Sir, – The World Conker Championship has been rocked by cheating allegations. A steel conker was allegedly used.
Recalling my own school yard conker competitions where cheating and sore knuckles were the norm, it never descended to the use of a “brown pool ball” on a string, as recalled by your reporter Malachy Clerkin (“Scandal shows conkers is in need of root and branch reform”, Sport, October 15th). Now that’s playing dirty. – Yours, etc,
MIKE MORAN,
Clontarf,
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