The Numbers Matter – but which ones?

Wednesday 2^nd December 4 – 5pm AEDT

Barry Dancer represented Australia in field hockey at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, as part of the Olympic silver medal-winning team. After coaching the English men's hockey team (1997 - 1999) and Great Britain’s hockey team at the Sydney Olympics, Barry became head coach of the Kookaburras (2001 - 2008).

Barry coached the Kookaburras to their first ever Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and backed up this success with the team winning gold in the 2005 Champions Trophy. Under Barry's tactical coaching eye, the Kookaburras claimed 2 Commonwealth Games gold medals (2002, 2006), as well as the 2008 Champions Trophy gold, and the Olympic bronze medal in Beijing in 2008.