Chardonnay’s Traditional Soft Opening Trail – R*n 1397
25 January 2024 from Montagu Bay Reserve
Hare: Softy
Run Reporter: Wee Bev

In the absence of anyone inviting me to a Burns’ night supper, or even having any haggis in the house to celebrate the Bard on my own, I made my way to the first run of the new Cummittee.

The outgoing Cummittee had voted the previous version, Run of the Year for 2023! So, based on the attributes of the Hare and the venue, I was looking forward to a nice trot with a variety of territory.. including a bit of bush.

There were 8 runners: me, Brazilian, Prickit, Snack Bar, TwinkleToes, Hooray and Pole Dancer, and about twice as many walkers. It was good to see Trust me and Swallow amongst the crowd.

The run started off well with a nice loop up Leprena street, right into Riawena road then up to a check near the footbridge above the Clarence pool… Or was it a false trail up to Nimrin street?  Regardless, I was at the back of the pack, so set off checking on the footbridge. Trail was found and took us through the grounds of Rose Bay High.  From there a number of FTs and checks kept the runners close and the lead walkers (Herr Flick & In the Raw) to keep up. That is until Cottesloe Street: Where Twinkle called FT and I, desperately hoping for a bit of bush, checked uphill for so long that the pack had foxed off without me!  There were no calls of ‘On On’ to be heard.

I proceeded along Cottesloe and turned left down Henley St, then found a check on the corner of Henley and Loatta.  Still no sign of any Hashers .. so headed to the highway and turned right towards Lindisfarne village before heading in the direction of home via Simmons Park, where I found trail that led me all the way along the waterfront to the piss stop at the end of Rose Bay Esplanade. I was almost last to arrive…. I won’t say who suggested I should be congratulated on losing Hooray but luckily he and Snacky arrived safely about 5 minutes later. 

For me I was a wee bit disappointed! The trail was reminiscent of one of the runs the Eastern Shore COVID hash did in the dark, a couple of years ago. A pavement pounder when venturing into the bush was not a good idea.  I was relieved to be able to run on a bit of grass alongside the Lindesfarne Esplanade. I’ve no idea where the walkers or NDIS trails went as Grizzly and Can’t Stop have not posted the trail on Strava😊

Comments of others as to its merits included:
“If the criteria for last year’s Cummittee mean it was best run of the year, it has a good chance of winning run of the year this year too!”
“Not the run of the year”
“Typical run of the year”                                                        

After a few bevvies, and a feed of lollies and crisps, we headed back for Hash BBQ and Lip session.

DOWN DOWNS

In the absence of elected Lips – Slippery Nipple and Smallgoods – Pole Dancer took charge with Hooray as his beer bitch.

Skolls were awarded to the following miscreants:

• Softy, the Hare, for worst and best run of the year.
• Dyke, for an incident on the OAP bike hash the previous day. He called a sweet old lady driver a c*** when she absent-mindedly forgot to use her indicator.
• Hands On, for not bringing any meat to barbecue… Obviously NOT reading the Hash Trash!
• Hooray has a new watch. It doesn’t tell jokes and he didn’t use it to measure the run! (I didn’t use mine either!)
• Swallow for being a country member.
• Can’t Stop, trying out one legged bicycle riding in anticipation of the Bike Hash weekend away. Was disappointed to find that he could only ride around in circles. (He might have to get a backy .. “dinky” in australieeze).

• Wee Bev, TwinkleToes and Cumonion, because they should be working the Australia Day public holiday.
• Growler for interrupting the Lip session.
• The new Cummittee (at least those present): Wee Bev, Prickit, Hands On, Softy & Cumunion (What happened to Snacky? Was he not listening).
• Prickit & Hands On for discarding the long serving Chardonnay Eski, donated by Herr Flick! (Not only discarded but left for the council to collect! No shame!)
• Prickit & In the Raw for providing hashers with beverages that were 2 years out of date. (Sounds like excellent supplies for down downs)
• Lone Arranger for giving away Full Moon Beer instead of Chardonnay Beer!
• Hooray for absence of jokes or the box at the Lip session.

UP CUMMING EVENTS

• 23 February – Red Dress Run @ Hobart Brewing Company, Evans Street
  Supporting the charity SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY promoting positive mental health and preventing suicide by reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek help.
• 29 February – Leap Year H3 Run 8 (as set by the Phantom Hasher)
• 8-10 March – Interhash 2024 @ Queenstown, NZ
• 16 March – Bream Creek Show R*n
• 28-30 March 2025 – Aussie Nash Hash 2025 @ Fremantle, WA

All the photos from Run 1397

MISMANAGEMENT 2024