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Durham Lords News Release
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
11th ANNUAL MASCOT CONTEST - THE RAPTOR TO APPEAR AT THE OCAA BASKETBALL ALL-STAR GAMES!! - March 18, 2009
The OCAA All-Star host committee has just learned that the RAPTOR will be making an appearance at the OCAA Basketball All-Star Games on Saturday, March 28 at the Durham College Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre!!! The RAPTOR will be a celebrity guest judge at the all-star game as well as entertain the fans through out the festivities!
Make sure you sign your mascot up ASAP for the 11th Annual Best Mascot Competition. So far, Lord Durham is the lone entry in the mascot challenge. As an association, we can do better than that!!! It is a great way to get some good PR at one of our best showcase events! Email scott.dennis@dc-uoit.ca to sign up ASAP!!!
The event will also be on Rogers TV!!!
If necessary: If you do not have someone to wear the costume, we can find a volunteer to represent your college.
RAPTORS BIO…
Position: Mascot/Fan Exciter
Height: 5’9” (he looks much bigger on TV)
Weight: 165 lbs. of pure solid fur!
Age: 65,000,009
NBA Experience: 9 Years
High School: Jurassic High
College: University of Dinosaurus
Offseason Home: Toronto, and maybe a few golf courses!!
Acquired: Only living Raptor left, so it was a natural fit!
Career Transactions: Once a Raptor, Always a Raptor!
Contract Status: I’m here for life and loving every minute of it!
Career Highlights: Over the past nine seasons, the Raptor has made more than 3,500 appearances all over Toronto, Canada, and North America. The Raptor has even performed in Europe in such places as England, Belgium and Holland. In fact, The Raptor has been the only mascot invited back not twice but four times to the Holland Basketball Week Tournament!
Other Little Tidbits:
- Has a .989 successful dunking percentage, that’s pretty good!!!
- Named Rookie Mascot of the Year in 1996
- Attended NBA All-Star Game in 1997
- Has signed 46, 271 autographs (his hand is pretty sore!)
- Starred in a NIKE Fun Police commercial
- Has eaten 93 pounds of popcorn and not one kernel got stuck in his teeth!
- Single-handedly helped the Toronto Raptors win their first-ever playoff series (well, he was in the building so that’s pretty close!)
- Voted most popular mascot in the NBA (Three years and running , by the way!)
Personal:
- Full name is The Raptor.
- Enjoys making people laugh, whether with him or at him, usually at him.
- Has played golf with Arnold Palmer, Peter Jacobson and Mike Weir.
- Favourite Movies: Jurassic Park 1,2,3 (The Raptors get a bad reputation, we are not all like that!!), and The Land Before Time.
- Favourite Colours: Red, Purple, Black Silver and White.
- Favourite TV Show: Survivor
- Favourite Food: bulls, bucks, hornets, hawks, wolves, and grizzlies
- Favourite Book: Raptors Game Day Magazine
- Favourite Raptor Player: EVERYONE!!!
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784
scott.dennis@dc-uoit.ca
www.durhamlords.com - www.uoitridgebacks.com
Proud Host of the 2009 OCAA Basketball All-Star Games
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Top Basketball Players in Ontario!!!
