8Th Annual Fordham Prep Rugby Club Alumni Dinner
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8th Annual Fordham Prep Rugby Club Alumni Dinner Brian Davey '83 And Fellow Honorees Christopher Allen '80 Honoring Alumni Vinny Santomero '84 Christopher Allen ‘80, Brian Davey ‘83, and Vinny Santomero ‘84 With our best wishes, Keynote Speaker The Davey, Collins, and FitzPatrick Families Dr. Gary Lambert Friday, March 8, 2019 Fordham Prep Commons A special thanks to the entire Fordham Prep Rugby community for all your support following Sam’s accident and subsequent rehabilitation! Holly, Austin, Jezza & Sam (Lucky!) 2019 FPRC Alumni Dinner Program Drinks, Mingling & Appetizers Welcome & Introductions Director of Rugby Jerry Wolf Coaching Director Harry Bennett Varsity Coaches Head Coach Alex Miles Forwards Alex MacDonald Assistants Austin Wolf ‘12 Aidan Costelloe ‘16 Christopher “CJ” Johnson ‘18 JV Coaches/Staff Forwards Paddy Ryan Backs Marcus Walsh Assistants Adrian Newell Liam Costelloe ‘10 Conor McCarthy ‘14 Team Manager Seppie Valente ‘21 Faculty Moderator: Dr. David Gelpi Blessing Dinner Recognition of 4 Year Players Keynote Speaker Dr. Gary Lambert Presentation of the Alumni Awards Christopher Allen ‘80 Brian Davey ‘83 Vinny Santomero ‘84 Prize & Raffle Winners Thank You! Fordham Prep Rugby Club would like to thank everyone for coming out tonight to support the boys and the Rugby Program. We would also like to thank the following friends and companies for their extraordinary support and contributions to the success of the 2019 spring season: Chris Allen '80 Equinox Anna's Attic Christine & Vincent Farrell P'21 Harry Bennett Erica** & David Fitzgerald P'21 Kim** & Patrick Breen P'21 Liz Fitzgerald '19 Stacy** & Steve Burns P'19 Karina & Francis Fitzpatrick P'18,20 Anne Butler & Gerry Boyle P'19 John Freeman '80 Joanne & Paul Camas P'17 Gabriella & George Gaspar P'19 Catering by Elaine Laraine & Dr. David Gelpi Terese & Romeo Cojocaru P'17 KC* & Eric Gies P'20 Aidan Costelloe '16 Grant Thornton LLP Liam Costelloe '10 Dana & Eric** Green P'20 Linda** & Joe Costelloe P '10,'11,'14,'16 Andrew Griffin '17 Lori & Kevin Coughlin P'21 Dina & Anuj Gupta P'19 Catherine Courtney P'18 Gabe Hadland '17 William Crane P'20 Liz & Tim Halbert P'20 Mary** & Ed Curry P'19 Holly Hammond & Jerry Wolf P'12, 16 Brian & Joan Davey '83 Mary & Bill Haugh '21 Marty Davey Cindy & Chris Higgins P'20 Mary & Sean*Davey '80 Tom Huvane '84 Ralph Dengler '84 Christopher "CJ" Johnson '18 Connor Devlin '17 James Kennedy, RUNY Peggy Devlin P'17 Kris & Joe Kennedy P'22 Carlo DiNota '85 Anthony Kurtin, FP Athletic Director Tony DiNota '83 Barbara & George Kyprianides P'22 Annmarie & David Dodd-Hunter P'21 Dr. Gary & Kelli Lambert Eamon Doran '81 Kimberly LaPointe & Steven Roberts P'22 John Doran '79 Leewood Country Club Suzanne Dowden Alex MacDonald John McCaffrey '76 Raffele Rye Charlie McCaghey '83 Susan & Peter Romano P'19 Ann* & Sean McCarthy* P'14,‘16,‘21 Rugby United NY (RUNY) Connor McCarthy '14 Paddy Ryan Meg McGuire, Aladdin Foods Vinny Santomero '84 Larry McTague '78 Greg Santomero ‘86 Alex Miles Scarborough & Tweed Mark Mitchell Alex* &MacDonald Dean Speres P'19 Jane & Jim Murray P'19 Geraldine & Joe Stapleton P'12 Adrian Newell Ann & Chris Straub P'21 New York Red Bulls Margaret & Noel Tannian P'14,'19,'22 Eric Nicklas, White Plains RFC Trish** & John Tobin P'19 Conor O'Brien '14 Rio & Girard Tunney P'18 Roxanne & Mike O'Brien P'14 Seppie Valente '21 Orangetheory Maria Teresa & Diego Vidal P'19 Elaine & Tim O'Shea P'17 Marcus Walsh Mary Ellen Palermo P'14, 19 Simon Walsh '83 Tim Parker, NY Red Bulls Austin Wolf '12 Colleen* & Steve Pettus P'19 Ann Marie** & Jerry Woods P'19 Tina Porco Margaret Woods GP'19 Carmel Queenan P'17 Shane Queenan '17 *Alumni Dinner Committee Member ** Alumni Dinner Chair Devin, from your first days of rugby, you have loved to learn the game and play hard. You've What a list! How lucky are we?!? With so many individuals and also made invaluable friendships businesses supporting the FP Rugby Program, in so many different along the way. Congratulations ways, we’re bound to make mistakes. If we’ve neglected to include on a great four years! you, misspelled your name or misrepresented your affiliation with the Rugby Program or the Prep, please know that it was not intentional. We’re so grateful for all the generosity of time, talent and treasure that FP Rugby, thank you for has helped the Club grow and thrive. a wonderful experience! The Pettus Family Keynote Speaker 2018 Rugby Hall of Fame Inductee Congratulations Dr. Gary Lambert To Dr. Gary Lambert is arguably the best American flanker of all time. His Brian Davey illustrious rugby career spanned decades and in June 2018 he was inducted into the USA Rugby Hall of Fame. With a personality as big as his tackles, On his selection to the he’s a born storyteller. We’re thrilled and honored to have him with us here tonight. FP Rugby Hall of Fame! Gary began playing rugby for White Plains RFC in 1972, the year the Club was formed. He quickly climbed the ranks of the rugby elite playing on ERU select sides and making the USA Eagles panel in 1981. In 1983 he attended Life University, studying to be a chiropractor. He immediately Well played and well deserved! joined their first XV side and captained the team from 1983-1988. From 1981-1990 Gary played both 7‘s and 15‘s for the US Eagles, playing alongside 2015 FP Rugby Alumni Honoree Brian Corcoran numerous times. Gary played in 20 test matches, including the 1987 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. His 80 test matches for 7’s included 8 appearances at the Hong Kong 7’s and 3 appearances at the World 7’s. In 1982, during the apartheid years, Gary was named to the Unofficial World XV to South Africa, and in 1988 he was named to the World XV Team, which played against Australia for their Bicentennial Rugby Celebration. Gary later switched to Rugby League, playing for the US in the 1996 Super League World Nines Tournament, with three appearances in the US Patriot Sydney 7’s. A chiropractor by profession, Gary now resides in Quincy, IL with his wife Kelli and is blessed with 8 children. He added Professional Poker Tour player to his resume in 2010. He has over 40 first place finishes on multiple circuits, including the 2011 I’Maul In Charity Poker Tournament to benefit Your FP Class of ‘83 Brothers the USA Rugby Foundation. Honoree Christopher W. Allen ‘80 Christopher Allen ‘80 Chris attended the Prep his sophomore, junior & senior years and played Brian Davey ‘83 rugby & football each year. He was awarded MVP for football in his senior Vinny Santomero ‘84 year. As a first XV hooker on the Rugby Team, there were a fair number of championships, tournaments and awards, but those glorious accolades are too far in the past to recall. And Following the Prep, Chris went on to play for the Western Massachusetts Best of Luck Wanderers at Springfield College. He was the first XV hooker from 1980-84 and served as captain. He also played hooker for the Springfield Rifles Men’s To the 2019 FP Rugby Club! Club in Springfield, where he also served as captain. Amongst Christopher’s greatest triumphs and successes would have been over the four years, 1984- 88, that he was the first XV hooker for the New York Athletic Club, where he was often nominated as captain. Chris is the Founder, Managing Partner, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at PENANCE LLC, Miami Beach Florida since 2010. He has four decades of experience in the wholesale brokerage and trading industry after starting his career in Foreign Exchange Brokerage with Lasser Marshall LLC on Wall Street in 1984. He has been honored for both his innovative leadership style and his role in building the largest Energy and Commodities Broker globally through organic growth and development innovation ventures. Chris is the oldest of five, with two sisters and two brothers, and is an avid surfer. Extensive travels have allowed him to enjoy some of the best surfing spots in the world, including Barbados, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, and, of course, Breezy Point, NY, where he first learned. He can still be found surfing in Miami Beach, Costa Rica & Barbados. The Burns Family Stacy, Steve, Austin ‘15, Travis ‘17 and Cooper ‘19 Honoree Congratulations Brian Davey to Christopher Allen ‘80 ‘83 Brian Davey ‘83 Vinny Santomero ‘84 Brian Davey is the son of John and Mary Davey and the fourth of six children raised in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx. In his years at the Prep, Brian played both rugby and football. He won the Madow Trophy for Turkey Bowl MVP in his senior year and captained the Rugby Team. His fondest rugby memories include playing in a number of Rockaway Sevens Tournaments with his brothers and other Prep alumni, and meeting his wife out at Rockaway. Brian also played Gaelic football for the Rangers GFC. He played on the team that New York sent to Ireland for the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in the summer of 1983. While at Villanova University he enjoyed playing with a half a dozen Prep alumni, including Carlo DiNota, Dan Griffin, Bill Mendryzycki, James P. Stack & John Ryan. When he wasn’t rehabbing an injury Brian played inside center for the team. Rockaway 7’s 1984-85 Brian earned a master’s degree at Fordham University and is currently a Managing Director in the financial services tax practice at Grant Thornton LLP in New York.