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Run 2907 – Pothole’s Virgin run with Co-Hare Nanny – 19 Jan 2026

Set in Mullaloo – named after the Aboriginal word for “place of the rat kangaroo” – this virgin run included many of the local parks, typical coastal suburbia, as well as a glimpse of sunset over the Indian Ocean. A cool sea breeze blew away the heat of the day creating ideal conditions.
Sir Knob and Emu rejoined the runners… great to see them back – the run recorded at 7.6km in 1hour 7 minutes with front runners APITW and Mastitis recording over 8km.
At the circle On Sec Rimmer called up Sir Knob (returnee); Budgie (birthday); Polly; APITW; Soft-Rock (farting?): Nanny; Horse. The joke was about parts of Sydney resembling Afghanistan. Stand in RA Nanny called up Emu &Crayfish (the demise of the Liberals to the One Nation Party); Bushie & Emu (run critiques); and Hares Pothole & Nanny – the run awarded the outstanding score of 9.9 – well done!
Dinner was pork and salad buns – simple but very tasty.
Where else would you be on a Monday?

Run 2905 – Chunda and Sir Tom Arse – 5 Jan 2026

Set from the Kent Street Weir in the riverside suburbs of Wilson and Ferndale on a mild summer night the run went anticlockwise across the weir, and through the bushland of the Canning River Regional Park, before winding through suburbs and returning through the bushland. Chunda warned of swamps and mud and to be sure there was some but no barrier to hardened hash men.
There were about 15 runners initially, including the Eveready Franger who not only cleared all the false trails, but added in some extra running for good measure, clocking about 8km compared to the actual trail length recorded at 4.6km by Soft Rock (see map in photos). Franger did a good job of doubling back to ensure he had followers, but the pace eventually led to the pack fragmenting – as expected.
At the circle On Sec Rimmer called up Rusty Nuts, Franger, and Skippy (visitors); Lasagna, Reluctance and Soft Rock (returnees); Grizzly, Polly, Moses, and Colonel (anniversaries); Chunda and Q (subs overdue); Sir Tom Arse(can-opening skills). The joke was about four golfers lamenting how difficult it was to get their wives permission to play.
RA Dick Tracy called up Horse and Soft Rock – the Year of the Horse; APITW (?); Nanny (stand in as RA next week); Sir Tom Arse and Chunda (hares) – the walk assessed by Dicky – and the run assessed by Haggis – and after pulling a card from the non-reflective-box – given a score of 9.9!!!
Dinner was Chunda’s signature dish of Meat Loaf, rationed to the appreciative masses by Sir Tom Arse.
Another great night of hashing!
On On
Prairie Dog

Run 2903 – Xmas Breakfast – 24th Dec

Despite a forecast of 39 degrees, we had the pleasure of a mild summer morning set on the idyllic Swan River foreshore at Pelican Point, adjacent to UWA – refer to map in photos.
The runners trail set by hares APITW and Phantom went clockwise – after a false trail anticlockwise – initially along the foreshore before cutting into desirable Nedlands suburbia, and circling back through the southern end of UWA. Front-runners included Mastitis, Q, and the visitors (names unknown) with a total of 11 runners including Rumpole (last seen heading down a short-cut). Run length was recorded by the front runners at 6.72km in 39 minutes & although not officially scored it can be said that it was well marked with sufficient FTs & checks to keep the pack in contact – great effort!
Prior to the circle a council ranger was observed to park nearby causing a flurry of concern to those choosing the “free” parking option.
The circle was a brief affair with On Sec Rimmer acknowledging returnees including Gumby, and the un-named visitors (x3). Also seen were Kilkenny, Flasher & Putrid. Pembo provided the joke about a couple choosing to divorce after many years to entice the kids home for Christmas.
Breakfast was burgers with eggs, bacon, sausages, tomatoes & sauce – expertly cooked by Horse and Dick Tracey and washed down with champers and OJ.
Where else would you be?
On On
Prairie Dog

Run 2902 – Skid and Grizzly – Manning Park Hamilton Hill – Monday 15 December 2025

Skid’s original cohare couldn’t make it and at the 11th hour The Griz put his hand up to assist. It was a warm night, a clear sky and no wind which made it a very pleasant run attended by 25 members and 1 visitor in Putrid from Borneo.
A great location which allowed the runners to head off into the scrub and the walkers to do their couple of laps of the lake. At the circle, the on Sec called up Putrid as a visitor and Action as a returnee (Action pleaded that he was at the run the previous week and did not qualify but the down down went ahead as he was within the rules – sounds familiar). Emu, Sir Knob and Horse got named – can’t recall the indiscretion but no doubt deserved. The Griz was up for firstly getting the weather forecast right for the last few days and then for having to justify a cost overrun of some $92 million on a BOM website. The Munchmasters were thanked for organising the Xmas lunch on Friday and Crayfish explained a couple of indiscretions on the day.
Dickie as RA had Colonel and Budgie up – evidently Budgie was impressed with Colonel’s generosity in keeping him supplied with beers but eventually found out that Colonel had tapped into the club supply and kept his own stash in his esky. Dickie gave a critique of the walk, a pleasant 1.5 km walk around the lake with lots of pleasant views and Q commented on the run – a bit short at 3.0 km but compensated by doing the run twice – a good well set run which was awarded a 7.5 out of a possible 8.0.
Food was Subway, a perfect meal for a hot night and lots of it. Our thanks to Skid and particularly to Grizzly for filling in at late notice for a great night and to Polly for attending to wagon duties.

Run 2900 1 December 2025 Horse & APITW in Mirrabooka

It was a stinking hot day in Perth which almost ended with another Hashman’s passing necessitating flagging down a Transperth bus to deliver the Co-hare back to the On-on due to heat stroke or similar. Pleased to say the outcome was fine with a Gatorade delivering enough electrolyte to fix the dehydration. On a serious note, Hashmen – stay hydrated. Our average age is well over 70, so do pay heed!
The car park was heap big enough for Ram or Ford F series as proven by the WC ute trailer delivery where Simple parked dead straight in one go. Rimmer, Dick Doctor and Budgie not so. Rimmer managed a six-point park and then moved his vehicle twice more. Whilst on the On-Sec was astounded to find that there was a joint run.
To the run:
26 intrepid PH3 and 10 WC Hashmen pitched up to a new PH3 but well used by WC Onon, well situated as not too far out and surrounded by sand, bushland, interesting burbs, sand, not too many main roads to cross and did I mention sand? Holy moly was there sand. Bloody tough to run and even walk on. ⅔ of the run was on thick beach sand and a 4km run felt like a 6km run. That was without too many FTs as Phranger took care of those for us. The run for the plodders was 37 minutes, Great job Horse and Prick. At 38° you did well. Horse had a water stop with large ice cold water bottles for all Maggie has never drunk more at Hash than last evening. Special thanks Horse.
The WC dress for next week was awarded to Bits for falling over [no harm done except to pride]
Two 25 year mugs were awarded. Great members both Dick Tracy and Triple J.
Confirmed that there will be a breakfast run on Christmas Eve at Abraham’s Reserve. There will be no official PH3 run on Monday 22nd
Talking in the Circle down downs for Fry and Elbows.
The gathering was told a story about Paddy and his issues with sexual activities which resulted in a catastrophe caused by firing a shotgun causing a loss of limbs (indirectly).
WC’s Fish Head told a story about castaway Harry needing to crow about his exploits. Top story!
RA Trick Dicky gave an appraisal of the run and have we mentioned there was a bit of sand. Tricky hates sand more than hills he pointed out. Run scored 5½ out of 6 and highly commended.
As always, Horse excelled with the food where heaps of silverside and ham with buns and all the salads were provided and fed the 36 there with seconds for all.
Where else would you be on Monday night? 38°, so what.

Run 2898 – Triple J – McDonald Park Padbury

A perfect night for a run, warm and sultry and 26 were there to enjoy the run set by Triple J. There were 7 runners and Moses will follow up with the run report. The walkers were in the hands of Phantom and he did well – a 45 minutes walk and we seemed to stumble on the on home without realising it. An interesting suburb, affluent houses at the start and then pretty ordinary old houses as we moved further away.

The On Sec duties were performed by Sir Knob in the absence of Rimmer. He mentioned the sundowner at Fibber McGees on Wednesday and details of Jaapies funeral being held this Tuesday afternoon. He told us that he had been ambushed by Crayfish on the walk who complained that the committee had not given enough support in getting the remaining 45% of members on to Facebook. Sir Knob made a passioned plea to get the recalcitrants to sign up and enjoy the run write ups, photos and comments – time will tell. He then called up Pothole and Colonel as negligent dog owners – Pothole for having his dog over shorn and Colonel for parking the dog over an ants nets. Emu and Crayfish were called up in their capacity as expert political commentators to give a date as to when Sussan Ley will be given the flick and then finished with a joke about a bus driver.

Dick Tracey as RA commenced by letting us know that Mumbles had a pacemaker put in that day and Budgie said he had spoken to him and all was okay, Rumpole up for his haircut and then praised Moses as being the most honest man in the club, putting a token in the box for a last week’s purchase. Pitt made an entrance back to running and spoke about the run and Grizzly was asked to comment on the run but declined as he was too busy talking and didn’t take much notice of the surroundings. Triple J set the run on his own and was rewarded with a 8.7.

The meal was not of epicurean standards but bloody delicious and thoroughly enjoyable – a hot pie, baked beans and a roast potato.
Our thanks to Triple J for the night and The Griz, Dozer and Xmas for attending to wagon duties.
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The Saturday edition of The West Australian each week has an article on “The Untold History of Western Australia” written by Malcolm Quekett and this week the article was about “How Monks Came to Make Their Mark”. The article makes reference to Jeroni Rodoreda who was a Spanish monk who arrived at Fremantle on 4 January 1850 at the young age of 18 and then headed off on a 10 day trip to New Norcia to start the New Norcia monastery. Needless to say, he left the monastery in 1852 and settled in Perth city as a baker. He married and raised 9 children. Jeroni is none other than Skid’s great great grandfather.

Editors Note: Just thinking, if Jeroni stuck to his vows of chastity, there would be no Skid today!

Run 2894 – Xmas and Chunda – Mt Lawley TAFE – 20 October 2025

It was a very wet and cold night and only 20 of us enjoyed the night put on by Xmas and Chunda. It is always disappointing to the hare and cohare knowing that in these conditions they persevere with setting the run but know that it will be washed out and regrettably will be poorly supported but I guess that’s life.

The early birds who either don’t or can’t read directions arrived at the Croquet Club and we thought we were going to enjoy a game after the run (Xmas has been known to organise such events) but it just didn’t seem right so Crayfish went out on a reconnoitre and found the correct site located in the bowels of TAFE – how Xmas finds these places always amazes us. The contingent including the wagon were notified and directed to the correct site.

Good comments were made about the run and times and distances will be advised by Moses. The walk was led as usual by Phantom and again without incident. It went through back lanes spilling out onto the restaurant strip in Beaufort Street and headed in the Perth direction before returning to the bucket.

The On Sec had Polly and Chunda up for indiscretions and Crayfish for an anniversary. Then Q, Moses Triple and Mastitis for not being at the Sunday picnic at Raindrops Hacienda. He then told an art joke which was hard to hear because of 1. his accent and 2. he kept on laughing as he related the joke.

Nanny was the stand in RA and had Q up for his commendable reading of the map, Mastitis and Moses for their assistance and Pothole for making an untimely remark. The run was awarded a well deserved 9.1.
The food was a smorgasbord of fried rice, a beef ragout, chicken curry and lasagne and was perfect for the night. The resident squatters were treated to this epicurean delight and were most appreciative.

Our thanks to Xmas and Chunda for a great night and to Polly for attending to wagon duties.

Run 2893 – Awesum 4 Sum – 13th October 2025

The run was set from Milligan Reserve in Karrinyup with a good mixture of playing fields, bushland, dunes (think hills!!), and suburbia…not to mention a sunset over Trig Beach…excellent! A great turnout from all the clubs with Hamersley’s proud reds standing out in the crowd.

Both runners and walkers had separate trails, with Pothole measuring the runner’s trail at 6.5kms in 55 minutes, even accounting for a drink stop near the end. With so many fast runners from the other clubs the checks and false trails were needed to keep the pack together… full marks to the hares, including Nanny from Perth H3.

The circle was well run with our On Sec Rimmer receiving some heckles for his Scottish accent… calling up Pothole for a down-down (not securing a load) and the joke was about God visiting an outback pub and proving himself.

There were too many other club’s jokes, songs, and misdemeanours to remember…feel free to write in and fill in the space!
Dinner was sausage curry and rice served up by Polly and Phantom.

Where else would you be on a Monday
On On

Run 2892 – Lasagna and Gnocchi – Osborne Park – 6 October 2025

The father and son duo did not let us down and organised a perfect night from their newly furbished car servicing location. 30 of us were there and we enjoyed a well set run and walk, excellent food and an ideal venue for the circle.

Phantom took his customary position as team leader and the walk was without incident. The runners completed their run in 50 minutes for a distance of around 5 kms.The circle commenced with Phantom letting us know that Birdman’s beloved wife Pam had passed away earlier in the day. Sir Knob then called for a minute’s silence for her. Birdie, our thoughts are with you and your family and we will give you all the support you need to assist you in getting you through this sad time.Phantom also let us know that a past member, Cocktail, had also passed away. He was a member during the early 2000’s and got his name because he had the shakes from Parkinson’s – a bit of hash humour.

Sir Knob as stand in On Sec led the circle and had Gnocchi, Reluctant, Gumby, Rumpole and Horse up as returnees, then Grizzly for getting a cup awarded to him at last weeks Close to Your Heart Run (ask Griz for details) and Pembo for going home early at the same run and not joining other GM’s in singing the club song.

Dick Tracy then presented his entertaining circle and had Phantom up for him creating total confusion on arranging a venue for wake drinks after Can’s funeral then presented The Griz with some AFL players cards of past Crows players which he said were very valuable. Griz is still coming to grips with having to accept that a premiership cup alluded the Crows after a very successful year. Haggis gave a critique of the run and Dickie of the walk – once we got through the factory area and over the freeway we went into the suburb of Stirling with very impressive houses and parks and gardens.

Dickie had a new scoring system and awarded the run 7.2 out of a possible 8 (which according to my calculations equates to 9 on the old system).
Lasagna put on cheese and biscuits, magnificent olives and fresh bread dipped in balsamic vinegar and the meal was cold meat in a bun with onion, tomato, lettuce, cheese and beetroot – an epicurean delight.

Our thanks to Lasagna and Gnocchi for a great night and to The Griz for attending to wagon duties.