In schools children would resort to many a ruse to win (not least baking their conkers). At last year’s championships a fake steel conker was found in the octogenarian winner’s pocket, generating a ...

Some 256 people from nine different countries, including Japan, entered this year’s competition, which was held in ...

King Conker is in action again - after rumours he used a steel horse chestnut in 2024 proved untrue.

The World Conker Championships have been spared the axe after nuts were imported from Europe. Organisers feared the contest, ...