{"id":11491,"date":"2024-10-01T07:15:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T06:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=11491"},"modified":"2024-10-01T07:15:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T06:15:35","slug":"inter-ccu-swimming-gala-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/inter-ccu-swimming-gala-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter-CCU Swimming Gala: 1986"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2024\/08\/Swimming-Gala-1986.jpg\"><br \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2024\/08\/Swimming-Gala-1986-1024x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>In February 1986 STOIC reporter Mark Salisbury left the warmth of the TV Studio to venture over to the Sports Centre in Prince&#8217;s Gardens North Side. The advert in Felix (up above) shows what the event was all about. Sadly there are no interviews with anyone taking part.<\/p>\r\n<p>What you&#8217;re seeing is of course the old original sports centre which was pulled down and replaced by Ethos which was opened in April 2006. For an indication of the changes to the pool have a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tngEyD-DWBA?si=tyG2VsjLYc7FowTc&amp;t=56\">Varsity Day 2008<\/a> which we recorded at Ethos on 27 February 2008.<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HpODIvTWnec?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw October 2024<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1986 there was an Inter CCU swimming gala held in the old sports centre,  STOIC reported&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3921,79,295168,82],"tags":[183,280],"class_list":["post-11491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-update","category-campus","category-student-events","category-student-life","tag-princes-gardens","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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