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Royal delivery helps World Conker Championships go ahead
A royal conker delivery helped avoid cancellation of the 60th World Conker Championships after a dry summer caused a poor crop, with 256 competitors from nine countries attending.
- A Windsor Castle batch of conkers arrived in time to keep the World Conker Championships running on Sunday in Southwick, village near Oundle, with 256 entrants from nine countries.
- Organisers feared cancellation after an unusually dry, warm summer depleted the horse chestnut crop, prompting a nationwide hunt with donations from the UK, Italy, France and Windsor Castle.
- This year attracted 256 entrants from nine different countries, including Japan, and more than 200 conquerors competed in fancy dress such as squirrels and Star Wars stormtroopers.
- After a day of duels, Margaret Blake was crowned women's champion and Matt Cross, King Conker, said `I am absolutely speechless`.
- The tournament, held since 1965, continues to raise thousands for charities and drew attention after last year's controversy when David Jakins was accused and exonerated, then knocked out by Stephanie Withall.
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The World Conker Championships. Man becomes the new World Champion. Obviously.
As you’re hopefully aware, The World Conkers Championship took place yesterday in Southwick (pron. “Suth-ick”), Northamptonshire. In these dark times, the annual championship makes me proud to be British. The BBC reported live on the event, here. As always in sport, men triumphed over women. Extracts from the BBC report: “The new World Conkers Champion is Matt Cross from Lincolnshire. Cross, 37 from Bourne, in Lincolnshire, is now King Conker an…
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