The idea of the formation of
Penampang Tua Paau Hash House was first mooted by Mr.Jimmy Wong
during a usual morning coffee at Loi Hin’s coffee shop on
a fine morning. A group of five of them including Mr.Kung Kee
Vui and the boaster word was HEY! WHY NOT! And a protem committee
was formed instantly. The committee held a trial-test run at the
famous Tivung-Salip hill on the 17th February 2000 participated
by about 50 person and subsequently the first official run was
held at SRJK Yue Min, Donggongon on the 22nd February 2000 and
was participated by more than 200. Since then more and more people
began joining the club. Up to today the PTH2 has held about 295
runs. RUN RUN! HARE HARE! ON ON!
Our weekly run fall on every Sunday,
run start 16.00 Hours in mixed hash basic. Next year we are 8th
year old, we will organizing a small birthday party ~ 8th Anniversary
Celebration on 9th August 2008 which will held in Penampang District
also. We would like to share this joyfulness with you all. Other
than that, this 8th Anniversary Celebration we treat as a warming-up
of 12th Borneo Nah Hash also.
Hashing, as we know it today,
began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1938, when a group of restive
British company men started a hare & hounds running group.
They named the group after their meeting place, the Selangor Club,
aka the "Hash House." Hash House Harrier runs were patterned
after the traditional British public school paper chase. A "hare"
would be given a short head start to blaze a trail, marking his
devious way with shreds of paper, soon to be pursued by a shouting
pack of "harriers." Only the hare knew where he was
going . . . the harriers followed his marks to stay on trail.
Apart from the excitement of chasing down the wily hare, solving
the hare's marks and reaching the end was its own reward, for
there, thirsty harriers would find a tub of iced-down beer.
Hashing died during World War II (Japanese occupying
forces being notoriously opposed to civilian fun), but came back
to life in the post-war years, spreading slowly through Singapore,
Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand, then exploding in popularity
in the late 70s and early 80s.(Resources from Half-mind)
Some of
our activities
