The Sports Association of Catholic Co-educational Secondary Schools (SACCSS) was founded in 1983.
Over the past 30 years the association has grown from just 7 Catholic Colleges to 15 schools in 2020.

SACCSS prides itself on providing quality sporting experiences for the students of its member schools, focusing on sportsmanship and camaraderie amongst the community.
SACCSS is fully committed to upholding the Catholic Ethos and is conducted in accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church as interpreted by the Bishop of the Diocese.

To be a leading provider of school sport in Victoria, catering for students from Catholic Co-educational Secondary Colleges in the North Western Suburbs of Melbourne.

As an association of Catholic Schools, we strive to provide competitive and quality sporting competitions for our members in a safe and inclusive environment.

SACCSS offers a range of sporting events over the school year, including Premier League (weekly year level Australian Rules Football, Netball, Football, Volleyball, Basketball), Senior Sport (Year 11/12) Cricket, Australian Rules Football, Netball, Football, Basketball. Tournament Days for Girls Australian Rules Football, Futsal, Hockey, Chess, Senior Mixed Netball, Tennis and Badminton.

The Association also hold 5 major Carnivals during the year, Golf, Swimming, Cross Country, Athletics and Tennis.

The Sports Association of Catholic Coeducational Secondary Schools (SACCSS) was founded in 1983.  Preliminary meetings were held in 1982, beginning with interested Principals, including Sr. Sylvia (CRC St Albans), Mr Bernie Dobson, Mr John Kennedy (Loyola) and Mr Frank Fitzgerald (CRC Melton).  Further meetings were held with Sports Coordinators to organise the structure of the competition and in 1983 the first SACCSS event was held, the Swimming Carnival at Richmond Swimming Pool.  The founding member schools represented at this event were Loyola College, MacKillop Catholic Regional College, St. Monica’s College, CRC St Albans, CRC Melton and CRC Nth Keilor.  Other events to be conducted by SACCSS in its founding year were Cross Country in term 3 and Athletics in Term 4.

CRC Sydenham joined the association soon after its establishment. Sydenham is a Senior campus who receives most of its students from the Year 7-10 CRC campuses. Rally Days and Senior Sports Days were introduced into the competition in 1986.  The original sports offered for the students were Basketball, Austrailian Rules Football, Soccer, Tennis and Volleyball.  These were one-day round robin events for interested Colleges.  In future years Tennis became a standalone one-day tournament and Netball and Softball were included into the Rally Day/ Senior Sports Day competition.

In 1994 St John’s College, Christ the King, Salesian College- Rupertswood and Geoghegan College joined SACCSS.  Geoghegan College amalgamated with Therry College and Sancta Sophia to form Penola Catholic College, they entered SACCSS in 1995.  St John’s College and Christ the King also amalgamated and became known as Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, they entered SACCSS in 1997. Thomas Carr joined SACCSS in 2001 but left the association in 2003. Thomas Carr Catholic College re-entered SACCSS in 2020.  Marymede Catholic College entered in 2006, CRC Caroline Springs in 2007, Emmanuel College and Kolbe Catholic College in 2008 and Antonine College in 2011 have been the most recent additions to the SACCSS membership.

Year Level Rally Days concluded in 2002 and the Premier League Competition was developed in its place.  In 2003 four College; Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, Penola Catholic College, St Monica’s and CRC Nth Keilor began competing in the Premier League competition.  The sports offered were AFL, Netball, Basketball, Volleyball and Soccer.  The competition was held every second afternoon of a predetermined day with each year level participating in a specified term, i.e. term 1 Year 10, term 2 Year 9 etc.  In 2010 Cricket was introduced to competition that occurred term 1 or 4 in the place of Australian Rules Football.

Senior Sports Days have continued but have been restructured over time.  Currently there is a Senior Sports Day conducted in term 1 for Tennis, Mixed Netball and Volleyball. The Cricket, Australian Rules Football, Netball and Soccer are played in as Home and Away rounds during the afternoons in Terms 1, 2 and 3. The Australian Rules Football began in 2004, with Netball beginning in its current format in 2010 and Soccer in 2011. In 2018, Netball was moved into Term 1 alongside Cricket and SACCSS had its inaugural season of Senior Girls Australian Rules Football running alongside the Senior Boys Home and Away season. Boys and Girls Senior Football (Soccer) continued to run throughout Term 3. From 2020 Senior Basketball will also be played as a Home and Away season rather than a One Day Tournament.

Chess and Futsal were included into the SACCSS Competition in 2011. Girls Australian Rules Football and Hockey were trialed in 2012 and added as permanent competitions for the association in 2013. In 2018- 2019, Rugby and Flag Football were trialed as a One-Day Gala Tournament – Badminton will replace this event in 2020.

The Sports Association of Catholic Coeducational Secondary Schools became an Incorporated Association in 2017. A new Constitution was developed and approved by the Principals. Our Constitution is now known as the “Rules of the Sports Association of Catholic Co-education Secondary Schools (SACCSS) – An Incorporated Association.”