The World Conker Championships

The championships were originally started by a group of local fishermen after a planned angling match on the near-by river was sunk by bad weather. Instead of wasting the afternoon drinking in the local public house, a conker match was arranged and thus the World Championships were born. The game involves swinging a conker threaded on the end of a string at an opponent’s conker with the aim of smashing it. Pointless, but a lot of fun.