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The Santa Hash Each year the 10 Hong Kong based Hash House Harriers organise a joint Hash to raise money for Operation Santa organised by the South China Morning Post. The event will be held on a Sunday in early December and involve a 1 hour cross country run, or Hash, for all standards of fitness where the runners, or Hashers, follow a pre-laid trail. Following the run there will be a ‘Circle’ where the Grand Master of the event will hand out various punishments or, DownDowns, for Hashers who have committed misdemeanours on the Hash such as short cutting or wearing outrageous running kit. There will also be an OnOn, which will involve food, drink and a raffle. This year it is expected approximately 100 people will take part to raise over HK$40,000
for Operation Santa Claus by contributions from the 10 Hash clubs and sponsoring organisations. Anyone interested in finding out more about Hashing in Hong Kong please visit the Little Sai Wan Hash House Harriers site.
An Introduction to the Hash The Hash House
Harriers was founded in 1938 by a British man named Albert Stephen Ignatius Gispert in Malaysia. He gathered together several
expatriates to form a group in Kuala Lumpur and the group received its name from the Selangor Club Chambers, which due to
it's lacklustre food was commonly referred to as the 'Hash House'. |
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