 Both Webb and John Reid benefited from these early years of input from Graham Vivian and Mark Burgess.Webb was in 2 successful First Class Championships and in 2 One Day Shell Series wins, Captaining one of the One Day Shell Series.In 1986 Webb attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire as part of a Scholarship to study Sports Turf Maintenance and was under the supervision of Peter Mansfield NDT (UK), Webb attained the Institute of Groundsman NTC and NPC (UK) in 1986, Webb was the first overseas candidate to sit and pass these qualifications.