ROWING AUSTRALIA 2015 COACHES CONFERENCE

Griffith University, Gold Coast - Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October 2015

HOSTED BY PRINCIPAL PARTNER EVENT PARTNER Keynote Speaker Dr Ric Charlesworth, AM Dr Ric Charlesworth is a Doctor of Medicine and former captain of the Australian Hockey Team, the WA State Hockey Team and the WA State Cricket Team. After 10 years in Federal Parliament, Charlesworth retired to take up the position of National Coach of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team from 1993 to 2000. During his reign, the highly successful team won gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta , 1998 Commonwealth Games in and Sydney 2000 Olympics Games.

As an athlete, Charlesworth was selected to represent Australia in five Olympic hockey teams; 1972, 1976, 1980 (captain - Moscow Olympics were boycotted), 1984 (captain), and 1988, winning silver at the 1976, Montreal Olympic Games.

In October 2005, Charlesworth moved to New Zealand to work as a High Performance Manager for New Zealand Cricket, while two years later he worked as Technical Advisor to Indian Hockey before being appointed coach of the Australian’s National Men’s Hockey team, the Kookaburras.

During his time with the Kookaburras Charlesworth coached the team to multiple gold medals, with highlights including gold medal winning performances in four Champions Trophies (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012), the 2010 and 2014 Hockey World Cups and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New .

In March 2014, Charlesworth stepped down from his role with the Kookaburras and has worked as a high performance consultant to the Fremantle Dockers AFL Club and as a coach mentor to the Australian Institute of Sport.

1 Conference Package Two day conference package

Bird $495.00 AUD including GST ly O r f a f E e r EARLYBIRD OFFER - 20% Discount 20% Pay by 14 June 2015 to receive the special earlybird price DISCOUNT P AY B Y 15 $412.50 AUD including GST 14 june 20 Optional Extras The following optional extra activities will be offered to conference delegates (please note that these items are not subject to the Earlybird Offer): 1 Friday night drinks - Welcome to delegates and opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues. Details and prices to be confirmed. 2 Airport shuttle - A shuttle bus service to and from the Gold Coast will be offered to delegates arriving into Brisbane and Gold Coast Airports on Friday 16 October and for departure on Sunday 18 October. Details and prices to be confirmed. 3 Conference and accommodation shuttle - A daily shuttle service will be offered to and from the conference venue, Griffith University, and select accommodation providers (listed below). Details and prices to be confirmed.

Accommodation Options The Gold Coast offers a range of accommodation options. The conference and accommodation shuttle will operate between the following: Chevron Towers Resort Outrigger Surfers Paradise 23 Ferny Avenue, Surfers Paradise (Formerly Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise) www.chevrontowersresort.com 22 View Avenue, Surfers Paradise BIG4 NRMA Treasure Island Resort www.holidaycity.com/outrigger- & Holiday Park surfers-paradise-goldcoast 117 Brisbane Road, Biggera Waters www.treasureisland.com.au Please note - details are subject to change

2 Registrations Bookings can be made via RegattaCentral www.regattacentral.com from Friday 8 May 2015.

Exhibitors

For exhibitor package details and pricing, please contact Rowing Australia Competition Manager, Cameron Allen on [email protected] For further conference information

Visit www.rowingaustralia.com.au or email Rowing Australia Competition Manager, Cameron Allen on [email protected]

Partners

HOSTED BY PRINCIPAL PARTNER EVENT PARTNER