From NPR: U.S. woman wins conkers world title, as men’s champ faces metal nut cheating charges
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, or horse chestnut — was accused of using a metal chestnut to secure a long-elusive title.
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“The judges stand incredibly close and measure the regulation 8” lace length,” Horton said. “So any foul play would have been weeded out immediately.”
That doesn’t sway skeptics such as spectator David Glew, 78 — who delivered what is likely the quote of the day.
“The whole thing is nuts,” he told The Daily Telegraph. “It stinks, and needs to be properly investigated to save our game from scandal.”
