Campaign for Real Conkers
Against bans on conker playing
8th October Contact Keith Flett @kmflett
Conker players warned, collect your nuts or squirrels will
The Campaign for Real Conkers, the group that opposes bans on conker playing, has said that with the 2024 conker season reaching a peak, grey squirrels are again posing a threat to conker supplies.
The campaign says that numbers of grey squirrels in many areas of the country are increasing. The squirrels can be seen carrying off and burying conkers on a regular basis leading to a shortage of the nut for players to pick up.
Squirrels don’t eat conkers but few seem to realise this and either collect and bury them or bite into them, destroying them as game conkers.
Campaign organiser Keith Flett said, there are plenty of fallen conkers to be had currently. However if players don’t collect them we are now into the nut collecting season for squirrels and they will carry them off instead.
Notes
The CFRC believes 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 of those of mature years
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