 The format of the QPS changed a number of times over the years, but settled finally in the late 1990s when BUCS took over the co-ordination of Scottish University Football from the now defunct SUSF.The Shield is now awarded to the winner of the Scottish 1A Conference, which for the last four years has been won by Heriot-Watt.St Andrews 1st XI have, since the late nineties, been in Scottish Conference 2A suffering many years of frustration and near misses in their quest for promotion.