Kevyn Parke Webb (21 March 1924 – 5 November 1990) was an Australian representative

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. He competed in the men's double sculls event at the

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and won a medal at the 1958 Commonwealth Games. He was a longstanding contributor to the sport in Australia and in 1962 was instrumental in the foundation of annual

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Club and state rowing

Webb had a long association with the Haberfield Rowing Club. He competed for the club from 1938 to 1960 and then coached. He held a number of official positions including Captain, President and Patron. Webb was first selected for New South Wales in the 1946 men's eight which contested the

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at the Australian Interstate Regatta. Webb was again in the 1947 NSW King's Cup eight. Both those crews placed second to Victoria.

International representative rowing

In the 1950s Webb took to sculling. He was the sculling reserve for the Australian squad selected for the 1950 Empire Games. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Webb was selected with Steve Roll to race Australia's coxless pair. They took the silver medal. For the 1960 Rome Olympics Webb was selected as captain of the Australian rowing squad and rowed the men's double scull with Ian Tutty. They were eliminated in the repechage in those days before B and C finals.

Australian Rowing Championships

In the late 1940s Webb had been involved in unsuccessful campaigns to establish an

and to match the approach taken by other countries in developing the sport and selecting their national crews. Following his return from the 1960 Olympics his suggestions (and a comprehensive report) found an audience and resulting from his work, the inaugural

were held in Ballarat in 1962. Webb was deeply involved in the New South Wales Rowing Association and regularly on the organising committee of the Australian Championships from 1964. He was the Chairman of that committee in 1988. In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours Webb was awarded the

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for his services to rowing. Since 2007 New South Wales clubs competing for a points tally at NSWRA Sprint Championships have raced for the Kevyn Webb Trophy.NSW Rowing Assn Kevyn Webb
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Kevyn 1924 births 1990 deaths Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Rowers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales