# Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria

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 mainly done 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

| School | Abbreviation | Location | Principal | Enrolment | Founded | Denomination | Boys/Girls | Day/boarding | Year Entered Competition |
| Assumption College | ACK | Kilmore | Kate Fogarty | 1,245 | 1893 | Roman Catholic | Boys & girls | Day & boarding | 1958 |
| Camberwell Grammar School | CAMB | Canterbury | Ben Jeacocke | 1,304 | 1886 | Anglican | Boys | Day | 1920 |
| Ivanhoe Grammar School | IVAN | Ivanhoe | Gerard Foley | 2,168 | 1915 | Anglican | Boys & girls | Day | 1920 |
| Marcellin College | MARC | Bulleen | John Hickey | 1,422 | 1950 | Roman Catholic | Boys | Day | 1964 |
| Mentone Grammar School | MENT | Mentone | Andy Müller | 2,025 | 1923 | Anglican | Boys & girls | Day | 1958 |
| Peninsula Grammar | PGS | Mount Eliza | Stuart Johnston | 1,450 | 1961 | Anglican | Boys & girls | Day & boarding | 1965 |
| Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (usually referred to simply by its acronym "PEGS") | PEGS | Keilor East | Kate Dullard | 2,699 | 1871 (as Penleigh Ladies’ College) 1872 (as Essendon Grammar) 1977 (amalgamated schools) | Uniting Church | Boys & girls | Day | 1958 |
| Trinity Grammar School, Kew | TRIN | Kew | Adrian Farrer | 1,480 | 1902 | Anglican | Boys | Day & boarding | 1920 |
| Yarra Valley Grammar School | YVG | Ringwood | Dr. Mark Merry | 1,268 | 1966 | Anglican | Boys & girls | Day | 1971 |

## 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

| Sport | Boys Premiers | Girls Premiers |
| Athletics | Camberwell Grammar School | Mentone Grammar School |
| Australian Rules Football | Ivanhoe Grammar School | Caulfield Grammar School (APS) |
| Badminton | Camberwell Grammar School | Ivanhoe Grammar School |
| Basketball | Marcellin College | Haileybury (APS) |
| Cross Country | Marcellin College | Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School |
| Cricket | Camberwell Grammar School | Not Awarded |
| Golf | Brighton Grammar School (APS) | Brighton Grammar School (APS) |
| Hockey | Trinity Grammar School | Carey Grammar School (APS) |
| Lawn Bowls | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| Netball | Not Applicable | Carey Grammar School (APS) |
| Soccer | Marcellin College | Caulfield Grammar School (APS) |
| Softball | Not Applicable | Haileybury (APS) |
| Swimming | Camberwell Grammar School | Ivanhoe Grammar School |
| Touch Football | Not Applicable | Caulfield Grammar School (APS) |
| Tennis | Camberwell Grammar School | Wesley College (APS) |
| Volleyball | Mentone Grammar School | Ivanhoe Grammar School |
| Waterpolo | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
List of 2023 Premiers

## List of Premierships by Schools 1990 Onwards

Number of Boys Premierships :
| Sport | ACK | CAMB | IVAN | MARC | MENT | PGS | PEGS | TRIN | YVG |
| Athletics | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Australian Rules Football | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Badminton | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Cross Country | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cricket | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Hockey | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Soccer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Swimming | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
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 Results :
| Sport | Boys Result | Girls Result |
| Australian Rules Football | AGSV 8.9.57 Def By APS 13.13.91 | AGSV 4.4.28 DRAW APS 4.4.28 |
| Badminton | AGSV 6.14.458 Def APS 6.13.472 | Not Applicable |
| Basketball | AGSV 57 Def By APS 71 | AGSV 46 Def By APS 67 |
| Cricket | AGSV 10-180 Def By APS 4-182 | Not Applicable |
| Cross Country | AGSV 138 Def By APS 78 | AGSV 51 Def By APS 32 |
| Hockey | AGSV 4 Def By APS 6 | AGSV 3 Def APS 0 |
| Netball | Not Applicable | AGSV 36 Def By APS 66 |
| Soccer | AGSV 4 Def APS 3 | AGSV 6 Def APS 4 |
| Softball | Not Applicable | AGSV 8 Def By APS 9 |
| Table Tennis | AGSV 11-41 Def APS 9-37 | AGSV 11-41 Def APS 9-37 |
| Tennis | AGSV 4-86 Def By APS 12/118 | AGSV 7-93 Def By APS 9-103 |
| Volleyball | AGSV 3 Def APS 2 | AGSV 0 Def By APS 3 |