Corpus Christi’s annual tortoise fair took place this Sunday, raising £1048 for charity. The appropriately named ‘Zoom!’, from Worcester College, took first place in the tortoise race with a speedy performance which the race organiser claimed “may well challenge for an all-time record”.
Zoom! was followed by the Brasenose tortoise, Mr T, and Corpus’ Oldham came third. In a nail-biting conclusion, Univ’s Percy led slightly, but was undone as he turned away just inches from the finish lettuce.
Richard Carwardine, President of Corpus Christi and judge for the day, said, “Obviously it was something of a disappointment that the Corpus tortoises didn’t come in first and second as we had been training them to do. I have some doubts whether the drug testing regime was quite as severe as it should have been – I think one or two may have slipped through the net.”
All money raised was donated to Reprieve, a charity dedicated to protecting prisoners’ human rights.
