Kerry Ashby

The second of the Ashby brothers who was in seven seat in the 1950 eight at Karapiro and followed this with selection in 3 seat in the coxed four in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki and then 3 seat in the coxed four at the 1954 Empire Games in Vancouver wining a second silver medal. Kerry was manager of the New Zealand rowing team at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Kerry was deputy chairman for the 1978 World Rowing championships at Karapiro and was a major contributor to the on-shore facilities at Karapiro after serving time as a regatta official for many years. Kerry died in March 2015 and his medal will be received by his wife, Winkie, who was a swimmer at the 1954 Empire Games in Vancouver.