She said the van was recovered after being stolen last weekend from where it was parked at the Gore clubhouse.
"A member of the public found it and called the police, because it was found nowhere near a football field and was concerned about it.
"So the police actually contacted me," she said.
Mrs McKenzie said the van was hired out occasionally, but after checking with the committee, she realised it had been stolen and damaged in the process.
"They smashed a window, ripped the ignition out to get it going and took it,"
Mrs Mckenzie said having the van stolen from the club was a difficult pill to swallow.
"It’s hard enough as it is; it really isn’t fair. I felt gutted, annoyed, it’s pretty low,
"We’ve had things stolen from us before, like gas bottles, and it’s always gutting because it’s an unnecessary cost to have to replace things for the club," she said.
The van will have to be repaired, but Mrs McKenzie said it was lucky it was not wrecked, as it is used often by the club to minimise costs.
"If it was destroyed we would probably look at not replacing it.
"And that would’ve been disappointing. We use it to get kids around to tournaments, teams to and from games," she said.
Neighbouring businesses were helping find security surveillance and the club was looking into installing a system themselves.
Mrs McKenzie said in terms of the thieves, she was holding her tongue.
"It’s desperately low to steal from a little club in Gore. Do they have nothing better to do with their time?
"It’s pretty, well things you couldn’t probably print in the paper. Very low," she said.
As bad as that seems, not all victims of theft this weekend were as lucky.
On Sunday night, a trailer was stolen from Gore Landscaping Services. Owner Philippa Udy said she found out on Monday.
"The gate was wide open and I assumed my husband had opened up.
I noticed a salvage trailer missing, asked my husband, checked the bookings, and then we went and saw the padlock smashed and realised someone had broken in," she said.
Mrs Udy said the trailer cost an estimated $12,000 to replace, and it might have been a planned heist.
"My husband talked to a police officer and they reckon it was targeted, that they knew what they were looking for," she said.
Mrs Udy said it was a hassle for the business to replace, but also caused a sense of worry.
"It makes you a bit nervous, because you think who has been looking around? Is it someone we’ve worked with, or is it someone just driving past and taking the opportunity.
"You wonder if they’re going to come back for something else," she said.
The trailer is still missing, but Mrs Udy said it was distinctive, with a brand new winch, a shine, and stickers on the wheel arches with "25" and "Curson Motors". She hoped it could still be recovered.
