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Dr. Dave Alred MBE<br />

Dr. Dave Alred is a specialist coach in performing under pressure.<br />

Having completed his PhD at Loughborough University, Alred has<br />

worked with a variety of sports at the elite level. He has worked with the<br />

Middlesborough, Sunderland, and Aston Villa Football Clubs as well as<br />

the English Cricket and Polo Teams. In Australia he has worked across<br />

numerous football codes with St George, Newcastle, Parramatta, Manly,<br />

the Wallabies and West Coast Eagles all featuring on his client list.<br />

Dave Alred was inaugurated into the UK Coaching Hall of Fame for his contribution to the<br />

success of England’s Rugby World Cup win, and was awarded the Mussabini Medal for<br />

outstanding success on the world stage. In 2004 he was honored with an MBE and is widely<br />

regarded as the world’s best kicking coach with over 130 tests and 4 world cups under his belt<br />

as an English and British Lions Assistant Coach.<br />

As well as his work with teams, Alred concentrates a great deal of time on individual<br />

performances believing that it is often one’s mindset that is fundamental to success.<br />

By trying to ensure players always perform at, or very near their potential, Alred is continually<br />

searching for ways to get a player to go where they’ve never been before in terms of both their<br />

performance and mindset. He has helped both athletes and coaches develop an understanding of a<br />

“No Limits” mindset and looks at how performance behaviour changes when in pressure situations.<br />

In addition to being renowned for his work with star pupil Jonny Wilkinson, Alred has been<br />

heralded for his work with Luke Donald, seeing him rise from number 32 to number 1 in<br />

the world. Having taught himself to play golf, Alred now plays off four and enjoys working<br />

with individuals to better their game. He has recently started working with three-time major<br />

winner, Ireland’s Padraig Harrington.<br />

Denis McDade<br />

Denis McDade has been a member of the PGA of Australia for over 20<br />

years. He coached at the Victorian Institute of Sport <strong>Golf</strong> Program for 11<br />

years and spent 2 years as Scholarship Coach at the AIS <strong>Golf</strong> Program.<br />

Denis coaches a number of Touring Professionals including Marcus<br />

Fraser, Marc Leishman, Paul Sheehan, Ash Hall, Matthew Griffin,<br />

Gareth Paddison and Clint Rice. He also coaches 2011 British Amateur<br />

Champion Bryden Macpherson, the first Australian to win the<br />

Championship since Doug Bachli in 1954.<br />

As Head of the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Junior Advisory Board, Denis has dedicated<br />

himself for several years to researching and improving the way in which junior golf programs are<br />

structured and delivered and will share elements of this as part of the Summit Program this year.<br />

Denis spends many weeks each year travelling around the world working with his players<br />

and presenting at certification seminars on behalf of TPI. He has previously been nominated<br />

as a PGA Teacher of the Year and continues to be considered as one of Australia’s foremost<br />

teachers and coaches.<br />

Dr. Richard (Ric) Charlesworth<br />

Whether leading the world in hockey, captaining Western Australia in<br />

cricket, cramming in a medical degree or winning a seat in Federal<br />

Parliament, Dr. Ric Charlesworth has always excelled. His natural gifts<br />

and a fierce appetite for victory have guaranteed his success.<br />

A former captain of the Western Australian and Australian Hockey<br />

Teams, Ric Charlesworth played 227 games for his country including<br />

5 Olympic and 4 World Cup tournaments. He was a gold medallist and<br />

player of the World Cup Tournament in 1986 and silver medallist at the 1976 Olympics.<br />

He was also in Federal Parliament for 10 years before retiring to take up the position of National<br />

Coach of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team from 1993 to 2000. During his time at the helm,<br />

the team was consistently ranked as the number one team in the world, and won 4 Champions<br />

Trophies, 2 World Cup’s, 2 Olympic Gold medals & 1 Commonwealth Games Gold medal.<br />

Charlesworth won the Australian Team Coach of the Year six times (first in 1994 and then each<br />

year from 1996 to 2000) and was awarded the status of Master Coach by the International Hockey<br />

PACIFIC SRIXON PGA

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