2008 World Conker Championships Winners

World Conker Championships 2008 Winners

Ray Kellock from Rushden has been crowned the men's World Conker Champion at the World Conker Championships 2008 with Amy Farrow from Essex taking the ladies’ title.


Men’s Champion Ray Kellock from Rushden	Ladies’ Champion Amy Farrow from Essex

The Junior Winner was Thomas Whincup (age 9) from Stilton. Runner up was Rico Dhadra from Oundle. In the Intermediate category, Robert Winfield (age 13) from Kettering took the title and Ashley Ward (age 13) from Northampton was runner-up. The Young Adult title went to Rebecca Moss (age 15) from Warmington while Chris Porter (age 16) from Peterborough was runner-up.

Almost 500 people from 19 different countries took part in the 44th event, watched by approximately 4500 spectators while over 1000 conkers were smashed!

The World Conker Championships 2008 were Sponsored by:
IOSH

2008 Results in Full
Men’s Winner	Ray Kellock (Rushden)
Men’s Runner Up	Scott MacKenzie (London)
Ladies’ Winner	Amy Farrow (Essex)
Ladies’ Runner Up	Nikki Johnson (France)
2008 Junior Competition
Junior Winner	Thomas Whincup (Stilton)
Junior Runner Up	Rico Dhadra (Oundle)
Intermediate Winner	Robert Winfield (Kettering)
Intermediate Runner Up	Ashley Ward (Northampton)
Young Adult Winner	Rebecca Moss (Warmington)
Young Adult Runner Up	Chris Porter (Peterborough)
2008 Team Competition
Team Winners	Rushden Reprobates
Ladies’ Only Team Winners	France

Countries Represented