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Woodstock to be well represented during NBA Finals

Our area will be well represented as the Toronto Raptors try and win their first NBA Championship in franchise history.

Along with many fans who may be making the trek to Toronto to take in the action will be Woodstock’s Eddie Hawkeswood who will be set up courtside where he will be working with the NBA TV, the official broadcast network of the National Basketball Association.

Hawkeswood is a Stage Manager for the Toronto Raptors and he says he normally works with the teams that are visiting the Scotiabank Arena to play the Raptors to help broadcast their games on television.

He says he’s learned a lot by watching the different crews that broadcast the games including NBA legend Charles Barkley.

“You have to be prepared for all that’s going to come with being a pro athlete, be able to withstand it or grow from it, and then still be successful.”

As for who will win the series, Hawkeswood is predicting the Raptors will win their first championship by defeating Golden State in seven games.

 

Things are shaping up for the Raptors home opener of the NBA finals. (supplied by Eddie Hawkeswood)

 

Casey Kenny
Casey Kenny
A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.

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