World Conker Championships: What makes for an all-conquering horse chestnut?

Conker players from across the globe gather in Northamptonshire for the the World Championships.

Conker players from across the globe are currently descending on a small village in Northamptonshire for the World Conker Championships. What does it take to conquer all challengers and what makes for the perfect conker?

All conkers are selected and supplied by the organisers of the World Championships, held at Southwick, near Oundle since 1965. For years the tournament's conker gatherers have collected the championship nuts from the car park of the Red Lion pub in the north Northamptonshire village of Warmington."This year it is a public house at Fotheringhaye," he says. "They always drop onto the soft floor so they could be even better this year."Unlike Olympic disciplines, conker success does not necessarily involve years of practice.

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