The World Conker Championships is investigating cheating allegations after the men’s winner was found to have a steel chestnut in his pocket. Jakins was responsible for drilling and inserting strings into other competitors’ chestnuts as the competition’s top judge, known as the “King Conker”. Alastair Johnson-Ferguson, who lost in the men’s final against Jakins, said he suspected “foul play”, the Telegraph reported. But this isn’t cheating or a fix, and I didn’t mark the strings.”St John Burkett, a spokesperson for the World Conker Championships, said the cheating claims were being investigated. “Allegations of foul play have been received that somehow King Conker swapped his real conker for the metal one later found in his pocket.
