AAGPS Basketball | |
Full Name: | Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales Basketball |
Formation: | 1975 |
Headquarters: | Sydney, NSW, 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 |
Website: | http://aagps.nsw.edu.au/summer-sports/basketball |
The NSW AAGPS (Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales) is a school basketball competition played in Australia. It is an annual, 14 round competition played between 8 Sydney member teams that include Saint Ignatius Riverview, St Joseph's Hunters Hill, Sydney Grammar, Sydney Boys High, Newington College, Scots College, The Kings school and Sydney Church Of England Grammar School (Shore). Preseason games are played in Term 3-4 school holidays in the Knox Invitational tournament and Rashke Cup aswell as the Trinity Challenge in Summer, with the official GPS games played in Term 4 and 1 on Saturday. 1st grade games commence at 11:15 and often attract large game, whilst second grade games commence at 10:00. The 1st grade premiership is currently held by Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) while the Rashcke cup is held by Newington College. In 2nd grade the premiership is held by St Ignatius College, Riverview while the PJ Yeend Trophy is currently held by Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore).
Every season the AAGPS/RASHCKE Cup (all AAGPS schools compete) is played (formerly in a one-week before Round 1, in a 2-day round robin formatted competition) over the trial rounds, with the schools being separated into two pools, with the winner of each group playing each other in the final. This cup is the 2nd most prestigious accolade from a season. In near consecutive seasons of 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 Saint Ignatius College Riverview have made the final, in which they have been victorious 4 times (13, 15, 17, 18).
The competition commenced in 1975.[1]
Formerly a 14-round competition where each team plays each other twice, since 2013 the competition has been a 7-round format with each team playing each other once. The season begins in Term 4, where teams will play trial matches against a mix of AAGPS, ISA, and CAS teams, including 3 rounds of Raschke Cup/Yeend Shield, where a pre-season winner will be crowned.
Term 1 begins the competition games where schools play each other every Saturday, 10am for 2nd V and 11:15am for 1st V. If a team is able to win 7 games they will be crowned Undefeated Champions and earn the outright AAGPS title.[4]
Year | 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | |
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1975 | King's | King's | |
1976 | King's | King's,St Joseph's | |
1977 | Shore | King's | |
1978 | St Ignatius',Shore[5] | King's | |
1979 | Shore | St Joseph's | |
1980 | King's | King's | |
1981 | King's,St Joseph's | King's | |
1982 | King's | King's | |
1983 | King's | King's,High | |
1984 | St Joseph's | St Joseph's | |
1985 | Scots | Newington,King's | |
1986 | Scots | St Joseph's | |
1987 | Shore | St Joseph's | |
1988 | Grammar | St Joseph's | |
1989 | St Joseph's | Newington, St Joseph's | |
1990 | Newington | St Joseph's | |
1991 | St Joseph's | Newington, St Joseph's | |
1992 | Newington | Newington | |
1993 | St Joseph's | St Joseph's,Grammar | |
1994 | High | St Ignatius' | |
1995 | Newington | St Joseph's | |
1996 | Newington | St Ignatius',Grammar,St Joseph's | |
1997 | Newington | St Joseph's | |
1998 | Newington | St Joseph's | |
1999 | Scots | Scots |
Year | 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | |
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2000 | Scots (champions) | Scots | |
2001 | Scots (champions) | ||
2002 | Shore (champions) | Shore (champions) | |
2003 | Shore(champions) | Shore | |
2004 | Scots (champions) | Grammar | |
2005 | Newington (champions) | Newington | |
2006 | Kings | Shore | |
2007 | Shore | St. Ignatius' | |
2008 | St. Ignatius' | ||
2009 | Newington (champions) | St. Ignatius' | |
2010 | Newington (champions) | ||
2011 | Newington, High, Scots | Newington (champions) | |
2012 | High, Scots | Scots (champions) (Undefeated) | |
2013 | Scots (champions) | High (champions) | |
2014 | High (champions) | St Josephs, St Ignatius' (Undefeated) | |
2015 | Newington/High | Scots/High | |
2016 | Newington College | Newington College/Scots | |
2017 | Newington College | Saint Ignatius College, Riverview (Undefeated) | |
2018 | Newington College (Undefeated Champions) | Saint Ignatius College, Riverview (Undefeated) | |
2019 | Saint Ignatius College, Riverview(Undefeated Champions) | Saint Ignatius College, Riverview(Undefeated) | |
2020 | Scots | Shore/Newington College | |
2021 | Shore (undefeated AAGPS AND NSWCIS CHAMPIONS) | St Ignatius College, Riverview |