Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association

Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association
Formation 1922[1]
Headquarters North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Membership 29 member schools
Official languages English
Secretary General Ms Vicki Steer (Ravenswood)[2]
Website igssa.ahigs.nsw.edu.au

The Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association (commonly known as IGSSA), was established in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1922 with five founding members,[3] all of them independent Protestant girls' schools.

Today, the 29 member schools of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS), both Catholic and independent schools, compete against each other in a number of sporting carnivals and termly sports through the association. Secondary school girls compete in team and individual sports at school level and can be selected through IGSSA for state representative teams and higher competitions.[1]

Contents

History

The Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association was established in 1922[3] as the Girls Secondary Schools Sports Union.[4] Commencing with just five members,[3] all of them independent, Protestant schools for girls,[4] IGSSA grew rapidly in the 1980s and 90s following the introduction of graded competition for many sports, improving competitions and adding new sports.[1]

Today IGSSA (or the AHIGS Sporting Committee) is a sub–committee of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[1]

Schools

Current member schools

School Location Enrolment Founded Denomination Day/Boarding School Colours
Abbotsleigh School for Girls[5] Wahroonga ~1,370[6] 1885[7] Anglican Day & Boarding         
Ascham School[5] Edgecliff ~1,000[8] 1886[9] Non-denominational Day & Boarding             
Brigidine College[5] St Ives ~850[10] 1954[11] Roman Catholic Day         
Calrossy Anglican School for Girls[5] Tamworth ~450[12] 1919[13] Anglican Day & Boarding             
Canberra Girls' Grammar School[5] Deakin ~1,450[14] 1926[15] Anglican Day & Boarding             
Danebank Anglican School for Girls[5] Hurstville ~910[16] 1933[17] Anglican Day             
Frensham School[5] Mittagong ~300[18] 1913[19] Non-denominational Day & Boarding             
Kambala[5] Rose Bay ~950[20] 1887[21] Anglican Day & Boarding             
Kincoppal-Rose Bay[5] Rose Bay ~930[22] 1882[23] Roman Catholic Day & Boarding             
Loreto Kirribilli[5] Kirribilli ~1,030[24] 1901[25] Roman Catholic Day         
Loreto Normanhurst[5] Normanhurst ~900[26] 1897[26] Roman Catholic Day & Boarding         
Meriden[5] Strathfield ~850 1897[27] Anglican Day         
MLC School[5] Burwood ~1,260[28] 1886[29] Uniting Church Day             
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College[5] North Sydney ~1,080[30] 1875[31] Roman Catholic Day         
New England Girls' School[5] Armidale ~380[32] 1895[33] Anglican Day & Boarding             
Our Lady of Mercy College[5] Parramatta ~1,030[34] 1889[35] Roman Catholic Day             
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Armidale[5] Armidale ~400[36] 1887[37] Presbyterian Day & Boarding             
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney[5] Croydon ~1,350[38] 1888[39] Presbyterian Day & Boarding             
Pymble Ladies' College[5] Pymble ~2,135[40] 1916[41] Uniting Church Day & Boarding             
Queenwood School for Girls[5] Mosman ~800 1925[42] Non-denominational Day             
Ravenswood School for Girls[5] Gordon ~1,140[43] 1901[44] Uniting Church Day & Boarding         
Roseville College[5] Roseville ~790[45] 1908[46] Anglican Day         
SCEGGS Darlinghurst[5] Darlinghurst ~890[47] 1895[48] Anglican Day         
St Catherine's School[5] Waverley ~910[49] 1856[50] Anglican Day & Boarding             
St Clare's College[5] Waverley ~500[51] 1884[52] Roman Catholic Day             
St Vincent's College[5] Potts Point ~680[53] 1858[54] Roman Catholic Day & Boarding             
Santa Sabina College[5] Strathfield ~1,500[55] 1894[56] Roman Catholic Day             
Tara Anglican School for Girls[5] North Parramatta ~1,000[57] 1897[58] Anglican Day & Boarding         
Wenona School[5] North Sydney ~815[59] 1886[60] Non-denominational Day & Boarding             

Former member schools

School Location Denomination Founded Closed/Merged Years
Competed
Brighton College[5] Manly[61] 1889[61] Closed 1960[61] 1922–1960
Claremont College[62] Randwick[63] Anglican[63] 1882[63] Secondary school closed 1966[63] 1922–1966
Normanhurst School[4] Ashfield[64] Non-denominational[65] 1882[66] Closed 1941[65] 1922–1941
Presbyterian Ladies' College[5] Goulburn[67] Presbyterian[67] 1921[67] Closed 1970[67] 1956–1966
Presbyterian Ladies' College[5] Orange Presbyterian 1928 Merged 1975 with Wolaroi College to form Kinross Wolaroi School 1928–1975
Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Redlands[5] Cremorne Anglican 1884 Became SCECGS Redlands in 1976 1922–1975
SCEGGS Wollongong[5] Wollongong Anglican 1955 Merged 1976 with The Illawarra Grammar School 1955–1976
SCEGGS Moss Vale[5] Moss Vale Anglican 1906 Closed 1974 1922–1974
St Luke's Anglican School for Girls'[5] Dee Why Anglican[68] 1961 Amalgamated 1992 with Peninsula Anglican Boys School and Roseby Preparatory School to form St Lukes Grammar School 1961–?

Sports

The AHIGS Sporting Committee (IGSSA) organises competitions among 29 independent girls' schools in New South Wales. Secondary school girls compete in team and individual sports at school level and may be selected through IGSSA for state teams and other higher competitions. IGSSA works with each member school's physical education and sport programme by providing interschool competition from beginners to elite level.[1]

IGSSA graded competitions are held on Saturday mornings and involve between 5000 to 6300 participants each term.[1] Students may choose one Saturday sport per 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 IGSSA Rowing Regatta is typically held in March at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.[69] 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.

Year Overall Champion 1st VIII 1st IV Year 10 Quad
2001[70] Pymble Pymble Pymble Roseville
2002[71] Pymble Pymble Canberra Loreto Normanhurst
2003[72] Pymble Pymble Pymble Roseville
2004[73] Pymble Pymble Canberra Canberra
2005[74] Pymble Pymble Canberra Canberra
2006[75] Pymble Pymble Pymble PLC Sydney
2007[76] Pymble Pymble MLC Pymble
2008[77][78] Pymble PLC Sydney Queenwood PLC Sydney
2009[79][80] Canberra Pymble Tara Ascham

Swimming and diving

The IGSSA Swimming and Diving carnival has been held annually since 1925. Today it is typically held in March at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.[81]

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.[81][82] The winning school from each of the first divisions is awarded the carnival champion.

Year Diving Champion Swimming Champion
1999 PLC Sydney[83]
2000 PLC Sydney[83]
2001 PLC Sydney[83]
2002 PLC Sydney[83] Abbotsleigh[84]
2003 PLC Sydney[83] Abbotsleigh[84]
2004 PLC Sydney[83] Abbotsleigh[84]
2005 PLC Sydney[83] Abbotsleigh[84]
2006 PLC Sydney[83] Abbotsleigh[84]
2007 PLC Sydney[83] PLC Sydney[84]
2008 Abbotsleigh PLC Sydney[85]
2009 Abbotsleigh PLC Sydney[86]

Athletics

The IGSSA Athletics 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.[87]

Year Champion
1990[88] Pymble
1991[88] Abbotsleigh
1992[88] Pymble
1993[88] Pymble
1994[88] Pymble
1995[88] Abbotsleigh
1996[88] Pymble
1997[88] Pymble
1998[88] Pymble
1999[88] Pymble
2000[88] Pymble
2001[88] Abbotsleigh
2002[88] Abbotsleigh
Pymble
2003[88] Pymble
2004[88] Abbotsleigh
2005[88] Abbotsleigh
2006[88] Abbotsleigh[87]
2007[88] Abbotsleigh[89]
2008[90] Abbotsleigh
2009[91] PLC Sydney

Gymnastics

The IGSSA annual Gymnastics Carnival was first held in 1969. Today the carnival is typically held in October, at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre in Homebush.[92] 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.[93] Through combined WAG and RG results, a Champion school is declared.

Year Overall Champion[94] WAG[94] RG[94]
1970 Pymble
1971 Queenwood
1972 Queenwood
1973 Wenona
Canberra
1974 Wenona
Pymble
1975 Pymble
1976 Pymble
1977 Tara
1978 SCEGGS
1979 SCEGGS
1980 SCEGGS
1981 SCEGGS
1982 Pymble
1983 Pymble
1984 Pymble
1985 MLC
1986 Pymble
1987 Pymble
1988 Pymble
1989 Pymble
1990 Pymble
1991 Pymble
1992 Pymble
1993 Ravenswood Pymble Ravenswood
1994 Pymble Pymble Pymble
1995 Pymble Pymble Ravenswood
1996 Pymble Pymble Pymble
1997 Pymble Pymble PLC Sydney
1998 Pymble Pymble Pymble
1999 Pymble Pymble Pymble
2000 Pymble Pymble Pymble
2001 Pymble Pymble Pymble
2002 PLC Sydney
Pymble		 PLC Sydney Pymble
2003 Pymble Pymble Pymble
2004 PLC Sydney PLC Sydney PLC Sydney
2005 PLC Sydney
Pymble		 Pymble PLC Sydney
2006 Pymble Pymble Pymble
2007[95] PLC Sydney
Pymble		 Pymble PLC Sydney
2008[96] Pymble Pymble Pymble

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,[4] which in 1918 had as its Headmistress, Miss Evelyn Mary Tildesley (1882–1976) from Staffordshire, England.[64] 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"[4] for a tennis competition which encouraged team spirit amongst Sydney's Protestant girls' schools.[4]

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.[4]

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 amongst the 12 Protestant schools operating in 1918, and to have a scoring system which rewarded the school with the best average.[4]

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).[4]

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 games are totalled for each school, with the final percentage for each school being the number of games won over the number of games played.[4]

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.[4] As Marsh explained in his article in the Normanhurst Jubilee Magazine:

“ It is the most coveted trophy in school tennis because it teaches the girls to play for their school rather than for themselves, its special value lying in the fact that at least 12 girls, with a maximum of 32, according to the number of pupils over 12 years of age, compete for the trophy, thereby giving a number of the younger girls an opportunity of representing their School which they would not otherwise get until much later.[4] ”

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, and for each place gained points are awarded. Points are then accumulated according to the number of places a school improves.[97]

Today the Tildesley Shield Competition is open to all IGSSA schools, with 24 of them typically choosing to compete, and takes place at the Thornleigh Tennis Centre in Eastwood over three consecutive days, usually in April. Entry is accepted according to a ratio of 1:33 secondary enrolments, which may change slightly each year due to changes in enrolment numbers.[97]

Tildesley Shield winners

Year School[62] Year School[62] Year School[62]
1918 Normanhurst School 1964 MLC 2010 Meriden
1919 Ravenswood 1965 Ascham 2011 Meriden
1920 Normanhurst School 1966 Not Held
1921 Ravenswood 1967 Abbotsleigh
1922 Ascham 1968 SCEGGS Wollongong
1923 Ravenswood 1969 SCEGGS Wollongong
1924 Claremont College 1970 Wenona
1925 Claremont College 1971 Wenona
1926 Ascham 1972 Abbotsleigh
1927 Ascham 1973 Abbotsleigh
1928 Ascham 1974 Not Completed
1929 Normanhurst School 1975 Abbotsleigh
1930 Ascham 1976 Abbotsleigh
1931 Normanhurst School 1977 Abbotsleigh
1932 Ascham 1978 Abbotsleigh
1933 Normanhurst School 1979 Queenwood
1934 Normanhurst School 1980 Abbotsleigh
1935 Normanhurst School 1981 Queenwood
1936 Normanhurst School 1982 Roseville
1937 Ascham 1983 Roseville
1938 Abbotsleigh 1984 Ravenswood
1939 SCEGGS 1985 Ravenswood
1940 MLC 1986 Ravenswood
1941 MLC 1987 Ravenswood
1942 Ascham 1988 Ravenswood
1943 Not Held 1989 Ravenswood
1944 Ascham 1990 Ravenswood
1945 Ascham 1991 Ravenswood
1946 Ascham 1992 Ascham
1947 MLC 1993 Queenwood
1948 Queenwood 1994 Queenwood
1949 Queenwood 1995 Ravenswood
1950 Kambala 1996 Roseville
1951 Queenwood 1997 Pymble
1952 Abbotsleigh 1998 Kincoppal
1953 Abbotsleigh 1999 Kincoppal
1954 Abbotsleigh 2000 Kincoppal
1955 Wenona 2001 Abbotsleigh
1956 Wenona 2002 Roseville
1957 Abbotsleigh 2003 Roseville
1958 Abbotsleigh 2004 SCEGGS
1959 MLC 2005 Roseville
1960 MLC 2006 NEGS
1961 MLC 2007 Roseville
1962 Ascham 2008[98] Roseville
1963 Wenona 2009[99] NEGS

Notable IGSSA sportswomen

Athletics
Cricket
Cycling
Diving
  • Kathyrn Blackshaw (Meriden)
  • Nicole Ng (PLC Sydney)
Gymnastics
Netball
Rowing
Soccer
Skiing
Swimming
Tennis

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