Arcade Fire’s Win Butler | Photo credit: Kelly McKay
The women’s Stingers topped their longstanding foes, the McGill Martlets, 60-47 in a Sunday match-up that capped Concordia’s Homecoming 2013 festivities.
“It’s an opportunity to see athletes that I played with 20 years ago,” said Patricia Demers, BA 95, MSc 97, director of bursary programs and athlete support at Fondation de l’athlète d’excellence du Québec. “Back then we had no sympathy for our opponents.”
As did the McGill men for their rival alumni Stingers.
Arcade Fire lead vocalist Win Butler, a charity tournament veteran, helped lift the McGill Redmen to a 97-81 win.
No matter. “It was a family affair,” said tournament organizer Dexter John, BA 93, who runs DJ Sport Club Inc., a sports-education charity for youths. “I always use basketball for a greater purpose.”
