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On the second Sunday of October of each year, British flags will be flying around Northamptonshire, in Great Britain. Every year, Conker players from around the globe converge in a village named Ashton in Northamptonshire to play Conkers and gun for the world title. This is The World Conker Championships, and this has been going on since 1965.Conker is a children's game usually played by children in Great Britain. The seed of a horse chestnut tree, also called the same and is used in this game. To be able to play the game, a hole must be drilled on a big conker or horse chestnut seed. A thread will then be tied on the conker, and then you're ready to go. The object is to break the other guy's conker. You and your opponent will take turns hitting each other's conker. First, the other guy will let his seed dangle, and you will swing your tied conker and try to break the other guy's conker. This can also be done a different way: one can swing at the other guy...


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