"It keeps rising. We've been out there just trying to keep the water pumps running."
Bullocks Contracting had brought the pumps down while Penn salvaged what could be saved from the shop.
Glenny said it had never been this bad in 50 years.
"We're giving up because the water just keeps coming back in."
The lower floor of the Wanganui Squash Club on Bassett Street was also flooded on Saturday.
No outdoor sports were played around Wanganui as football at Wembley Park was abandoned while the Wanganui Rugby Football Union initially moved key Tasman Tanning Premier matches to the Racecourse grounds.
"Ratana notified us quite early to say that their field was under surface water," said WRFU chief executive Bridget Belsham.
However, with Spriggens Park, Springvale, and the Wanganui High School grounds soon reduced to lakes, where only the ducks could prosper, along with the closure of several roads, the Council of Clubs Operations Committee cancelled all club games before midday for safety reasons.
Belsham said week 13 of the Premier competition will now be played this Saturday, June 27, which had originally been scheduled as a bye week for all teams, while the committee will make a decision tomorrow on the status of the senior grade games.
At Wembley, the flooding was the worst seen by coach Steve Kerfoot in 48 years.
"The surface water is unbelievable, it's like a lake.
"I've even wandered round and made ground's playable, using pitchforks."
He soon had to rush home for pressing matters - making sure his cherished Liverpool jerseys were safe if the neighbouring Matarawa Stream cleared the 8m up to his house.
In Marton, it was all hands to the pumps at the farm of top Greyhound trainer Matt Roberts, as they evacuated the 52 dogs on site by boat and by hand.
