The Manchester Evening News reports that longstanding friend and sponsor of Altrincham FC, Carole Nash, has been awarded the OBE in the recent Honours List. The MEN Says that "When Carole Nash received news of her OBE through the post, it took her almnost a day to pulck up the courage to open it, because she thought it was a speeding fine.
The gran of eight, 71, who made millions when she sold her Altrincham-based motorcycle insurance company, was awarded the honour for her services to charity in the north-west. Mrs Nash, from Bowdon, said it is one of the proudest moments of her life. She said, 'I was overwhelmed when I realised I had been awarded my honour. It was a lovely surprise and very unexpected'".