GPS Schools

Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales

Formation	1892
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Membership	The King's School Sydney Grammar School Newington College Saint Ignatius' College St Joseph's College Sydney Boys High School Sydney Church of England Grammar School The Scots College The Armidale School
Official language	English
Secretary General	President: Phil Harry AM Grammar Chairman: Michael Curran Grammar Hon Secretary: Mark Gainford High Hon Treasurer: Mark Ticehurst Shore
Website	aagps.nsw.edu.au

The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) is a sporting association of boys' schools in New South Wales, Australia that contest sporting events among themselves.The AAGPS was formed on 30 March 1892, and today has nine members - eight Sydney schools and one northern NSW country school.

AAGPS representative sports sides are selected typically for matches against representative sides of The Associated Schools (CAS), Independent Schools Association (ISA) and Combined High Schools (CHS).

Of the 130 Rhodes Scholars from 1904 to 2006 and from New South Wales, 85 attended a GPS School.

The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) was formed at a meeting held at Gunsler’s Café, near Circular Quay, on 30 March 1892. The schools represented at this first meeting were The King's School, Saint Ignatius' College, St Joseph's College, All Saints' College, Bathurst and the North Shore Grammar School (Shore). On 12 April, representatives from Sydney Grammar School, Newington College and Cooerwull Academy joined those who had attended the first meeting.

A third meeting was held on 28 April 1892, where membership of the AAGPS was clarified, and St Patrick's College, Goulburn, St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, and The Scots College joined those Schools who attended the first two meetings.

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