AAGPS (NSW) Basketball

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AAGPS Basketball
Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales Basketball
Formation1975
HeadquartersSydney, 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
Websitehttp://aagps.nsw.edu.au/summer-sports/basketball

The NSW AAGPS (Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales) is one of the premier basketball competitions played in Australia. It is an annual, 7 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 (Shore). Preseason games are played in Term 4 of the particular season, with the official GPS games played in Term 1 every Saturday. 1st grade games commence at 11:15 and often attract large games. 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 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 1-day round robin formatted competition) over the trial rounds, with the schools are 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).

Commencement[]

The competition commenced in 1975.[1]

  • First Teams compete for the Denys Hake Shield[2] which was first awarded in 1975, and was presented by The King's School Council in honour of the wife of a former Headmaster of King's, Herbert Denys Hake OBE.
  • Second Teams compete for The TE Bawden Shield[3] which was first awarded in 1975. It was also presented by The King's School and named after the first GPS Convenor of Basketball, and later GPS Treasurer, Tom Bawden.
  • The AAGPS and CAS First Teams compete annually for the PJ Yeend Cup, presented by Basketball NSW.
  • The AAGPS and ISA First Teams compete annually for the McKay Cup.

Competition Format[]

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]

Results[]

1975 to 1999[]

Results
Year 1st Grade 2nd Grade
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 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington,King's
1986 Scots St Joseph's
1987 Shore St Joseph's
1988 Grammar St Joseph's
1989 St Joseph's Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington, St Joseph's
1990 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington St Joseph's
1991 St Joseph's Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington, St Joseph's
1992 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington
1993 St Joseph's St Joseph's,Grammar
1994 High St Ignatius'
1995 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington St Joseph's
1996 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington St Ignatius',Grammar,St Joseph's
1997 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington St Joseph's
1998 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington St Joseph's
1999 Scots Scots

2000 onwards[]

Results[6]
Year 1st Grade 2nd Grade
2000 Scots (Champions) Scots
2001 Scots (Champions)
2002 Shore (Champions) Shore (Champions)
2003 Shore(Champions) Shore
2004 Scots (Champions) Grammar
2005 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington (Champions) Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington
2006 Kings Shore
2007 Shore St. Ignatius'
2008 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington St. Ignatius'
2009 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington (Champions) St. Ignatius'
2010 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington (Champions)
2011 Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington, High, Scots Newingtoncoatofarms.jpgNewington (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 Newington College/Shore

Notable Players[]

  • Isaac Humphries (Scots) - University of Kentucky/Orlando Magic
  • Nick Kay (Newington) - Metro State College/Perth Wildcats
  • Jordan Hunter (Riverview) - St Mary's College/Sydney Kings
  • (Riverview) - Butler University
  • (Newington) - University of California
  • (Riverview) - Undrafted
  • (Shore) - University of Idaho/Sydney Kings

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "GPS Basketball Trophies". Athletic Association of Great Public Schools of NSW.
  2. ^ "Trophies | AAGPS". aagps.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  3. ^ "Trophies | AAGPS". aagps.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  4. ^ "Riverview Sport Outline". riverview.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. ^ SBHS (1978). "[High] finished second behind the joint premiers". The Record: 94.
  6. ^ "Premiership History | AAGPS". aagps.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2019-05-09.

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