It’s conker time
It’s been banned in British schools (and for good reason) but this traditional children’s game is alive and well in ITD
It’s a game that has been enjoyed by British kids for generations. Now some of those British kids are working in ITD. The result is that the ITD Conker Challenge is now in it’s third year.
Rob Hale, an experienced conker player has assessed the conker situation in Armidale and is optimistic that this years’ competition will be fierce (really fierce)
“The increased rainfall has led to a bumper crop so there are plenty of prime conkers available which should lead to a fairer and no doubt more bruising contest…” Mr Hale says.
The rules of the game are simple. Two players each with a conker (horse chestnut) on a string (see picture), attempt to hit their opponent’s conker. The first person to score a hit then gets a further chance to smash their opponents conker to bits. Anyway you get the gist. It is a somewhat dangerous game and is usually (at the very least) painful. So anyone wishing to participate - it’s at your own risk!!
The ITD conker challenge will be held on Friday 14th March at 1pm. If there are any participants from outside of ITD who are prepared to take on ITD’s dedicated conker nuts - just get in touch with Rob Hale rhale@une.edu.au