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The first mention of the Women’s Squash Society was through a report on their victory against Hatfield Polytechnic in the McGarel in February 1977. 
During the time of November 1978, the society saw a rise of students that were interested in the society, which enabled the squash leagues to be extended until the end of January 1979, due to the court time being sparse. The society also had a qualified instructor in North Kensington on Monday afternoons, that trained beginner students and advanced players.

The rise of students interested in the society grew increasingly at the freshers fair in October 1979, which meant that the society had to book extra courts at the club they usually played at on Thursday and Friday afternoons.

In October 1979, the society was eventually able to arrange coaching for beginners on Friday afternoons at the South Kensington Squash Club. Both the men’s and women’s squash society’s at this time, began to play at the Wembley Squash Centre.

In February 1980, the women’s team became top of the Seetech women’s first division with a 100% record. Around this time, Carolyne Osner reached the semi-finals of the B.P.S.A Southern Area Individual Championships in Sandown Park. Both Downes and Bhacker, along with Peter Fall and Carolyne Osner competed in the B.P.S.A National Individual Finals in Manchester. All four members qualified from the matches for the knockout stages. Whilst, Osner managed to reach the quarter finals. Towards the end of the year in March 1980, the women’s team won their first division. On Wednesday 26th March, Carolyne Osner, Afsi and Bernadette all won their matches at the Seetech Squash League.

In January 1981, members of the women’s and men’s squash society competed in the B.P.S.A Southern Individuals Competition in Sandown Park. However, Sharon Cottrill lost earlier on in the competition was knocked out. In December 1981, the Polytechnic hosted their first ever tournament for men and women knock out competition.

The first mention of the boat society was through a list of all the different society’s available for students to join in the McGarel in October 1976, for the academic year of 1976/77. Training was usually at Chiswick boat house on Wednesday afternoons.

Pete Mearney who was a member of the society in 1977, had been selected at the time to represent the national team in Egypt and was aspiring to be selected for the upcoming Olympic Games in New Zealand.

The boat society in January 1979, competed for the first time in many years under college colours in the four’s heads. The society started out in 187th place, and finished in 183rd position out of 260 crews racing. During this time, the club boats that were available to use from the Chiswick boat house on Wednesdays and Saturdays were 1/eight, 1/four and 2/ sculling boats.

Korfball had already been established in the UK, on July 31st 1946 by the British Korfball Association, which became affiliated with the International Korfball Federation on September 21st 1946. Korfball was an imported game from Holland, however the game was not widely known from the 1940’s to the 1980’s. Nonetheless, the Korfball Society was first mentioned through an advertisement in the McGarel in January 1976, which informed students how the society already had a team in the London League. Korfball training took place on Thursdays at 5pm-6pm at Little Titchfield Street. In April 1976, the society announced that they intended for all games to be played outdoors, in Hyde Park.

At the start of the academic year of 1976/77, the society was already at the top of the Korfball league, ultimately achieving 54 goals scored in October 1976. In January 1978, the society was at the top of the third round of the Korfball League. Korfball leagues usually started in January. In January 1979, the society got off to a bad start in the indoor korfball league season, with the team losing both matches. This led the team to eventually be relegated to the second division of the league in February 1979.

In April 1979, the team finished in 2nd position in the third round of the korfball league, this meant that they could have been promoted to the first division for the fourth and final round. However, the team was unable to do this due to members having to sit exams.

After losing in the first round of the afternoon league cup, the society won the second division and were promoted. At the end of the academic year of 1980/81, eight women and eight men from the society went to the home of Korfball, Holland and played several matches in Amsterdam. Their hosts were a local korfball club Vlug en Vaardig during their stay.

In March 1981, the society entered the third and fourth round of the korfball league and were in second position of the second division. In the week of 3rd July-6th July, the society were hosts to a Dutch Korfball Club called Vlug en Vaardig. The poly’s arranged a small tournament for them during their stay.

The Parachuting Society was first mentioned through an advertisement in the McGarel in November 1975, which was encouraging new members to join the society and attend sessions at the weekends. New members were advised to complete a course which usually consisted of paying a £20 fee, training, the hire of a plane, parachutes, the first jump, provisional membership of the British Parachute Association and return transport to the airfield.

In December 1978, society members travelled to Sibson Airfield near Peterborough to complete parachute training which consisted of lectures on stability in the air, canopy control. Emergencies and parachute landing falls.

Towards the academic year of 1978/79, it was reported in the May edition of the McGarel that eighty people had trained with the society and over thirty had the opportunity to jump.