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World Conker Championships in Turmoil Amid Cheating Accusations

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The articles discuss a competition known as conkers, which involves using buckeye chestnuts to compete against each other in a test of strength and accuracy. Holes are drilled through the nuts and two opponents face off, with the goal of destroying the opponent's nut. The competition has been marred by controversy, including accusations of cheating, as evidenced by a recent incident in which a competitor was found to have a painted steel nut in his pocket.

  1. GB
    David Glew
    1. I'm suspicious of foul play and have expressed my surprise to organisers.
  2. GB
    Jim Packer
    1. Yes, he had a steel conker with him, which we're aware of. It's very obvious it's not a real one.
  3. GB
    Alastair Johnson-Ferguson
    1. Now it turns out King Conker had a dummy steel conker, so he could have swapped his real conker for that one.
    2. My conker disintegrated in one hit, and that just doesn't happen.
  4. GB
    Neil Horton
    1. He has what I would term a comedy-value metal conker he uses for display and showing the kids.
    2. We are confident this was not used, but the inquiry is running.
  5. GB
    St John Burkett
    1. He's got a super technique, just a very hard downward swipe.
    2. We think he's innocent, but we're just checking.
    3. Did he mark the laces? We don't know. We don't think so.
    4. King Conker is responsible for drilling and stringing the conkers in advance of the competitions.
    5. We haven't discussed that yet, at the moment we are trying to establish the facts.
    6. From the evidence we have seen, there may be innocents involved.

sources

  1. 1.The New York Times
  2. 2.The Times
  3. 3.The Washington Post
  4. 4.BBC
  5. 5.Daily Telegraph
  6. 6.Guardian
  7. 7.National Public Radio
  8. 8.Times
  9. 9.Times Radio

perspectives

  1. 1.Cheating
  2. 2.Humor

countries

  1. 1.United KingdomGB
  2. 2.IrelandIE
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Lincoln

persons

  1. 1.David Jakins
  2. 2.Alastair Johnson-FergusonGB
  3. 3.Kelci Banschbach
  4. 4.St John BurkettGB
  5. 5.Charles Whalley
  6. 6.Claire Moses
  7. 7.David GlewGB
  8. 8.Jim PackerGB
  9. 9.Neil HortonGB
  10. 10.Rick Murphy

technicals

  1. 1.North American Conker Championship
  2. 2.World Conker Championship
World Conker Championships in Turmoil Amid Cheating Accusations