About Hashing
Hashing originated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1938, when a group of British colonial officers and expatriates began meeting on Monday evenings to run, in a fashion patterned after the traditional British Paper Chase or "Hare and Hounds", to rid themselves of the excesses of the previous weekend. The original members included Cecil Lee, Frederick "Horse" Thomson, Ronald "Torch" Bennett, Albert Stephen (A.S.) Ignatius "G" Gispert and John Woodrow.
After meeting for some months, they were informed by the Registrar of Societies that as a "group," they would require a Constitution and an official name. A. S. Gispert suggested the name "Hash House Harriers" after the Selangor Club Annex, where the men were billeted, known as the "Hash House" for its notoriously monotonous food. Apart from the excitement of chasing the hare and finding the trail, harriers reaching the end of the trail would be rewarded with beer, ginger beer and cigarettes.
The Constitution of the Hash House Harriers is recorded on a club registration card dated 1950:
Hashing died out during World War II after the invasion of Malaysia, but was re-started after the war by most of the original group, minus A. S. Gispert, who was killed in the Japanese invasion of Singapore.
Apart from a "one-off" chapter formed on the Italian Riviera, growth of Hashing remained small until 1962, when Ian Cumming founded the second kennel, in Singapore. The idea then spread through the Far East, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and North America, booming in popularity during the mid-1970s.
At present, there are almost two thousand kennels in all parts of the world, with members distributing newsletters, directories, and magazines and organizing regional and world Hashing events. As of 2003, there are even two organized kennels operating in Antarctica. |
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The Hash House Harriers is a decentralized organization with each chapter (sometimes called a Kennel) individually managed with no uniting organizational hierarchy (although the locations of national and international gatherings are decided by a meeting involving representatives from a number of hashes). A kennel's management is typically known as the MisManagement and consists of individuals with various duties and titles. There are more than 1,700 kennels spanning all seven continents. Most major cities are home to at least one chapter. Kennels typically contain 20-100 members, usually mixed-sex and some metropolitan area Hashes can draw more than 1,000 hashers to an event.
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Check the Hare guide before setting a Run http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers ON ON!! |
Bodrum HHH Innaugural Run,6 - 8th March 2009
Bodrum Hash House Harriers was born with the first Inaugural Run on Saturday 7th March 2009. There are currently at 6 ex Istanbul Hashers permanently resident in the Bodrum area ; Virgin, Culture Vulture [also ex Ankara], Semen, Second Hand Dishwasher, Nice Little Runner and Overeasy and at least a further 4 as part time visitors with houses here;Noddy, Barrel, Vacuum Cleaner and Sugar Puff. Prospects for the Bodrum Hash look good.
The weekend for the Bodrum Hash House Harriers has been a great sucsess with 85 attending. Check out the pictures... Or read the newsletters on Hurriyet news.
