World Hash Events: January 2024
Hazukashii
Greetings Hashers,
Another year is rapidly coming to an end. It was so nice to see the world has opened up again for hashing worldwide, and it has been great to see many of you again. There were 165 known multi-day scheduled hash events around the world in 2023 . . . and 2024 is already shaping up to beat that, as 40 events have already been posted to the calendar. If you want to get a jump on the rego process, check out the listing of upcoming events at https://www.gotothehash.net/hashevents.html
Hope to see many of you in New Zealand in March . . . see the latest from the INTERHASH committee below.
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Those crazy hashers in Scotland are causing another hoopla . . .
'White powder' find sparks 999 response in Glasgow's Bellwood Street
Flour poured for a running route sparked a major emergency response in Glasgow on Monday afternoon.
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ON ON MAGAZINE
The year end edition of Shakesprick’s ON ON Magazine has been released, and available at http://gotothehash.net/history/shakes.html
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Last month I started out by discussing the origins of Paper Chase / Hare & Hounds, as a childhood game at rugby school or other institutions of higher learning. And mentioned that such a club was still in existence at the Portlethen Academy in Scotland. It just so happens I was in Scotland this week, and although I was not permitted to run with the school children, I was allowed to help pre-lay the trail with the founder, Sarah ‘Fireflaps’ Newman-Holden. 18 young hashers were able to run the trail, and enjoyed the nearly 5 km trail through the local countryside. I feel honored to have had this privilege to share in a piece of history. It is cold up there, so I have no idea what I was thinking . . . nearly froze my tiny toosh off.
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Thought for the day . . . A closed mouth gathers no foot.
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HASH HISTORY: In case you missed them, here are the latest releases . . .
In the Spotlight – Mexico . . . https://groups.google.com/g/gotothehash/c/l47YKfW-zHU
In the Spotlight – Somalia . . . https://groups.google.com/g/gotothehash/c/zXEYg0bm6CU
In the Spotlight – Japan . . . https://groups.google.com/g/gotothehash/c/pD6cAS98VBQ
See the whole list at http://gotothehash.net/history/inthespotlight.html
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INTERHASH NEW ZEALAND 2024 –
Kia Ora
This Interhash will welcome about 2,000 hashers from 50 countries. A good size for Queenstown, a small city with the atmosphere of an alpine village (pop 15,000).
Registration, Red Dress Run and the Buses departure point for trails will all be downtown Queenstown. The evening venue - Queenstown Events Centre - is located in Frankton, near the airport. Distance between both locations is 7km.
Shuttle buses
We will provide transport to the venue and back on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening between 6PM and 12AM. The journey will take about 15 minutes one-way. You could also take a taxi or a nearby public bus, unless you fancy a long walk.
Calling for volunteers
We’ll need brains and/or muscles for helping at registration and the venue (set-up, bar, food, moving stuff). Feel like giving back to the hash? Here below is your chance to become part of HHHistory. Please only select one task/timeslot (4 hours).
To volunteer on SignUpGenius (link below) first select the task and timeslot by clicking on the corresponding Sign Up button to the right. Then click on Save and Continue at the bottom of your screen. On the next page fill in your name and e-mail address then confirm by clicking on Sign Up Now. You’re done, have a beer!
https://kiwi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7ded750672dc24f268c59f66&id=97f07a6192&e=2b5fe48ecd
Beer, cider and wine
This month will see a major milestone when we order 20,000 litres of beer and cider as well as 2,000 litres of wine plus some water and softies. As usual the main issue is to convince the reseller that we actually DO drink that much. So we hope you’ll make us proud and guzzle everything - your challenge!
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PAN SOUTH AMERICA HASH
There is still time to get in on this first ever event. Price goes up on 1 January . . .
https://soam2024.gotothehash.net
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WAY BACK MACHINE . . . hash happenings this month, 5, 10, and 15 years ago.
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Upcoming hash events for the month of January 2024 are listed below. See the website for more details: http://gotothehash.net/e/hashevents24-01.html
Jan 5-8
40th Anniversary
Hosted by the Pattaya H3 in Pattaya, Thailand.
Jan 11-15
All That Glitters is Gold
Hosted by the El Paso H3 in El Paso, TX, USA.
Jan 12-14
Crazy Hat Weekend
Hosted by the GATR H3 in Gainesville, FL, USA.
Jan 27 - Feb 3
Pirate Invasion Hash Cruise
Hosted by the Jolly Roger H3 sailing from Orlando, FL, USA.
See the whole three year calendar of upcoming events at http://gotothehash.net/hashevents.html
If you know of an upcoming event not posted to the calendar, please send me the info.
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Hashing is fun! See you on trail someday . . . :O)
On-On,
Hazukashii
Keeper of the old rusty pail, and Chief of the Royal Order of the Smelly Shoe!
http://GoToTheHash.net (Since 1998)
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