Macadam Cup

The cup was first instituted in 2004 after an election pledge by the incoming President of the Students' Union, Michael Champion.

The motivation behind the competition was not entirely focused on sports; Champion enjoyed large backing from the Health schools, and in a time where the political will of the college was to rebrand Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' (GKT) to KCLMS, Champion saw the event as an opportunity to enshrine GKT identity through the vehicle of a sporting event.

The ulterior motive of the Macadam Cup was designed to make it increasingly difficult for Champion's successors to merge the GKT sports teams with the KCL ones.

[citation needed] Since its conception, the Macadam Cup has grown in the number of sports contested.

In 2017, the winner of the cup was decided on football penalties, carried out by members of 5 different sports, which GKT won 4–1.