Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association Explained

Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association (now known as IGSA Sport)
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Headquarters:North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Membership:32 member schools
Language:English
General:Ms Lisa Moloney (MLC School)
Formation:1922
Website:https://igsa.nsw.edu.au/

The Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association (formerly known as IGSSA now trading as IGSA Sport), was established in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1922 with five founding members,[1] all of them independent girls' schools.

Today, the thirty-two members' schools of AHIGS are eligible to participate and compete against each other in a number of sporting carnivals and interschool sports through IGSA Sport (formerly known as IGSSA). Secondary school girls compete in team and individual sports at school level and can be selected to represent IGSA Sport as part of the NSWCIS and All Schools sporting pathways.

History

The Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association was established in 1922[1] as the Girls Secondary Schools Sports Union. Commencing with just five members,[1] all of them independent, Protestant schools for girls, IGSSA grew rapidly in the 1980s and 90s following the introduction of graded competition for many sports, improving competitions and adding new sports.[2]

Today IGSA Sport (or the AHIGS Sporting Committee, formerly known as IGSSA) is a sub - committee of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[2]

Schools

Current member schools

SchoolLocationEnrolmentFoundedDenominationDay/BoardingSchool Colours
Abbotsleigh School for Girls[3] Wahroonga~1,370[4] 1885[5] AnglicanDay & Boarding
Ascham SchoolEdgecliff~1,000[6] 1886[7] Non-denominationalDay & Boarding
Brigidine CollegeSt Ives~900[8] 1954[9] Roman CatholicDay
Canberra Girls' Grammar SchoolDeakin~1,450[10] 1926[11] AnglicanDay & Boarding
Danebank Anglican School for GirlsHurstville~910[12] 1933[13] AnglicanDay
Frensham SchoolMittagong~300[14] 1913[15] Non-denominationalDay & Boarding
KambalaRose Bay~950[16] 1887[17] AnglicanDay & Boarding
Kincoppal-Rose BayRose Bay~930[18] 1882[19] Roman CatholicDay & Boarding
Loreto KirribilliKirribilli~1,030[20] 1901[21] Roman CatholicDay
Loreto NormanhurstNormanhurst~900[22] 1897Roman CatholicDay & Boarding
MeridenStrathfield~17001897[23] AnglicanDay
MLC SchoolBurwood~1,260[24] 1886[25] Uniting ChurchDay
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy CollegeNorth Sydney~1,080[26] 1875[27] Roman CatholicDay
Mount St Benedict CollegePennant Hills ~10281966Roman CatholicDay
New England Girls' SchoolArmidale~380[28] 1895[29] AnglicanDay & Boarding
Our Lady of Mercy CollegeParramatta~1,030[30] 1889[31] Roman CatholicDay
Presbyterian Ladies' College, ArmidaleArmidale~400[32] 1887[33] PresbyterianDay & Boarding
Presbyterian Ladies' College, SydneyCroydon~1,350[34] 1888[35] PresbyterianDay & Boarding
Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble~2,135[36] 1916[37] Uniting ChurchDay & Boarding
Queenwood School for GirlsMosman~8001925[38] Non-denominationalDay
Ravenswood School for GirlsGordon~1,140[39] 1901[40] Uniting ChurchDay & Boarding
Roseville CollegeRoseville~790[41] 1908[42] AnglicanDay
SCEGGS DarlinghurstDarlinghurst~890[43] 1895[44] AnglicanDay
St Catherine's SchoolWaverley~910[45] 1856[46] AnglicanDay & Boarding
St Patrick's CollegeCampbelltown
St Scholastica's CollegeGlebe
St Vincent's CollegePotts Point~680[47] 1858[48] Roman CatholicDay & Boarding
Santa Sabina CollegeStrathfield~1,500[49] 1894[50] Roman CatholicDay
Stella Maris CollegeManly
Tangara School for GirlsCherrybrook
Tara Anglican School for GirlsNorth Parramatta~1,000[51] 1897[52] AnglicanDay & Boarding
Wenona SchoolNorth Sydney~815[53] 1886[54] Non-denominationalDay & Boarding

Former member schools

SchoolLocationDenominationFoundedClosed/MergedYears
Competed
Brighton CollegeManly[55] 1889Closed 19601922 - 1960
Claremont CollegeRandwick[56] Anglican1882Secondary school closed 19661922 - 1966
Normanhurst School[57] Ashfield[58] Non-denominational1882[59] Closed 1941[60] 1922 - 1941
Presbyterian Ladies' CollegeGoulburnPresbyterian1921[61] Closed 19701956 - 1966
Presbyterian Ladies' CollegeOrangePresbyterian1928Merged 1975 with Wolaroi College to form Kinross Wolaroi School1928 - 1975
Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, RedlandsCremorneAnglican1884Became SCECGS Redlands in 19761922 - 1975
SCEGGS WollongongWollongongAnglican1955Merged 1976 with The Illawarra Grammar School1955 - 1976
SCEGGS Moss ValeMoss ValeAnglican1906Closed 19741922 - 1974
St Luke's Anglican School for Girls'Dee WhyAnglican[62] 1961Amalgamated 1992 with Peninsula Anglican Boys School and Roseby Preparatory School to form St Lukes Grammar School1961 - ?

Sports

The IGSA Sport Committee (formerly IGSSA) organises competitions among 32 independent girls' schools in New South Wales. Secondary school girls compete in team and individual sports at school level and may be selected through IGSA Sport for higher representative pathways. IGSA Sport works with each member school's physical education and sport programme by providing interschool competition from beginners to elite level.[2]

IGSA Sport graded competitions are held on Saturday mornings and involve between 5000 and 6300 participants each term.[2] Students may choose each term:

Term One
Term Two
Term Three
Term Four

Carnivals

In addition to IGSSA Saturday graded competitions, the association holds six annual carnivals in seven sports:

Rowing

The IGSA Sport Rowing Regatta is typically held in March at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.[63] The ten schools that offer a rowing programme, and therefore regularly compete in the regatta are: Ascham, Canberra Girls' Grammar School, Loreto Kirribilli, Loreto Normanhurst, MLC School, the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, Pymble Ladies' College, Queenwood School for Girls, Roseville College, and Tara Anglican School for Girls. These schools also make up the bulk of entries at the Schoolgirls Head of the River regatta.

YearOverall Champion1st VIII1st IVYear 10 Quad
2001[64] Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegeRoseville
2002[65] Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegeCanberra Girls' Grammar SchoolLoreto Normanhurst
2003[66] Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegeRoseville
2004[67] Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegeCanberra Girls' Grammar SchoolCanberra
2005[68] Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegeCanberra Girls' Grammar SchoolCanberra
2006[69] Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegePLC Sydney
2007[70] Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegeMLCPymble Ladies' College
2008[71] [72] Pymble Ladies' CollegePLC SydneyQueenwoodPLC Sydney
2009[73] [74] Pymble Ladies' CollegeTaraAscham
2010Not held
2011Pymble Ladies' CollegeQueenwoodAschamAscham
2012Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' CollegeRosevilleLoreto Normanhurst
2013Pymble Ladies' CollegeQueenwoodQueenwoodPymble Ladies' College
2014Pymble Ladies' CollegeQueenwoodPymble Ladies' CollegeLoreto Normanhurst
2015Pymble Ladies' CollegeLoreto NormanhurstSt Catherine's SchoolPymble Ladies' College
2016Canberra Girls' Grammar SchoolQueenwoodCanberra Girls' Grammar SchoolPymble Ladies' College
2017Canberra Girls' Grammar SchoolQueenwoodLoreto NormanhurstCanberra Girls' Grammar School
2018Pymble Ladies' CollegeQueenwoodPLC SydneyCanberra Girls' Grammar School
2019Pymble Ladies' CollegeQueenwoodSt Catherine's SchoolPymble Ladies' College
2020Pymble Ladies' CollegeQueenwoodMLC SchoolSt Catherine's School
2021Pymble Ladies' CollegeQueenwoodMLC SchoolPymble Ladies' College
2022Loreto KirribilliQueenwoodMLC SchoolQueenwood
2023Loreto KirribilliSt Catherine's SchoolCanberra Girls' Grammar SchoolCanberra Girls' Grammar School
2024Loreto KirribilliSt Catherine's SchoolCanberra Girls' Grammar SchoolCanberra Girls' Grammar School

Swimming and diving

The IGSA Sport Swimming and Diving carnival has been held annually since 1925. Today it is typically held in March at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.[75]

In both sports, schools compete in divisions (three for swimming and two for diving) based on their results from the previous year. Both divisions have the same point score and the highest total point score within each division is deemed the Division Champion and presented with a shield.[75] [76] The winning school from each of the first divisions is awarded the carnival champion.

YearDiving ChampionSwimming Champion
1999PLC Sydney[77]
2000PLC Sydney
2001PLC Sydney
2002PLC SydneyAbbotsleigh[78]
2003PLC SydneyAbbotsleigh
2004PLC SydneyAbbotsleigh
2005PLC SydneyAbbotsleigh
2006PLC SydneyAbbotsleigh
2007PLC SydneyPLC Sydney
2008AbbotsleighPLC Sydney[79]
2009AbbotsleighPLC Sydney[80]
2010AbbotsleighAbbotsleigh
2011Abbotsleigh and MLC SchoolPLC Sydney
2012Pymble Ladies' CollegePLC Sydney
2013Pymble Ladies' CollegePLC Sydney
2014Pymble Ladies' CollegePLC Sydney
2015Pymble Ladies' CollegeAbbotsleigh
2016Pymble Ladies' CollegePLC Sydney
2017Pymble Ladies' CollegeAbbotsleigh
2018Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' College
2019Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' College
2020Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' College
2021Pymble Ladies' CollegePymble Ladies' College
2022PLC SydneyPymble Ladies' College
2023PLC SydneyPLC Sydney
2024PLC SydneyPLC Sydney

Athletics

The IGSA Sport Track and Field carnival has been held annually since 1923. Today it is typically held in June at Sydney Olympic Park. Competing schools are divided into three divisions based on their results from the previous year. The Division Champions are presented with a shield, with the winning school of the first divisions awarded the carnival champion.[81]

YearChampionYearChampion
1990[82] Pymble2010Pymble
1991Abbotsleigh2011Pymble
1992Pymble2012Pymble
1993Pymble2013Pymble
1994Pymble2014Abbotsleigh
1995Abbotsleigh2015Pymble
1996Pymble2016Pymble
1997Pymble2017Pymble
1998Pymble2018Pymble
1999Pymble2019Pymble
2000Pymble2020Not held due to COVID
2001Abbotsleigh2021Not held due to COVID
2002Abbotsleigh
Pymble
2022Pymble
2003Pymble2023Pymble
2004Abbotsleigh
2005Abbotsleigh
2006Abbotsleigh
2007Abbotsleigh[83]
2008[84] Abbotsleigh
2009[85] PLC Sydney

Gymnastics

The IGSA Sport annual Gymnastics Carnival was first held in 1969. Today the carnival is typically held in October, at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre in Sydney Olympic Park.[86] Students may compete in either Rhythmic (RG) or Artistic (WAG) gymnastics, and schools are placed in divisions (two for rhythmic and three for artistic) based on their results from the previous year.[87] Through combined WAG and RG results, a Champion school is declared.

YearOverall Champion[88] WAGRG
1970Pymble
1971Queenwood
1972Queenwood
1973Wenona
Canberra
1974Wenona
Pymble
1975Pymble
1976Pymble
1977Tara
1978SCEGGS
1979SCEGGS
1980SCEGGS
1981SCEGGS
1982Pymble
1983Pymble
1984Pymble
1985MLC
1986Pymble
1987Pymble
1988Pymble
1989Pymble
1990Pymble
1991Pymble
1992Pymble
1993RavenswoodPymbleRavenswood
1994PymblePymblePymble
1995PymblePymbleRavenswood
1996PymblePymblePymble
1997PymblePymblePLC Sydney
1998PymblePymblePymble
1999PymblePymblePymble
2000PymblePymblePymble
2001PymblePymblePymble
2002PLC Sydney
Pymble
PLC SydneyPymble
2003PymblePymblePymble
2004PLC SydneyPLC SydneyPLC Sydney
2005PLC Sydney
Pymble
PymblePLC Sydney
2006PymblePymblePymble
2007[89] PLC Sydney
Pymble
PymblePLC Sydney
2008[90] PymblePymblePymble
2009PymblePymblePymble
2010PymblePymbleMLC School
2011PymblePLC SydneyMeriden
2012PLC SydneyPLC SydneyMeriden
2013PymblePLC SydneyMeriden
2014PymblePymbleMeriden
2015PymblePymbleMeriden
2016PymblePymbleRavenswood
2017PymbleMLC SchoolRavenswood
2018PLC SydneyPLC SydneyRavenswood
2019PLC SydneyPLC SydneyRavenswood
2020Not held due to COVID
2021Not held due to COVID
2022PLC SydneyPLC SydneyRavenswood
2023PLC SydneyPLC SydneyAscham

Tildesley Tennis

The Tildesley Tennis Shield competition is IGSSA's longest running carnival. It was first held in 1918, with the now defunct Normanhurst School in Ashfield declared the champion school, and Daphne Akhurst (1903 - 1933) the winner of the singles competition. Akhurst was to become one of the best female tennis players Australia has ever produced. She was a pupil of Normanhurst School,[57] which in 1918 had as its Headmistress, Miss Evelyn Mary Tildesley (1882 - 1976) from Staffordshire, England.[58] Normanhurst School had a very successful tennis program, and by the 1920s had produced two of Australia's most famous female tennis players, with Rosie Payten in addition to Daphne Akhurst. It was Tildesley who donated "a beautiful oak and bronze shield"[57] for a tennis competition which encouraged team spirit among Sydney's Protestant girls' schools.[57]

The Shield was to be presented to the school which showed the best average score in tennis, with each school sending a tenth of its students over the age of twelve. The idea behind this was that each school would be able to give many of their pupils the chance of playing, rather than just a few very talented students, as was the case with the School Girls' Championships held by the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association.[57]

Tildesley was inspired by American tennis tournaments in determining how her competition would be scored. In such tournaments, a percentage of games won against games played is taken. This system of scoring has often been criticised over the years, particularly by the larger schools, and to this day it remains highly unusual for a large school to win the Tildesley Shield. It is however apparent that the reasoning that prompted Tildesley was that of encouraging more participation in tennis among the 12 Protestant schools operating in 1918, and to have a scoring system which rewarded the school with the best average.[57] Until 1922, the competition was managed by the Girls Secondary Schools Lawn Tennis Association, and after this time, the Girls Secondary Schools Sports Union (now IGSSA). From 1922 until 1944, the Tildesley Shield was held, where possible, on three consecutive Saturdays in October at White City Stadium. In 1918 it was held at the Double Bay Courts, as White City was then a fun parlour which was taken over for grass courts circa 1920 - 21. Matches were the best of eight games, with entries based on a 1:15 ratio for girls 12 years and over on 1 October, with a minimum of 12 (6 singles, 3 doubles) and a maximum of 32 (16 singles, 8 doubles).[57]

From 1944 to 1946, the numbers were modified to 1:25, with a minimum of eight (4 singles, 2 doubles) and a maximum of 20 (10 singles, 5 doubles). In 1947 it reverted to the original scheme until 1971 when the entry scheme was redrafted. In 1980, it was again redrafted to a system of a 1:22 ratio, by Miss Patti Dyson, then Headmistress of PLC Sydney. All matches are now one set only, first to 9 games, no advantage. A tie-breaker is used at 7 - all in quarter finals, semi-finals and finals only. Games won, games lost, games played in all singles and doubles matches are totalled for each school, with the final percentage for each school being the number of games won over the number of games played.[57]

The continuous attempts to redraft the conditions of the Shield are largely due to the prestigious place the competition holds in Independent Girls' School Tennis. However, it has remained essential that the conditions stay true to the principles of the donor. If Miss Tildesley had wished the Shield to be reserved for the champions, which would have led to her school winning more often, then the conditions of play would have been much different. However, Tildesley, along with her sister Beatrice and Mr Henry Marsh, who had developed the concept with her, insisted that the school with the best average of games won the Shield.[57] As Marsh explained in his article in the Normanhurst Jubilee Magazine:

In 1998, Mr Peter Spender donated a trophy for the Most Improved Tildesley Shield Tournament School, in memory of his wife Diane Greaves, an ex - SCEGGS Darlinghurst student. Any school who improves their position from the previous year automatically becomes eligible to win the Spender trophy. Today the Tildesley Shield Competition is open to all IGSSA schools, with 24 of them typically choosing to compete, and takes place at Eastwood Thornleigh District Tennis Association courts at Pennant Hills, New South Wales over three consecutive days, usually in March / April. Entry is accepted according to a ratio of secondary enrolments to a maximum number of matches in singles and doubles, which may change slightly each year due to changes in enrolment numbers.[91]

Tildesley Shield winners

YearSchool[92] YearSchoolYearSchool
1918Normanhurst School1964MLC2010Meriden
1919Ravenswood1965Ascham2011Meriden
1920Normanhurst School1966Not Held2011Meriden
1921Ravenswood1967Abbotsleigh2012Meriden
1922Ascham1968SCEGGS Wollongong2013Meriden
1923Ravenswood1969SCEGGS Wollongong2014Meriden
1924Claremont College1970Wenona2015Meriden
1925Claremont College1971Wenona2016Meriden
1926Ascham1972Abbotsleigh2017Meriden
1927Ascham1973Abbotsleigh2018Meriden
1928Ascham1974Not Completed2019Meriden
1929Normanhurst School1975Abbotsleigh2020Meriden
1930Ascham1976Abbotsleigh2021Meriden
1931Normanhurst School1977Abbotsleigh2022Meriden
1932Ascham1978Abbotsleigh2023Meriden
1933Normanhurst School1979Queenwood2024Meriden
1934Normanhurst School1980Abbotsleigh
1935Normanhurst School1981Queenwood
1936Normanhurst School1982Roseville
1937Ascham1983Roseville
1938Abbotsleigh1984Ravenswood
1939SCEGGS1985Ravenswood
1940MLC1986Ravenswood
1941MLC1987Ravenswood
1942Ascham1988Ravenswood
1943Not Held1989Ravenswood
1944Ascham1990Ravenswood
1945Ascham1991Ravenswood
1946Ascham1992Ascham
1947MLC1993Queenwood
1948Queenwood1994Queenwood
19491995Ravenswood
1950Kambala1996Roseville
1951Queenwood1997Pymble
1952Abbotsleigh1998Kincoppal
1953Abbotsleigh1999Kincoppal
1954Abbotsleigh2000Kincoppal
1955Wenona2001Abbotsleigh
1956Wenona2002Roseville
1957Abbotsleigh2003Roseville
1958Abbotsleigh2004SCEGGS
1959MLC2005Roseville
1960MLC2006NEGS
1961MLC2007Roseville
1962Ascham2008[93] Roseville
1963Wenona2009[94] NEGS

Notable IGSSA sportswomen

Athletics
Cricket
Cycling
Diving
Gymnastics
Netball
Rowing
Football
Skiing
Swimming
Tennis

See also

External links

Notes and References

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