Campaign for Real Conkers
Against bans on conker playing
Press Release 1st October Contact Keith Flett, 07803 167266
Campaigners call on Boris Johnson to make conker playing in schools compulsory
The Campaign For Real Conkers, the group that opposes bans on conker playing, has said that with the 2019 conker season now in full swing it is time for Boris Johnson to order compulsory conker playing in school playgrounds.
The Campaigners say that the Health and Safety Executive have underlined that safety issues with conkers are a myth, the most common reason for conker games being banned in schools
Campaign organiser Keith Flett said, Boris Johnson must surely act to promote this most traditional of British pastimes in our school playgrounds. Conkers has been under threat from computer games in recent years and hasn’t been helped by needless bans in some school. It is time for Mr Johnson to demonstrate he backs nuts.
- The Campaign for Real Conkers promotes free for all conker playing across the UK an alternative event to the, cancelled, World Conker Championships, on October 13th where it encourages all comers to have a go at playing conkers without the need for rules, regulations and teams.
Notes
- The CFRC says that conkers is one of the few sports that can be played for free. All that is required is a conker and some string.
- It is opposed to championships, rules, regulations, separate teams for men and women and commercial sponsorship.
- It seeks to encourage young people to play conkers. It should not be the preserve purely of those of mature years
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