holds in Independent Girls' School Tennis. However, it has remained essential that the conditions stay true to the principles of the donor. If Miss Tildesley had wished the Shield to be reserved for the champions, which would have led to her school winning more often, then the conditions of play would have been much different. However, Tildesley, along with her sister Beatrice and Mr Henry Marsh, who had developed the concept with her, insisted that the school with the best average of games won the Shield. As Marsh explained in his article in the Normanhurst Jubilee Magazine: In 1998, Mr Peter Spender donated a trophy for the Most Improved Tildesley Shield Tournament School, in memory of his wife Diane Greaves, an ex–SCEGGS Darlinghurst student. Any school who improves their position from the previous year automatically becomes eligible to win the Spender trophy. Today the Tildesley Shield Competition is open to all IGSSA schools, with 24 of them typically choosing to compete, and takes place at Eastwood Thornleigh District Tennis Association courts at Pennant Hills, New South Wales over three consecutive days, usually in March / April. Entry is accepted according to a ratio of secondary enrolments to a maximum number of matches in singles and doubles, which may change slightly each year due to changes in enrolment numbers. Tildesley Shield winners Notable IGSSA sportswomen Athletics Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (St Vincents) Cricket Margaret Elizabeth Maynard Peden (Abbotsleigh) Ellyse Perry (Pymble) Cycling Kate Bates (Tara and PLC Sydney) Diving Vanessa Baker (MLC School) Bindi Mansfield (Meriden) Kathyrn Blackshaw (Meriden) Nicole Ng (PLC Sydney) Gymnastics Penelope Blackmore – Commonwealth Games Rhythmic Gymnast (MLC School) Danielle Le Ray – Olympic Rhythmic Gymnast (Meriden) Amelia McVeigh- Rhythmic Gymnast (PLC Sydney) Netball Liz Ellis (Abbotsleigh) Rowing Jennifer Emerson (PLC Sydney) Elizabeth Kell (MLC School) Julia Veness-Collins (PLC Sydney) Football Ellyse Perry (Pymble) Skiing Cynthia Mitchell (Santa Sabina) Zali Steggall (Queenwood) Swimming Natasha Bowron (PLC Sydney) Lorraine Crapp (MLC School) Margaret Elaine Dovey (SCEGGS) Nanette Duncan (PLC Sydney) Elizabeth Fraser (PLC Sydney) Felicity Galvez (MLC School) Emma Johnson (PLC Sydney) Melissa Mitchell (Pymble) Ming Xiu Ong (Pymble) Annabelle Williams (PLC Sydney) Tennis Daphne Akhurst (Normanhurst School) Sophie Ferguson (Pymble) Nicole Kriz (PLC Sydney) See also List of non-government schools in New South Wales References External links IGSA Sport Website AHIGS Website Archdale Debating Competition Australian school sports associations Sport in New South Wales