Head Coach – Jamie Fitzgerald
Jamie has had an extensive rowing career in New Zealand and internationally. After winning national gold medals at every school age group (including the Maadi Cup 8s), Jamie went onto row for New Zealand at Junior, U23 and Elite levels. Taking his rowing further, Jamie has captained crews against both Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and holds the world record for rowing the Atlantic Ocean (with fellow adventurer Kevin Biggar).
Since then, Jamie has coached rowing crews around New Zealand, is qualified in instructional design, communication and management, and completed plenty of other adventures around the world.
He is currently CEO of Inspiring Performance. When not fulfilling his duties as Head Coach, Jamie will continue a small amount of consulting work.
“Since joining the Marsden community as a parent, it has been so inspiring to see students across the school achieve incredible things and living Marsden’s values. I’m really looking forward to being a part of the rowing programme that does the same thing. Rowing offers so many life-long benefits to both athletes and their families. I’m excited to see all of our rowers achieve their personal best, and for us to have loads of fun along the way!”