Hashing is Fun @ Hangman

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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.


How to Be a Friend to Yourself and Others

Friendship is a privilege. Often times we find out who our friends are when things are tough. It's the people who stick by us, who guide us through rough waters, who inspire us when we are down that we count as friends.

"A Brother may not be a Friend,
but a Friend will always be a Brother."

Friendship is all about respect and you should not compromise on that on any point of time.


Interview with Phua Chu Kang

Down Down

ParkCity Hash Run Slide Show

PARKCITY HASH FIRST RUN PHOTOS 2

PARKCITY HASH FIRST RUN PHOTOS

Message From The Founder Of PARKCITY HASH

Dear All,


Thank you so much for those who supported our first run on the 28 July @ Desa ParkCity. It made us to completing the event so much more comprehensive and entertaining.


Words cannot explain the gratefulness I feel for the good support you all gave during the event. The best I can offer is this sincere expression of profound gratitude. Without the amazing support of YOU and many others, this event would not happen as anticipated.



Hashing is FUN


On On


Cordially,

Hangman


Special Thanks To Our Main Sponsor: Tiger Beer from GAB

Sponsor:Tong Guan Berhad

Venue Sponsor: Perdana ParkCity Sdn Bhd


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A Brief History of Hashing



ANCIENT HARRIERS

 

Hash House Harrier roots extend back to the old English schoolboy game of "Hares and Hounds," in which some players, called "hounds," chase others, called "hares," who have left a trail of paper scraps along their route across fields, hedges, streams, bogs, and hills. One of the earliest Hares and Hounds events on record was the "Crick Run" at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England, first held in 1837.

 

Hare and Hounds as an adult sport began in the fall of 1867 with a group of London oarsmen who wanted to keep fit during the winter. Also called "Paper Chasing" or the "Paper Chase," the game became very popular after its introduction on Wimbledon Common in 1868 by the Thames Hare and Hounds. Early clubs called themselves "Hare and Hounds" or simply "Harriers."

 

 

THE HASH IS BORN

 

The Hash House Harriers as we know it today was founded in Malaya (now Malaysia) by Albert Stephen Ignatius Gispert, an English chartered accountant. It was sometime during 1937 when Gispert (or simply "G" as he was known to his friends) acquired a taste for the paper chase with the Springgit Harriers in Malacca (also in Malaya). Shortly after being transferred by his accounting firm to Kuala Lumpur he gathered together a number of fellow expatriate businessmen to form a harrier group. The first run was held in in December 1938 and the founding members included Cecil H. Lee, Frederick "Horse" Thomson, Eric Galvin, H.M. Doig, and Ronald "Torch" Bennet.

 

The group's name came about primarily because local authorities required legal registration of the club. While the "Kuala Lumpur Harriers" would have appeared a logical choice, "G" decided instead to use the nickname for the Selangor Club where a number of the local harriers both lived and took their meals. It seems that due to its lackluster food, the dining room was commonly referred to as the "Hash House."

 

The philosophy of the original Hash House Harriers from the 1938 charter:

 

  • To promote physical fitness among our members
  • To get rid of weekend hangovers
  • To acquire a good thirst and to satisfy it in beer
  • To persuade the older members that they are not as old as they feel 

 MODERN HARRIERS

 

Hashing in Kuala Lumpur was suspended during the World War II occupation by Japanese forces, but then reestablished after peace returned. It wasn't long before the hash began slowly spreading around the world. Former members of the original Hash House Harriers started a hash in 1947 near Milan, Italy, but it wasn't until 1962 that the next group was formed in Singapore. The Singapore Hash was gradually followed by others until in 1973 there were approximately 35 hashes in 14 countries.

 

Subsequently, the hash began spreading like wildfire and the number of hashes soon climbed into the hundreds by the early 1980s. Today there are some 1,800 active hashes in over 180 countries, including approximately 350 in the United States.