Phuket Hash House Harriers "A drinking club with a running problem"

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  OUR ILLUSTRIOUS PAST 

1986 : 1987 : 1990 : 1991 : 1992 : 1993 : 1995 : 2002 : Grand Masters

1986

Phuket Hash House Harriers was started by Alan “Sir Dubai” Cooke & his wife Marie on Saturday June 14th 1986.  Thanks to our G.M. Emeritus, 'Sir Dubai', we can relive some of those younger days ...

 
The first photo from a PH3 run was from Run 2 on 21 June 1986.   There is also an accompanying article. Sir Dubai is the Eugene Terreblanche lookalike.

Back to Run 1 though.  No photos but lots of information... 

The Ph3 will have their first run on Saturday 14th June at 5 p.m.  This will start and finish at the location shown below.

We should be very pleased if you would come along and join us.  If you have no previous experience of hashing, I will explain briefly what it's all about.

The Run usually takes 45 to 60 minutes, depending on the type of country, the distance would be about 6 km or a little over.

The trail for the run is laid in such a way that the strong front runners cover a greater distance than those who walk and run just a little, (I'm in the latter category).  If the run has been well laid the fast and slow runners should come in within a few minutes of each other.  It's fun and costs only as much as you care to spend on a few drinks.

Alan Cooke, 30 May 1986.

The run was held in Nai Harn, just a kilometer or so up on the road to Kata.    The run directions for the first few runs are below.  For a first run, they are pretty good, better than most of the ones we get today. 

Run 1	Run 2
Run 3	Run 4

Thanks to The Bavarian for the above

Who ran?  Here's the run sheet covering the first three runs,  Page 1,  Page 2.  Some familiar names here - they never learn ...

The scribe notes started almost immediately.  There's a much bigger emphasis on the run rather than the circle than we find in the modern notes. 
The oldest we have is from Run 12.    Some more interesting examples come from 1987/88 with Run 29 being one of the entertaining ones.  This one from Run 96 is also enlightening showing that Gorgeous's ability to fuck up is nothing new.

1987

Photo album by The Bavarian

PDF of Programme (6MB)

 Sir Dubai explains:  "Hash Asia was organised by Tim Magic Hughes (long gone to that great hash in the sky) 'Magic' in Bangkok logistics, myself in Phuket everything else. I had one committee meeting. Set up about eight sub committees one for every task, made myself Chairman of each and made it all happen. That weekend Phuketian had to walk as we took every bus off the road to transport the 500 plus attending hashers.   Gorgeous, spot 'No Cup's' cup on the side table - lost.   Then a front running 74 kg, now a sofa bound 102 kg." 

 
1990

A gallery of photos from the reign of King Klong.  Thanks to Nuts and Berries.

Another day in paradise,  Popeye's photos from run 219 in Nai Ton, still under the GM-ship of King Klong.  Extensive research has allowed us to determine that these photos were taken on 23 June 1990

 
1991

Our first 5 Grand Masters.  Dumb shits as they are (and were), they stood the wrong way round for the photo. 
Left to right: 5. Flying Dutchman (as he was then),  4. King Klong,  3. Sir Lance the Lot,  2. Gorgeous and 1. Sir Dubai.

1992

Phuket HHH hosted Interhash with 2500 runners.

	PDF of Programme (16MB)

Click above for the photo gallery.   There's video too!


Interhash hares.  Click for more.

1993


Ah, the joys of youth, when Big Bollox got stuck in the sin bin and our wild unrestrained hordes went as far afield as ... er ... Krabi.

Our G.M. Emeritus doesn't escape further attention  either, 'The Asia Man' features Sir Dubai "the geriatric old fuckwit". The original can still be seen today adorning the walls of The Green Man in Chalong.

1995

Phuket H3 celebrates Run 500

  PDF of programme (20MB)

Our first 10 Grand Masters.  Like a group of trained monkeys (well they did have 10 years experience by this time), they actually managed to stand in the right order.
 
Left to right: 1. Sir Dubai, 2. Gorgeous, 3. Sir Lance the Lot,  4. King Klong, 5. Flying Dutchman (as he was then),  
6. Sir Wanda,  7. Porky,  8. Sir Sybil,  9. White Pointer and 10. Greasy Wick

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It was at this time that Popeye wrote a great piece with some classic stories, mainly involving the PH3 equivalent of the three stooges, Popeye, Dubai and White Pointer:

Popeye on the Aussies: "of course we have that problem, especially with the antipodeans, members with a drinking problem as well as a running problem" 

Popeye on White Pointer: "White Pointer  the youngest, but his weight is counting heavily."

... again: "suddenly behind us, we heard a girl screaming "help help", I, with White Pointer a long way behind me, ran back,  just to find a young girl from Canada covered in red ants, I did what I had to do, but White Pointer, that bastard, told her to take all  her clothes of, so he could be sure  he could kill all the ants !!!!!"

... and again: "White Pointer was laying down in the creek, drinking heavily, and told us, that  this water was the best he ever had tasted, 10 yards further up in the creek I was looking at Dubai, pissing in the creek."


As they are now.  Older, fatter and wiser.

There are also details of plans for a 4 day hike which seems to cover most of the island.  Proof that some of our old boys were indeed younger and fitter in those distant days. 

Read it all here.


2002

The annual Songkran bedlam.  Thanks to Dambuster.


Grand Masters of the Phuket Hash House Harriers

1986 - 1987   Sir Dubai (GM Emeritus)     1987 - 1988   Gorgeous     1988 - 1989   Sir Lance the Lot     1989 - 1990   King Klong     1990 - 1991   Flying Dickhead     1991 - 1992   Sir Wanda     1992 - 1993   Porky     1993 - 1994   Sir Sybil     1994 - 1995   White Pointer     1995 - 1996   Greasy Wick     1996 - 1997   Skirt     1997 - 1998   Lord Louis the Lip     1998 - 1999   4 by 2     1999 - 2000   Scud     2000 - 2001   Banana     2001 - 2002   B.C.     2002 - 2003   Sir Bog Diver     2003 - 2004   Blue Harlot     2004 - 2005   Swollen Colon     2005 - 2006   The Reverend Fingerlicker     2006 - 2007   Dambuster     2007 - 2008   Big Bollox     2008 - 2009   Secret Agent Dick Gobbler     2009 - 2010   Nutcracker     2010 - 2011   Minnie Mouse     2011 - 2012   Jungle Balls

         
         
   

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