{"id":9984,"date":"2022-09-01T07:24:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T06:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=9984"},"modified":"2022-09-01T07:24:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T06:24:44","slug":"inter-ccu-raft-race-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/inter-ccu-raft-race-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter-CCU Raft Race: 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Inter-CCU Raft Race across the Serpentine in 1979 is yet another part of college history that’s very difficult to find anything about. I can certainly find several references to the event in Felix, but nothing about why it started. What I can tell you is that this 1979 race is the first I found mentioned, so it could have been the first race to happen and the reason why STOIC recorded it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Of the listings in FELIX, there are only mentions of the fact that it’s happening or that it had already happened and which CCU won it (photo on right). Just one tiny extra piece I found was this ‘thanks’ from the Union President who said after the 1979 race: “Thanks to the Underwater Club for giving up their Sunday Lie-In to ensure the safety of the Raft Race<\/em>“. And there was one photo in Felix announcing that RCS had won the race.<\/p>\n

So sit back and enjoy this brief coverage of what may have been the very first Raft Race across the Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park. It started in Prince’s Garden and then up the roads to Hyde Park.<\/p>\n