Murray Watkinson

Murray was the other half of the brothers in the double scull. Murray had an outstanding career, firstly in the double sculls, and then the single sculls for several years. Murray won the national single sculls title for nine years and began his international journey in the double sculls at the 1962 Perth British Empire Games finishing second for the silver medal. He also competed in the Men’s coxless Fours at the 1962 British Empire Games in Perth. He was then selected for the FISA European Championships in 1964 and then followed that with selection for the 1964 Olympic Games at Tokyo. Following this he was again in the single sculls for the 1965 Australian test series, the 1966 World Championships in Bled and the 1967 FISA European Championships in Vichy. Murray was then selected in the New Zealand eight for the World Championships at St Catherine’s before reverting to the single sculls at the 1971 FISA European championships in Copenhagen and then the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich. Murray died several years ago, and his medal will be received by his wife, Joy.