Associated Independent Colleges

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Associated Independent Colleges
Headquarters Queensland, Australia
Membership 8 member schools

The Associated Independent Colleges of Queensland (AIC) are a group of eight independent schools in Queensland, Australia involved in a variety of sporting and cultural activities. AIC competition is only for male secondary students. Primary schools attached to AIC schools compete against their GPS counterparts in the Combined Independent Colleges (CIC) competition. St Peter's primary boys compete in The Associated Schools Junior (TASJ) competition and St Peter's secondary girls compete in the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association (QGSSSA).

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History

The association formed in 1998 with the inaugural year of competition being 1999. All member school were former members of The Associated Schools (TAS) competition, which had been expanding rapidly, including nearly any new private school in Brisbane. As such the level of competition was declining. The majority of school in the AIC were mainstays in the top division of the TAS competition. With the exception of St. Peter's Lutheran College all schools are boys only. At the formation of the AIC only one all-boys school remained in TAS, the now defunct Marist 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 CIC competition for private primary schools.

Controversy

There was some disquiet among schools left behind, such as John Paul College and St. Paul's School, Bald Hills, that they were more deserving a place in the AIC than some of the smaller schools admitted. These arguments were effectively laid to rest in 2005 when St. Patrick's, one of the marginal inclusions in 1998, played each of the aforementioned schools concurrently in a 1st XV rugby trial and beat them both convincingly.

Schools

Crest School Location Enrolment Founded Denomination Day/Boarding School Colours St Laurence's College South Brisbane 1399 1915 Roman Catholic Day Black & Gold
Iona College Wynnum West 1300 1958 Roman Catholic Day Black & White
Marist College Ashgrove Ashgrove 1474 1940 Roman Catholic Day & Boarding Blue & Gold
Padua College Kedron 1200 1956 Roman Catholic Day Brown & Gold
St Edmund's College Ipswich 961 1892 Roman Catholic Day Blue & White
St Laurence's College South Brisbane 1399 1915 Roman Catholic Day Black & Gold
St Patrick's College Shorncliffe 1024 1952 Roman Catholic Day Green & Gold
St Peters Lutheran College Indooroopilly 2000 1945 Lutheran Day & Boarding Maroon & White
Villanova College Coorparoo 1098 1948 Roman Catholic Day Gold & Green

Sports

  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Chess
  • Cricket
  • Cross-Country
  • Rugby Union
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

Top 4 2007

  • 1st: Marist College Ashgrove
  • 2nd: St Laurence's College
  • 3rd: Iona College
  • 4th: Villanova College

Rugby Aggregate Placings 2007

  • 1st: Marist College Ashgrove
  • 2nd: St Laurence's College
  • 3rd: Iona College
  • 4th: Villanova College
  • 5th: St Patricks
  • 6th: St Edmunds
  • 7th: Padua
  • 8th: St Peters Lutheran College

Soccer Aggregate Placings 2007

  • 1st: Marist College Ashgrove
  • 2nd: Villanova College
  • 3rd: Padua College
  • 4th: St Edmund's College
  • 5th: St Laurence's College
  • 6th: Iona College
  • 7th: St Peters Lutheran College
  • 8th: St Patrick's College

Athletics Aggregate Placings 2008

  • 1st: Iona College
  • 2nd: Marist College Ashgrove
  • 3rd: St Patrick's College
  • 4th: Padua College
  • 5th: St Laurence's College
  • 6th: Villanova College
  • 7th: St Edmund's College
  • 8th: St Peters Lutheran College

Basketball Aggregate Placings 2007

  • 1st: Villanova College
  • 2nd: Marist College Ashgrove
  • 3rd: St Laurence's College
  • 4th: St Edmund's College
  • 5th: St Peters Lutheran College
  • 6th: Padua College
  • 7th: Iona College
  • 8th: St Patrick's College

Tennis Aggregate Placings 2007

  • 1st: Marist College Ashgrove
  • 2nd: St Peters Lutheran College
  • 3rd: Villanova College
  • 4th: St Laurence's College
  • 5th: Iona College
  • 6th: St Patrick's College
  • 7th: St Edmunds College
  • 8th: Padua College

Cross Country Placings 2007

  • 1st: Iona College
  • 2nd: Marist College Ashgrove
  • 3rd: St Laurence's College
  • 4th: Villanova College
  • 5th: Padua
  • 6th: St Patrick's College
  • 7th: St Edmund's College
  • 8th: St Peters Lutheran College

Open Chess Placings 2007

  • 1st: Padua College
  • 2nd: St Peters Lutheran College

Structure

There are three trimesters of sport. During the trimester every team (where practical) will play its corresponding teams in the opposing school. After seven weeks of competition, premierships are awarded to the teams with the most season points.

First trimester:

Second trimester:

Third trimester:

Other Events

In addition to sporting competition, the schools have formed a community with many other interactions. AIC schools will often encounter one another in the QDU debating competition, various mission and social justice functions, Queensland Catholic Colleges Music Festival (QCMF) as well as many social functions.

See also

External links

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Members of the Associated Independent Colleges, Queensland, Australia
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Independent_Colleges"

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