The Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) is a sporting association of nine independent schools in Victoria, Australia, formed in 1920. The AGSV provides interschool sporting competitions between the nine member schools in a range of sports across Summer and Winter seasons, as well as additional premiership sports. Following the end of each season, the AGSV selects top-performing students from any of the schools to compete in a representative competition against the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS).

During the Summer season (October to March), the AGSV coordinates competitions between the member schools in Summer sports such as Basketball, Cricket, Summer Hockey and Tennis amongst others. During the Winter season (April to August), sports played include Football, Soccer, Winter Hockey and Cross Country amongst others. In addition to the two main seasons, other premiership sports played include Swimming (February to March), Athletics (July to September) and Water Polo (July to September).

History The AGSV was founded in 1920 to provide an alternative to the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS). There were nine founding member schools: All Saints Grammar School, Brighton Grammar School, Camberwell Grammar School, Caulfield Grammar School, Haileybury College, Ivanhoe Grammar School, Malvern Grammar School, St Thomas College and Trinity Grammar School. In 1928, Carey Baptist Grammar School also joined the AGSV. Of these ten original schools, three (Camberwell, Ivanhoe and Trinity) are still AGSV members, four (Brighton, Carey, Caulfield and Haileybury) opted to join the APS instead in 1957, two (St Thomas with Essendon Grammar School and Malvern with Caulfield) amalgamated with other schools and one (All Saints) ceased to exist in 1925.

In 1958, Assumption College, Essendon Grammar School and Mentone Grammar School joined the AGSV. In 1964, 1965 and 1971 respectively, Marcellin College, The Peninsula School and Yarra Valley Grammar School joined the AGSV. In 1977, Essendon Grammar School amalgamated with the Penleigh Presbyterian Ladies' College to form the current Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. Following this, there have been no changes to the membership of the AGSV (as of August 2017).

The AGSV has provided annual Summer and Winter sports since its formation in 1920, as well as annual competitions in Swimming and Athletics amongst other sports.

In 1968, the AGSV and the APS established an annual Tennis competition between the best Tennis players in both associations. In 2000, this was extended to all Summer and Winter sports, and has remained an annual tradition since. Following every Summer and Winter season, the top-performing students in both the AGSV and the APS compete against each other in the annual competition between the two associations.

In 2001, the AGSV and the APS coordinated to form a combined AGSV/APS girls' sport program. This was due to the establishment of Girls Sport Victoria in 2000 after a letter was sent to principals of Melbourne Girls Grammar School, Firbank Girls' Grammar School, Genazzano FCJ College, Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, Presbyterian Ladies' College and Toorak College from the APS, inviting them to join their association, which they all refused. The new AGSV/APS girls' sport program was established to provide opportunities for fair competition to female students of schools from both associations. Of the twenty AGSV/APS schools, twelve are co-educational, eight are boys-only and none are girls-only. As such, most of the sporting competitions are dominated by boys and the opportunities for girls' sport are relatively limited in both associations. The AGSV/APS girls competition runs for the Summer and Winter seasons (not applying to the Athletics, Swimming or other sport that is contested outside the main seasons) and is separate from the boys competition, which remains AGSV-only.

Schools Current member schools

SchoolAbbreviationLocationPrincipalEnrolmentFoundedDenominationBoys/GirlsDay/boardingYear EnteredCompetitionSchool ColoursAssumption CollegeACKKilmoreKate Fogarty1,2451893Roman CatholicBoys & girlsDay & boarding1958Royal blue, sky blue and goldCamberwell Grammar SchoolCAMBCanterburyBen Jeacocke1,3041886AnglicanBoysDay1920Gold, navy and pale blueIvanhoe Grammar SchoolIVANIvanhoeGerard Foley2,1681915AnglicanBoys & girlsDay1920Brown and whiteMarcellin CollegeMARCBulleenJohn Hickey1,1731950Roman CatholicBoysDay1964Maroon, sky blue and goldMentone Grammar SchoolMENTMentoneAndy Müller2,0251923AnglicanBoys & girlsDay1958Navy, gold and whitePeninsula GrammarPGSMount ElizaStuart Johnston1,4501961AnglicanBoys & girlsDay & boarding1965Navy, red, gold and whitePenleigh and Essendon Grammar SchoolPEGSKeilor EastKate Dullard2,6991871 1872

1977 Uniting ChurchBoys & girlsDay1958Navy, maroon and pale blueTrinity Grammar School, KewTRINKewAdrian Farrer1,4801902AnglicanBoysDay1920Dark green and goldYarra Valley Grammar SchoolYVGRingwoodDr. Mark Merry1,2681966AnglicanBoys & girlsDay1971Red, gold and black

Sports The Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria offer a range of sports for the member schools. Boys compete in an AGSV only competitions and girls compete in the APS/AGSV competition. these sports offered are;

Boys

Athletics Australian Rules Football Badminton Basketball Cross Country Cricket Golf Hockey Lawn Bowls Rugby (VSRU) Soccer Squash (Squash Victoria) Swimming Table Tennis (Non AGSV Premiership Sport) Volleyball Waterpolo

Girls (AGSV/APS Combined)

Athletics Australian Rules Football Badminton Basketball Cross Country Cricket Golf Hockey Lawn bowls Netball Soccer Softball Swimming Touch Football Volleyball Waterpolo

Current List of Premiers +SportBoys PremiersGirls PremiersAthleticsCamberwell Grammar SchoolMentone Grammar SchoolAustralian Rules Football Penleigh and Essendon Grammar SchoolCaulfield Grammar School (APS)BadmintonCamberwell Grammar SchoolIvanhoe Grammar SchoolBasketballMarcellin CollegeHaileybury (APS)Cross CountryMarcellin CollegePenleigh and Essendon Grammar SchoolCricketCamberwell Grammar SchoolNot Awarded GolfBrighton Grammar School (APS)HockeyTrinity Grammar SchoolCarey Grammar School (APS)Lawn BowlsNot Awarded Not Awarded NetballNot Applicable Carey Grammar School (APS)SoccerMarcellin CollegeCaulfield Grammar School (APS)SoftballNot Applicable Haileybury (APS)SwimmingCamberwell Grammar SchoolIvanhoe Grammar SchoolTouch FootballNot Applicable Caulfield Grammar School (APS)TennisCamberwell Grammar SchoolWesley College (APS)VolleyballMentone Grammar SchoolIvanhoe Grammar SchoolWaterpoloNot Awarded Not Awarded List of 2023 Premiers

List of Premierships by Schools 1990 Onwards +Number of Boys PremiershipsSportACKCAMBIVANMARCMENTPGSPEGSTRINYVGAthletics02111140120Australian Rules Football14016001310Badminton0223000110Basketball0071901052Cross Country0092401000Cricket543552362Hockey02120012101Soccer00213101310Swimming03150150000Tennis040159812Volleyball0121430416 List as of the end of 2023

Note: Cricket allowed for co premiers until 2010

AGSV Representative titles The AGSV play one off Representative games against APS whereby the best students from each competition play against one another +2024 ResultsSportBoys ResultGirls ResultAustralian Rules FootballAGSV 8.9.57 Def By APS 13.13.91AGSV 4.4.28 DRAW APS 4.4.28BadmintonAGSV 6.14.458 Def APS 6.13.472Not Applicable BasketballAGSV 57 Def By APS 71AGSV 46 Def By APS 67CricketAGSV 10-180 Def By APS 4-182Not Applicable Cross CountryAGSV 138 Def By APS 78AGSV 51 Def By APS 32HockeyAGSV 4 Def By APS 6AGSV 3 Def APS 0NetballNot Applicable AGSV 36 Def By APS 66SoccerAGSV 4 Def APS 3AGSV 6 Def APS 4SoftballNot Applicable AGSV 8 Def By APS 9Table TennisAGSV 11-41 Def APS 9-37TennisAGSV 4-86 Def By APS 12/118AGSV 7-93 Def By APS 9-103Volleyball AGSV 3 Def APS 2AGSV 0 Def By APS 3

See also List of schools in Victoria, Australia

References

External links Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria