RUN 2265 – Committee Run – Irish Murphy’s – Red Dress Run raising funds for FECRI – Monday 21st July 2025

RUN 2265 – Committee Run – Irish Murphy’s – Red Dress Run raising funds for FECRI – Monday 21st July 2025

This week our poor GM was left bereft of Lois Lane’s little slip of paper, without knowledge of the run number, welcomes backs or sniffy runs. I could only help with the run number. So, we began with talk of horoscopes, particularly cancer and moved straight on to the screw. Mountie screwed the GM for the trail, which included a tour of the labs at the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute (FECRI), and tin rattling around central Ballarat. She then quoted from the bible of COOCH with a selection of readings and proverbs.
Mountie then scored the first charge, as we were told that after the weekend cross country, they had to remove all the trail arrows in Vic Park. Mountie should have told us during her screw, that the hare needs to brush off trail after the run, as council apparently now considers trail marks as graffiti. At this point the circle moved from the bar area to the nearby stage with a pulpit (how appropriate). NBCL, our sergeant, stepped up. NBCL was on a roll tonight and began with talk of how tough it is in Melbourne, such that when he was asked to put his hand in fresh concrete located at some civil construction works, he felt a hand on the other side. He then told us about the flotsam and jetsam he saw on the trams, there was a guy with a beard wearing a dress, actually looking around, it was just like us. We were then informed that life is like a fart… if you force it, it’s probable shit. NBCL then mentioned that he’d been to the gym to get help with bending, he was asked how flexible he was, to which he responded, “well, I can’t do Tuesday”. We then moved on to charges. Nummy scored the next charge, for her behavior on our last mystery bus tour, meaning that a Coldplay concert was probably not a good spot for future trips. We then charged Wee Problem and Jus Cum for no hash gear and no red dress. Then, if one Hassle drinks, all Hassles drink, so Spartacus got a drink too. Nummy was then charged again, for her assistance with the ordering tonight. Fop was charged for coming to Hash, which may have resulted in the absence of Mrs D, who was suddenly not feeling well. There was then a charge for the red heads in the room, Disco, Rowdy, Nutcracker, Spencer Hocking and Bad Hair Day, some with wigs and some without. This was because the bar staff asked who was paying for the jugs, the answer was “the guy with the red hair”, to which they responded, “the red wig?”, and our GM responded with “Oh no, that’s his real hair. Cat Flaps was then charged for her assistance in organising the chaos of ordering upstairs and Disco was then charged for something about express lanes at the footy on the weekend. Mountie was then charged for her dismay at the choice of red wines at the Buninyong Winery where they only had a Pinot Noir. We then charged a few belated welcomes backs to FOP, Wee Problem, Fascinator and Her Vaj. Fop and Campaspe were then charged for being excellent tour guides although, we did loose one Dr, poor Rowdy got lost and missed the tours, so if one Dr drinks, all Drs drink. Quick Dick scored a drink here too. There were then comments about the tours, where someone asked where’s the beer fridge? Is it only cancer or is there normal in the tissue bank? What, Normal is in there! While no lab animals were found, there was a trail of red feathers (Mountie) and Jus Cum was charged for asking what do you research here? We finished up with charges to Fop and Campaspe for their important work in cancer research and Cat Flaps was charged for donating wine and sleeping with an Unwin.

Next Weeks Run was then announced to be set by Spartacus from the Millers Arms Hotel, Howard St Soldiers Hill.
On On

After dinner, Fascinator officiated our charity wine auction. Immaculate Conception bought the Umbrella Man Chardonnay $50, a 2002 Tattooed Lady Shiraz $120, a cleanskin vintage handmade champagne estimated at 30-40 years old $90 and a 2001 Tattooed Lady Shiraz $110. Boner bought a 2005 dessert wine $50. Spencer Hocking bought a 2004 Acrobat Riesling $50 and a 2015 Winemakers Selection Shiraz $50. Rowdy bought the last bottle of the 2004 Acrobat Durif $150 and Num Num bought the 2011 Chardonnay $50. Thanks to Fascinator for being our auctioneer and to Cat Flaps for donating the wine and providing some extra background information about some of the special bottles. We also had Ballarat Cycle Classic socks for sale at $20 a pair, that were bought by NBCL, Nummy and Cinderella. I’d like to thank all the Hashers who made purchases. Donations were also collected on the night, on top of the $10 collected from each person in attendance.

The fantastic final tally raised on the night for FECRI was $1461.30, which was made up of $720 from wine sales, $290 from entries, $240 from sock sales, $10 from a QR code donation and $201.30 from cash donations. On behalf of FECRI, I would like to thank everyone for contributing to this successful fundraising event.