BRITISH AIRWAYS ATHLETICS CLUB HEART THROB HASH

WEDNESDAY 13th FEBRUARY 2013 6 P.M.

1.Competitors may wear a watch and it may be an advantage todo so. Competitors may pair up if they wish but must then sticktogether throughout and will be considered as an item. A maximum of 16 individuals or pairswill be accommodated.

2.The idea of the game is to collect, in no more than 70 minutes, the best possible poker hand of 5 cards.

3.Two packs of cards (red, blue) will be shuffled (separately) and each then split into fivebatches.

4.The starter will “deal” a single card from the top of either his red batch or his blue batch (alternately) to individual (or a pair of) runners as theyleave theConcorde club pavilion at half minute intervals. Each individual runner’s (orpair’s) start time will be recorded.

6.Four other dealers will be located in easily spotted well lit locations in theneighbourhood. These points will be described and shown on a mapwhich will be displayed at the start.

7.Runners will need to visit each of the four dealers and collect a card fromthe red or blue pack as appropriate. Runners must only collect eitherred or blue cards according to the colour of their initial carddealt to them by the starter.

8.Runners may choose their own routes to reach each of the four dealers and may visit them in any order. As always, runners must take care when crossingroads and reflective clothing is recommended.

9.Once runners have collected five cards they have the option ofreturning directlyto the pavilion. In any case, runners should return to the pavilionwithin 70 minutes of starting to be able to continue in the game. Runners will be checked (and timed) in by the starter at the pavilion door.

10.Runners who have time in hand and who consider they could improve their hand by swapping one or more cards may return toone or more dealers excluding the starter. A maximum of two cards may be swapped with each dealer who will place rejected cards at the bottom of the pack and deal from the top.

11.Swapping cards must only be done through a dealer and is restricted to a single transaction with each of the four eligible dealers.( n.b. any two consecutive transactions must involve two dealers) Dealers willremain on station only until 7.10 p.m.

12.Runners must retain their five cards on return to the pavilion, remain poker faced throughout the showering process and not enter into any game related discussion with other competitors before the hands are revealed at 8 p.m. in theclubhouse. Running times will be used as a tie breaker for competitors with equally ranked hands.

13.Minimum distance covered – about 5 miles, maximum – probably double that.

14The use of GPS devices, Oyster Cards and Freedom passes is permitted.

Maximum time allowed 70 minutes.

The dealers will be located at 1 Concorde Club pavilion (starter) (no swaps) TW5 9PQ 2 “Chicken Express”176 Brabazon Road TW5 9LP 3 “Leeway Stores” 285-286 Convent Way UB2 5UL 4 “Maharaja” 144 The Crossways TW5 0JR (near junction with Upper Sutton Lane) 5 “Costcutter” 1 Crosslands Avenue (corner of Fern Lane) UB2 5RB

APPENDIX 1

Ranking of high poker hands, played with a full 52-card deck and no jokers.

/ Royal Flush (a sequence from A to 10 in same suit)
/ Straight Flush (any sequence, except from A to 10, in same suit)
/ Four of a Kind (any four cards of same value)
/ Full House (three cards of same rank plus a pair)
/ Flush (any five cards of the same suit, not in sequence)
/ Straight (any five cards in sequence, in mixed suits)
/ Three of a Kind (any three cards of the same value)
/ Two Pair
/ One Pair
/ No Pair (aka High Card)