Who’s Who
The Penguin International RFC was formed in 1959 and remains an amateur club and the playing and coaching membership is by invitation.
The club officials and office holders follow below. The clubs’ committees are listed below also.
Non Executive
Life President and Co-founder - Alan GL Wright
Patrons - Alexander (Sandy) A Flockhart CBE, Andrew R Thornhill QC and Peter D Sutherland KCMG
President - Richard ET Bennett
Advisory Board
Mike Cordell (RFU Council rep for Kent/Hon. Sec. Kent RFU), Stephen Herring, Ian MacDonald, Ian Bullerwell (former International Referee), Dudley Ankerson, Derek Morgan (Past President of the RFU 2008-09) and Derek Wyatt.
Executive
Senior Vice Presidents - Bill Calcraft and David Townsend
Chief Executive - Craig Brown
Club Secretary - Vincent E Bramhall
Treasurer - Robin Hutton
Commercial Director - Ian Warbrick
Coaching
Director of Coaching - Steve Hill
Player Development
Director of Player Development - Grant McKelvey
Lead Player Development Coach - Ben Fisher
Coach Education
Director of Coach Education - Gary Henderson
Lead Coach Educator - Tony Robinson
King Penguins
King Penguin Managers - John Zimnoch and David Harris
Administration
Membership Secretary - Bill Calcraft
Publications Manager and Historian - Dick Tyson
Annual Report Manager - Abby Wills
International Ticket Manager - Derek Harris
Website Manager - Paul Raeban
Match Managers
Bill Calcraft
Ben Dormer
David Harris
Ian Sinclair
Craig Brown
Country Representatives
France - Florent Rossigneux
Hong Kong and
Portugal - Antonio da Cunha
Samoa - Faafouina Su’a
University Representatives
Cambridge - Ben Dormer
Oxford - Tim Stevens
The club has three main committees.
1. The Executive Committee comprising of Richard Bennett, Vincent Bramhall, David Townsend, Bill Calcraft, Robin Hutton and Craig Brown with Alan Wright in attendance.
2. The General Committee which comprises all officials.
3. The Social and Functions committee comprising David Townsend, Bill Calcraft and Chris Horder with co-opted members as required.