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The treasurer extraordinaire at New Plymouth Yacht Club – Ann Hatch named to receive a Yachting New Zealand Service award.
Another worthy recipient of the Yachting New Zealand Service award for 2016 hails from New Plymouth Yacht Club and is known as their “complete treasurer”.
Ann Hatch has clocked up an impressive 16 years running the financial side of New Plymouth Yacht Club and has been praised by her yacht club peers for reliability and willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty in her role.
As well as being able to recall how many hours each patrol boat motor has done, when the tea urn was replaced, when the next grant is available, and what the bar stocks are, Ann is also active in race management roles and is responsible for coordinating junior learn to sails.
Said to be the “connection holding various sections of the club together as one unit”, Ann has a welcoming nature and is always willing to assist new members and visitors as well as administer the maintenance of the club property and boats, assist with fundraising applications, and oversee boat storage.
For over a decade Ann has run the onshore race control every Saturday and has also been involved in the regions’ secondary schools teams racing organisation as well as the Paper Tiger Nationals and Interdoms organising committees.
Yachting New Zealand thanks Ann for her much-appreciated efforts at New Plymouth Yacht Club over the years and congratulates her on receiving this award.
