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Public Schools Association
Formation1905
HeadquartersPerth, Australia
Membership
7 member schools
Official language
English

The Public Schools Association, known as the PSA is an association of seven independent boys schools in Perth, Western Australia that contest sporting events among themselves.

In 1905 the PSA was founded as a group of independant boys schools with the central focus on sport. The schools compete against one another in sporting competitions throughout the year. There are three main carnivals that occur; the Head of the River rowing regatta, interschool athletics carnival, and the interschool swimming carnival.[1]

Aquinas College is the current PSA host school with Robert J. White, Headmaster of Aquinas College being the president of the PSA for 2007.

History

The PSA was formed in 1905 by the Christian Brothers College (now Aquinas College), the Church of England Grammar School (now Guildford Grammar School), The High School (now Hale School) and Scotch College as a group of independent boys schools.[2]

In 1938 Christian Brothers College split with the boarding students and a substantial amount of day students moving to Mt Henry to form Aquinas College and took with it the membership of the PSA. The remaining students stayed on at CBC and in 1961 it was relocated to East Perth and renamed Trinity College.

The PSA expanded in 1952, with Wesley College joining the association, followed by Christ Church Grammar School in 1958 and Trinity College in 1968.[2]

File:PSA Badge1.JPG
PSA Centenary Pin

Every year, the 'host school' of the PSA alternates (in alphabetical order), with the headmaster of that school becoming the president of the PSA. The 2007 PSA host school is Aquinas College, with Robert J White of Aquinas College, being the president of the PSA.

In 2005, every PSA school student was given a commemorative pin to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the PSA. The face of the pin has PSA 1905-2005.

Schools

Current member schools

Crest School Location Enrolment Founded Denomination Day/Boarding Year
Entered
Association 		School Colours
File:Aquinas Logo.png Aquinas College Manning 1,100 1938 [a] Catholic Day & Boarding 1905 Red & Black
Christ Church Claremont 1,250 1910 Anglican Day & Boarding 1958 Blue & Gold
File:Guildford grammar.gif Guildford Grammar School East Guildford 1,000 1896 Anglican Day & Boarding 1905 Navy Blue & White
File:HaleCrest.jpg Hale School Wembley Downs 1,500 1858 Anglican Day & Boarding 1905 Oxford Blue, Cambridge Blue & Gold
File:Scotch College WA.JPG Scotch College Swanbourne 1,170 1897 Uniting Day & Boarding 1905 Maroon, Blue & Gold
File:Trinity college, perth logo.png Trinity College East Perth 1,200 1962 Catholic Day 1968 Blue, White & Green
File:Wesleycollegeperth.jpg Wesley College South Perth 1,250 1923 Uniting Day & Boarding 1952 Black, Green & Gold

Former member schools

Crest School Location Founded Denomination Years
Competed 		School Colours
File:CBCPerthLogo.gif Christian Brothers College
Closed in 1961 		Perth 1894 Catholic 1905-1961 Red & Black

Sports

Weekly sports fixtures occur during the summer months in basketball, cricket, tennis, volleyball and water polo, with Term 1 Competitions comprising of 6 Rounds (Each School plays each other once), and a smaller Term 4 Competition (3 or 4 rounds). The Major Competitions are only run over Term 1 for these sports.[3]

Winter fixtures include Australian rules football, badminton, cross country running, hockey, rugby union, and soccer, and are played over 10 rounds (each school plays each other once, & 4 schools twice).[1] In the years preceding the admission of Trinity College the schools played each other twice. Since the admission of Trinity College there have several experiments at getting a balance, including: The Current System 1 Round Plus finals

Athletics

Introduced in 1905. The PSA Athletics carnival is held annually and is currently held at Perry Lakes Stadium.

Alock Challenge Shield Secondary Schools Athletics Championship 1905 is believed to have been donated by Alcock & Company, suppliers of all kinds of sporting goods.[4]

The Quadrangular Athletics Carnival (Quads Aths) is held in the week preceeding the PSA Interschool Athletics Carnival. The Quads Aths carnival is held annually between Christ Church Grammar School, Guildford Grammar School, Scotch College and Wesley College as they compete for the Lynn Shield. Scotch College became the fourth member, replacing St Louis College in 1977.

Badminton

Introduced in 2002. It is the youngest PSA sport.[2]

Brother Kelly Cup is named after Brother J. Kelly, former headmaster of Trinity College.[4]

Basketball

Introducted in 1980. The Shortland-Jones [Basketball] Competition, is the competition that takes place during Term 4 of each school year. It acts as a pre-season cup for the upcoming school year.

Blackwood Cup was introduced in 1980 to commemorate the long service to Christ Church Grammar School and the PSA of Mr A F Blackwood, Deputy Headmaster from 1966-1983.
Insription: The Public Schools Association of Western Australia. The Blackwood Trophy. Presented for Perpetual Competition in Basketball. A.F. Blackwood Deputy Headmaster Christ Church Grammar School. In Recognition of his services to the Public Schools Association.[4]

Cricket

Darlot Cup is the 1st XI Cricket trophy. The competition, begun in 1901, used the Darlot Cup as an official PSA Trophy in 1905 with the Establishment of the PSA. It was originally awarded for seasonal competition (October to March). From 1905 to 1915 the Alcock Cup, also used for Cricket, was competed for by the calender year. In 1916 when the Alcock Cup was given over to Football the seasonal competition was discontinued and the Darlot Cup became the trophy for annual competition. The cup was donated by the Darlot Brothers (Everard Firebrace Darlot & Leonard Hawthorn Darlot).[1]

The competition, which is played on Friday afternoons and all day Saturdays, is a round robin tournament lasting seven weeks during first term, with every team playing each of its six opposition teams once and having one bye per season. The team on top of the table at the season's end is crowned the champion and is awarded with the Darlot Cup for that year. There are no "finals".[1]

Inscription: Public Schools' Cricket Challenge Cup Presented by Messrs Darlot 1900[4]

Points System

Teams are awarded points for winning matches outright, winning on first innings, and also for tied matches. The team with the most points at any time sits on top of the table. The points available are as follows:

  • 10 points for a victory on first innings
  • 6 points + available 10 from first innings victory for an outright win
  • 5 Points for a tied match

Bonus points are also awarded to make sure that if matches do not end with a result, points will still be available. Bonus points are awarded for every run scored whilst batting and for every wicket taken whilst bowling. These points usually define the table at the end of the season. The bonus points available are as follows:

  • 0.25 for every wicket taken whilst bowling
  • 0.01 for every run scored whilst batting

Cross Country

Cross country became a PSA sport in 1980, the Cross country trophy, known as the Moyes Cup was introduced in 1980 to commemorate the the long service of Mr. P M Moyes, headmaster of Christ Church Grammar School from 1951-1981.[2]

Inscription: The Public Schools Association of Western Australia. The Moyes Trophy. Presented for Perpetual Competition in Cross Country Running. P.M. Moyes Headmaster Christ Church Grammar School 1951-1981.[4]

Football

The Alcock Cup was introduced in 1905 for annual cricket competition (The Darlot Cup was for seasonal cricket competition). In 1916 the seasonal cricket competition was discontinued and the Darlot Cup was thereafter awarded for annual competition. The Alcock Cup in 1916 then became the Football Trophy. The previous inscriptions were obscured with a metal overlay and a new series of Football inscriptions begins with "1916 - CBC". Like the Alcock Shield, the cup was probably given by Alcock & Company, suppliers of sporting goods.[2]

Inscription: The Alcock Cup Secondary School Competition[4]

Golf

Became an official PSA Sport in 1999.

Hockey

Hockey has been a PSA sport since 1959, the Hockey Cup was given by the Western Australian Hockey Association in 1959, the year in which Hockey became an official PSA Sport. [4]

In 2003, the Hockey Cup was renamed the Ray House Hockey Cup in honour of Mr. Ray House for long service to the PSA as Delegate and Deputy Headmaster of Christ Church Grammar School.[2]

Points System

The team that finishes the 10 Match season on top of the Premiership Ladder is awarded the Ray House Hockey Cup. In the event of a tie the teams share the Cup.
Teams are awarded points as such:
2 Points for a Win
1 Point for a Draw
Teams are ranked by the number of points achieved:
e.g. 2002 Premiership Table[5]

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
Christ Church 10 10 0 0 20
Aquinas 10 9 1 0 18
Scotch 10 7 0 3 14
Guildford 10 3 2 5 8
Wesley 10 3 0 7 6
Hale 10 1 2 7 4
Trinity 10 0 0 10 0

In 1995 due to the PSA Hockey Rules, any rule changes by WAHA (Western Australian Hockey Association), needed to be applied to the PSA competition. As such the Hockey Cup was played with:
3 Points for a Win
1 Point for a Draw
e.g. 1995 Premiership Table [6]

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points
Scotch 10 6 3 1 21
Trinity 10 6 2 2 20
Wesley 10 5 3 2 18
Aquinas 10 3 5 2 14
Guildford 10 3 2 5 11
Christ Church 10 2 4 4 10
Hale 10 0 1 9 1

In any other year, Guildford Grammar School and Christ Church Grammar School would have finished equal 5th on 8 points. In 1996, the PSA Hockey Rules were changed to revert to:
2 Points for a Win
1 Point for a Draw

The Tregonning Trophy was created with the Help of Dr. Ken G. Tregonning (Headmaster of Hale School 1967-1988). Dr. Tregonning donated a hockey statuette which was presented to his father (Donald Tregonning), to be used as a trophy in matches between the schools that the Tregonning family were linked to, Christ Church Grammar School and Hale School.

Donald Tregonning was appointed captain of the Asutralian Men's Hockey Team in 1932, but unfortunately died suddenly in 1935. His three sons, Donald, Alec and Ken all attended CCGS, and then later Hale school. There are further family ties with each of the three sons having sent sons, or had grandsons attend either school.

The Tregonning Trophy is played across all competition levels at PSA Hockey Level with points awarded on the following basis:

Team Points Win Points Draw
1st XI 10 5
2nd XI 6 3
3rd XI 6 3
10A 6 3
10B 6 3
9A 4 2
9B 4 2
8A 4 2
8B 4 2

The competition is run over 2 rounds, except for every third year when the teams meet only once.

Rowing (Head Of The River)

Rowing was one of the five original PSA Sports. Schools involved in the PSA Rowing compete for three trophies; The Challenge Cup, C.A. Hamer Cup and the Syme Cup.

On the final day of the rowing season, all PSA Schools attend the head of the rover rowing regatta, the first VIII crew's from all of the schools compete for the Head Of The River title. The Challenge Cup pre-dates the formation of the PSA, having been presented 6 times by 1905. Until 1937 the Head of the River Race had been rowed in Fours, from 1938 it has been rowed in Eights.[2]

Rowing (Champion School)

The C.A. Hamer Cup was introduced in 1983, and is awarded to the school which scores the highest aggregate points in rowing. It is named after Mr. C A Hamer who was headmaster of Wesley from 1964 to 1983.[2]

Rugby

Rugby became an official PSA Sport in 1961, two years after it became an official PSA Sport, the PSA introduced the Rugby cup which is named after Brother M F Redmond, who was an influential teacher and sportsmaster at Aquinas College for many years. Brother Redmond has two rugby fields named after him at Aquinas College, named Redmond 1 and Redmond 2 respectively.[2]

Although the Trophy was first presented in 1963, the PSA Headmasters decreed at a meeting in 1962, that because all PSA schools had competed in Rugby since the first competition in 1961, then the original two years would also be included on the trophy.[1]

Soccer

Soccer became a PSA Sport in 1987. The soccer trophy is named after Mr D.A. Lawe Davis, headmaster of Guildford Grammar School from 1957-1978.[2]

Surfing

Surfing became an official PSA Sport in 1998. The Schools compete for the PSA Schools Sirocco Shield.

Swimming

The PSA Swimming Carnival is held annually between the seven schools of the Public Schools Association of Perth, Western Australia. Currently held at Challenge Stadium, it has previously been held at Beatty Park Leisure Centre (which was built for the 1962 Empire Games), the Guildford Grammar School swimming pool, and the Swan River.

First held in 1923, between the four founding schools of the Public Schools Association. Hale School has won it the most times with 35 victories, including a period of 18 consecutive victories from 1967 to 1984.[2]

In 1990 the Cup was re-named The Dr. K.G. Tregonning Cup after Dr. Ken Tregonning, Headmaster of Hale School 1967-1988.[2]

The Quadrangular Swimming Carnival (Quads) is held in the week preceeding the PSA Interschool Swimming Carnival. The Quads carnival is held annually between Christ Church Grammar School, Scotch College, Trinity College and Wesley College as they compete for the John Ryan Shield. It was orignially a Triangular event with St Louis College.

Tennis

The PSA tennis cup is named after Mr W R Corr (W.R. Corr Cup), a long-serving teacher and tennis coach at Hale School.

The Ray Gamble Trophy, is the competition that takes place during Term 4 of each school year. It acts as a pre-season cup for the upcoming school year.

Volleyball

Volleyball became a PSA Sport in 2000. The Volleyball trophy is known as the Brother Carrigg Shield, after Brother J. Carrigg, long serving Headmaster at Both Aquinas College and Trinity College. Aquinas is the only school to have won the trophy.[2]

Waterpolo

The Waterpolo trophy is called the Dickinson Shield, after Mr. W. Dickinson, long serving Headmaster of Scotch College. Waterpolo only became an official PSA Sport in 1992.[2]

Sports Champions

Further information: Public Schools Association Sports Champions

Trophies awarded

Sport Competition
Established 		Became a
PSA Sport 		Trophy
Name 		Trophy
Inscription
Athletics 1905 1905 Alcock Shield ALCOCK

CHALLENGE SHIELD
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP
1905

Badminton 1998 2003 Brother Kelly Cup (Brother J. Kelly is a former headmaster of Trinity College)
Basketball 1980 1980 Blackwood Cup The Public Schools Association

of
Western Australia
The
BLACKWOOD TROPHY
Presented for
Perpetual Competition
in
Basketball
A.F. Blackwood
Deputy Headmaster Christ Church
Grammar School
In Recognition
of his services
to the
Public Schools Association

Cricket 1901 1905 Darlot Cup PUBLIC SCHOOLS'

CRICKET
CHALLENGE CUP
PRESENTED
BY
MESSRS DARLOT
1900

Cross Country 1980 1980 Moyes Cup The Public Schools Association

of
Western Australia
The
MOYES TROPHY
Presented for
Perpetual Competition in
Cross Country
Running
P.M. Moyes
Headmaster
Christ Church
Grammar School
1951-1981

Football 1905 1905 Alcock Cup THE ALCOCK CUP

SECONDARY SCHOOL COMPETITION

Golf 1999 1999 PSA Schools' Golf Championship
Hockey 1959 1959 Ray House Hockey Cup PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION

of
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
HOCKEY CUP

Rowing

(Champion School)

1905 1983 C.A. Hamer Cup PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION

THE
C.A. Hamer Cup
CHAMPION ROWING SCHOOL

Rugby 1961 1961 Brother Redmond Cup PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION of W.A.

THE
BROTHER REDMOND
CUP
RUGBY UNION

Soccer 1987 1987 Lawe Davies Cup The Public Schools Association fo Western Australia

The Lawe Davies Cup
presented for perpetual competition
in
Soccer
D.A. Lawe Davies
Headmaster
Guildford Grammar School
1957-1978

Surfing 1998 2002 PSA Schools Sirocco Shield
Swimming 1904 1923 Dr. K.G. Tregonning Cup WESTERN AUSTRALIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS

SWIMMING CUP
RARI NANTES IN GURGIT VASTO
BRACHIA TENDENTES RIPAE ULTERIORIS AMORE.
THE DR K.G. TREGONNING CUP
Re-named in 1989
In recognition of the service of
Dr Tregonning as Headmaster of Hale School
1967-1988

Tennis 1963 1963 W.R. Corr Cup PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION of W.A.

The
W.R. Corr
Cup
Tennis

Volleyball 2000 2000 Brother Carrigg Shield (Named after Brother J Carrigg, long serving Headmaster at Aquinas College and Trinity College)
Waterpolo 1992 1992 Dickinson Shield (Named after Mr W Dickinson, Headmaster of Scotch College)

[4] [2]


Notable PSA Sporting Alumni

Athletics

Basketball

Cricket

Football

Golf

Hockey

Rowing

Rugby

Soccer

Swimming

Waterpolo

See also

Notes

^ Aquinas joined the association in 1938, but it took all of the records of Christian Brothers College, when the college split.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Carter (1977),The Public Schools Association of Western Australia as an Exclusive Sporting Body
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Public Schools Association (2006), 102nd Annual PSA Athletics Carnival Handbook
  3. ^ Public Schools Association (2005), 101st Annual PSA Athletics Carnival Handbook
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Courtner, A. (1992)PSA Trophies, Scotch College Archives
  5. ^ Walter, (2002) Public Schools Association Hockey Report 2002
  6. ^ Tonkin, (1995) Public Schools Association Hockey Report 1995


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