{"id":2959,"date":"2015-04-01T10:16:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T10:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2018-04-13T09:50:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T08:50:36","slug":"marine-scotland-compliance-officer-wins-volunteer-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/04\/01\/marine-scotland-compliance-officer-wins-volunteer-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Scotland Compliance Officer wins Volunteer of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3014\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/04\/Gareth-Refereeing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3014\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3014 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/04\/Gareth-Refereeing-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gareth Kemp Refereeing\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 230px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 230\/300;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gareth Kemp Refereeing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Congratulations to Gareth Kemp, Senior Fishery Officer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/Compliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine Scotland Compliance<\/a>\u00a0in Peterhead\u00a0for winning February\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottishrugby.org\/clubs-schools\/nominations\/bt-club-volunteer-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BT Club Volunteer of the Month Award<\/a>. Gareth, who is Junior Head Coach with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitchero.com\/clubs\/ellonrugbyfootballclub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellon\u2019s Rugby Club<\/a>\u00a0said: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely fantastic to have been nominated for the award, never mind to have won it. I give roughly 40 hours to the club each week, putting time in every day, so I\u2019m thankful that my work is appreciated and recognised by others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In winning the BT Volunteer of the Month award for February, Gareth will receive a table-of-ten at the annual Scottish Rugby Club Awards Dinner and a commemorative trophy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottishrugby.org\/news\/15\/03\/25\/kemps-commitment-coaching-wins-volunteer-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read\u00a0the full story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Gareth Kemp, Senior Fishery Officer for Marine Scotland Compliance\u00a0in Peterhead\u00a0for winning February\u2019s BT Club Volunteer of the Month Award. Gareth, who is Junior Head Coach with Ellon\u2019s Rugby Club\u00a0said: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely fantastic to have been nominated for the award, never mind to have won it. I give roughly 40 hours to the club&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-msc","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marine Scotland Compliance Officer wins Volunteer of the Month - Marine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/04\/01\/marine-scotland-compliance-officer-wins-volunteer-of-the-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marine Scotland Compliance Officer wins Volunteer of the Month - Marine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congratulations to Gareth Kemp, Senior Fishery Officer for Marine Scotland Compliance\u00a0in Peterhead\u00a0for winning February\u2019s BT Club Volunteer of the Month Award. 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