Alberta Schools Athletic Association
| Abbreviation | ASAA |
|---|---|
| Formation | March 17, 1956 |
| Type | Volunteer; NPO |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | Athletic/Educational |
| Headquarters | 11759 Groat Road. Edmonton, Alberta T5M 3K6 |
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Region served
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Alberta |
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President
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Tom Christensen |
| Website | ASAA.ca |
The Alberta Schools' Athletic Association (ASAA) is the governing body that oversees amateur athletics in schools for the province of Alberta. It is a voluntary, non profit organization that has 373 member high schools. It enforces polices as dictated by the provincial board of Governors.
As is the case with all provincial governing bodies for school athletics in Canada, the ASAA is an affiliate member of the United States-based National Federation of State High School Associations.
The ASAA was founded in Calgary in 1956 to coordinate high school championships among member schools. After starting their activities by organizing a regional basketball tournament, more sports were added throughout the years, starting with track and field in 1958, badminton, volleyball and cross-country running in the 1960s; gymnastics, wrestling, and curling in the 1970s; and golf, cheerleading and football in the 1980s. Gymnastics was discontinued in 1989. Girls' wrestling was added in 1995. More recently rugby was added in 2006, team handball in 2010, and six-man football in 2011.
The association is structured in 8 geographical zones, Calgary & Edmonton as urban zones, complemented by six rural zones.
The eight geographic zones of the ASAA are:
Within these geographic zones, the policies set forth by the ASAA are administered by the regional associations:
In order to provide a competitive balance, member schools are placed into divisions for all major sports other than football and rugby, and into tiers for football and rugby, based on the schools' enrollments. Divisions and the two tiers systems are not equivalent. Exact sizes are:
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