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Did you know you could be a conker champion? A highly sought-after gold conquer was won by Harry Phillips, at the Peckham Conker Championships on Saturday. What’s behind a champion and his conker? Harry might go for the world conker championship next year:

The school nurse, who lives a few miles from Southwick, said: "It took me 31 years of playing but eventually I won this year and I am totally thrilled."

The event, which returned last year after the Covid pandemic, has been running since 1965 and has raised £420,000 for charity since its inception.

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