Campaign for Real Conkers
25th August
Media Release
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Wind leads to pre-season conker crisis
The Campaign for Real Conkers has said that windy weather across the UK is leading to a pre-season conker crisis.
The 2020 conker season officially launches on Bank Holiday Monday with indications that this year will provide an excellent conker crop.
However the windy weather has seen conkers prematurely dislodged from trees.
The campaigners say that in this case the conkers may not be suitable for games of conkers.
While the shell size will appear as normal, the conkers inside may be very small, or un-ripe.
While the conkers may ripen it is possible that, because they fell before they were fully mature, the conker will not be hard enough to withstand match play.
Campaign for Real Conkers Organiser Keith Flett said, the windy weather ahead of the official start of the conker season is a concern. Fortunately it may be that the 2020 crop is sufficiently large to still provide adequate numbers of conkers. We’ll know by the weekend
Notes
The Campaign for Real Conkers promotes conker playing with a minimum set of rules in an annual effort to increase the numbers who play the game.
In 2020 special socially distanced guidelines will apply for conker playing
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