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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rosie Shead

Conker tournament introduces ‘airport-style’ security after steel conker scandal

Last year’s World Conker Championships was plagued by a cheating allegation (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Archive)

Competitors at the World Conker Championships were subject to “airport-style” security after last year’s tournament was plagued by controversy surrounding a steel conker and cheating accusations.

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

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