Hash House Harriers Alor Setar
Kedah Darul Aman , Malaysia.
Chinese Version
Alor Setar Hash House Harriers was born in August 1977 with lots of enthusiasm but little understanding. The inaugural run from Alor Setar Rest House, along the railway track, down to Jalan Stadium and Lebuhraya Darul Aman and back was attended by well over 40 hashers. It scened like a good sign. However soon after, the number of members dwindled unable to sustain and losing strength and spirit - an obvious case of "hangat-hangat tahi ayam". They found out that hashing wasn't jogging. Was the club going from other professions joined the club and breathed life into it. Alor Setar 3H is here to stay.
Even with some new members, the club barely survived. A lot of sacrificies were made and extra effort put in so that the club would live. Hashing was in the doldrums. Membership stagnated at around 30 members. Alor Setarians just couldn't accept the idea of hashing and labelled hash members with all kinds of insulting adjectives especially 'crazy, crude and disgusting'. It didn't and still doesn't bother the carefree members. The spirit was high. We CARRIED ON unflustered !!! ON! ON! sounded through the hills and jungles ..... rain .... shine ... lightning or thunder. Today we are respected for what we are and for our charity to the poor and needy.
In the mid 80's, there was a sudden surge in our membership. The underlying reason is unclear, but it might be because people became more health conscious and could gradually accept the concept of hashing. Why not ? It was and still a good way to release the stress of work, keep fit and at the same time wallow in the drums of beer and have fun. Who's crazy now ? Today we are pround to say that we have reached a membership ceiling of 83 members.
All through these years, AS3H have seen good times and bad ones, but with each setback, we learned to be stronger. With concerted effort, we faced all these adversities and kept the AS3H flag flying high with pride.
In 1984, we lost our beloved Grandmaster, the lated Dharam Singh Jasal. He died a true hashman while hashing. He died in the hills. His death sent shock waves through the hash fraternity for he was truly a 'GRANDMASTER'. He commanded a lot of respect. His death was a great loss to AS3H and it nearly sounded the death knell of the club. However his spirit was with us and we survived this tragedy. We guess that's what he wants.
In 1994, another dark spot in the history of AS3H unfloded. Again we with stood this tremor that rocked the club and stood firmly on our concrete foundation. ON! ON! Then we celebrated our 1000th Run and 20th Anniversary Run in 1996 & 1997 respectively with much fanfare-proof of our undying spirit, strenght and determination to survive and desire to progress.
In 24th APRIL 1999, we are hosting the 2nd Batang Nash Hash, A National Hash event with the presence of over 600 distinguished hashers from 34 chapters from throughout the country. This is another major milestone in our eventful history. It is a recognition of our contribution to hashing in Malaysia, given to us by the hash fraternity of Malaysia. We honour all of you.
ON ! ON ! writen by : Sardine
