ISSA rejects Vauxhall’s claim against KC over quota rule

The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) has rejected a claim from Vauxhall High School questioning whether Kingston College had breached the governing body’s Quota Rule during a Manning Cup game between the teams.

According to the Quota Rule: “School teams will have a limit placed on the number of transferred students (a quota) that will be allowed to be registered for various ISSA-run competitions.”

There are different quotas for different sports.

In ISSA football, a school is allowed to field no more than three such players at a time.

The rule applies to student-athletes who transfer between ISSA member schools and who were previously registered for the same sport at their former school.

Students transferring from non-member schools, or who never represented their previous ISSA school in that sport, are exempt from the quota system.

This, an ISSA release said today, is the case for one of the four players Kingston College were alleged to have played in the game.

“A check of our registration database identifies all four students as being legitimately registered by Kingston College,” read a letter on ISSA letterhead and signed by Competition Officer Ewan Scott.

According to the letter, which was directed at the principal of Vauxhall High, one of the students was removed from the list of students under a quota in 2025.

The letter went on to explain that while the student did transfer from an ISSA member school, he never played any ISSA-sanctioned sport and therefore had his categorisation as a quota player removed.

“The findings therefore suggest that Kingston College would be well within their rights to play all four players identified in the allegation, as the check and balance completed by the ISSA Competitions Department would have provided the necessary clearance for all four players to participate.”

Scott’s missive also pointed to an automated registration system that not only flags students who would push a school over its quota limit, but actually restricts the ability to do so.

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