Girton College went mixed in 1976 and the first male under-graduates arrived in October 1979. The college started playing in the college league, in division 5, for the first time in the 1980-81 season and won two successive promotions. In season 1986-87, with two blues players, Chris Elliott and Ian McKinnon, they made it through to the semi finals of Cuppers, losing narrowly in extra time to Downing. By 1993-94, they made it to the top division and in 1997-98, they were crowned league champions for the first time, a feat they repeated in 2003-04. In 1995 they won Cuppers for the only time in their history, beating APU in the final. Since then they have been Cuppers Runners up on 5 occasions, in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2008 and 2018.