Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria
The Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) was established in 1920. Its current member schools are:
Assumption College
Camberwell Grammar School
Ivanhoe Grammar School
Marcellin College
Mentone Grammar
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
The Peninsula School
Trinity Grammar School
Yarra Valley Grammar
Historical Data
The AGSV was established in 1920, comprising the following schools, All Saints, Brighton, Camberwell, Caulfield, Haileybury, Ivanhoe, St Thomas and Trinity
By the mid 1930s, Carey and Malvern had replaced All Saints and St Thomas
August 1958 - Brighton, Carey, Caulfield and Haileybury left the AGSV to join the Associated Public Schools (APS)
August 1958 - Assumption College, Essendon Grammar and Mentone Grammar joined the AGSV
December 1960 - Malvern left the AGSV
January 1964 - Marcellin College joined the AGSV
January 1965 - The Peninsula School joined the AGSV
January 1971 - Yarra Valley Grammar joined the AGSV
The organisation of sport is determined by the AGSV Sports Coordinators Committee consisting of a Boys Sports Coordinator from each of the nine schools and a Girls Sports Coordinator from each of the six co-educational schools, with an Honorary Chairman and an Executive Officer appointed by the AGSV Heads of Schools. The current chairman is Mr. Rohan Brown and the Executive Officer is Mr. Allen Crawley.
Arrangements for AGSV/APS Girls Sport are determined by a Committee of Delegates and Sports Coordinators from the ten co-educational schools in the two Associations. The position of Chairperson alternates on a yearly basis between the two Associations, while Mr. Luke Soulos, APS Executive Officer and Mr. Crawley jointly implement the programme.
AGSV Boys Sport
The following sports are played on Saturdays at most levels from Years 7 - 12.
Summer (November, February and March) - Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis and Volleyball
Winter (May, June and July) - Australian Rules Football, Cross Country, Hockey and Soccer
Sports were awarded Premiership status in the following years:
1920 Athletics
1921 Swimming, Cricket, Tennis, Football
1990 Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Cross Country
1991 Volleyball
1994 Badminton, Squash
1995 Table Tennis
AGSV Girls Sport
Premierships were introduced in 1995 for the following sports:
Athletics, Swimming, Cross Country
AGSV/APS Sport
In 2001 the five co-educational Associated Grammar Schools - Assumption, Ivanhoe, Penleigh & Essendon, Peninsula and Yarra Valley together with the five co-educational Associated Public Schools - Carey, Caulfield, Geelong College, Geelong Grammar and Wesley combined, and now play the following sports on Saturdays at Senior, Intermediate and Junior levels.
Haileybury College became a co-eduational school in 2005, making it the sixth co-ed school with the APS.
Mentone Grammar became a co-educational school in 2006, making it the sixth co-ed school within the AGSV.
Summer - Badminton, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball
Winter - Basketball, Hockey, Netball and Soccer
Swimming
Swimming Trials are conducted on a weekly basis during Term 1 culminating in the Combined Swimming Sports for both Boys and Girls at the Melbourne Sports and
Aquatic Centre on an evening in mid March.
Athletics
Athletics Trials are conducted on a weekly basis in August and September culminating in the Combined Athletics Sports Day for both Boys and Girls at Olympic Park
in mid September.
Representative Teams
At the conclusion of the summer and winter season, Representative AGSV teams are selected to play matches against other Associations.
