SWIMMING
The GPS Swimming season consists of 6 lead up carnivals and culminates in the annual GPS Swimming Championships. Swimmers from Years 5-12 compete in Age groups/ divisions for the Senior competition (13 Years & Under to Open) and Junior GPS (10 Years & Under to 12 Years & Under). The senior event has been held since 1918.
GPS SWIMMING RULES AND FORMS
SEASON DRAW
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
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RESULTS ARCHIVE
GPS Swimming Top 5 Finishers History
GPS Swimming Top 5 Finishers History – Jnr
GPS Swimming Points Table History
GPS Swimming Points Table History – Jnr
GPS Swimming Record Holders – Jnr
2024 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs&U-Open - Official Results
2024 GPS Junior Swimming Carnival 10&U-12Yrs&U – Official Results
2023 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs&U-Open - Official Results
2023 GPS Junior Swimming Carnival 10&U-12Yrs&U – Official Results
2022 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs&U-Open - Official Results
2022 GPS Junior Swimming Carnival 10&U-12Yrs&U – Official Results
2021 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs&U-Open - Official Results
2021 GPS Junior Swimming Carnival 10&U-12Yrs&U – Official Results
2020 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs&U-Open - Official Results
2020 GPS Junior Swimming Carnival 10&U-12Yrs&U - Overall Points
2020 GPS Junior Swimming Carnival 10&U-12Yrs&U – Official Results
2019 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs&U-Open - Official Results
2019 Junior GPS Swimming Championships 10&U-12Yrs&U – Official Results
2018 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs&U-Open - Official Results
2018 Junior GPS Swimming Championships 10&U-12Yrs&U – Official Results
2017 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs & U – Open Official Results
2017 Junior GPS Swimming Championships 10Yrs&U – 12Yrs&U - Official Results
2016 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs & U – Open Official Results
2016 Junior GPS Swimming Championships 10Yrs&U – 12Yrs&U Official Results
2015 GPS Swimming Championships 13Yrs & U – Open Official Results
2015 GPS Swimming Championships 10Yrs&U – 12Yrs&U Official Results
2014 GPS Swimming Championships Y8-12 Official Results
2014 GPS Swimming Championships Y5-7 Official Results
2013 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
2012 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
2011 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
2010 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
2009 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
2008 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
2007 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
2006 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
2005 GPS Swimming Championships Official Results
HISTORY
TIMELINE - KEY EVENTS
| 1915 | Swimming Championships commenced, inaugural year of competition (Tuesday 30 March) |
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| Venue – Spring Hill Baths | ||
| Points system used to determine winner of Walker and Hall Challenge Cup | ||
| Competing schools: Brisbane Grammar School (BGS) – 54 points, | ||
| Christian Brothers, Gregory Terrace (GT) – 20 points, Technical College (3 points) | ||
| Events: Open 50 Yards; Under 14 50 Yards; Open 100 Yards; 50 Yards Back and Breaststroke; | ||
| Under 16 100 Yards; Open 440 Yards; Under 15 Relay Race; Open Relay Race; Diving Championships | ||
| 1916 | Inclusion of additional schools to competition: Toowoomba Grammar School, Church of England Grammar School*, | |
| St Joseph’s Nudgee College, Clayfield College (to become Brisbane Boys’ College), St. Laurence’s School | ||
| Winners – Brisbane Grammar School | ||
| Addition of events into competition: 100 Yards Teams Handicap; Under 15 50 Yards; Neat Header; 100 Yards Teams | ||
| 1918 | Change of association name, inaugural year of The Great Public Schools’ Association of Queensland Inc. | |
| Events: Open Freestyle – 50 Yards, 100 Yards, 440 Yards; Under 16 Freestyle 100 Yards; Under 14 Freestyle 50 Yards | ||
| Inaugural winners – St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace | ||
| 1919 | Addition of event into competition: Back and Breaststroke – Open 50 Yards | |
| 1920 | St. Laurence’s leaves the GPS Association due to lack of turf pitch playing fields. | |
| Brisbane Grammar School wins the Championship for the first time. | ||
| 1921 | Addition of age group and event into competition: Under 15 Freestyle 50 Yards | |
| 1922 | The Southport School wins the Championship for the first time. | |
| 1923 | St Joseph’s Nudgee College wins the Championship for the first time. | |
| 1926 | Distances changed from Yards (Imperial) to Metres (Metric) | |
| Events: Open Freestyle – 50m, 100m, 400m; Backstroke – 50m; Breaststroke – 50m; Under 16 Freestyle – 100m; | ||
| Backstroke – 50m; Breaststroke – 50m; Under 15 Freestyle – 50m; Under 14 Freestyle – 50m | ||
| 1930 | Church of England Grammar School* wins the Championship for the first time. | |
| 1932 | No Championships were held due to Polio epidemic | |
| 1933 | Brisbane State High School wins the Championship for the first time. | |
| 1935 | Toowoomba Grammar School wins the Championship for the first time. | |
| 1936 | Addition of event into competition: Under 16 Freestyle 50m, 200m, 50m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke | |
| Removal of event: Under 16 Freestyle 100m | ||
| 1938 | No Championships were held due to Polio epidemic | |
| 1942 | No Championships were held due to World War II | |
| 1946 | Addition of events into competition: Open – Freestyle 100m and Breaststroke 100m; | |
| Under 15 – Backstroke 50m and Breaststroke 50m; Under 14 – Freestyle 100m; Backstroke 50m and Breaststroke 50m | ||
| 1948 | Addition of event into competition: Under 15 Freestyle 100m and Breaststroke 100m | |
| 1951 | No Championships were held due to Polio epidemic | |
| 1960 | Addition of event into competition: Under 16 Butterfly 50m | |
| 1964 | Under 13 age group added into competition – Year 8 becomes part of secondary schooling | |
| Events – Freestyle 50m, Freestyle 100m, Backstroke 50m, Breaststroke 50m | ||
| Addition of events into competition: Under 14 Freestyle 200m, Butterfly 50m; Under 15 Freestyle 200m, Butterfly 50m; | ||
| Reintroduction of event into competition – Under 16 Freestyle 100m | ||
| 1966-67 | No Championships were held | |
| 1971 | Addition of events into the competition: Under 13 Butterfly 50m; Under 13 Freestyle 200m | |
| 1974 | New GPS Rule: Maximum of 3 Individual swim events | |
| New Event addition 200 Metre Medley Relay: Under 13, 14, 15, 16 and OPEN | ||
| 1978 | New Event addition 200 Metre Freestyle: OPEN | |
| 1980 | GPS Swimming Championships moves venue to the Chandler Aquatic Centre, now known as the Sleeman Sports Complex | |
| 1985 | Addition of events into the competition: 200 Individual Medley: All Age | |
| 2014 | Competition extended from Year 8 to commence from Year 5-12 | |
| Anglican Church Grammar School is the first school to win the inaugural GPS Championships event for Year 5-7, | ||
| and the first school to win the double – Junior and Senior Championships | ||
| 2015 | Year 7 becomes part of secondary schooling | |
| 2016 | Introduction of Wedges for Backstroke | |
| 2022 | Naming of Junior Championships changed to Junior Carnival | |
| Championships and Carnival are postponed due to Brisbane weather event |
* now known as Anglican Church Grammar School
YEAR
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967 to 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
- 1952
- 1951
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
- 1943
- 1942
- 1941
- 1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1936
- 1935
- 1934
- 1933
- 1932
- 1931
- 1930
- 1929
- 1928
- 1927
- 1926
- 1925
- 1924
- 1923
- 1922
- 1921
- 1920
- 1919
- 1918
CHAMPIONS
- Brisbane Grammar School
- St Joseph's Nudgee College
- Brisbane Grammar School
- St Joseph's Nudgee College
- St Joseph's Nudgee College
- St Joseph's Nudgee College
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- The Southport School
- The Southport School
- Anglican Church Grammar School
- The Southport School
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- The Southport School
- The Southport School
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- The Southport School
- The Southport School
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- Brisbane State High School
- Brisbane State High School
- No Competition
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- Church of England Grammar School
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's Nudgee College & St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace (TIE)
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- No Competition
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- No Competition
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- No Competition
- Church of England Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Toowoomba Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane State High School
- No Competition
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Church of England Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- Brisbane Grammar School
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- The Southport School
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- Brisbane Grammar School
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
Year
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
Champion [10Yrs & U–12Yrs & U]
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- Anglican Church Grammar School
- Anglican Church Grammar School
- St Joseph’s Nudgee College
- St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
- Brisbane Boys’ College
- The Southport School
- Anglican Church Grammar School
- Anglican Church Grammar School