- Associated Public Schools of Victoria
Infobox Organization
name= Associated Public Schools of Victoria
image_border=APS_Sport.jpg
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headquarters=Hawthorn, Victoria,Australia
membership=11 member schools
language= English
general= Dr Pauline Turner (The Geelong College )
formation= 1900
website=http://www.apssport.org.auThe Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) are a group of eleven independent schools in Victoria,Australia , similar to theAthletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales inNew South Wales ,Australia . Since 1900 the schools have been competing in sporting competitions, including the Head of the River rowing regattas, the APS Combined Swimming & Diving Championships and the APS Athletics Championships. The headquarters of the APS is situated on Morrison Street, Hawthorn, Victoria.In March 2005, the APS member schools formed a set of guidelines regarding the awarding of sporting scholarships to students, following criticism of recruiting practices employed by the schools. [cite news | last=Leung | first=Chee Chee | title=Top schools pledge to play fair | date=
March 29 ,2005 | publisher=The Age | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Top-schools-pledge-to-play-fair/2005/03/28/1111862322316.html]chools
ports
Boys
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Cricket
* Cross Country
* Hockey
* Rowing
* Rugby (VSRU runs this competition)
* Soccer
* Squash
* Swimming & Diving (combined with diving from 1998)
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* Water PoloGirls
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Cross Country
* Hockey
* Netball
* Rowing
* Soccer
* Softball
* Swimming & Diving (combined with diving from 1998)
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* Water polo (Currently Wesley College runs this competition)Carnivals
Students from the associations member schools participate in a number of carnivals during the year including Athletics and Swimming & Diving.
APS/AGSV Sport Competition
From 1968 to 1999 Tennis was the only sport played between the
Associated Public Schools of Victoria and theAssociated Grammar Schools of Victoria . In 2000 a full range of Summer and Winter Combined matches at Firsts level commenced.Current member schools
ports
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Cricket
* Cross Country
* Football
* Hockey
* Netball
* Soccer
* Softball
* Table Tennis
* Tennis
* VolleyballHead of the River Regatta
Famous athletes
The following is a list of people who attended APS schools, and who are notable as sportspeople:Fact|date=June 2007
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Edwin Flack - (d.1935) Australia's first Olympic competitor (Melbourne Grammar School )
*Ben Drysdale - National 100 and 200 metre swimming champion (Haileybury College )
*Peter Antonie - Olympic rowing Gold medallist (Xavier College)
*Luke Ball - AFL footballer (Xavier College)
*Travis Brooks -Hockey (Brighton Grammar)
*Jerry Hazlitt - Test Cricketer for Australia (Haileybury College )
*Campbell Brown - AFL footballer (Scotch College)
*Robert de Castella - former marathon runner;Commonwealth Games Gold medallist (Xavier College)
*Andrew Cooper - Olympic and World Champion rowing Gold medalist "Oarsome Foursome " (Brighton Grammar)
*Bob Cowper - former Australian test cricketer (Scotch College )
*Chris Dawes - Footballer (Brighton Grammar)
*Brett Deledio - AFL footballer (Caulfield Grammar School )
*Drew Ginn - Olympic rowing Gold medalist "Oarsome Foursome " (Scotch College)
*Nick Green - Olympic rowing Gold medalist "Oarsome Foursome " (Xavier College)
*Steven O'Dor - Young Socceroos and New Zealand Knights soccer player (Haileybury College )
*Xavier Ellis - AFL footballer (Melbourne Grammar)
*Brendon Goddard - AFL footballer (Caulfield Grammar)
*Chris Judd - AFL footballer; 2004 Brownlow winner (Caulfield Grammar)
*Michael Klim - Olympic swimming Gold medalist (Wesley College)
*John Landy - Olympic Runner (Geelong Grammar)
*Sam Sheldon - AFL Footballer, Brisbane Lions (Haileybury College )
*Andrew Lauterstein -Commonwealth Games swimmer (Brighton Grammar)
*Tamsyn Lewis - Olympic athlete (Caulfield Grammar)
*Stuart Maxfield - AFL footballer, former captain ofSydney Swans (Caulfield Grammar)
*Paul Hopwood - AFL Footballer, Melbourne Demons (Haileybury College )
*Mike McKay - Olympic rowing Gold medalist "Oarsome Foursome " (Xavier College)
*Sharelle McMahon -Australian netball er (Wesley College)
*Andrew McQualter - AFL footballer (Caulfield Grammar)
*Craig Mottram - Olympic athlete (Geelong Grammar)
*Sam Newman - former AFL footballer (Geelong Grammar)
*Brett Moyle - AFL Footballer, St Kilda (Haileybury College )
*Dean Pullar - Olympic diving medalist (Scotch College)
*Andrew Schauble - AFL footballer (Xavier College)
*Will Slade - AFL footballer (Scotch College )
* James Tomkins - Olympic rowing Gold medalist "Oarsome Foursome " (Carey Grammar)
*Paul Trimboli - former Socceroos player (Xavier College)
*Stefan Martin - AFL Footballer, Melbourne Demons (Haileybury College )
*Jobe Watson - AFL footballer (Xavier College)
*Anthony Raso - AFL Footballer, Carlton (Haileybury College )
*Fergus Watts - AFL footballer (Wesley College)
*Matt Welsh - Olympic swimming medalist (Scotch College)
*Rob Woodhouse - Olympic swimming Bronze medallist (Scotch College)
*Graham Yallop - former Australian cricket captain (Carey Grammar)
*Lindsay Hassett - former Australian Test cricket captain (Geelong College)
*Danni Miatke - World & Commonwealth 50m butterfly champion (Carey Grammar)
*Paul Corrigan - AFL Footballer, Geelong Cats (Haileybury College )
*Ryan O'Keefe - AFL footballer (St Kevin's College )
*Adrian Radley - Commonwealth Swimmer (St Kevin's College )
*James Tyson - AFL Footballer, Adelaide Crows (Haileybury College )
*Josh Mahoney - AFL footballer (St Kevin's College )
*Ian Hewett - Victorian Cricketer (St Kevin's College )
*Allan La Fontaine - AFL footballer, 4 time winner of best and fairest for Melbourne (St Kevin's College )
*Simon Garlick - AFL footballer (St Kevin's College )
*Dylan Smith - AFL Footballer, Fremantle Dockers, North Melbourne Kangaroos (Haileybury College )
*Tom Hawkins - AFL Footballer, Geelong Cats (Melbourne Grammar School )
*Guy O'Keefe - AFL Footballer,Western Bulldogs (Geelong Grammar School )
*Easton Wood - AFL Footballer,Western Bulldogs (Geelong Grammar School )
*Robert Tarrant - AFL Footballer,North Kangaroos (Xavier College)
*Cyril Ryoli - AFL Footballer,Hawthorn Hawks (Scotch College )
*Lachlan Henderson - AFL Footballer,Brisbane Lions (The Geelong College )
*Will Schofield - AFL Footballer,West Coast Eagles (The Geelong College )
*Matthew Spangher - AFL Footballer,West Coast Eagles (Xavier College)Website
* [http://www.apssport.org.au APS Website]
References
ee also
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List of schools in Victoria
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