The previous best year was 2007 when the Redbacks had 28 champion teams.

The TAS (The Associated Schools) sporting competition is contested by 14 co-educational independent secondary schools in South East Queensland.

Redbacks teams excelled across swimming, volleyball, tennis, cricket, hockey, netball, athletics and soccer.

Champion teams were presented with their trophies at the college’s recent annual sports awards evening featuring guest of honour and Olympic medallist Melissa Wu.

Director of activities Greg Cudmore highlighted the fact that the college was the smallest school by student numbers in TAS and yet was TAS Champion school for 2009 winning two out of three seasons.

The TAS swimming team enjoyed its best ever carnival at Chandler winning the Champion School Trophy, Boys Aggregate Trophy, both the TAS boys and girls percentage trophies and Under 13, 14, open boys and open girls age championships.

The Redbacks won six Term 1 season premierships: Years 8A, 8B, 2nds and 10 volleyball, Year 10 girls tennis and Year 8 cricket, which ranked them the TAS champion school for the season.

Ormiston College won five premierships in Term 2: 2nds and 3rds hockey, 10A and B boys tennis and the college’s first ever netball flag, 9B.

The Redbacks won the Bayside District Cross Country with the Under 15 boys age champions.

Athletics regained some respectability with the boys percentage trophy winners and Under 13 and 15 boys age champions.

The college won a record eight Term 3 premierships: Years 9, 2nds and 1sts softball; Years 9,10, 2nds and 1sts volleyball and Year 8 soccer, making it the champion school for the season.

The Under 15 girls and 16 boys were age champions at TAS athletics and the Redbacks were runners up at Bayside Athletics.

The First XVIII won its first flag since 2004.

The Year 8/9 AFL girls team won its fourth premiership in the row and the Year 10/12 team was also victorious.

The Year 8/9 boys touch team won the inaugural TAS carnival.

Winners of the following 2009 sports awards were most improved team of the year, year 9B netball; champion team award, swimming; most improved sport of the year, soccer; most successful sport of the year, volleyball; sportsman of the year, A.J. McCoy; sportswoman of the year, Kelly Farrar.