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# Expert Coaches

Our coaches grew up around rowing, and many still row and compete themselves — this isn't a sport they learned to coach, it's one they've lived. They train constantly and pursue ongoing professional development, because a coach who's stopped learning has no business teaching someone else to improve.

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## Meet Our Coaches

Every MRRC coach holds real, current Rowing Australia accreditation — not a badge earned once and forgotten, but qualifications we invest in renewing every year. Behind every squad, from Learn to Row through to Pathways, is a coach who knows the technical side of the sport and knows your name.

Every coach 18 and over holds a current Working With Children Check — whether through their own Blue Card or an applicable exemption. Coaches under 18 operate under Queensland's volunteer exemption and are always working alongside a fully accredited, Blue Card–holding coach.

![lahs](https://mrrc.club/hs-fs/hubfs/lahs.png?width=2000&name=lahs.png)

###### Lachlan Allen

Head Coach & Pathways Coach

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###### Bec Biddle

Development Squad Coach

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###### Amanda Rukuwai Stoneman

Uni Squad Coach

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###### Gabriella Lazarus

Novice Squad Coach

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###### Paul Davidson

Development Squad Assist

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###### Hamish Parry

Pathways & Uni Squad Assist

![max](https://mrrc.club/hs-fs/hubfs/max.png?width=173&height=173&name=max.png)

###### Max Partington

Novice & Uni Squad Assist

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###### Uwe Lassen

German National Coach

# Want to join our amazing coaching team?

## You'll need a few things

We're is always on the lookout for volunteer coaches — people ready to give back to a sport that's given them so much, or take on something new. Every coach earns their place on the riverbank, and here's what you'll need to get there:

**What you'll need:**

- Current Rowing Australia Level 1 Coaching Accreditation (minimum)
- First Aid Certificate
- Working With Children Check (Queensland Blue Card)
- Queensland Marine License

 

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Maroochy River Rowing Club is the only dedicated youth rowing club on the Sunshine Coast, welcoming rowers from Year 6 through university. We build strength, character and champions — on and off the water.

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