The annual World Conker Championships take place every October in the grounds of the Shuckburgh Arms, a pub in ...

The World Conkers Championships has been embroiled in a cheating row after the men’s winner was found with a steel chestnut. David Jakins, 82, clinched the title at Sunday’s event in Southwick, ...

An autumn tournament for conkers, a traditional English game, has drawn people to a country pub for years. But a scandal — or conkerversy —... After a week-long investigation, organizers say the men’s ...

Britain’s hot and dry summer has put this year’s World Conker Championships in jeopardy with a series of heatwaves leading to smaller than normal conkers, organisers say. The event began in 1965, ...

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The World Conker Championships has dismissed complaints of cheating against this year's men's champion David Jakins following an investigation, a statement issued on Monday ...

The 2024 edition of a quintessential English competition now includes a controversy, after the men’s winner of the World Conker Championships — a two-person game with the object of crushing a conker, ...

After a week-long investigation, organizers say the men’s title “was won fairly” by David Jakins and that he didn’t use a steel conker during competition, citing recordings of the event and their ...