The President's Trophy
The President's Trophy was first introduced for the 1978 Season. The following is a excerpt from the Secretary's report in the 1978 BHA Annual Reports.
"The President's Trophy', run on the same lines as the ‘Memorial Cup’, allows for the teams running first and second in each division’ at the end of the second round of fixtures to compete for the trophy in that division. It seems fitting that this competition was introduced in the final year of Bert Garraway's 20 years in office with the Assooiation, for the last 6 of which he has held the position of President."
When first introduced it was played as a separate match, usually on a Sunday. The matches were contested by the leading two Clubs in each Senior Division as at the conclusion of the second fixture series. As it became more difficult to program special matches on Sundays other methods of determining the winner were tried. These included using the result from the fixture match when the leading two teams met in the third series to determine the winner, as well as simply declaring the leading team at the conclusion of the second series the winner. The latter has been the current method in recent times. However, using this method means that in Divisions of more than eight teams where only two series are played (BHL1-3) the Minor Premiers are also the winners of the President's Trophy.
| PRESIDENT'S TROPHY | |||||||||||
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| Year | Div 1 | Div 2 | Div 3 | Div 4 | Div 5 | Div 6 | Div 7 | Div 8 | Vets/Vets 1 | Vets 2 | -- |
| 1978 | Commercial | Bulimba | Commercial | Bulimba | Valley | Commercial | Pine Rivers | Qld Police | |||
| 1979 | Bulimba | Commercial | Bulimba | Valley | Bulimba | Pine Rivers | Qld Police | S.W.United | |||
| 1980 | Bulimba | Norths | Easts | Easts | Easts | Valley | City United | Bulimba | |||
| 1981 | Bulimba | Bulimba | Commercial | Easts | Norths | Valley | S.W.United | Commercial | |||
| 1982 | Valley | St Andrews | Easts | Bulimba | Norths | Valley | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | ||
| 1983 | Bulimba | Bulimba | Easts | Easts | Commercial | Easts | St Andrews | Commercial | Norths 1 | ||
| 1984 | Easts | Easts | Valley | Easts | Commercial | Valley | St Andrews | Bulimba | Bulimba | ||
| 1985 | Bulimba | Valley | Valley | Easts | Commercial | University | Redcliffe | Commercial | Easts | ||
| 1986 | Redcliffe | Easts | University | Commercial | City United | University | Valley | Commercial | Bulimba | ||
| 1987 | S.W.United | Valley | Redcliffe | Easts | Commercial | St Andrews | University 1 | Commercial | Commercial | ||
| 1988 | Redcliffe | Valley | Valley | City United | Commercial | St Andrews | Norths | Commercial | S.W.United | ||
| 1989 | S.W.United | Redcliffe | Commercial | Valley | Commercial | Norths | Commercial | Commercial | Valley | ||
| 1990 | Easts | Valley | City United | Commercial | Norths | Commercial | Commercial | ||||
| 1991 | Valley | Redcliffe | Commercial | Commercial | Norths | Qld Police | Norths | Commercial 1 | |||
| 1992 | S.W.United | Easts | Valley | Commercial | University | Norths | Qld Police | Commercial 1 | |||
| 1993 | S.W.United | University | Easts | Commercial | University | Logan | Valley | Commercial 1 | |||
| 1994 | Commercial | Easts | Commercial | Kedron Wavell | Kedron Wavell | Commercial | Bulimba | Commercial | |||
| 1995 | Easts | Commercial | Easts | Bulimba | S.W.United | Griffith Uni | Valley | St Andrews | |||
| 1996 | Kedron Wavell | Redcliffe | Commercial | Bulimba | St Andrews | Bulimba | Valley | Easts | |||
| 1997 | Kedron Wavell | Commercial | Bulimba | Bulimba 1 | St Andrews | Bulimba | Valley | ||||
| 1998 | Easts | Kedron Wavell | Valley | St Andrews | Bulimba | Qld. Police | Valley | ||||
| 1999 | Kedron Wavell | Commercial | Commercial | Norths | St Andrews | Valley | Easts Tigers | Norths | |||
| 2000 | Bulimba | Easts | Norths | Bulimba | St Andrews | Valley | Valley | Norths | |||
| 2001 | Easts | Bulimba | Easts | Bulimba | St Andrews | Valley | Valley | Commercial | |||
| Year | BHL 1 | BHL 2 | BHL 3 | BHL 4 | CHL 1 | CHL 2 | CHL 3 | -- | VHL 1 | VHL 2 | -- |
| 2002 | Commercial | Commercial | University | Commercial | PRStAndrews | Valley | Pine Hills | Valley | Commercial | ||
| 2003 | Redcliffe Lgs | Commercial | Q.U.T. | Valley | Logan | Bulimba | University | Valley | Easts | ||
| Year | BHL 1 | BHL 2 | BHL 3 | BHL 4 | BHL 5 | CHL 1 | CHL 2 | -- | VHL 1 | VHL 2 | -- |
| 2004 | Commercial | Commercial | Valley | Easts | Norths | Bulimba | Pine Hills | - | Valley | Norths | |
| 2005 | Easts | PRStAndrews | S.W. United | Easts | Pine Hills | Commercial | Easts | - | Easts | S.W. United | |
| 2006 | Easts | Commercial | Commercial | Easts | Bulimba | Commercial | Pine Hills | - | Kedron Wavell | Kedron Wavell | |
| 2007 | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Easts | Kedron Wavell | Commercial | Pine Hills | - | Easts | Bulimba 2 | |
| Year | BHL 1 | BHL 2 | BHL 3 | BHL 4 | BHL 5 | CHL 1 | CHL 2 | VHL 1 | VHL 2 | VHL 3 | -- |
| 2008 | Easts | Commercial | PRStA/Nths | PRStA/Nths | PRStA/Nths | Commercial | S.W. United | Kedron Wavell | PRStAndrews | Bulimba | |
| 2009 | Redcliffe Lgs | Redcliffe Lgs | PRStA/Nths | PRStA/Nths | Kedron Wavell | Commercial | - | Easts | Kedron Wavell | Bulimba | |
| Year | BHL1 | BHL 2 | BHL 3 | BHL 4 | BHL 5 | CHL | -- | VHL 1 | VHL 2 | VHL 3 | -- |
| 2010 | Commercial | University | University 1 | Valley | Qld Police | Commercial | - | Easts | S.W. United | Bulimba | |
| 2011 | Commercial | Commercial | Easts | PRStAndrews | Valley | Commercial 1 | - | Valley | Redcliffe Lgs | Commercial | |
| Year | BHL 1 | BHL 2 | BHL 3 | BHL 4 | BHL 5 | BHL 6 | CHL | MHL 1 | MHL 2 | MHL 3 | MHL 4 |
| 2012 | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Valley | Valley | Commercial 1 | Easts | Kedron Wavell | Kedron Wavell | Commercial |
| 2013 | Easts | Commercial | University | Commercial | Qld Police | Valley | Commercial 1 | University | Easts | Redcliffe Lgs | Commercial |
| 2014 | Easts | Commercial | Commercial | Q.U.T. | Qld Police | University | Commercial 1 | Valley | Commercial | Kedron Wavell | Norths |
| 2015 | Easts | Labrador | University | PR St Andrews | Valley | S.W. United | Commercial 1 | Redcliffe Lgs | Uni/Easts | S'thbank Storm | - |
| 2016 | Bulimba | Commercial | Commercial | Easts | Valley | Easts A | Commercial 2 | Redcliffe Lgs | University | PR St Andrews | Valley |
| 2017 | Easts | Commercial | Commercial | PR St Andrews | University | Valley | Commercial 1 | S.W. United | Bulimba | Easts | Kedron Wavell |
Following the 2017 Season it was decided to no longer award the President's Trophy. Among the reasons given was that in Divisions with only two (2) Series (e.g. 10 team competitions) it coincides with the Minor Premiership; in Divisions with four (4) or more Series (e.g. 6 team competitions) it coincides with the middle of the Season; the lack of a free day during the Seasons on which to hold the matches across all Senior Divisions. Kim