Herrislea House Harriers took to the road in a hash run last week on a glorious hot night. Mal Smith looking bronzed, fit and back on hols from Singapore laid out the trail during the day for a turn out of 21 runners - some seasoned hashers and others new to the sport.
A mixed bag from Hash clubs in Africa and Singapore to runners in from China, New Zealand, Norway and Scotland as well as a liberal helping of locals took to the trail and enjoyed a well laid out run that kept the less fit among us up there alongside the marathon runners for most of the 41/2 miles. The group incuded a horse(with rider) and a real hound - Teal.
Jim Jackson - Grand Master from our Mother Hash - The Kampong Hash in Singapore - cheated we have to say and took a short cut only to be chastised later in 'the circle' by a very able 'whip' accompanying him from the Kampong Hash.
Just like our mother Hash out East we went through streets and sand dunes as well a bit of jungle out at the Ness of Sound and in the hot sun, before with retired to Herrislea for the 'on on' and a plate of well earned Shetland Lamb Korma - to keep the balance of East with West!!!
There were some locals who foolishly expressed interest in having anoher hash soon, so watch this space!!!
Please take a look at the Mother Hash page!!! Click Here to be taken there.
Please see the new pictures below. These were taken during the Hash Run in Lerwick on the 27th July.
'At the starting line'
'spreading out after the first check
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'the horse rider - every hash should have one'
'a pile up at the style'
'over the sand dunes of Lerwick'
'the climb'
'Down, Downs from a new shoe & sock'
'Hounds 'downs down' from sock'
'The jungle'
'Where is the dog?'
'Lost on trail'
'Down down - new shoes'
'Whip & Horseman - greedy for down downs'
'Homemade Lamb Korma'
'The Hare & Hound'
'The Hare - Malfunction'
'On on home'
'Back at Herrislea House'
'The circle'
'Tired Hound'
'The whip'
'The hound wants that sock'
'Young hashers 'down downs'
'Marathon babe - 'confused but enjoyed it'
The HASH HOUSE HARRIERS is a social club of runners that have been described as "a drinking club with a running problem." Ex-pat British businessmen, accountants, lawyers, civil servants, etc., started the HASH in 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a club based on the old English game of hares and hounds where one or two members would be given several minutes head start and would drop shredded paper as the "scent". The hounds would then follow, after the prescribed time, and attempt to catch the hares.
Mal Smith & Jim Jackson with BC & Murray arrive back in Shetland on Sunday. They have been planning this hash from singapore and have designed a T-shirt and are bringing back 20 for the first 20 runners. So don't be slow, get over here and meet jim & Mal et al.
Whether you are old friends or new. If you are heading out East or anywhere else in the world for that matter, you'll knowledgably be able to join a Hash Run. Don't hang round on Thursday get over here whether you can run or not.
The hares would lay the trail in a straight or obvious line, but then would stop laying trail and run off in another direction and begin laying the trail after 100 meters or so. When the hounds discovered that they were no longer on trail, they would fan out in all directions in search of the "scent" and would call to the others when the trail was once again discovered.
The founder of the HASH, A. S. "G" Gispert, in 1937 discovered the Springgit Harriers, one of the paper chase clubs,
in Malacca. He introduced Ronald "Torch" Bennett to the concept and the stage was set. When "G" returned to Kuala Lumpur in 1938, he became a member of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Reserves, which trained on Mondays. "G" and many of the other ex-pat Brits were housed in barracks in the Royal Selangor Club where he and "Torch" would often discuss starting a harrier club in KL (Kuala Lumpur).Finally in about December of 1938, "G" convinced about a dozen others to follow his inaugural paper trail. Gispert then suggested the name of HASH HOUSE HARRIERS in mock allusion to the mess at the Selangor Club, where many of them dined. The runs were held Monday evenings after reserve training and were followed by refreshment of Tiger beer. A. S. "G" Gispert was killed in battle defending Singapore from the Japanese at 0400 hours 11 February 1942. The HASH has grown from those humble beginnings to include thousands of chapters and tens of thousands of hashers worldwide. Much of the information presented above comes from the book "On On! Run #2 Hash House Harriers 1938-1992" by Harrier International and the late Tim "Magic" Hughes, Phhh.D.
Please see the pictures below. These pictures has been taken from the following website: http://www.medanhash.co.uk. This site has more information on the Hash runs and its members.
Medan 32nd Anniversary Run 105
Medan 32nd Anniversary Run 107
Medan 32nd Anniversary Run 118
Medan 32nd Anniversary Run 121