Rabbit, SirPeter 'Sir Rabbit' Graham, is a handy man in real life and has been an influential figure on the Gold Coast Hash since joining them in May 1981. He reached his 1000th landmark on 24th February 2003, thus being granted the Hash title, 'Sir Rabbit'. His hashing then picked up a bit of momentum and he required just 107 opportunities to complete his next 100 runs (a 93.4% turnout). Over the years he has held virtually ever committee position including GM in 1995. Sir Rabbit also founded the Gold Coast Mountain Bike Hash in 1994 and the Splinter Hash in 2002. This is an alternative hash for those Gold Coast hashers unable to attend either Nash Hash or InterHash and involves a 'token' run followed by ‘copious amounts of good food and fine wine.’
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RamboRambo is a common hash name which comes from the Sylvester Stallion movie in which John Rambo single-handedly taking on the entire Vietnamese army. If you haven't seen the movie I wont spoil the suspense by saying who wins!
RamboReid ‘Rambo’ Whitlock is an ex-Colombo, Dar, Abidjan and Dakar hasher and founder of Bamako H3.
Rambo According to Pottsie, writing in the Nash Hash Magazine, Stewart ‘Rambo’ Bondi was ‘one of the UK’s top hashers’. 'Rambo' is certainly a hash legend in Devon where he runs with 3 kennels and founded the Full Moon Hash. As a result he had clocked up some 1300 runs by the end of the 20th century. Rambo also takes part in ultra distance races and is a local beer-drinking champion.
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Lloyd Randall of the Port of Spain H3 is probably the most distinguished sportsman to be a regularly hasher, his first class cricket career including several test appearances for the West Indies when they were best cricket nation in the world. Right Lloyd Randall International cricketer and hasher
Raper, JimFormer Singapore hasher and founder of Surry H3. with whom he clocked up some 400 plus runs
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RapturedHash name of Phil Riddell, an Englishman who arrived in Australia via KL and co-founded the Sydney Hash with Bill Davis on 29 August 1967.
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James 'Ratcatcher' Howard started hashing in the wild days of Jakarta H3 and then, in 1973, founded Manila H3. Not a bad Hash CV!
Mike Read is something of a mystery figure, who seems to have learnt his hashing in Africa, probably Nigeria, and perhaps somewhere in East Africa. His name first appears in hash annals in 1971 when he founded Westcombe Park H3, the oldest UK hash in continuous existence.
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Daniel ‘Rear Entry’ Tani is the hash representative on the NASA space shuttle. Daniel is a expert on using the robotic arm, has spent time stationed in the space lab and completed several space walks. He lists his hobbies as golf and hashing.
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RecceAn abbreviation for the term, reconnaissance, i.e. to stroll, jog, cycle or drive around an area to spy it out prior to laying a trial.
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Receding hairlineCalendar of future runs.
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RegroupThe spontaneous act of the leaders of the pack agreeing that runners are too spread out and that they should wait for those at the back to catch up and ‘regroup’. More important in areas where you can get seriously lost or where there is a security problem. |
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Red Burka Run new entry Kabual H3 stage an annual 'Red Burkha Run' with the third edition taking place in 2009. The idea of men in drag (even if you cannot see any flesh) would not be found funny in conservative Afghanistan and to avoid a public flogging the run is ‘a mad dash of about 300 meters in a secured street’. The party then gets underway in a more private location. Two Fathers and Liqueur Hard wore their Red Burkas at Interhash 2008.
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This rather
strange hash tradition dates to around 1987 when a non- She made such an impact on the lads that the following year San Diego H3 gave a run in her honour, with everybody wearing red dresses. The Lady in Red attended, and continues to Hash occasionally, and it was probably on her suggestion that Red Dress runs took on a charitable role.
Many
kennels now stage Red Dress events, the most notably the annual
Washington Red Dress run that regularly attracts 600 runners. The
original San Diego Red Dress is now so big
they have become the victims of their own success,
having to seek official permission, acquire the
assistance of the SDPD and even take out insurance.
Red Dress
runs have also become the major pre-amble to each InterHash. (Goa,
2002,
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Relays
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Religious AdviserIn many hashes the RA - the Religious Advisor - plays a central role in running the circle and also bestows Hash names on new hashers. Sometimes they will be solely in charge, more often will follow, or work alongside, the GM. In addition RA’s are also held responsible for the weather, a fun responsibility in the tropical wet season!
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Zach Dundas is the author of The Renegade Sportsman a look at odd sports and games played around the world. In researching the book he,’ learned the skill of sword fighting, had a few beers with the Hash House Harriers, and found a team of falconers.
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RespectIn theory ‘respect’ is something to be shown to the Hash Master, Religious Advisor, or whoever is running the circle. In practise this is seldom the case, hence ‘respect’ is usually cried as a reminder of what should be happening.
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Return from the River Kwai, movieA 1989 movie starting Nick Tate. Several members of the Angeles City Hash were extras and the letters H3 was secretly placed on one of the controls of a submarine. Unfortunately the hidden hash message was left on the cutting floor. |
ReunionThis Indian Ocean Island seems to have had a hash at some point in the mid-eighties.
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Rin Tin Tin Buseyne might ’only’ have completed 130 plus runs
with Ankara H3, but he has played a very significant part in the
kennel’s recent history, including a spell as an enthusiastic and good
natured GM.
A former Belgium diplomat, he was posted to Turkey where he met and married the lovely Gull and, having left the diplomatic service, opened Amarillo’s, a Texas style bar and grill known for its live music. A favourite spot for both locals and ex-pats, Wednesday night became half price for hashers.
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John Reid played an important part in getting Mother Hash re-started after the war.
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River Kwai HashAn up-country run organised annually by Bangkok Hash. The venue is the River Kwai Village Hotel area, not the Bridge. It was originally sponsored by British Airways and run in conjunction with the British Airways Half Marathon, the Hash running on Friday and assisting with the mismanagement of the half marathon the following day. Some Hashers, for example Brain Health, completed both the Hash and the half marathon thus justifying the truism that links Hashing and half a mind. |
Graham ‘Robo’ Robinson is best known as GM of the 1993 UK Nash Hash. He is a long-term servant of Cheltenham and Cotswold Hash, where he has spent spells as GM and trial master.
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When Theresa Rogers decided to give up smoking it seemed a good moment to start getting more exercise and that lead to her joining Teign Valley H3. This became a family affair with husband Peter, father Roger Prowse and daughters Anne and Sarah, then 10 years old, also joining. There is also a hash uncle ‘Mutant Monkey’ who had a spell as GM of Berlin H3.
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RomaniaLeo Henneberry (ex Warsaw) started the Bucharest H3 in September 1987. In the old communist days the pack was restricted to ex-pats, as they were dependant on the support of embassies for venues (the Canadians played a central role). While running in Bucharest was restricted to parks, the pack would regularly head into the countryside at weekend. Today they meet in Piata Victorei before departing for the run, and they also gather in Whisper Bar on a Thursday. Hash weekends away have included trips to Sinaia, Bran and Black Sea. |
Ross, E.A.A pre-war hasher. He escaped from Singapore during the war.
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Round the BayAnnual fun run in Auckland. Hash teams have entered the event since 1974.
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R U?Abbreviation of ‘Are you?’ Which in turn is a short form of “Are you on?” Which generally means ‘What's going on up front?’ or ‘Is anyone actually doing anything?’
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RulesRule 1 - There are no rules.Rule 2 - See rule one Rule 6 - No poofters
There are no rules on the hash! Actually, when F.D. Kennedy registered Mother Hash with the Malaysian authorities in 1950 there were 23 rules listed in the articles he submitted. Some of these even appear to have been serious. Rule 1 for example was that ‘The association shall be known as the Hash House Harries’. Some were clearly taking the piss, such as Rule 3, the purpose of the association being to ‘acquire a good thirst and to satisfy it with beer.’ Hashers today claim ‘there are no rules’ but there are most certainly ‘conventions’. These may vary from circle to circle but commonly include no hats in the circle, no pointing, no new shoes and so on. Certainly words might also be outlawed. Do not mention the W word (work) in Kuwait, the T word (thinking – hashers don’t think) in Jakarta or the W word (wives – the correct term is unmentionables) on many all-men’s hashes. |
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Rule 6 - no poofters!Rule 6, forbids poofters, and is a common hash cry. This is more homage to the Monty Python’s Australian philosopher’s sketch than expressing any anti-gay sentiments. Indeed, as they say in Kuwait, ‘no more poofters, we have enough already.’
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Russia Updated
The former USSR was not particularly hash friendly. Moscow H3 was originally founded in 1978 by Rita and Erik Andersen but folded, only to be resurrected in April1983. The second version was founded by a combination of British Airways ( John Burley ) Australian Embassy (Jim Knox) and Rank Xerox (Grant Sutherland). 20-30 runners darting across the Moscow traffic, with Clint Halloran enthusiastically blowing the hash horn and several of the runners in shorts, even when it was minus 25, was always likely to attract attention and the hash had several brushes with the authorities.
Most famously
a batch of their 1980 t .-shirts, showing the Olympic Mascot (a
bear) and the words KGB, was intercepted by customs. Sent out of the
country, the shirts were smuggled in again but could not be worn in
public. 1984 saw the KGB detain runners in the middle of a hash near
Gorky Street. Shortly afterwards foreign embassies were warned that
‘group jogging could lead to accidents with serious injury to people.’
The result was that hashing bec By 1992 the Moscow hash had returned to the city streets, but was still seeking the privacy of western clubs for the circle. Gorby and his public drinking laws was the next problem, but fortunately the President after that was an alcoholic. Moscow Hash now meets every Sunday, with a pack averaging between 20 and 30 and has a healthy 50/50 balance between Russians and ex-pats. The other senior Russian hash is St Petersburg, founded in 1994. They run every other Sunday, while their position close to the Finish border makes them good travellers within the Nordic region. They have some great characters including Karma Sutra (‘I got the name because I do nice things to people’) and Nookie, one of the strongest female RA’s on the circuit. Siberian H3 runs bi-weekly on Sundays. ‘We are mostly composed of people who work for Kvaerner, Schlumberger and our Russian colleagues from Yukos Oil Company. We enjoy the Siberian country side and normally have many beers and shashlick after the run.’ There might also be a kennel in Vladivostok. |
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Russia – Moscow Hash restricted to parks When the Moscow hash was restricted to the city parks it made headlines around the world. There are several versions of the story and it is possible that the ban came after hashers crossed a red light in front of a VIP limo. A more romantic version links the ban to events in Beijing. Around this time two Russians, claiming to be Finns, joined the Beijing hash and started to chat up Harriettes. Okay, we have all done that after a few drinks, but these guys gave themselves away by picking targets not for their looks, but focusing on those who worked in western embassies. Given real piss down-downs at the next hash, they realised they had been rumbled and departed. However, KGB pride had been hurt and revenge had to be taken. So, not understanding the independent nature of hash kennels, they took out their anger on the Moscow group.
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The present version of Kigali H3 was founded in June 1996. They meet every Saturday for an afternoon run/walk, sometimes within the city, sometimes within the immediate countryside. Packs range from 15 to 40.
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hashing, blonde
female arrived at a Long Beach H3 run wearing a red dress and unsuitable shoes. She stumbled around, drank down-downs in good spirit and
ended up in the hot tub still in the red dress. 
might
have called it a ‘Yellow Dress Run’ but it was still a Red Dress Run in
spirit.) In 2000, Cardiff set a record of 2040 runners, which was
exceeded at Chang Mai
