Dyanna Benny travelled from Australia to compete at the Downer New Zealand Masters Games. Photo/ Bevan Conley
Dyanna Benny travelled from Australia to compete at the Downer New Zealand Masters Games. Photo/ Bevan Conley
Dyanna Benny ticked everything off the long to-do list required to fly from Australia to compete at the Downer New Zealand Masters Games in Whanganui... expect one.
It was only when she arrived in Whanganui from the Sunshine Coast that she realised she hadn't actually registered for the event.
"Igot everything together in November, ticked all the boxes, booked flights, packed my bike box which is a major and got the rental car," she said.
"On the day I was driving up in the car I was just wondering; 'gee this is a bit of a casual arrangement, I haven't heard from anyone'."
Turns out while she'd filled out the online registration form, she never actually hit the submit button.
"I fronted up at the desk and they said they didn't have any record of my name," Benny said.
After some quick work from games organisers her registration was completed she was competing the next day.
Benny is a regular NZMG competitor, having competed at Dunedin (which hosts it every second year) five times and the World Masters Games in Auckland in 2017.
