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[[File:chariotrace.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chariot being pushed at a Chariot Race]] | [[File:chariotrace.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chariot being pushed at a Chariot Race]] | ||
Ye Grade Olde Chariot Race is the oldest tradition of [[Godiva Week]], dating back over 100 years. This illustrious race pits every [[discipline]] (and the F!rosh) against each other in a full-contact race through the snow (or mud) of Front Campus. The Chariot Race included entries from other Faculties and Colleges decades ago when it was a campus-wide event. | |||
The winner of the Chariot Race is decided by a committee of three judges - a [[Blue & Gold | The winner of the Chariot Race is decided by a committee of three judges - a [[Blue & Gold Chair]], the highest bidder for the Judge position at the [[Charity Stores Auction]] during Godiva Week, and the champion of [[Godiva's Quest]]. The judges have been known to take 'bribes' of BEvERages in the process of choosing a winner. | ||
The winning [[Discipline Club]] receives bragging rights and the J.P. Potts Memorial Trophy for one year. | The winning [[Discipline Club]] receives bragging rights and the J.P. Potts Memorial Trophy for one year. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Ye Grade Olde Chariot Race, as it is known, traces its roots back over | Ye Grade Olde Chariot Race, as it is known, traces its roots back over 100 years. In the early days, the [[Engineering Society]] election night was one of the major social events of the year. Rather than simply dropping ballots into a box, the large drafting room in the [[Little Red Skulehouse]] became the scene of all sorts of entertainment and sports. In particular, aspiring 'charioteers' would balance themselves on chamber pots whose handles were threaded with tow-ropes. Teams of their fellow students would pull them around the room to the delight of the crowd. | ||
Over the years, and over two world wars, the EngSoc elections changed in format, and the old style chariot races died out. However, in 1947, they were resurrected in a completely new format. Skule™ announced a massive, campus-wide chariot race around front campus to be used as a publicity stunt for the annual Engineering At-Home (a large dinner dance that was the forerunner of [[Cannonball]]). It was so successful that the race caught on as a major campus rivalry event, drawing entries from almost all the federated colleges and faculties at the University of Toronto. | Over the years, and over two world wars, the EngSoc elections changed in format, and the old style chariot races died out. However, in 1947, they were resurrected in a completely new format. Skule™ announced a massive, campus-wide chariot race around front campus to be used as a publicity stunt for the annual Engineering At-Home (a large dinner dance that was the forerunner of [[Cannonball]]). It was so successful that the race caught on as a major campus rivalry event, drawing entries from almost all the federated colleges and faculties at the University of Toronto. | ||
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The trophy, however, has been damaged repeatedly, and currently only the 'pot' portion of the trophy is presented to the winners each year. | The trophy, however, has been damaged repeatedly, and currently only the 'pot' portion of the trophy is presented to the winners each year. | ||
==Past Chariot Race Winners== | ==Past Chariot Race Winners== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! | ! Year | ||
! | ! Winner | ||
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| | | 2011 | ||
| | | ECE | ||
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| | | 2010 | ||
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| | | 2009 | ||
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| | | 2008 | ||
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| | | 2007 | ||
| | | EngSci | ||
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| | | 2006 | ||
| | | ? | ||
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| | | 2005 | ||
| | | Mech | ||
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| | | 2004 | ||
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| | | 2003 | ||
| | | Civ | ||
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| | | 2002 | ||
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| | | 2001 | ||
| | | EngSci | ||
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| | | 2000 | ||
| | | ECE | ||
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| | | 1999 | ||
| | | MSE | ||
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| | | 1998 | ||
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| | | 1997 | ||
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| | | 1996 | ||
| | | Civ | ||
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| | | 1995 | ||
| | | Mech | ||
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| | | 1994 | ||
| | | Mech | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | 1993 | ||
| | | EngSci | ||
|} | |} |