Top players conker all at nut-cracking championships

VIDEO SHOWS: COMPETITORS PLAYING CONKERS AT WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ENGLAND / INTERVIEWS WITH ORGANISER AND WINNERS OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FINALS / WINNERS BEING CROWNED AND GETTING THEIR TROPHIES.  SENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: SOUTHWICK, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 12, 2025) (HUTC – No archive. No resales.) 1. CONKERS BEING HIT 2. MAN DRESSED IN HAT PLAYING CONKERS AND SMASHING OTHER PLAYER'S CONKER AND CELEBRATING 3. MAN HITTING CONKER AND LOSING AGAINST OTHER PLAYING WEARING BOBBLE HAT / PLAYER IN BOBBLE HAT CELEBRATING  4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ORGANISER OF THE WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS, ST JOHN BURKETT, SAYING:    "Well, very exciting. Obviously a lot of interest after last year's story and we've never been sold out so early. So perhaps four weeks early. And usually we've got a few places to say to sell on the day, but absolutely none today." 5. MAN ANNOUNCING COMPETITORS' POCKETS WILL BE SEARCHED FOR STEEL CONKERS 6. SIGN READING (English) "STEEL CONKER DETECTOR" 7. TWO PLAYERS HAVING THEIR POCKETS SEARCHED WITH METAL DETECTOR  8. MAN IN MOTORCYCLE HELMET PLAYING CONKERS 9. CLOSE-UP OF CONKER BEING HIT 10. MAN IN WIG WITH CROSS AROUND HIS NECK PLAYING CONKERS WITH MAN IN A HOODIE 11. MAN WEARING SKELETON MASK PLAYING CONKERS 12. CLOSE-UP OF A CONKER SMASHING ANOTHER AND A HANDSHAKE 13. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES 14. REFEREE WEARING HATS SPEAKING TO PLAYERS 15. WOMEN'S FINAL WINNER, MARGARET BLAKE (BROWN JACKET) WINNING AGAINST PLAYER IN BEE COSTUME AND CELEBRATING 16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WOMEN'S FINAL WINNER, MARGARET BLAKE SAYING:     "Oh my god. I can't believe it. Like I said, I only came here to do the coconut shire… Never thought that I would get this far. It's like crazy.  17. SPECTATORS WATCHING, MAN FILMING 18. MEN'S FINAL WINNER MATT CROSS WINNING MOMENT AGAINST MAN IN HAT AND BLUE VEST.  19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEN'S FINAL WINNER, MATT CROSS, SAYING:   "Technique was just to give it everything you know. You're not going to win by tickling them. You've got to give it, some welly. The bruises on the hand have really shown that. So yeah really really happy." 20. WINNERS BEING CROWNED  STORY:   The world's top conker players battled it out on Sunday (October 14) for the title of King and Queen of the World Conker Championships in the English village of Southwick.  More than 250 competitors from across the UK gathered for the competition, which attracted attention last year after a rogue “metal conker” scandal briefly rocked the event.   This year saw the tournament introduce airport security style checks with metal detectors to prevent any metal conkers from entering the competition.  Matt Cross a civil servant from Kettering was crowned this year’s men’s champion. Speaking after his win, Cross said his technique was to “give it everything”. “You’ve got to give it some welly, the bruises on the hand have really shown that," he added.    The women’s winner was Margaret Blake from Corby, wo said she couldn’t believe she had won. “Never thought I would get this far. It’s like crazy,” she said. This year’s tournament, celebrated its 60th anniversary since the first official contest in 1965. (Production: Natasha Montague)

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