Our People
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson is a teacher, coach educator and business professional with unique strengths in coaching and mentoring across a broad range of sports and industries. A former first class rugby player with England Students, Saracens and London Scottish, ‘Robbo’ has unrivalled knowledge of and connections in rugby, business and beyond. A highly qualified coach developer, mentor and teacher, his passion for helping sports and business coaches achieve their best has taken him round the world.
Qualifications:
- World Academy of Sport Trainer
- World Rugby Trainer
- 1st4sport Level 4 – Conducting external quality assurance of assessment process
- 1st4sport Level 3 – Certificates in Assessing Vocational Achievement, Education Training, Workforce Mentoring [QCF], Tutoring Sports, Internal Verification Practice in Sports and Introduction to Assessment in Sports
- Director of Rugby Course (RFU)
- Mentor training – Performance Development Systems (PDS)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Management – Ashridge Business School
- IRB Coach-Referee Educator/Trainer Training
- RFU Senior Trainer status
- RFU Workforce Trainer qualification
- Bachelor of Education with Physical Education and Subsidiary French, University of Exeter, School of Education, St Luke’s College, Exeter
Experience timeline
2006-16 Coach & Player Development – Rugby Football Union (inc London North Region – 2006-2012)
2015 Army Rugby – Elite Coach development pathway
2013-15 One to One Sports coach mentoring with a number of coaches from a variety of clubs & organisations
2014-15 Head of Mentoring & Coach Developer Middlesex Rugby Union
2014-15 Co-delivery for Ashridge Business School Associates of Leadership courses to a variety of businesses
. Delivery of RFU Director of Rugby Course
2013 Delivery of IRB coach & referee Education to the Indonesian rugby Community
2012 Delivery of IRB coach/referee Education to the Fijian rugby Community
2012 IRB delivery to International School (Western Europe) Coaches: Rugby Ready, IRB Level 1 & 2
2012 Delivery & follow-up of RFU Mentor Course for London Division
2011 Delivery at the Churchill Cup British Columbian (Vancouver, BC) Coaching Conference
2005-current Penguin Rugby Academy – Head Coach Educator
Courses run in Fiji, Malaysia, Canada and South Africa
Coach Educator for ongoing project to educate Malay national teachers and other coaches to IRB/RFU Level 1&2 or equivalent standard in order that they may introduce rugby into their schools
Courses in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kuala Terengganu, Kedah & Sabbah (Borneo)
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CPD – Canada Coach & Player Education sessions: Vancouver – 2008
IRB / Coach Education courses: South Africa – 2009
IRB Trainer education: Marcoussis Paris, France – 2010
Bi-lingual delivery for both French & British nationals
Experienced delivery of RFU Level I, II & III courses
Coach mentor for RFU Level III & IV courses
