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{{Infobox organization
|name=Girls' Sport Victoria
|image=Girlssportviclogo.jpg
|size=120px
|abbreviation=GSV
|headquarters= Sports House [[Albert Park, Victoria|Albert Park]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
|location=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
|membership=23 member schools (~21,000 students collectively)
|language= [[English language|English]]
|president=Linda Douglas ([[Ruyton Girls' School]])
|formation={{start date and age|2001}}
|leader_title=Executive Officer
|leader_name=Michelle Barry
|website=[http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au gsv.vic.edu.au]
}}

'''Girls' Sport Victoria''' ('''GSV''') was established in 2001, and is one of the largest [[independent school]] sporting associations in [[Victoria, Australia]], with 23 member schools from around [[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne]].<ref name=MentoneGSV>{{cite web|url = http://www.mentoneggs.vic.edu.au/partners|title = Partners|accessdate = 2007-10-02|year = 2007|work = About|publisher = Mentone Girls Grammar School}}</ref>

GSV provides approximately 16,500 girls, from years seven to twelve, with the opportunity to be involved in over 20 sports through weekly [[competition]]s, [[carnival]]s, [[tournament]]s and skill development programs.<ref name=TinternGSV>{{cite web|url = http://www.tintern.vic.edu.au/girls/sport|title = Sport|accessdate = 2007-10-02|year = 2007|work = Girls Grammar |publisher = Tintern Schools}}</ref>

== Schools ==
=== Current member schools ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Member School<ref name=Members>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au/profile/member.html |title=Member Schools |accessdate=2007-10-02 |last=Mawkes |first=Leonie |year=2005 |work=Profile |publisher=Girls Sport Victoria |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007221048/http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au/profile/member.html |archivedate=2007-10-07 }}</ref>
!Location
!Enrolment
!Founded
!Denomination
!Principal
!Day/ Boarding
!Year Entered Competition
!School Colours
|-
|[[Camberwell Girls Grammar School]]
|[[Canterbury, Victoria|Canterbury]]
|761
|1920
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Debbie Dunwoody
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Fintona Girls' School]]
|[[Balwyn, Victoria|Balwyn]]
|503
|1896
|[[Non-Denominational]]
|Rachael Falloon
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Firbank Girls' Grammar School|Firbank Grammar School]]
|[[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]]
|1,033
|1909
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Jenny Williams
|Day & Boarding
|2000
|{{color box|#228B22|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Genazzano FCJ College]]
|[[Kew, Victoria|Kew]]
|701
|1889
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|Loretta Wholley
|Day & Boarding
|2000
|{{color box|#800000|border=silver}}{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School]]
|[[Ivanhoe, Victoria|Ivanhoe]]
|863
|1903
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Narelle Umbers
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#964B00|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Korowa Anglican Girls' School]]
|[[Glen Iris, Victoria|Glen Iris]]
|747
|1890
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Frances Booth
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}}{{color box|#808080|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Lauriston Girls' School]]
|[[Armadale, Victoria|Armadale]]
|906
|1901<ref name="AGSAmeeting">{{Cite news| last=Butler| first=Jan| publication-date=2007-06-15| year=2007| title=womenleading@global.edu| periodical=The Alliance of Girls' Schools Annual Conference| publication-place=Melbourne, Vic.| publisher=The Alliance of Girls' Schools| pages=2| url=http://www.agsa.org.au/files/content/329.pdf| accessdate=2007-10-02| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830002406/http://www.agsa.org.au/files/content/329.pdf| archivedate=2007-08-30}}.</ref>
|[[Non-Denominational]]
|Susan Just
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Loreto Mandeville Hall]]
|[[Toorak, Victoria|Toorak]]
|1,229
|1924
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|Angela O'Dwyer
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#4169E1|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFCC00|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School]]
|[[Essendon, Victoria|Essendon]]
|874
|1920
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Elisabeth Rhodes
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Melbourne Girls Grammar|Melbourne Girls Grammar School]]
|[[South Yarra, Victoria|South Yarra]]
|1,048
|1893
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Toni Meath
|Day & Boarding
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Mentone Girls' Grammar School]]
|[[Mentone, Victoria|Mentone]]
|614
|1899
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Natalie Charles
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}}{{color box|#084C9E|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFCC00|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne|Methodist Ladies' College]]
|[[Kew, Victoria|Kew]]
|2,126
|1882
|[[Uniting Church in Australia|Uniting Church]]
|Julia Shea
|Day & Boarding
|2000
|{{color box|#228b22|border=silver}}{{color box|#C0C0C0|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg|Our Lady of Mercy College]]
|[[Heidelberg, Victoria|Heidelberg]]
|1,178
|1910
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|Judith Weir
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#808080|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Our Lady of Sion College]]
|[[Box Hill, Victoria|Box Hill]]
|914
|1928
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|Tina Apostolopoulos
|Day
|2015
|{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}}{{color box|#000000|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne|Presbyterian Ladies' College]]
|[[Burwood, Victoria|Burwood]]
|1,549
|1875
|[[Presbyterian Church of Australia|Presbyterian]]
|Cheryl Penberthy
|Day & Boarding
|2000
|{{color box|#0000FF|border=silver}}{{color box|#000000|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFCC00|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Ruyton Girls' School]]
|[[Kew, Victoria|Kew]]
|860
|1878
|[[Non-denominational]]
|Linda Douglas
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Sacré Cœur School|Sacré Cœur]]
|[[Glen Iris, Victoria|Glen Iris]]
|677
|1888
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|Adelina Melia-Douvos
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}
|-
|[[St Catherine's School, Toorak|St Catherine's School]]
|[[Toorak, Victoria|Toorak]]
|681
|1896
|[[Non-Denominational]]
|Michelle Carroll
|Day & Boarding
|2000
|{{color box|#6495ED|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}{{color box|#808080|border=silver}}
|-
|[[St Margaret's Berwick Grammar School]]
|[[Berwick, Victoria|Berwick]]
|876 (535 Girls)
|1926
|[[Non-Denominational]]
|Annette Rome
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Siena College (Camberwell)|Siena College]]
|[[Camberwell, Victoria|Camberwell]]
|733
|1940
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|Elizabeth Hanney
|Day
|2010
|{{color box|sienna|border=silver}}{{color box|black|border=silver}}{{color box|white|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Star of the Sea College]]
|[[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]]
|1,189
|1883
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|Mary O'Connor
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Strathcona Girls' Grammar School]]
|[[Canterbury, Victoria|Canterbury]]
|792
|1924
|[[Baptist Union of Australia|Baptist]]
|Marise McConaghy
|Day
|2000
|{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Toorak College, Mt Eliza|Toorak College]]
|[[Mount Eliza, Victoria|Mount Eliza]]
|860
|1874
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Kristy Kendall
|Day & Boarding
|2000
|{{color box|#FF0000|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}
|}

=== Former member schools ===
{| class="wikitable"
!School
!Location
!Founded
!Years Competed
!Denomination
!Day/ Boarding
!School Colours
|-
|[[Kilvington Girls' Grammar|Kilvington Grammar]]
|[[Ormond, Victoria|Ormond]]
|1923
|2000–2011
|[[Baptist Union of Australia|Baptist]]
|Day
|{{color box|#FF00FF|border=silver}}{{color box|#4169E1|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Shelford Girls' Grammar]]
|[[Caulfield, Victoria|Caulfield]]
|1898
|2000–2024
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Day
|{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#ADD8E6|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}}
|-
|[[Tintern Grammar]]
|[[Ringwood, Victoria|Ringwood]]
|1877
|2000–2009
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]
|Day & Boarding
|{{color box|#009900|border=silver}}{{color box|#000080|border=silver}}{{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}}
|}

==History==
In 1999, the [[Principal (school)|principal]] of [[Melbourne Girls Grammar School]], Christine Briggs, held a meeting of principals of girls' schools at the [[Lyceum Club (Australia)|Lyceum Club]]. She felt the need to organise the [[meeting]] after receiving a letter of invitation from the [[Associated Public Schools of Victoria]] (APS) inviting her school to join their association.<ref name="GSVHistory">{{cite web|url = http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au/profile/history.pdf|title = Girls' Schools Sport & Girls Sport Victoria – a History|accessdate = 2007-10-02|last = Otzen|first = Roslyn|year = 2005|work = Profile|publisher = Girls Sport Victoria|pages = 4–5|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071007225950/http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au/profile/history.pdf|archivedate = 2007-10-07}}</ref> The other schools invited included [[Firbank Girls' Grammar School|Firbank Grammar School]], [[Genazzano FCJ College]], [[Loreto Mandeville Hall]], [[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne|Presbyterian Ladies' College]] and [[Toorak College, Mt Eliza|Toorak College]].

Many APS boys' schools had introduced [[co-education]] and were finding it difficult to provide adequate inter-school sports experiences for their female students. As the oldest schools association, APS felt it was in a strong position to convince independent girls' schools to become members. Briggs was concerned that the APS saw girls' schools as the solution to their problem, and was aware that girls' schools were fragmented into so many sporting associations, that the approach might be successful for the APS, but harming girls' schools.<ref name="GSVHistory"/>

Briggs put the issue of girls' sport to the principals at the meeting, and it was agreed that it was time to consider the idea of a new sports organisation catering for the needs of all-female schools. It was stressed by many that the heritage of girls' sport built over more than a century by the involved schools could not be abandoned or seriously affected.

Following this meeting, a forum was led by Diana Bowman, the former principal of [[SCEGGS Darlinghurst]] in [[New South Wales]], who had much experience with the successful and foremost girls' sporting association in her State, the [[Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association]] (the sporting arm of the [[Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools]]). It was at this forum that the decision was made to create a new sports organisation to which the 24 girls' schools could belong, and that existing Associations would then cease to exist. In the same year, the name "Girls Sport Victoria" was selected for the new organisation. Further, it was acknowledged that creating "Girls Sport Victoria" would take time, and therefore a Project Officer was needed to undertake the task. Fiona Preston was the person selected, and began work immediately in order to complete preparations for the commencement of the sports program in 2001. She was supported by a [[Committee]] of Principals, a Committee of Heads of Sport, and working committees for each sport.<ref name="GSVHistory"/>

Preston, along with the first [[executive officer]], Meredith Prime, and a small group of staff, created a program of sports and three major carnivals, [[track and field]], [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] and [[Diving (sport)|diving]], and [[Cross country running|cross country]] in three Divisions. Zoned groups of schools were established for weekly interschool competitions in [[netball]], [[basketball]], [[softball]], [[tennis]], [[indoor cricket]], [[field hockey|hockey]], [[water polo]], [[association football|soccer]], [[volleyball]], and [[badminton]]. In addition, Saturday morning sport, which was especially attractive to [[boarding school]]s, offered [[golf]], [[Australian rules football]], [[taekwondo]], and [[triathlon]]. Also organised were seasonal competitions in [[cricket]] and [[Surfing|Surf]] League, and 'fun days' for students in Years 7 and 8.<ref name="GSVHistory"/>

Many challenges were met by the organisers, such as the vast geographic spread of the schools; the varying size of schools, ranging from 300 to almost 2000 students; the differences in quality and number of sports facilities within and outside schools; the difference in strength between schools and within sports; the cost to schools to meet their responsibilities; concern about potential loss of academic time through travel to venues; the determination of GSV rules and regulations; talent identification; promotion of leadership opportunities; and the availability of quality umpiring.<ref name="GSVHistory"/>

==Previous associations==
Prior to the establishment of Girls' Sport Victoria,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4505894 Women's Sports: New Association Formed, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 29 October 1932), p.27.]</ref> there were seven girls' schools sporting associations catering to the sporting needs of the 24 GSV schools, and a small number of other schools. These associations were subsequently disbanded in 2001.<ref name="GSVHistory"/>

===Associated Anglican Girls’ Grammar Schools (1920–2000)===
Church Secondary Schools Sports Association, later the Associated Anglican Girls’ Grammar Schools (AAGGS), was created in 1920 and conducted the first combined girls’ schools sports day in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] on 30 April 1920, at Toorak Park, [[Armadale, Victoria|Armadale]].<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197234868 Combined Girls' Sports: New Association Formed, ''The Argus'', (Friday, 30 April 1920), p.7.]</ref> The first cultural event held by the Associated Church of England Girls’ Grammar Schools was a Combined Choir Festival at the [[St Kilda Town Hall]] on Thursday 9 October 1941, in aid of [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]] Funds with the guest of honour being [[Una Mabel Bourne|Miss Una Bourne]].<ref>[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER3768627 Records of the AAGGS held in the State Library of Victoria.]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Years Competed
|-
|[[Camberwell Girls Grammar School]]
|1944–2000
|-
|[[Firbank Girls' Grammar School]]
|1920–2000
|-
|[[Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School]]
|1925–2000
|-
|[[Korowa Anglican Girls' School]]
|1920–2000
|-
|[[Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School]]
|1921–2000
|-
|[[Melbourne Girls Grammar School|Melbourne Girls Grammar]]
|1960–2000
|-
|[[Mentone Girls' Grammar School]]
|1964–2000
|-
|[[Shelford Girls' Grammar]]
|1944–2000
|-
|[[St Michael's Grammar School]]
|1920–1980s
|-
|[[Tintern Grammar|Tintern Girls Grammar School]]
|1920–1951
|}

===Girls' Schools Association (1920–2000)===
The Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA), later the Girls' Schools Sports Association (GSSA) was formed in 1920. In the early 1990s, it changed its name to the Girls Schools Association (GSA).<ref name="GSVHistory"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Years Competed
|-
|[[Fintona Girls' School]]
|1920–2000
|-
|[[Korowa Anglican Girls' School|Korowa Girls' School]]
|1963–2000
|-
|[[Lauriston Girls' School]]
|1920–2000
|-
|[[Ruyton Girls' School]]
|1920–2000
|-
|[[St Catherine's School, Toorak|St Catherine's School]]
|1920–2000
|-
|[[Tintern Grammar|Tintern Girls Grammar]]^
|1967–2000
|}

^Tintern participated in the Swimming Carnivals from at least 1949 – 1953 and the Athletics Carnivals from 1956 – 1958

===Zone Sports Association (1968–2000)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Years Competed
|-
|[[Firbank Girls' Grammar School]]
| 1968–2000
|-
|[[Loreto Mandeville Hall]]
| 1980–2000
|-
|[[Mentone Girls' Grammar School]]
| 1968–2000
|-
|[[Sacré Cœur School|Sacré Cœur]]
| 1991–2000
|-
|[[Shelford Girls' Grammar]]
| 1968–2000
|-
|[[St Michael's Grammar School]]
| 1968–1994
|-
|Cato College (later [[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley College]] – Cato Campus)
| 1968–1989
|-
|[[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley College]], Prahran Campus
| 1988–1989
|}

===Girls’ Schools Sports Association (1975–2000)===
The "Girls’ Schools Sports Association", formerly the Eastern Suburbs Association and later the Eastern Sports Association (ESA), was formed in 1975. In 1984, [[Loreto Mandeville Hall|Loreto Toorak]] was invited to participate as a non-voting member and in 1988, the girls at [[Wesley College (Victoria)|Wesley College]] were also invited to participate as a non-voting member. In 1993, [[Carey Baptist Grammar School|Carey Grammar]] was asked to re-consider its membership of the new GSSA, as it was the only co-educational school in the ESA. [[Genazzano FCJ College|Genazzano]] was invited to participate as a non-voting member in 1993 before becoming a full member the following year following the departure of Carey Grammar. Athletics and swimming carnivals were conducted and students competed in baseball, basketball, cricket, hockey, netball and tennis competitions throughout the year.<ref name="GSVHistory"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Years Competed
|-
|[[Camberwell Girls Grammar School|Camberwell Girls Grammar]]
|1975–2000
|-
|[[Carey Baptist Grammar School|Carey Grammar]]
|1984–1993
|-
|[[Genazzano FCJ College|Genazzano]]
|1994–2000
|-
|[[Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School|Ivanhoe Girls Grammar]]
|1975–2000
|-
|[[Melbourne Girls Grammar School|Melbourne Girls Grammar]]
|1975–2000
|-
|[[Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne|MLC]]
|1975–2000
|-
|[[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne|PLC]]
|1975–2000
|-
|[[Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School|Strathcona Girls Grammar]]
|1975–2000
|}

===Public Schools Sports Association (1904–2000)===
The Public Schools Association, later known as the Girls’ Private Schools Victorian Sports Association, was created in 1904 and conducted their first tennis competition soon thereafter.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197234868 Girls' Sports Association: New Association Formed, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 26 March 1904), p.12.]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Years Competed
|-
|[[The Hermitage (Australia)|Geelong Girls' Grammar School]]
|1916–1975
|-
|[[Loreto Mandeville Hall]]
|1991–2000
|-
|[[Melbourne Girls Grammar School|Melbourne Girls Grammar]]
|1904–2000
|-
|[[Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne|Methodist Ladies' College]]
|1904–2000
|-
|[[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne|Presbyterian Ladies' College]]
|1904–2000
|-
|[[Tintern Grammar|Tintern Girls Grammar School]]
|1991–2000
|-
|[[Toorak College, Mt Eliza|Toorak College]]
|1991–2000
|}

===Catholic Girls Sports Association of Victoria (established 1980)===
The Catholic Girls Sports Association of Victoria (CGSAV), formerly the Secondary Catholic Sports Association (SCSA) is a sporting body that promotes and provides sporting carnivals for a group of Catholic girls schools in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scsa.org.au/about/|title=About|website=www.scsa.org.au}}</ref> established in 1980. Membership of the SCSA is restricted to metropolitan and country Catholic Secondary Schools, upon payment of the annual affiliation fee. Membership is open either to girls’ schools or coeducational Catholic Colleges, however events cater only for girls.<ref name="auto"/>

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
*[[Academy of Mary Immaculate|Academy of Mary Immaculate, Fitzroy]]
*[[Ave Maria College, Melbourne|Ave Maria College, Aberfeldie]]
*[[Avila College|Avila College, Mount Waverley]]
*[[Catholic Ladies College, Eltham|Catholic Ladies' College, Eltham]]
*[[Clonard College|Clonard College, Geelong]]
*Harkaway Hills College, Narre Warren North
*[[Kilbreda College|Kilbreda College, Mentone]]
{{Col-break}}
*[[Killester College|Killester College, Springvale]]
*[[Marian College (Sunshine West)|Marian College, Sunshine West]]
*[[Mater Christi College|Mater Christi College, Belgrave]]
*Mercy Diocesan College, Coburg
*[[Mount St. Joseph Girls' College|Mount St Joseph Girls' College, Altona]]
*[[Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg]]
*[[Our Lady of Sion College|Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill]]
{{Col-break}}
*Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Bentleigh
*[[Sacred Heart College, Geelong]]
*[[Sacred Heart Girls' College|Sacred Heart Girls' College, Oakleigh]]
*[[Santa Maria College, Melbourne|Santa Maria College, Northcote]]
*[[St Aloysius' College (Melbourne)|St Aloysius College, North Melbourne]]
*[[St. Columba's College, Melbourne|St Columbas College, Essendon]]
*[[Christian Brothers College, St Kilda|St Mary's College, St Kilda]]
{{Col-break}}
{{col-end}}

==== Former member schools ====
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
*[[Genazzano FCJ College|Genazzano FCJ College, Kew]]
*Kildara College, Malvern
*Kilbride College, Albert Park
*Kilmaire College, Hawthorn
{{Col-break}}
*[[Loreto College, Victoria|Loreto College, Ballarat]]
*[[Loreto Mandeville Hall|Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak]]
*[[Mount Lilydale Mercy College|Mount Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale]]
*[[Presentation College, Windsor]]
{{Col-break}}
*[[Sacré Cœur School|Sacré Cœur, Glen Iris]]
*[[Siena College (Camberwell)|Siena College, Camberwell]]
*[[Star of the Sea College|Star of the Sea College, Gardenvale]]
{{Col-break}}
{{col-end}}

===Southern District Sports Association (? – 2000)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Years Competed
|-
|[[Assumption College, Kilmore|Assumption College]]
|?–2000
|-
|[[Kilvington Girls' Grammar]]
|?–2000
|-
|[[Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School]]
|?–2000
|-
|[[Mentone Girls' Grammar School]]
|?–2000
|-
|[[Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School]]
|?–2000
|-
|[[St Leonard's College (Melbourne)|St Leonard's College]]
|?–2000
|-
|[[St Margaret's School, Melbourne|St Margaret's School]]
|?–2000
|-
|[[Toorak College, Mt Eliza|Toorak College]]
|?–2000
|}
NB: For a brief period, two Associations existed with the name "Girls' Schools Sports Association".

==Presidents of the Association==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Term<ref name=Acknowledgements>{{cite web|url = http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au/profile/history.html|title = Acknowledgements|accessdate = 2007-10-02|last = Mawkes|first = Leonie |year = 2005|work = History|publisher = Girls Sport Victoria}}</ref>
!President<ref name=Acknowledgements/>
!School<ref name=Acknowledgements/>
|-
|1999–2001
|Christine Briggs
|Melbourne Girls Grammar
|-
|2001–2002
|Anne Hunt
|Loreto Mandeville Hall
|-
|2002
|Rosa Storelli
|Methodist Ladies' College
|-
|2002–2003
|Jane Munro
|Firbank Grammar School
|-
|2003–2006
|Margaret Webb
|Toorak College
|-
|2007–2012
|Susan Stevens
|Loreto Mandeville Hall
|-
|2013–2015
|Christine Jenkins
|Korowa Anglican Girls' School
|-
|2016–2018
|Linda Douglas
|Ruyton Girls' School
|-
|2019 – 2022
|Kristy Kendall
|Toorak College
|-
|2023 – present
|Elisabeth Rhodes
|Lowther Hall
|-
|}

==Sports==
Students from Girls Sport Victoria member schools participate in a wide range of sporting activities including:

;Weekly Sports
* Australian Football
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Cricket
* Indoor Cricket
* Hockey
* Netball
* Soccer
* Softball
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* Waterpolo

;Carnivals
* Cross Country
* Diving
* Swimming
* Track and Field (2023 the GSV conducted its first Years 5 & 6 Track & Field event over two days in August)

;Sport Skills Program
* Cycle sport
* Diving
* Fencing

;Other Events
* Basketball Tournament
* Five a side Soccer Tournament
* Golf Tournament
* Triathlon
* Year 7 Sports Expo

;Representative Sport
* Cross Country
* Netball
* Soccer
* Swimming
* Volleyball
* Water Polo

;Head of the Schoolgirls Regatta
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==See also==
* [[List of schools in Victoria]]
* [[List of high schools in Victoria]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au Girls Sport Victoria]

{{GSV Schools}}

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[[Category:Australian school sports associations]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 2001]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Australia]]

Girls Sport Victoria - Revision history

imported>Steve Stefan at 22:48, 3 March 2025