 The First XI have won the competition four times with the last being in the 2017-2018 season.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.