Formation 1892 Website aagps.nsw.edu.au Founded 1892 | Official language English Headquarters Sydney, Australia | |
Membership The King's School
Sydney Grammar School
Newington College
Saint Ignatius' College
St Joseph's College
Sydney Boys High School
Sydney Church of England Grammar School
The Scots College
The Armidale School Secretary General President: Phil Harry AM Grammar
Chairman: Michael Curran
Grammar
Hon Secretary:
Mark Gainford
High
Hon Treasurer:
Mark Ticehurst
Shore |
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The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) is a sporting association of boys' schools in New South Wales, Australia that contest sporting events among themselves.The AAGPS was formed on 30 March 1892, and today has nine members - eight Sydney schools and one northern NSW country school.
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- History
- Sports and trophies
- Rugby union
- Athletics
- Cricket
- Rowing
- Rifle shooting
- Tennis
- Basketball
- Swimming
- Cross country
- Football
- References
AAGPS representative sports sides are selected typically for matches against representative sides of the Combined Associated Schools (CAS), Independent Schools Association (ISA) and Combined High Schools (CHS).
Of the 130 Rhodes Scholars from 1904 to 2006 and from New South Wales, 85 attended a GPS School.
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History
The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) was formed at a meeting held at Gunsler’s Café, near Circular Quay, on 30 March 1892. The schools represented at this first meeting were The King's School, Saint Ignatius' College, St Joseph's College, All Saints' College, Bathurst and the North Shore Grammar School (Shore). On 12 April, representatives from Sydney Grammar School, Newington College and Cooerwull Academy joined those who had attended the first meeting.
A third meeting was held on 28 April 1892, where membership of the AAGPS was clarified, and St Patrick's College, Goulburn, St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, and The Scots College joined those Schools who attended the first two meetings.
Sydney High School applied for membership in March 1894, but were not accepted for admission until 14 February 1906. The final entrant was The Armidale School, who were admitted to the Association on 7 May 1897.
Sports and trophies
The sports contested are:
Rugby union
The official rugby union competition commenced in 1892.
Athletics
The official athletics competition commenced in 1892. In 1912 the competition was divided into two levels – Senior and Junior. In 2012 a third level, intermediate, was added.
Cricket
The official cricket competition commenced in 1893. As early as 1897 the competition was in First and Second Grade.
Rowing
The official rowing competition commenced in 1893. Some schools had competed at club competition before then. The Head of the River is the main event of the rowing season. It takes place annually in the first term at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Rifle shooting
The official rifle shooting competition commenced in 1905 but results of the National Rifle Association competition are recorded from 1893. The AAGPS decided in 1903 to formally admit Shooting as one of its sports.
Tennis
The official tennis competition commenced in 1972.
Basketball
The official basketball competition commenced in 1975.
Swimming
The official swimming competition commenced in 2000. Unofficial competition commenced in 1987 among all nine schools but competitions between the schools via a GPS Relay at each School’s Swimming Carnival started in 1922. Between 1903 - 1921 All Schools races were held over various distances at each School’s Swimming Carnival.
Cross country
The official cross country competition commenced in 1988.
Football
The official football competition commenced in 1988