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==Championships== {{Refimprove section|date=October 2024}} In 1965, the [[World Conker Championships]] were set up in [[Ashton, East Northamptonshire|Ashton]] (near [[Oundle]]) [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]], and still take place on the second Sunday of October every year. In 2004, an audience of 5,000 turned up to watch more than 500 competitors from all over the world. The 2016 Championship was featured on the BBC programme "Countryfile". The first time that a non-British contestant won the Men's World Conker Championship was in 1976. The Mexican Jorge Ramirez Carrillo took the place of a contestant who was unable to arrive on time at Ashton, and defeated the 1975 champion at the finals. The men's champion has been British in every other year except 1998, when Helmut Kern from Nauort, Germany, won. In 1999, the Irish Conker Championships began in [[Freshford, County Kilkenny]], in Ireland. Selma Becker, originally from Austria, was the first ladies' champion from outside the UK, in 2000. The title of Queen of Conkers has remained in the UK, except in 2001 when Frenchwoman Celine Parachou won. Eamonn Dooley from Freshford in County Kilkenny, Ireland broke the world record in 2000 by smashing 306 conkers in one hour.<ref name="wcc">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldconkerchampionships.com/html/news_gunton_conkers.html|title=World Conker Championships news|accessdate=2013-04-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055510/http://www.worldconkerchampionships.com/html/news_gunton_conkers.html|archivedate=21 September 2013}}</ref> In 2004, an alternative World Conker Championships was first hosted at Pill Harriers Rugby Club, Newport, Wales. This championship, known as the World Annual National Conker Championships, has been held every year since and is sanctioned by Dogfish Promotions. Contestants from the United States, Italy, England and Wales have taken part. The North American Conker Championship was inaugurated on 20 October 2012 at the Historic Gardens<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.historicgardens.com/|title=Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens|work=historicgardens.com}}</ref> in the town of [[Annapolis Royal]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada, hosted by the Annapolis Royal Conker Club. The Peckham Conker Championships was first held in October 2017 in [[Peckham]], [[London]], playing a more extreme version of the game with Battle Royale rules which was organised by Peckham Conker Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://peckhamconker.club/conker-competition |title=Peckham Conker Championships '23 |website=Peckham Conker Club |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> In 2023, more than 500 people from different parts of the UK took part in this championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/britain-autumn-chestnut-crisis-conkers-championship-ea3e1622 |title=Britain Goes Bonkers Over Mushy Conkers. 'Our Nuts Are in Crisis |last=Dulaney |first=Chelsey |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=Oct 6, 2023 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> At the 2024 World Conker Championship, controversy arose when the winner, veteran competitor David Jakins, dubbed "King Conker", was accused of cheating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e9k72qz7xo|title=World Conker Championship cheating claims blamed on 'sore loser'|date=15 October 2024|website=BBC News}}</ref> Jakins was alleged to have used a replica conker made from steel. He has been exonerated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Rachel |date=2024-10-20 |title='King Conker' cleared of cheating at World Conker Championships |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/20/king-conker-cleared-of-cheating-at-world-conker-championships |access-date=2024-10-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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