The Independent Sporting Association (ISA) is a grouping of independent schools in
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
, Australia, generally within of the Sydney central business district, that are associated for the purposes of sporting competitions.
Members of the ISA often compete with members of the
Great Public Schools (GPS) and
Combined Associated Schools
The Associated Schools of NSW Inc, most commonly referred to as the Committee of Associated Schools (CAS), is a group of six independent schools located in Sydney, which share common interests, ethics, educational philosophy and contest sporting ...
(CAS) in trial and representative fixtures.
Of New South Wales' 130
Rhodes Scholars
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Established in 1902, it is ...
from 1904 to 2006, two have attended a school that is a member of the ISA.
["NSW Rhodes Scholars"](_blank)
— University of Sydney
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list, (retrieved 29 June 2006)
Current member schools
Current associate member schools
Sports
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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
*Soccer
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Cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
*Tennis
*Basketball
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Hockey
''Hockey'' is a family of List of stick sports, stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. There are many types of hockey, and the individual sports vary in rules, numbers of players, apparel, ...
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Netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...
*Swimming
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Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...
*Softball
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Touch football
The Competition in some sports is split into a 1st division and a second division with the stronger schools being in the 1st Division.
See also
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List of non-government schools in New South Wales
This is a list of non-government schools in the state of New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders ...
References
External links
* official website
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Australian school sports associations
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