to the visitors in

what had been a very tight game of good end-to-end rugby.

The opening exchanges offered little for the spectators with both defences

snuffing out any attack that came their way. Woodham were unfortunate to lose

captain Lewis Gilbert, fly half Terry Stiffell and in form prop Tate Holliday to injuries;

leaving the bench empty with only a quarter of the match gone.

It was Woodham who opened the scoring with a well worked try finished by

Warren Duggan. The conversion was missed. However, the home side were able

to extend their lead after a promising attack resulted in a penalty scored by Jamie

Cox. The half ended with Woodham on top with an 8 pointy advantage.

An extremely slow start from the home side saw Norwich score two converted

tries before the lads woke from their slumbers to get back in the game. It was game on when Woodham broke out of their own half to

score a fine running try from the backs, winger Alex Baker touching down.

Jamie Cox added an extra three when Woodham were awarded another penalty, with just 15 minutes of the game left the home side led

16 points to 14.

What followed was a period of implosion as the home side handed the game back to Norwich. First, they gave away a soft penalty which

was compounded by some stupid back chat that brought the kick within range of the posts, Norwich took advantage and made it a twopoint

game.

The same error was repeated shortly after and Norwich were handed the lead as, again, poor discipline saw the ref march a penalty on

10 more yards to make the kick easy. It also saws Stevie Hurrell sin binned leaving a gap in the defence for the closing few moments of

the game.

Norwich put the game out of reach of the home side with a try straight from the kick-off.

The positive to take away for the home team is that, despite losing key players early on, they more than held their own against an

extremely physical and well drilled Norwich side that are flying high at the moment. On the down sided they let themselves down as

poor discipline handed the game to the opposition undoing all of the hard work that had gone before.

Under 16’s vs Basildon - Sunday28th September 2019

This weekend saw the U16’s kick off the season waterfall cup with an opener away at Basildon. With this also being the boys first match

of the season following the dry off by Benfleet last week, it would be good to see how the boys would put training into practice.

Basildon won the toss and selected to have the wind advantage and put Woodham forward to start the match. The nerves were evident

as the visitors gave away a couple of early knock ons, but all in the home sides half.

In the 3rd minute Woodham had a good break from the breakdown, with the ball shipped from No 8 Gerrard out through the 9, Jim,

along the backs to bullet on the wing who opened his legs to cross the line. However, the ref had blown for a forward pass on the home

sides 5m line.

From the scrum the hosts pushed back the Woodham side and a kick deep into the Woodham 22 saw the visitors scrabbling back to halt

the attack. Woods managed to shut down the home side winning a penalty for not releasing. However, Woods gave the ball away for

the same infringement on their 22, and the hosts too full advantage securing the 1st Try of the match on 11 minutes. The conversation

was missed, 5 – 0.

From the restart, Woodham chased deep into the home teams half. Woodham forced an error at the breakdown and were awarded with

a penalty for not releasing. Rhino pushed the ball into the side line for the Woodham Line Out on the home sides 22.

Basildon won the line out, and with Woodham being too narrow in the defence, allowed the home side to push forward. A nicely timed

up field kick, chased down by both H and Travis, Basildon crossed over for their second of the match under the posts. The conversion

was good and Basildon extended their lead, 12 – 0.

From the restart Woodham get the knock on advantage but were unable to make anything of it, they came back for the scrum. Woodham

try a quick kick up field, the home side run out of space and Woodham win a scrum for off side. Woods win the ball but get pinged for

not releasing at the breakdown.

Woodham win the scrum, and again try the chip through, but the home side ground the ball to win the 22 Drop. The kick goes straight

to Redmond who makes a good 20m into the home side half before being stopped. Scrum awarded to Basildon. Basildon kick from the

scrum and chase through to pick up the ball. H brilliantly covers with a tackle stopping the attack.

The visitors win a line out, and put on a driving maul. The ball goes out to the Basildon backline and almost drive over but Woods

somehow manage to push Basildon out. Woods again leaving too much space on the wings allow Basildon to cross again and with the

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conversion 19 – 0. More of the same again from the visitors, with several line outs before Basildon cross again for the end of the first

half. With the conversion the half time score stood at 26 – 0.

The second half saw more of the same. Woodham leaving too much space on the wing and the home side cross inside the first minute

of the restart. With the conversion 34 – 0. Woodham suffered a loss of H on the 39th minute following a knock to the head, removed

for assessment, and both sides dropped to 14 players.

Basildon scored from the restart, and again the conversion was good. 41 – 0. Basildon win a scrum from restart, and getting the ball

out to their backs again using the space on the wing, with Nathan unlucky in the cover tackle, cross for the final try of the game. The

conversion missed the final score 46 – 0 to Basildon.

Thanks to the new lads, Hugo and Riley for joining the game today, and their first outing for Woodham. Player of the match for Woodham

went to Rhino for hard work and great tackling.

Under 16’s vs Harlow – 21st September

Under 16’s vs Rochford – 29th September

The start to the 2019 season has seen them have a good win in the league v Harlow (44-14) and first cup round success against Rochford

(26-10).

The first game of the season is always a nervous affair but this year they started well at Harlow scoring 7 tries (Joe 4, Max 1, Josh 1, Tom

1; conversions Mason 2, Harrison 2, Ryan 1) with 2 tries against. Both sides played really well, with good running rugby a key feature

from both sides, however, Woodham worked well in defence to keep Harlow down to scoring just 2 tries.

Their game against Rochford was a very physical affair which saw the home side play within their own 22 for the first 15 minutes but

again the defence held well and then started to push the visitors back up the field for the rest of the half which eventually ended with

Woodham registering the only score of the half with a converted try. The second half saw Woodham start to exert themselves over

Rochford with a further 2 tries to make it 21-0 before an exchange of tries made it 26-5 and with a few minutes to go Rochford scored

the final try of the match. Scorers for Woodham were, Tries; Zach 3, Joe 1, conversions Will C 3.

Both games have seen Woodham keep a good defence, all the lads playing for one another and putting the effort in to secure a good

team performance. The next fixture is away to Rochford, this time in the league, in two weeks’ time. If it is anything like this week’s

match it will be another excellent game of rugby.

Under 12’s vs Epping- Sunday28th September 2019

With a squad of 14 players, the Under 12s played a nervous season opener away to Epping and Upper Clapton. Fielding three new

players, Woodham took a little time to wake up on this wet and windy Sunday morning. Epping took the kick off and scored an early

try. Good tackles were made but some bunching seemed to hamper our team. After a knock on, the first scrum was given to SWFRUFC.

Some crunching tackles were made by Kenny B, Josh and Charlie but still Epping managed to score. Alfie made a darting run yet Epping

maintained a good defence. Yet another tackle by Kenny earned a turnover but the Epping managed to win it back, going over twice

more before half-time. Half-score: 4-0.

Epping were a sizeable opposition but the Woodham boys put up a good defence with Jack C rucking over well. All of a sudden, Alfie

had the ball and sprinted close to the try line. Unfortunately, the ball was lost forward. Epping took the turnover and promptly scored

again. Twice. Josh then made a kick, chased it down and raced to the try line. TRY! This brought a few smiles to the boys' faces. With

another two tries to Epping and a blood replacement for Dan, it seemed that the game was nearly over, when Byron nimbly dodged a

few tackles and made it over the try line to make the final score 8-2.

It was a good clean game and a fine first run out for Jack B, Jared and Kenny. In the post-match debrief , the boys said they needed to

work on rucking, tackling and communication.

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: earned by Kenny B for his strength in the timely tackles he made this week.

Squad: Alfie, Archie, Byron (C), Charlie, Dan, Felix, Jack C, Jack B, Jake, Jared, Josh, Kenny B, Kenny R, Tom.

Under 10's vs Epping - Sunday28th September 2019

We're off again...............first match of the season. Away to Epping Upper Clapton.

The squad was Alfie, Brad, Ellis, Hayden, Katie, Keith, Luca, Mikey, Noah.

New Laws came into play for the U10 age grade, rucking, mauling and uncontested scrums.

The players got straight into it. Some big hits and drives forward. We weren't short of effort, or skill.

At times the ball was there to be played, and Epping were a bit sharper to get to, and contest the breakdown.

This gave them some better ball than we had. They used the ball well and got to the wider channels before us.

We played four quarters and got better each time. Some of the stand out moments were Katie ripping the ball from the Epping players,

Luca ( and everyone ! ) making big tackles, Ellis providing go forward and Keith getting over ruck ball.

The referee let play flow, and we got stronger and more confident. The fourth quarter saw us tire against Epping who had almost double

our numbers.

Great effort all round, sleep will come easy tonight.

If you are interested in playing rugby with us call Gerry on 07880 498565.

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