Who's Who

Status and Membership

Penguin International RFC is an amateur rugby club, affiliated with the RFU. Membership of the Club is by invitation.

Charity

The Club established Penguin International Rugby Football Trust, which is registered with the Charity Commission as an educational charity, to promote the training of youngsters in the skills of rugby and to provide scholarships, coaching and other assistance for that purpose.

The Trustees of the Penguin International Rugby Football Trust are:

David Harris - Chairman of the Trustees

Dougie Meikle - Charity Secretary

Tim Gabelko

Ben Breeze

Martin Waite

Brian Cusack

Nick Penny

Patron

Alan G L Wright - Co-Founder and Life President of Penguin International RFC

Life President

Alan G L Wright 

(Co-Founder of the Club and Patron of Penguin International Rugby Football Trust)

Executive Committee

Richard E T Bennett, President

Bill Calcraft, Senior Vice-President

Craig S Brown, Chief Executive

Marianne Okland, Sponsorship and Communications Director

Graeme Inglis, Club Secretary

Norman Wilson, Treasurer

David Harris, Charity Chairman

Management Advisory Board

Dudley Ankerson

Vincent E Bramhall, Membership Secretary

Steve Hill, Head Coach

Robin Hutton, Accountant

John A Kerr, King Penguin President

Sue Olovsson, Social Media Manager

Paul Raeburn, Website Manager

Matthew Smith, International Ticket Manager

Sandra Soler-Gomez, Women's Team Manager

Glen Hanna, Insurance Representative

Country Representatives

Argentina - Luis Criscuolo
Australia - Bill Calcraft
Canada - Gareth Rees
Fiji - John Breen and Richard Breen
France - Florent Rossigneux
Hong Kong and Asia - Robbie McRobbie and Deano Herewini
Ireland - Brian Cusack
Italy - Avv. Enzo Paolini
New Zealand - John McKittrick
Portugal - Antonio da Cunha
Samoa - Faafouina Su’a
Scotland - John Rutherford and Iain Sinclair
USA - Tom Wacker (former CEO of the IRB 1996-97) and Shalom Suniula
Wales - Ben Breeze