What to expect at a run

Lakeside runs every Wednesday, regardless of the weather, at 6:30pm (ish). At this time, the GM calls the rabble to order and asks the hare to give the pack a brief description of the run before sending them on their way.
The run follows a trail which has been marked by the hare using chalk arrows or flour. Most hares have trouble with this concept and the trail is hard to find. Everybody should call "On-on" as loudly as they can whenever they see trail markings. This makes things easier for those running behind.
At various points on the run, you will find checks which are marked with a circle. A check is a break in the trail, the run can continue in any direction from a check. The first hashers to arrive at a check search for the trail giving the slower runners a chance to catch up and have a bit of a breather.
False trails or on-backs are marked in various ways depending on the hare. They are usually a cross or an arrow pointing back along the trail. If you get to one of these, you've come too far and need to turn around and find trail again.
If all goes well, after about an hour everybody arrives back at the start, more or less together.

After the run is out of the way, the serious stuff starts. The Grog Master brings out the beers and the hare serves a gourmet meal. Then the GM calls the circle. A hash circle needs to be experienced, it cannot be described. In the circle, visitors are welcomed, good deeds are rewarded (very rare) and discretions are punished all with a down-down. The circle is the highlight of the evening and is what hashing is all about.

When the circle is over, the stayers finish off the beers and everybody finds their way home.

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How to Join Lakeside H3

To join LSH3, you must be either male or female. Some other hashes are single sex clubs but Lakeside is desperate and will take anybody.
If you fit the above criteria, just show up at a few runs. The hash isn't for everybody so you'll want to try us out before you commit yourself. If, after 2-3 runs, you think we are a good bunch of people and you want to keep running, you can consider yourself to have joined.

Costs

Running hash is cheap! Your first run is FREE. You don't have to join, but if you do its cheaper. Subs are $50 per year. The hash year runs from one AGM to the next with AGMs held on or near the Wednesday after the Queen's Birthday long weekend.

Charging system from July 2004
Payment of subs entitles you to a discount on weekly run fees and huge subsidies on big events such as the Christmas run and our 21st birthday.
Normal runs from a park or somebody's house will cost $10 for non-members, or $8 for hashers who have paid their $50 subs. This is an all inclusive amount and covers run food and drinks. There will be nothing more to pay. The supply of beer is reasonable but not unlimited.
Pub runs will cost $2 unless you have paid subs in which case it is free!
Restaurant type runs, where the hash provides drinks but you pay for your own food will cost $7 or $5 for members.

Old charging system
Hash Cash would ask you for $2 per run. If you had paid your subs, you didn't need to pay the $2 every week. If the hare provided food, everybody contributed $3 towards the cost. If the hare was a slack bastard and set the run from a pub, food was at your own expense. At non-pub runs, beer was available from the grog-master for $2. Soft drinks and wine are available too.

Special Runs

Awards are presented to everybody after completing a number of runs. Each hasher is expected to keep track of how many runs they have done by signing the run book. Anybody who doesn't bother signing in won't get anything. The awards we have so far are: If you are lucky, you may get a badge for 50, 75 or 100 runs but don't count on it.