AAGPS (NSW) 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.
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 |
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
| 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 |  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 |
2000 onwards
| 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 | Newington (Champions) | Newington |
| 2006 | Kings | Shore |
| 2007 | Shore | St. Ignatius' |
| 2008 | Newington | St. Ignatius' |
| 2009 | Newington (Champions) | St. Ignatius' |
| 2010 | Newington | Newington (Champions) |
| 2011 | Newington, High, Scots | Newington (Champions) |
| 2012 | High, Scots | Scots (Champions) |
| 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
- Jackson Aldridge (Riverview) - Butler University
- Grant Anticevich (Newington) - University of California
- Greg MacQuillan (Riverview) - Undrafted
- Hunter Madden (Shore) - University of Idaho/Sydney Kings
See also
References
- "GPS Basketball Trophies". Athletic Association of Great Public Schools of NSW.
- "Trophies | AAGPS". aagps.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- "Trophies | AAGPS". aagps.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- "Riverview Sport Outline". riverview.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- SBHS (1978). "[High] finished second behind the joint premiers". The Record: 94.
- "Premiership History | AAGPS". aagps.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2019-05-09.