Associated Independent Colleges

Infobox Organization
name= Associated Independent Colleges
image_border= Aiclogo.jpg
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headquarters=Queensland, Australia
membership= 8 member schools
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website= The Associated Independent Colleges of Queensland (AIC) are a group of eight independent schools in Queensland, Australia involved in a variety of sporting and cultural activities. AIC competition is only for male secondary students. Primary schools attached to AIC schools compete against their GPS counterparts in the Combined Independent Colleges (CIC) competition. St Peter's primary boys compete in The Associated Schools Junior (TASJ) competition and St Peter's secondary girls compete in the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association (QGSSSA).

History

The association formed in 1998 with the inaugural year of competition being 1999. All member school were former members of The Associated Schools (TAS) competition, which had been expanding rapidly, including nearly any new private school in Brisbane. As such the level of competition was declining. The majority of school in the AIC were mainstays in the top division of the TAS competition. With the exception of St. Peter's Lutheran College all schools are boys only. At the formation of the AIC only one all-boys school remained in TAS, the now defunct Marist College Rosalie. In protest of the departure of the eight AIC schools from TAS competition, all TAS schools with a primary school attached withdrew from the CIC competition for private primary schools.

Controversy

There was some disquiet among schools left behind, such as John Paul College and St. Paul's School, Bald Hills, that they were more deserving a place in the AIC than some of the smaller schools admitted. These arguments were effectively laid to rest in 2005 when St. Patrick's, one of the marginal inclusions in 1998, played each of the aforementioned schools concurrently in a 1st XV rugby trial and beat them both convincingly.

chools

ports

*Athletics
*Basketball
*Chess
*Cricket
*Cross-Country
*Rugby Union
*Soccer
*Swimming
*Tennis
*Volleyball

Top 4 2007

*1st: Marist College Ashgrove
*2nd: St Laurence's College
*3rd: Iona College
*4th: Padua College

Rugby Aggregate Placings 2007

*1st: Marist College Ashgrove
*2nd: St Laurence's College
*3rd: Iona College
*4th: Padua College
*5th: St Patrick's College
*6th: Villanova College
*7th: St Edmund's College
*8th: St Peters Lutheran College

occer Aggregate Placings 2007

*1st: Padua College
*2nd: Marist College Ashgrove
*3rd: Villanova College
*4th: St Edmund's College
*5th: St Laurence's College
*6th: Iona College
*7th: St Peters Lutheran College
*8th: St Patrick's College

Athletics Aggregate Placings 2007

*1st: Iona College
*2nd: Marist College Ashgrove
*3rd: St Patrick's College
*4th: Padua College
*5th: St Laurence's College
*6th: Villanova College
*7th: St Edmund's College
*8th: St Peters Lutheran College

Basketball Aggregate Placings 2007

*1st: Villanova College
*2nd: Marist College Ashgrove
*3rd: St Laurence's College
*4th: St Edmund's College
*5th: St Peters Lutheran College
*6th: Padua College
*7th: Iona College
*8th: St Patrick's College

Tennis Aggregate Placings 2007

*1st: Marist College Ashgrove
*2nd: St Peters Lutheran College
*3rd: Villanova College
*4th: St Laurence's College
*5th: Iona College
*6th: St Patrick's College
*7th: St Edmunds College
*8th: Padua College

Cross Country Placings 2007

*1st: Iona College
*2nd: Marist College Ashgrove
*3rd: St Laurence's College
*4th: Padua College
*5th: Villanova College
*6th: St Patrick's College
*7th: St Edmund's College
*8th: St Peters Lutheran College

Open Chess Placings 2007

*1st: Padua College
*2nd: St Peters Lutheran College

tructure

There are three trimesters of sport. During the trimester every team (where practical) will play its corresponding teams in the opposing school. After seven weeks of competition, premierships are awarded to the teams with the most season points.

First trimester:
* Cricket
* Volleyball
* Swimming

Second trimester:
* Rugby Union
* Soccer (Association Football)
* Cross country
* Chess
* Australian Rules Football

Third trimester:
* Basketball
* Tennis
* Athletics (Track and Field)

Other Events

In addition to sporting competition, the schools have formed a community with many other interactions. AIC schools will often encounter one another in the QDU debating competition, various mission and social justice functions, Queensland Catholic Colleges Music Festival (QCMF) as well as many social functions.

See also

* List of schools in Queensland

External links

* [http://www.iona.qld.edu.au Iona College]
* [http://www.marash.qld.edu.au Marist College Ashgrove]
* [http://www.padua.qld.edu.au Padua College]
* [http://www.sec.qld.edu.au St Edmund's College]
* [http://www.slc.qld.edu.au St Laurence's College]
* [http://www.stpatricks.qld.edu.au St Patrick's College]
* [http://www.stpeters.qld.edu.au St Peters Lutheran College]
* [http://www.vnc.qld.edu.au Villanova College]