TOUCHDOWN NEWS Volume 10/2018 LOBBY FLOOR, OPEN DAILY FROM 14.30-01.00 HRS, RESERVATIONS PLEASE CALL 888 OR EXT.1818 TOUCHDOWN’s MENU Boon Rawd Brewery, Thailand’s first brewery, was founded in 1933 by Phraya Bhirom Bhakdi (Boon- rawd Sreshthaputra). At present, the company produces products under the numerous brand names namely Singha, Leo, B-ing, Purra, Sanvo, Syder Bay, Boonrawd Farm, Pundee and Masita trademarks. The Royal Garuda that appears on every bottle of Singha products is a Thai Royal Warrant, the highest honor in Thailand awarded to businesses and organisations, was granted to Boon Rawd Brewery on October 25th, 1939, for its exceptional service and commitment to the economic and social development of the Thai Kingdom. All these years later, with three breweries in operation, more than 320,000 bottles of Singha Beer and Leo Beer come off the line in a single day. At the end of a year, the brewer- ies bottle 1.5 billion liters of beer. (Source: www.boonrawd.co.th) This typical local beer is perfect when it’s combined with some Thai dishes, but also with any of our burgers. 2 LIONS SPIRIT OF THE CHAMPION Singha Corporation and Chelsea become a global partner in 2010 under concept “Spirit of the Champion”. Singha Beer has since been served at Stamford Bridge, the home of the Chelsea Football Club, and the Singha Beer logo is prominently displayed on the football arena’s A-Board during televised games. At the end of 2012, Singha Corporation and the Chelsea Football Club extended their partnership for another four years. 80th The renowned players of the Chelsea Football Club came to Bangkok in 2013 for a friendly match with Singha’s All Stars Team in celebration of Boon Rawd Brewery’s Anniversary. The partnership now includes "Singha-Chelsea FC Football League 2014 Road to Chelsea", to bring "Singha-Chelsea FC Football League 2014" champions to experience the most exclusive drill on the side Cobham stadium and VIP football match at Stamford Bridge stadium, London. Information from www.boonrawd.co.th 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship 30 September - 21 October 2018, in Japan Liverpool V Man City Sun 10/7 @ 10.30 pm Chelsea V Man Utd Sat 10/20 @ 6.30 pm EPL BIG GAMES TO WATCH OUT FOR... Australia 2018 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain ALL DRINks The 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 70th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez entered the season as the reigning champion, with Repsol Honda being the reigning team champions and Honda the reigning constructors' champions. After fourteen rounds of the championship, Marc Márquez holds the championship lead, after winning three consecutive races during the spring and six overall. Andrea Dovizioso is in second and Valentino Rossi in third, the former with three wins, while Rossi remains winless. Jorge Lorenzo and Cal Crutchlow were the other race winners. Yamaha are suffering their worst winless streak in their history with no wins in 23 races, which had started from the 2017 German Grand Prix. 5-7 October PTT Thailand Grand Prix Chang International Circuit Thailand, 19-21 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan 2018–19 Premier League The 2018–19 Premier League is the 27th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 10 August 2018 and is scheduled to finish on 12 May 2019. Fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 14 June Manchester City are the defending champions. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Fulham joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 EFL Championship. They replaced West Bromwich Albion, Swansea City and Stoke City who were relegated to the 2018–19 EFL Championship. Mexi mint Beer Cocktail 299.- 2018 Formula One 7 October Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka The 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship is an ongoing motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 69th running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Drivers and teams are competing in twenty-one Grands Prix for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championship titles. The 2018 World Women's Volleyball Championship will be the 18 th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament will be held in Japan from 29 September to 20 October 2018. Japan will host this event for the third time in twelve years and the fifth time overall. The final four will be held at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama. The final six will take place in Yokohama. 24 national teams are expected to compete. On 25 August 2014, FIVB announced that the tournament would be held in Japan for the third time in twelve years and the fifth time overall.[1] The tournament will take place in six cities: Hamamatsu, Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo and Yokohama.Japan hosted the Women's World Championship on four previous occasions: 1967, 1998, 2006 and 2010. Moreover, Japan also hosted the Men's World Championship in 1998 and 2006. The country has also played hosts to other important volleyball competitions, including the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship and the World Grand Prix final The 2018 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain will be a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team. The New Zealand Kiwis will compete in a three match test series against England, for the Baskerville Shield. New Zealand and England last played in a competitive competition in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, New Zealand lost to Fiji in the quarter-finals, while England made the final, losing to Australia by a score of just 6-0. New Zealand and England lasted played against each other when they played a mid-season international on 23 June 2018 at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado. England won with a score of 36-18. New Zealand was last in Great Britain for the 2016 Rugby League Four Nations. During that tournament New Zealand defeated England 17-16 in Huddersfield. They last played a three match test series against England during the 2015 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, losing the series 2-1. With the completion of these 3 tests, New Zealand and England will have played each other 4 times in 2018. UPCOMING ‘RUGBY’ UNION ‘RUGBY’LEAGUE Sat 10/13 New Zealand Sat 10/27 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland KCOM Stadium, Kingston upon Hull New Zealand England