We love conkers and as you can see the conker loves us. The October walk has quickly come round again (how time flies as you get older) and as you can see I have been out on the traditional gathering in of the conker harvest. For the last couple of days I have been wishing for windy weather and hey presto my wishes have come true and the conkers have been falling like raindrops on my head. With Lady luck being so good to me I think I may have to buy a couple of lottery tickets this week, you never know I could win a tenner.The conker competition was first held in 1995 the year the group first started and I thought to myself that it might be a good idea to see if we still enjoyed playing conkers. We had just climbed the hill up to the Jack and Jill windmills and everyone needed a break when I produced the conkers from my bag. That first competition was a very disorganised affair with the first one to win playing the next available player but after a while Mick Funnel emerged as the victor.
The picture shows Howard Whitling and Malcom Harriott against the wonderful background.
We didn't play in 1996 but have played every year since come rain or come shine and now the competition is much more organised. The following pictures show the winners from 2001 to 2006.
Mick Funnell at Chiddingly in 2001
John Weise in 2002 somewhere in the country.
Barry Chuter in 2003 held once again in Chiddingly during our 100th walk
Alan Wood in 2004
Mick looks very pleased with his third win in the competition in 2005
John Weise after his second win last year 2006
As you can see on the right this is the scroll of honour for all of the winners in the conker competition since 1995. Could you be in the space for 2007, don't forget you have to be in it to win it. See you on the conker walk on the 2nd October.
