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| Abbreviation | APS |
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| Formation | 1908 |
| Headquarters | APS House Hawthorn, Victoria |
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Membership | 11 member schools |
Official language | English |
Chair | Philip Grutzner Melbourne Grammar School (2024–2026) |
| Website | www |
The Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) are a group of eleven independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales and the Public Schools Association in Western Australia. The descriptor 'Public School' references the historical usage of the term and the model of the British public school.
The first meet of Public Schools Sports was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 November 1870[1] with Melbourne Grammar School, Scotch College and Wesley College competing and winning that order. The Association was established in 1908[2] so that students of the member schools may compete against each other on the sporting fields, the original competition sports were Australian Rules Football, Athletics, Rowing and Cricket. Students now compete in a variety of sports, which are split into three seasons, Summer, Winter and Spring. Students in Year 7 and above compete on Saturdays and students in primary year levels compete on Wednesday afternoons. Major annual competitions include the APS Head of the River Rowing Regattas, the APS Combined Swimming & Diving Championships and the APS Combined Athletics Championships.
In March 2005, the APS member schools formed a set of guidelines regarding the awarding of sporting scholarships to students, following criticism of recruiting practices employed by some schools.[3] The headquarters of the APS is known as APS House and is located on Church Street in Hawthorn, Victoria.[4]
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Schools
Current member schools
| School | Location | Principal | Enrolment | Founded | Denomination | Boys/girls | Day/boarding | Year entered competition |
School colours |
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| Brighton Grammar School | Brighton | Ross Featherston | 1,301 | 1882 | Anglican | Boys | Day | 1958 | |
| Carey Baptist Grammar School | Kew, Donvale | Jonathan Walter | 2,500 | 1923 | Baptist | Boys & girls | Day | 1958 | |
| Caulfield Grammar School | Caulfield, Malvern, Wheelers Hill, Yarra Junction, Nanjing | Ashleigh Martin | 3,320 | 1881 | Anglican | Boys & girls | Day & boarding | 1958 | |
| The Geelong College | Geelong | Peter Miller | 1,313 | 1861 | associated[5] with the Uniting Church | Boys & girls | Day & boarding | 1908 | |
| Geelong Grammar School | Geelong | Rebecca Cody | 1,463 | 1855 | Anglican | Boys & girls | Day & boarding | 1900 | |
| Haileybury | Brighton, Berwick, Keysborough, City, Tianjin, Darwin | Derek Scott | 4,054 | 1892 | previously associated[5] with the Uniting Church | Boys & girls | Day & boarding | 1958 | |
| Melbourne Grammar School | Melbourne | Philip Grutzner | 1,795 | 1858 | Anglican | Boys (K-12) & girls (K-6) | Day & boarding | 1900 | |
| St Kevin's College | Toorak | Deborah Barker | 2,079 | 1918 | Roman Catholic | Boys | Day | 1958 | |
| Scotch College | Hawthorn | Scott Marsh | 1,875 | 1851 | Presbyterian | Boys | Day & boarding | 1900 | |
| Wesley College | Melbourne, Glen Waverley, Elsternwick | Nicholas Evans | 3,145 | 1866 | associated[5] with the Uniting Church | Boys & girls | Day & boarding (GW)[6] | 1900 | |
| Xavier College | Kew | William Doherty | 1,802 | 1872 | Roman Catholic | Boys (K-12) & girls (Kindergarten) | Day & boarding | 1900 |
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Combined Sports
Students from the Association's member schools participate in a number of Combined Sports (Championship Carnivals) during the year including Swimming, Diving, Rowing and Athletics.
The APS Regatta (Heads of the River)
The Victorian Head of the River race is contested between the 11 APS schools, the race is usually the last race of the official APS rowing season and has recently been rowed on Lake Nagambie which is a full buoyed international standard course allowing six boat finals. Girls from the APS also participate in the Head of the Schoolgirls regatta, where they compete with schools from the Girls Sport Victoria (GSV) group.
See also
References
- ^ "Public School Sports, The Pioneer Meetings". The Australasian. 26 October 1918.
- ^ "Associated Public Schools of Victoria, Celebrating 100 Years" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ Leung, Chee Chee (29 March 2005). "Top schools pledge to play fair". The Age.
- ^ "Associated Public Schools of Victoria". APS Sports. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "Associated Schools". Uniting Church in Australia. Synod of Victoria and Tasmania. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Boarding returns to Wesley - Wesley College". www.wesleycollege.net. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015.
External links
This page was last edited on 13 December 2023, at 06:22