Associated Private Schools

The Associated Private Schools (APS) is a sporting association of eight private schools in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Associated Private Schools

Headquarters	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Membership	8 member schools A.B. Paterson College All Saints Anglican School Coomera Anglican College Emmanuel College King's Christian College Somerset College Saint Stephen's College Trinity Lutheran College

Current member schools

School	Location	Founded	Denomination	Day/Boarding	School Colors	School Nickname
A.B. Paterson College	Arundel	1990	Non-Denominational	Day	Green, Yellow and White	A.B.
All Saints Anglican School[3]	Merrimac	1987	Anglican	Day and Boarding	Navy Blue, Light Blue and Beige	ASAS
Coomera Anglican College	Coomera	1997	Anglican	Day	Mint, White and Dark Blue	CAC
Emmanuel College	Carrara	1984	Multi-Denominational	Day	Dark Blue, Blue and Yellow	Emmanuel
King's Christian College	Reedy Creek	1980	Non-Denominational	Day	Teal, Dark Blue and White	Kings
Somerset College	Mudgeeraba	1983	Non-Denominational	Day	White, Navy Blue and Forest Green	Somerset
Saint Stephen's College	Coomera	1995	Anglican Catholic	Day	Orange, Dark Blue and White	SSC
Trinity Lutheran College	Ashmore	1981	Lutheran	Day	Green, White and Dark Green	Trinity

Sports

Winter (Terms 1-2)	Summer (Terms 3-4)
Hockey	Australian rules football
Netball (female only)	Basketball
Rugby (male only)	Cricket (male only)
Soccer	Softball (female only)
Tennis
Volleyball	Touch football
	Water polo

Results

Open Boys Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
2018	Emmanuel	5.7 (37) – 1.2 (8)	Coomera	Metricon Stadium	[4]
2019	Coomera	4.4 (28) – 4.3 (27)	All Saints	Metricon Stadium	[5]

Open Girls Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
2018	Somerset	5.4 (34) – 0.1 (1)	Coomera	Metricon Stadium	[6]
2019	Coomera	6.3 (39) – 4.5 (29)	Somerset	Metricon Stadium	[7]

Open A Boys Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
2018	Saint Stephen's	–	King's	AB Paterson College	[8]

1st VII Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
2016	Coomera	30–25	Somerset	Coomera Anglican College	[9]
2017	Somerset	55–26	Coomera	Coomera Sports Centre	[10]
2018	Somerset	60–27	All Saints	–	[11]
2019	Somerset	39–27	All Saints	–	[12]
2020	Somerset	61–14	All Saints	Trinity Lutheran College	[13]

1st XV Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
2015	All Saints	29–3	Somerset	Bond University	[14]
2016	All Saints	15–12	Somerset	Bond University	[15]
2017	Somerset	22–19	All Saints	Bond University	[16]
2018	Somerset	21–5	King's	Bond University	[17]
2019	All Saints Somerset	17–17[lower-alpha 1]	–	Bond University	[18]

1. The 2019 APS Rugby Grand Final ended in a 17–17 draw which meant Somerset and All Saints held the trophy together for a shared premiership.

Open A Boys Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Ref.
2018	Trinity	9–8	Emmanuel	Trinity Lutheran College
2019	Trinity	11–1	All Saints	Trinity Lutheran College	[19]

See also

• List of schools in Gold Coast, Queensland

References

1. Trinity Lutheran College Inter-School Sport (APS)
2. King's Christian College - Sport
3. Gold Coast sports injury experts say safety is a must for all codes
4. "Somerset College dominate 2018 APS Grand Final Day". AFL Queensland. 13 November 2018.
5. "Coomera Anglican College win senior female and male Associated Private Schools' AFL grand finals". Coomera Anglican College. 10 November 2019.
6. "Somerset College head of sport says matter of time before they have AFLW representatives". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
7. "APS male and female Grand Finals held at Metricon Stadium". Coomera Anglican College. 10 November 2019.
8. Acta Ludi - 16 November 2018
9. "Grand Finals Netball". Somerset College. 10 June 2016.
10. "1st Netball Team Win APS Premiership". Somerset College. 14 July 2017.
11. "Another APS Premiership for Netball's 1st Team". Somerset College. 15 June 2018.
12. "1st Netball Team Scores Third consecutive APS Title". Somerset College. 12 June 2019.
13. "Netballers' Teams Triumph in APS Finals". Somerset College. 18 September 2020.
14. "Somerset Times - No.9, Term Two" (PDF). Somerset Times. 19 June 2015.
15. "Heartbreaking Loss in the APS Grand Final". Somerset College. 10 June 2016.
16. "Somerset Sport - 2017". Somerset College. 20 July 2017.
17. "Somerset 1st XV Rugby go Back to Back". Somerset College. 15 June 2018.
18. "Somerset takes on All Saints in Rugby Final". Somerset College. 8 July 2020.
19. "The secret to Trinity Lutheran College's stunning water polo success". Gold Coast Bulletin. 15 November 2019.

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