Mountain Scene
By PHILIP CHANDLER
It’s 2001, at Queenstown Primary, and there’s Georgia rown in the front row of a class photo, and Ben McLachlan in the second row.
Fast-forward to last Sunday, at Waiheke Island’s Mudbrick Vineyard, and there’s tennis doubles pro McLachlan, 28, and ex-New Zealand under-20 football rep Brown, 27, smiling for the camera after the pair just got engaged.
‘‘It was the biggest win of 2020,’’ he quips, confirming his knee gave out in the process.
‘‘I wasn’t shocked but I was surprised,’’ Brown who doubles as McLachlan’s fitness trainer says.
The couple have been together for two years ‘‘and wetalked for another year before that, over long distance’’.