Bong Bong Polo Team travelled to Scone the horse capital of Australia & competed in the B grade, 5 goals J R C Davies Cup.

This 5 goal tournament has been staged in Scone since 1957 & many well known Australian Polo playing Identities are embellished on the Cup

Picture from left to right:  Adam Meally, Tristan Warner, Dick Doolin & Dan Roberts.

 
With a weekend of superb weather & players from clubs around Australia, they even boasted a team from Canada, the stage was set for a weekend of fierce competition.
 
The Bong Bong 5 goal team consisted of:  Dick Doolin, Adam Mealy, Dan Roberts & Tristan Warner. They were drawn against a team from Bersheba consisting of: Saddie Michelle, Barry Moule, Wayne Glennie & Lance Shepherd. A brilliant game of Polo was witnessed by the large crowd, the game started at a very ferocious pace & at the end of the first chukka Bong Bong was 2 – 1 down & things got even worse for the Southern Highland team as the lead extended for the Bersheba team at the end of the 3rd chukka they lead 5 -1. The start of the 4th was a complete turnaround Bong Bong stepped up to the plate & put away 4 unanswered goals to tie the two teams. A goal a piece was scored in the 5th & no score for either team in the 6th. With the scores deadlocked at the end of normal time the game went into a  unusual 7th golden goal chukka  causing both sides to have  problems in pony logistics brought about by the extra unplanned 7th Chukka . This 7th Chukka was dramatic, volatile & exciting, as all players lifted in their game intensity in attempt to hit the winning goal. With dramatic twists & turns Bong Bong finally put away a great forehand goal from Adam Mealy to win the game & send Bong Bong into the final.
 
The final was played the following day, the Bong Bong team played against a great team from Windsor, who booked their final berth by defeating the Canadian 6 goal team.
The Windsor team consisted of: Kate Edmeads, Ed Matties, Mark Tolhurst & Shane Fagin. Mark Tolhurst was a previes winner of the J R C Davies Cup with his Windsor team in 1986.

Both teams started off at an extremely fast pace, but the game seemed to get away from the team from Windsor by the halfway mark. There were moments of brilliance by both teams but the Bong Bong team driven on relentless by their Captain Adam  Mealy won the game 8 – 5 at the end of the 6th chukka & thus allowing BBPC to lift the J.R.C. Davies Cup for 2005 & back to the Highlands.
 
As an added bonus Dick Doolin was awarded the Wootton Trophy for best pony playing in B grade, his pony a handsome 5 year old dark brown stallion   “Chivas”.