Nearly 300 Brock students and alumni took part the University's annual Homecoming Grape Stomp on Friday, Sept. 19. For hundreds of Badgers, the juice was worth the squeeze.
With their white shirts covered in purple splatter and their hair filled with fruit, nearly 300 students and alumni officially checked the University’s messiest tradition off their Badger bucket list on Friday, Sept. 19.
Brock’s annual Homecoming Grape Stomp saw participants make quick work of two metric tonnes of Concord grapes — donated by Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery in Jordan — by creating a giant slip and slide in the University’s Jubilee Court. One of Brock’s most popular fall events, Grape Stomp has also been hailed as one of the best university traditions in Canada by University Affairs magazine.
Stompers were welcomed to the event by President Lesley Rigg, who reflected on Brock’s deep Niagara roots and the University’s connection to the grape and wine industry through its Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute.
While the friendly food fight was the afternoon highlight, the event also featured live music by alumni band Avenue Inn and a free barbecue sponsored by Aramark.
Grape Stomp is part of a stacked lineup of events taking place during Brock’s Homecoming weekend, which also includes the Steel Blade Classic hockey game at the Meridian Centre on Friday evening.
