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BBC News: 'Pupils wear goggles for conkers' 04 October 2004 (Accessed 2009-03-18) This in turn prompted DJs on BBC Radio 1 to start their own Radio 1 Conker Championships.
In Britain they are sometimes called 'conker trees' because of their link with the game of conkers, played with the seeds, also called conkers.
"The first recorded game of Conkers using horse chestnuts was on the Isle of Wight in 1848 – the horse chestnut tree is not native to Britain, but was introduced from the Balkans in the late 16th century; it was not widely planted until the early 19th century."
At the British Junior Conkers Championships on the Isle of Wight in October 2005, contestants were banned from bringing their own conkers due to fears that they might harden them.
In the World Conker Championship contestants are also restricted to using the conkers provided.
"'Conkers' is a game traditionally played by children in United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and some former British colonies using the seeds of Aesculus trees – the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself."
The Campaign For Real Conkers claimed this was an example of over-regulation which was causing a drop in interest in the game.
In 1993 ex-Monty Python Michael Palin was disqualified from a Conkers competition in the United Kingdom for baking his conker and soaking it in vinegar.
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