Associated Independent Colleges

The Associated Independent Colleges, or AIC, is a group of independent secondary schools in south-east Queensland, Australia. With the exception of St Peters Lutheran College, AIC schools are all-boys schools (St Peter's secondary girls compete in the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association).

Associated Independent Colleges
Formation1998
HeadquartersBrisbane, Queensland
Membership
Iona College, Brisbane
Marist College Ashgrove
Padua College, Brisbane
St Edmund's College, Ipswich
St Laurence's College
St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe
St Peters Lutheran College
Villanova College
Official language
English
Websitehttp://aicsport.com.au/

The AIC was founded in 1998 as an athletic association for male secondary students. All eight colleges were formerly members of The Associated Schools (TAS), founded in 1956. Some colleges were originally members of the Metropolitan Catholic Schools Association (MCSA), founded in 1934. The most prominent sports contested include rugby union,[1][2] cricket and football, as well as swimming and track and field.

History

The Associated Independent Colleges was formed in 1998 with the first year of competition being 1999. All AIC members were previously in The Associated Schools (TAS). The TAS had expanded to include fifteen schools by the mid 1990s and the standard of competition was falling. The colleges with the strongest athletic programs in the TAS competition's top division moved to form the AIC.[3]

After the AIC was founded, only one all-boys school remained in TAS, the now defunct Marist Brothers 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 Combined Independent Colleges (CIC) association for private primary schools in 1998. Six of the Associated Independent Colleges were foundation members of the CIC.

The Combined Independent Colleges association was dissolved in 2013.[4] Primary schools attached to AIC schools had previously competed against their Great Public Schools (GPS) counterparts within the CIC, but the headmasters of the GPS and AIC associations expanded their respective competitions in 2014 to include primary students from grades 5–7.[4]

Schools
Member school mLocationm Enrolment[5] Year founded Denomin­ation Day/
boarding		 Entered
competition		 School colours
Iona College Wynnum West 1617 1958 Catholic Day 1998 Black & White
Marist College Ashgrove Ashgrove 1635 1940 Catholic Day & Boarding 1998 Blue & Gold
Padua College Kedron 1462 1956 Catholic Day 1998 Brown & Gold
St Edmund's College Ipswich 1026 1892 Catholic Day 1998 Blue & White
St Laurence's College South Brisbane 1905 1915 Catholic Day 1998 Black & Gold
St Patrick's College Shorncliffe 1332 1952 Catholic Day 1998 Green & Gold
St Peters Lutheran College Indooroopilly 2043 1945 Lutheran Day & Boarding 1998 Maroon & White
Villanova College Coorparoo 1269 1948 Catholic Day 1998 Green & Gold

Sports

There are currently ten sports officially contested within the AIC:

Four other sports are also offered:

Water polo is played as a social competition in Term 4.[6][7] An invitational golf day is also held in Term 4, with the annual Gordon Balharry Shield awarded to the AIC school with the best team score on an adjusted handicap basis.[8] Rugby league and Australian rules football competitions were introduced on a two-year opt-in trial basis for 2019.[9]

Ashgrove, Iona and St Laurence's have traditionally been prominent in the rugby competitions, although Padua has enjoyed recent success. St Peters, Villanova and Padua have tended to field strong soccer teams. St Patrick's has had success in cross country and Ashgrove and Iona have won the most titles in athletics and swimming.

The sporting calendar for the AIC is split into terms:

  • 1st: Australian football  • Cricket  • Volleyball • Swimming
  • 2nd: Chess  • Football  • Rugby union
  • 3rd: Basketball  • Cross country  • Rugby league  • Tennis
  • 4th: Athletics  • Golf  • Water polo

The championships for swimming, cross country, track and field athletics and golf are held on a single day. The other sports are played in a round-robin format (no finals) with each school playing all others once. Premierships in each grade, for age divisions from under 13 to open,[note 1] are won by the teams with most points over the season. The premierships for the schools' first teams in each sport, particularly the First XV rugby, tend to attract the most interest.

Championships

Athletics (track and field)

Winning teams on aggregate points for all age groups:[10]

Year Winner
1999 Ashgrove
2000 Iona
2001 Iona
2002 Iona
2003 Ashgrove
2004 Ashgrove
2005 Ashgrove
2006 Iona
2007 Iona
2008 Iona
2009 Iona
2010 Iona
2011 Iona
2012 St Edmund's
2013 St Edmund's
2014 St Edmund's
2015 Ashgrove
2016 Ashgrove
2017 Ashgrove
2018 Ashgrove
2019 Ashgrove
2020 Ashgrove[11]

Championships – Ashgrove (10), Iona (9), St Edmund's (3).

Cross Country

Winning teams on aggregate points for all age groups:[12]

Year Winner
1999 Iona
2000 Iona
2001 Iona
2002 Ashgrove
2003 St Laurence's
2004 St Laurence's
2005 Ashgrove
2006 Iona
2007 Iona
2008 Ashgrove
2009 Ashgrove
2010 St Patrick's
2011 Iona • St Patrick's
2012 Ashgrove • St Patrick's
2013 St Patrick's
2014 Ashgrove • St Patrick's
2015 Iona
2016 Iona
2017 Ashgrove
2018 Ashgrove
2019 Ashgrove
2020 Ashgrove [13]

Championships – Ashgrove (10), Iona (8), St Patrick's (5), St Laurence's (2).

indicates shared championship.

Swimming

Winning teams on aggregate points for all age groups:[14]

Year Winner
1999 St Peter's
2000 St Peter's
2001 Ashgrove
2002 Ashgrove
2003 Ashgrove • Iona
2004 Iona
2005 Ashgrove
2006 Ashgrove
2007 Ashgrove
2008 Ashgrove
2009 Ashgrove
2010 Ashgrove
2011 Ashgrove
2012 St Peter's
2013 Ashgrove
2014 St Peter's
2015 Ashgrove
2016 Ashgrove
2017 St Peter's
2018 St Peter's
2019 St Peter's
2020 St Peter's

Championships – Ashgrove (13), St Peters (8), Iona (2).

indicates shared championship.

Premierships

First XV Rugby

List of First XV premiers and runners-up:[3][15]

Year Premiers Runners-up
1999 Ashgrove* Padua
2000 Iona • St Peter's St Laurence's
2001 Ashgrove • St Laurence's Iona
2002 Ashgrove* Villanova
2003 Ashgrove* St Laurence's
2004 Ashgrove* St Laurence's
2005 Ashgrove* St Laurence's
2006 Ashgrove* St Patrick's
2007 Ashgrove* St Laurence's
2008 St Laurence's* Ashgrove
2009 Ashgrove • Iona St Laurence's • Villanova
2010 Villanova* Ashgrove • St Laurence's
2011 Ashgrove • Padua • St Edmund's Iona
2012 St Peter's* Ashgrove
2013 Iona* St Edmund's • St Peter's
2014 St Edmund's* Ashgrove • Padua
2015 Padua* Ashgrove
2016 Padua* St Patrick's
2017 Ashgrove* St Patrick's
2018 Ashgrove • Iona • St Patrick's Villanova
2019 Ashgrove* Padua • St Laurence's • Villanova
2020 Ashgrove* • St Laurence's* St Patrick's • Villanova

Premierships - Ashgrove (14), Iona (4), Padua (3), St Laurence's (3), St Peters (2), St Edmund's (2), St Patrick's (1), Villanova (1).

* indicates undefeated season.
indicates shared premiership for the year.

The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the finals round remaining. The title was shared by the top two schools of each pool in a new format for the 2020 season.

First XI Cricket

List of First XI premiers and runners-up:[16]

Year Premiers Runners-up
1999 Iona Ashgrove
2000 Iona Villanova
2001 Villanova St Laurence's
2002 Villanova St Laurence's
2003 Ashgrove St Laurence's
2004 Iona St Laurence's
2005 Ashgrove Padua
2006 Iona Padua
2007 Iona St Laurence's
2008 St Laurence's* Iona
2009 Ashgrove Padua
2010 Ashgrove St Laurence's • Villanova
2011 Ashgrove St Patrick's
2012 Ashgrove • Iona • Padua  • Villanova St Peter's
2013 Villanova Ashgrove
2014 Ashgrove* Villanova
2015 Ashgrove St Patrick's  • Villanova
2016 Iona St Laurence's
2017 St Laurence's* Ashgrove
2018 Ashgrove  • St Patrick's Villanova
2019 Villanova* Ashgrove
2020 St Patrick's* Villanova

Premierships - Ashgrove (9), Iona (7), Villanova (5), St Laurence's (2), St Patrick's (2), Padua (1).

* indicates undefeated season.
indicates shared premiership for the year.

First XI Football

List of First XI premiers and runners-up:[17]

Year Premiers Runners-up
1999 Padua St Laurence's
2000 Ashgrove Padua
2001 Padua St Laurence's
2002 St Laurence's Ashgrove
2003 Ashgrove Padua
2004 Ashgrove St Laurence's
2005 Villanova Iona
2006 St Laurence's* Ashgrove
2007 Villanova St Laurence's
2008 Ashgrove Padua
2009 Ashgrove St Laurence's
2010 Ashgrove Padua
2011 Ashgrove Villanova
2012 Villanova* St Laurence's
2013 St Patrick's • Villanova Padua
2014 St Peter's*
2015 Iona • St Patrick's St Laurence's
2016 St Edmund's St Patrick's
2017 Iona St Patrick's
2018 Iona St Patrick's
2019 Ashgrove St Laurence's
2020 Ashgrove • St Patrick's St Peter's • Villanova

Premierships - Ashgrove (9), Villanova (4), Iona (3), St Patrick's (3), Padua (2), St Laurence's (2), St Edmund's (1), St Peters (1).

* indicates undefeated season.
indicates shared premiership for the year.

First VI Volleyball

List of First VI premiers and runners-up:[18]

Year Premiers Runners-up
1999 St Edmund's
2000 Villanova
2001 Padua
2002 Villanova
2003 St Edmund's Ashgrove • Padua
2004 Ashgrove
2005 St Edmund's Ashgrove
2006 Padua Ashgrove
2007 Ashgrove
2008 St Edmund's
2009 Ashgrove St Patrick's
2010 Ashgrove St Edmund's
2011 St Edmund's Ashgrove
2012 St Laurence's • St Peter's • Villanova
2013 St Peter's
2014 St Laurence's • St Peter's
2015 St Patrick's* St Laurence's
2016 Padua* St Laurence's
2017 Ashgrove*
2018 Iona* St Laurence's
2019 Iona* Ashgrove
2020 St Laurence's Padua

Premierships - Ashgrove (5), St Edmund's (5), Padua (3), St Peters (3), Villanova (3), St Laurence's (3), Iona (2), St Patrick's (1).

* indicates undefeated season.

indicates shared premiership for the year.

First V Basketball

List of First V premiers:[19]

Year Premiers Runners-up
1999 Ashgrove
2000 Ashgrove
2001 St Edmund's
2002 Ashgrove • Villanova
2003 Ashgrove
2004 Ashgrove • Villanova
2005 Ashgrove • Iona Padua
2006 Ashgrove • St Edmund's
2007 Iona • St Peter's Ashgrove
2008 Iona Padua
2009 Iona • Padua • Villanova St Laurence's
2010 Padua St Laurence's
2011 St Laurence's Padua • Villanova
2012 Villanova St Patrick's
2013 Villanova Ashgrove
2014 Padua* St Patrick's
2015 St Patrick's* St Peter's
2016 Ashgrove* St Patrick's
2017 Ashgrove  • St Edmund's St. Laurence's
2018 Ashgrove St Edmund's
2019 Villanova* St Edmund's
2020 St Edmund's [20] Villanova

Premierships - Ashgrove (10), Villanova (6), Iona (4), St Edmund's (4), Padua (3), St Laurence's (1), St Patrick's (1), St Peters (1).

* indicates undefeated season.
indicates shared premiership for the year.

First IV Tennis

List of First IV premiers:[21]

Year Premiers Runners-up
1999 St Peter's
2000 Villanova
2001 Padua Ashgrove
2002 Villanova
2003 Ashgrove Padua
2004 Villanova
2005 St Edmund's • Villanova
2006 St Patrick's Ashgrove
2007 Ashgrove
2008 Ashgrove
2009 Ashgrove St Peter's
2010 Ashgrove St Laurence's
2011 Ashgrove Padua
2012 Villanova Ashgrove
2013 St Peter's Villanova
2014 St Peter's
2015 St Peter's Villanova
2016 St Peter's
2017 St Peter's* Iona
2018 St Peter's* Padua
2019 St Peter's* Padua
2020 St Peter's* • St Laurence's* Padua • Iona

Premierships - St Peters (9), Ashgrove (6), Villanova (5), Padua (1), St Edmund's (1), St Patrick's (1), St Laurence's (1)

* indicates undefeated season.
indicates shared premiership for the year.

First IV Chess

The AIC chess competition began in 2004. List of First IV premiers:[22]

Year Premiers Runners-up
2004 Iona
2005 St Laurence's
2006 St Laurence's
2007 Padua St Laurence's
2008 Padua • Villanova
2009 St Laurence's
2010 Ashgrove
2011 St Edmund's
2012 Ashgrove
2013 Ashgrove
2014 Ashgrove Padua
2015 Padua • St Laurence's Ashgrove
2016 Padua St Laurence's
2017 Villanova Padua
2018 Padua St Peter's
2019 Villanova St Peter's
2020 St Peter's • St Edmund's Ashgrove • St Patrick's

Premierships - Padua (5), Ashgrove (4), St Laurence's (4), Villanova (3), St Edmund's (2), Iona (1) St Peters (1).

indicates shared premiership for the year.

Other sports

First XVIII Australian football

The AIC competition was introduced on a trial opt-in basis for 2019. List of Open team winners:

Year Winners Runners-up
2019 St Laurence's St Patrick's
2020 [lower-alpha 1] St Patrick's St Laurence's

Notes:

  1. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with one round remaining. The title was shared by the top two schools even though separated by one point in the standings.[23][24]

First XIII Rugby league

The AIC competition was introduced on a trial opt-in basis for 2019. List of Open team winners:

Year Winners Runners-up
2019 Ashgrove Iona
2020 No competition [25]

Golf

Teams of up to five compete for the Gordon Balharry Shield.[26] List of Open team winners since 2011:

Year Winners Runners-up Ref
2011 Iona [27]
2012 Iona Villanova [28]
2013 Iona [29]
2014 St Patrick's Iona [30]
2015 Ashgrove [31]
2016 Villanova [32]
2017 Villanova [32]
2018 Ashgrove St. Edmund's [33]
2019 St. Peters St. Laurence's [34]
[35]
2020 Iona Villanova [36]
[37]

Water polo

Water polo is played as a social competition on an opt-in basis by AIC schools.[6][7]

Other events

Aside from athletic competitions, the AIC has formed a community with many other interactions. Member schools participate in the QDU debating competition, various mission and social justice events, the Queensland Catholic Colleges Music Festival (QCMF) and other social functions.

As all AIC schools are of Christian denomination, an Ecumenical service is hosted each year by one of the schools on a rotational basis. It is attended by staff and student leaders representing each school.

See also
  • List of schools in Queensland

Notes
  1. The open division excludes players that turn 19 years of age or older in the year of competition.

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