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Looe & Liskeard Hash House
Harriers, Cornwall UK
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The
first L2H3 Run,
Sunday 21 MARCH 1982
- the first hash to be started in Cornwall
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The Cornish Times wrote:
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The sociable go in pursuit of the drinkable |
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'They're
mad. That's the first thing to say about the members of a new club
which started up this week. They're all as mad as March Hares.
L2H3 held
their inaugural run on Sunday when they had such distinguished
guests as Chief Inspector Cliff Hizzett (Liskeard) who has
agreed to be a Joint Master and Ms Liz Roberts (Cornish
Times).
Yes, I was the short fat one at the back,
gasping, wheezing and without even a breath left to curse The
Editor whose idea it was to send me and my hangover out over the
cliffs. |
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The
secretary is Ray Thornton, a genial ex-Army sadist who laid
the looping trail of lime over every hill he could find - and
somehow I remember all the hills as being uphill. He explained
that the basic aim has always been the enjoyment of a pint of beer
under the guise of minimum or moderate exercise.
"Running kit, your own beer mug and the awesome paraphernalia of
the dedicated athlete are all considered as foul practice as is an
undignified rush for the the front or a dirty dash for the
finish," he said. |
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Ray's
wife, Jules, was among the runners and their daughter,
Cindy Hider .... Hash Cash. She collects 20p from each runner
every week for a party at the end of the year which is called,
brace yourself, a Hash Thrash.
The meetings are never called off because of the weather, after
all shelter in a hostelry is awaiting at the end.
There are unnerving similarities to fox hunting with cries of "On,
On" and a horn being sounded to guide the stragglers like me.
Oscar Wilde might even have called it sociable in pursuit of
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Liz
Roberts with
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the
drinkable, which for my money is a great improvement, for the
foxes at least.
If you feel you're daft enough, come and join us on Sunday. (Yes
us, it's infectious), and don't worry about being fit - I could do
with some company at the back.
Cornish
Times 24 March 1982 |
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The Hash House Harriers |
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Joint Masters |
L2H3 |
On Sec |
Cliff Hizzett &
Pete Cain |
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Ray Thornton |
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" I think you should join the
Hash, dear"
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Run No 1,
Sunday 21 MARCH 1982 |
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Hares: Ray
Thornton and Cindy Hider
Place: Rock Towers Hotel, Hannafore, West Looe
Time: 11.30 am
Bring: 20p for starters plus beer money |
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Hashers wrote:
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Quote /
Misquote
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Ray Thornton: |
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March
1982 |
about "tactical
running";
that skill in the appreciation of ground enabling one to
take a sensible short cut, a refusal to be hurried, a
willingness to have another and a reluctance to bow to the
onset of advancing years, tennis elbow, runners' knee or the
like are all considered to be the noble 'Hashpractice'.
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The Bard:
L2H3 March 2007 |
We have achieved
25 years of L2H3 hashing never missing a week and
hope we can continue come snow, floods, rising sea levels,
tornados and carbon rationing. We build on the good Hashpractice demonstrated by founder members, only adding
the art of conversation which can often result in
completely missing the opportunity to short cut, or even the
trail itself.
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Cream Soda
March 2007,
ran on the first L2H3 hash, TVH3
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Best wishes for
the 25th and congratulations on what is obviously a splendid
Hash. I'm sure there is no other similar disorganisation in
the World that provides so much enjoyment. Well done Mr.
Gispert.
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David Riley:
1990ish
on L2H3
T-shirt |
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anon
on L2H3
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It's better to
have hashed and got lost than never hashed at all. |
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