For the first time at a carnival in PNG, gear belonging to our visitors was stolen from the back of a utility. There had been minor thefts before. The most notable "in house or tent", local staff stealing from their boss, reckoning everyone else would be blamed. The good news this time was that the goods were found at Gusap having been taken by some of the Gusap players, and Gusap management returned it all.

After a few days in Madang the visitors went back to the Markham to select horses offfered to them. They all rejected Miss Piggy! Arthur Jones had lent Grant, Emma. Joe Bruno was still playing his good mare, but she was pregnant, lacking some stamina. Matches were played at Sulikon, with two extra teams made of PNG players and the extra four visiting players. The North West Queenslanders narrowly defeated the PNG team.

The first Carnival in 1994 was at Sulikon, hosted by Markham Valley Club on June 18th and 19th. This was followed by another campdraft/polocrosse competition at Gusap in July. Sandi lent her horse Jack, to Scott Young who won the campdraft, while she was stitching Michael Beirne's injured horse. A few good games of polocrossse were played. Bruce Nixon was at Dumpu, playing for Ramu, along with Scott, Sandi and varying stockmen.

The planned August carnival at Dumpu, turned into a Ramu Club practice with the Gusap players. The Umi Bridge had been dismembered at one end by a truck with a bulldozer on it. The driver was not hurt, he just went "Bush". The National Titles were to be hosted by Markham Valley Club at Sulikon. It rained. The Titles were canceled due to compensation concerns, wimps and the weather in that order, very disappointing for the President and the players. The preliminary games had been played, but there were no finals.

Some polocrosse was played after a One Day Event at Goroka at the end of August. Mike B romley was always keen for a game, David Hannon was back in Goroka, James Launder and Annabel Hirst plus Sandi, Scott and Bruce Nixon who had come up from the Ramu for the ODE were able to make up a few chukkas.

More polocrosse was played in Goroka at the end of November. Sandi had gone to Goroka with Michael Beirne, the horses had been taken up with the Cleanwater truck. On the way back Michael and Sandi were held up near Duna, Michael revved his engine and sped through the "rascals", spoiling their aim.

On December 10th and 11th a large group of polocrosse players and friends went to Dumpu by vehicle and helicopter (from Goroka). Among them were the Duffields, Kennedys, Michael Beirne, Angie Blomfield, Rob Jacobsen, Mike Bromley, Annabel, James Frame, David Hannon, Christine Shriek, Ayatang, Keepas Kamare, Scott and Robyn Young and Sumo from Gusap, and others. They had a good weekend and some good polocrosse.

Once again a cattle tick disrupted polocrosse in PNG in 1995. A gathering was held at Sulikon on 26th February, largely to farewell Sandi Jephcott. She had a hard time leaving Dumpu; with the staff sad she was going, packing up and then the float with the two best horses rolled. The horses were unharmed and led home, but it made her late arriving at Sulikon. It was confirmed that the ticks found were Boophilus microplus, the cattle tick. Julian Thirlwell and an Irish girl, Mary, came over from Port Moresby. We lent them horses; a little polocrosse was played on a very hot Saturday, and more on Sunday. An AGM was held with Scott Young elected as President, and Greg. Hall- Secretary. The Ramu horses had to be thoroughly sprayed and feet cleaned out, before they could be trucked home. Sandi organised and physically did most of the work, by then she was exhausted. A few stayed on at Blomfields house in the evening. There was no further polocrosse until August. None could be held at Markham Valley's field or in Lae. Bruce Nixon had moved to manage Markham Farm, he and his fiancee Laura Timmins played for Markham Valley, strengthening their first team.

Peter Hall (Cloncurry) and Trevor Kennedy (Lae)

A carnival was held at Goroka in August. Ramu and Markham had teams, and by then Goroka had both strong players and several new players. The play was completed on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.