Objects of Substance – Interform Netball Shields

The Netball shields, made of silky oak (1913-1923), Oregon pine (1924-1943), and English oak (1944 1977), are unique in that the winning form or House was engraved onto a School badge profile which was then attached to the shield. This elegant solution to record winners makes them distinctly Girls Grammar and there is not one other trophy in the collection with this specific design detail. The lnterform Netball Competition was clearly described in the 1928 Sports Club Minute Book: • - - I - - --- - - - - - - (/ � 1'\..t-t ..u'<.A.-L-<-• _.,,L.i.._t2,,,t. t! rew aA.th•

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Sports Club Minutes 1928 p4 Each successful form was chronicled and, as each shield filled, a new shield was created using the same procedure of engraved badge replicas. The first two shields were each labelled 'BGGS Basket Ball Challenge Shield' and the most recent shield, simply, 'Brisbane Girls Grammar School Netball'.