Medan Hash House harriers
Give us your week and weary and we will completely destroy them.
That is the tongue in cheek moto of the Medan Hash House Harriers, the first hash to start in Medan City, North Sumatra
About
medan hash
Medan City is located on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Medan is home to around ten different hash chapters, or kennels as some call them.
The first Medan hash chapter was formed in 1973 by a group of expats who had previously joined the Jakarta hash chapter.
Medan Hash House Harriers, as this chapter is named, is a men-only hash but was soon followed in 1975 by the second chapter, Medan Hash House Harriettes.
This hash is run and organised by the ladies, and is a mixed hash with both men and children welcome to join the ladies.
The Three Oldest
Medan Hash House harriers
When Medan Hash, or men’s hash, is mentioned in conversation, it is taken for granted that you are talking about Medan Hash House Harriers. Ladies Hash refers to Medan Harriettes. All other hash’s are mentioned by name.
Men’s hash runs every Monday starting at 5 o’clock.
Specials are on Saturday only or Saturday and & Sunday if out of town. (local hash sites are usually within 40 km of Medan. “Out of town” means considerably further with an overnight stay).
Medan Hash House Harriettes
Medan Harriettes run on Thursdays every week and the run starts at 5 o’clock pm.
Special runs are held on Saturday (+Sunday) and runs start between 3 o’clock and 5 o’clock depending on circumstances. Special runs usually have long and short runs.
Specials may be local or overnight stays.
Deli Hash House Harriers
It took nearly 20 years before the first offshoot came along in the form of Deli Hash House Harriers and Harriettes. This was the first of what became many.
Deli Hash is a mixed hash (men, ladies, and children) and runs every Thursday and Sunday. Runs start at 5 o’clock(ish).
Deli Hash also organises Special Events, local and out of town.
These are the significant other hashS’s
Sumatra Hash
In the early ’90s, out of necessity, with growing numbers of participants at weekends, Sumatra Hash was spawned.
Meeting on a Sunday there were often 6, 7, or even 800 hashers.
Things are less frantic nowadays though, I believe.
Sumatra Hash is mixed, runs are
on Sundays with specials on
Saturday/Sunday
Nusantara Hash
Nusantara Hash House Harriers was also founded in the mid-90s to cater to Medan’s residents’ insatiable appetite for weekend social activities.
Successful to the point of owning their own place to imbibe the amber nectar of hash in the middle of our local hash-country-side.
Mixed run meeting on Sundays and the usual special runs on
Saturday/Sunday
Nusantara Hazards
Nusantara Hash House Hazards. Founded in 1999 to accommodate the Hazards of Hash.
To be a ‘Hazard’ there are certain criteria that should (should, not must, as hash is a very forgiving society). Age, over 40 – Waist, over 40 – IQ, under 40. to name but a few. All in good fun. Just to say that the Hazards are here for the geriatric amongst us.
Runs on Monday and specials at the weekend. Men only
Batang Jaya Hash
Batang Jaya Hash House Harriers is a men-only group of pleasantly hard-core hashers.
Dedicated to the traditions of hash and running on Wednesdays they are a must-try-to-join a run with them if ever visiting Medan and have time on Wednesday afternoon/evening.
As mentioned, they run on Wednesdays at 5 o’clock and have mixed runs on weekend specials