Saturday, January 10, 2009

Shooting Hoops.....

Hello folks!

On Friday (10th January 2009), the Emerys visited the home of the local NBA team, the Toronto Raptors. The tickets were given to us as a Christmas present from Jeff, the son of our good friends, Bob and Lorie. This was a truly special gift given to us by a truly special person. Thank you sooooooooo much Jeff!!! Love ya bro!!!

Anyway, the Toronto Raptors were playing the Memphis Grizzlies from down south (the U.S of A.)


Toronto Raptors or the Raps for short are an OK team....for those back in the UK, think of a football (OK then...SOCCER!!) team that is always mid table in the league...not good enough to win anything, but not bad enough that they finish last....does that make sense???


This was our second game, as we have been here before, so the photos below are from that game (forgot our camera for this one!!) so everyone gets an idea of the stadium...called the ACC (Air Canada Centre)


Of course, the court with the Raps logo on it:






Come on Raps!!!!:







During the game last night, during the intermissions / timeouts, everyone in attendance had a chance to win 'The Best Seats In The House' competition. Basically, a section of the arena is picked, and then a person within that section wins a prize.


Guess who's section they pick....well....ours of course!!! Guess who they pick to win a prize....THE GUY NEXT TO BRIAN!!! They also place cameras on the area and person they pick, and Brian was on Raptors TV for about 15-20 seconds. What was it that the famous artist Andy Warhol said...'Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes....'. Well, Brian has his famous moment for 15 seconds!


The person next to Brian won 4 tickets to see the Raps play their next home game against the Boston Celtics, the current NBA champions! Also with this prize, you and your three friends will be placed in a suite / executive box at the game, with waiters and waitresses to serve your every need!
Last but not least, he won $150 spending money as well!!! Lucky, lucky, lucky!


Well, to finish off the Raps won 103 to 82, so it was a very good game!


Bye for now

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