Here's an example of a raw query in Doctrine 2 that I'm doing:
public function getAuthoritativeSportsRecords()
{
$sql = "
SELECT name,
event_type,
sport_type,
level
FROM vnn_sport
";
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$stmt = $em->getConnection()->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute();
return $stmt->fetchAll();
}