Associated Private Schools Explained

Associated Private Schools
Headquarters:	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Membership:	8 member schools A.B. Paterson College All Saints Anglican School Coomera Anglican College Emmanuel College King's Christian College Somerset College Saint Stephen's College Trinity Lutheran College

The Associated Private Schools (APS) is a sporting association of eight private schools in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.^{[1] [2]}

Current member schools

School	Location	Founded	Denomination	Day/boarding	School colours	School nickname
A.B. Paterson College	Arundel	1990	Non-denominational	Day	Green, yellow and white	A.B.
All Saints Anglican School^[3]	Merrimac	1987	Anglican	Day and boarding	Navy blue, light blue and beige	ASAS
Coomera Anglican College	Coomera	1997	Anglican	Day	Mint, white and dark blue	CAC
Emmanuel College	Carrara	1984	Multi-denominational	Day	Dark blue, blue and yellow	Emmanuel
King's Christian College	Reedy Creek	1980	Non-denominational	Day	Teal, dark blue and white	Kings
Somerset College	Mudgeeraba	1983	Non-denominational	Day	White, navy blue and forest green	Somerset
Saint Stephen's College	Coomera	1995	Anglican Catholic	Day	Orange, dark blue and white	SSC
Trinity Lutheran College	Ashmore	1981	Lutheran	Day	Green, white and dark green	TLC

Sports

Winter (Terms 1-2)	Summer (Terms 3-4)
Hockey	Australian rules football
Netball (female only)	Basketball
Rugby (male only)	Cricket (male only)
Soccer	Softball (female only)
Tennis
Volleyball	Touch football
	Water polo

Results

Australian rules football

Open Boys Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
align=center	2018		align=center	5.7 (37) – 1.2 (8)		align=center		align=center	^[4]
align=center	2019		align=center	4.4 (28) – 4.3 (27)		align=center	Metricon Stadium	align=center	^[5]

Open Girls Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
align=center	2018		align=center	5.4 (34) – 0.1 (1)		align=center	Metricon Stadium	align=center	^[6]
align=center	2019		align=center	6.3 (39) – 4.5 (29)		align=center	Metricon Stadium	align=center	^[7]

Basketball

Open A Boys Finals

Netball

1st VII Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
align=center	2016		align=center	30–25		align=center	Coomera Anglican College	align=center	^[9]
align=center	2017		align=center	55–26		align=center		align=center	^[10]
align=center	2018		align=center	60–27		align=center	–	align=center	^[11]
align=center	2019		align=center	39–27		align=center	–	align=center	^[12]
align=center	2020		align=center	61–14		align=center	Trinity Lutheran College	align=center	^[13]
align=center	2021		align=center	50–35		align=center	Somerset College	align=center	^[14]
align=center	2022	-	align=center	–	-	align=center	-	align=center
align=center	2021		align=center	52–35		align=center	-	align=center

Rugby

1st XV Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
align=center	2015		align=center	29–3		align=center		align=center	^[15]
align=center	2016		align=center	15–12		align=center	Bond University	align=center	^[16]
align=center	2017		align=center	22–19		align=center	Bond University	align=center	^[17]
align=center	2018		align=center	21–5		align=center	Bond University	align=center	^[18]
align=center	2019	align=center	All Saints Somerset	align=center	17–17	align=center	–	align=center	Bond University	align=center	^[19]
align=center	2021		align=center	14–10		align=center	Bond University	align=center	^[20]
align=center	2022		align=center	31–14		align=center	Bond University	align=center	^[21]
align=center	2023		align=center	26–18		align=center	Bond University	align=center	^[22]

Water Polo

Open A Boys Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
align=center	2020		align=center	10–2		align=center	Trinity Lutheran College	align=center
align=center	2021		align=center	20–3		align=center	Trinity Lutheran College	align=center	^[23]

See also

• List of schools in Gold Coast, Queensland

Notes and References

1. https://www.tlc.qld.edu.au/co-curricular/sport/inter-school-sport-aps Trinity Lutheran College Inter-School Sport (APS)
2. https://www.kingscollege.qld.edu.au/about-kings/sport King's Christian College - Sport
3. https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/gold-coast-sports-injury-experts-say-safety-is-a-must-for-all-codes/news-story/9b62a12c4dbe6daa0e453add3b9233b5 Gold Coast sports injury experts say safety is a must for all codes
4. News: Somerset College dominate 2018 APS Grand Final Day. AFL Queensland. 13 November 2018.
5. News: Coomera Anglican College win senior female and male Associated Private Schools’ AFL grand finals. Coomera Anglican College. 10 November 2019.
6. Web site: Somerset College head of sport says matter of time before they have AFLW representatives. Gold Coast Bulletin. 14 November 2018.
7. News: APS male and female Grand Finals held at Metricon Stadium. Coomera Anglican College. 10 November 2019.
8. http://www.saintstephenscollege.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/V23-36-16-November-2018-Online-PDF.pdf Acta Ludi - 16 November 2018
9. News: Grand Finals Netball. Somerset College. 10 June 2016.
10. News: 1st Netball Team Win APS Premiership. Somerset College. 14 July 2017.
11. News: Another APS Premiership for Netball's 1st Team. Somerset College. 15 June 2018.
12. News: 1st Netball Team Scores Third consecutive APS Title. Somerset College. 12 June 2019.
13. News: Netballers' Teams Triumph in APS Finals. Somerset College. 18 September 2020.
14. News: 1ST NETBALL TEAM'S FIFTH BACK TO BACK APS PREMIERSHIP. Somerset College. 7 June 2021.
15. News: Somerset Times - No.9, Term Two. Somerset Times. 19 June 2015.
16. News: Heartbreaking Loss in the APS Grand Final. Somerset College. 10 June 2016.
17. News: Somerset Sport - 2017. Somerset College. 20 July 2017.
18. News: Somerset 1st XV Rugby go Back to Back. Somerset College. 15 June 2018.
19. News: Somerset takes on All Saints in Rugby Final. Somerset College. 8 July 2020.
20. News: 2021 APS rugby grand final - Somerset College defeat King's Christian College 14-10. Gold Coast Bulletin. 13 June 2018.
21. News: Kings reign over Somerset in APS grand final. Bond University Sport. 10 June 2022.
22. News: 2023 Rugby APS Grand Final. King's Rugby. 31 May 2023.
23. News: The secret to Trinity Lutheran College's stunning water polo success. Gold Coast Bulletin. 15 November 2019.