About ACS Sports
(Last update March 31, 2009)
To view the 2009 ACS Sports fixture click here.
To view 2008 ACS Sports information sheet click here.
The Association of Co-educational School (ACS) member schools share a common philosophy where every school activity is an educational experience. Sporting competition must be directed towards teaching teamwork, developing character and inculcating high personal standards of behaviour. There should be limited interruptions to school time and school sport is not played on weekends as this is family time and an opportunity to participate in community sport.
Some of the important components and objectives of the ACS are that maximum participation is achieved, that opportunities to learn new sports exist and the positive benefits of sports are taken into everyday life. The ACS adheres to a code of ethics and behaviour and general rules to maintain the integrity of the competition and the Association.
Prior to the establishment of the ACS, the five original schools involved found that existing sporting arrangements suffered from a number of disadvantages such as:
The competition lacked stability and constancy from one year to the next. It was comprised of boys, girls and co-educational schools.
The competition was uneven which resulted from the differing sizes of schools involved plus different levels of participation and commitment.
The competition was unreliable in that schools felt no obligation to fulfil fixtures; this often meant teams would arrive for matches but not have an opposition team to play against.
There was a resistance to activities after 3.30pm and too much intrusion into school time.
The five original schools came together in 1997 to discuss the elements of a new association that would meet their collective needs. They discussed a code of sportspersonship, that they would want a serious competition with a commitment to all teams from all members, and for sport not to interfere with or minimise interference with classroom time.
To overcome the disadvantages noted above it was agreed that the Association of Co-educational Schools would be based on the following principles:
To bring together similar sized schools, that they were co-educational and held similar philosophies and commitment to sport.
A commitment to the agreed list of teams and sports at all year levels.
A commitment to a high standard of competition, appearance, punctuality and sportspersonship.
A comprehensive program that included traditional sports as well as other popular sports.
A program that would involve a large number of students and maximise participation.
Finding a balance between participation and a higher level of competition.
A commitment to make it work, to fulfil fixtures and minimise intrusion into school time.
To provide equal sporting opportunities and access to sport for girls in all year levels.
To provide opportunity for students to play sport who would not play at all otherwise.
The current ACS Competition comprises of the following 7 schools:
Eltham College of Education
Loyola College
Overnewton Anglican Community College
St Leonard's College
St Michael's Grammar School
Thomas Carr College
Westbourne Grammar School
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