Northampton club chairman, Paul Chard, said he wants more people to join so they can "retain the title of the River Nen for life" A croquet match has been used in an attempt to settle a dispute ...
For the past three years, two sporting teams have met for a grudge match with a difference. Is the River Nene pronounced "Nen" or "Nene"? Let the croquet mallets decide. The third annual croquet match ...
Two communities are set to go head to head over a centuries-old dispute over the correct way to pronounce the local river - with a game of croquet. Generations of people from Northampton and ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peterborough and Northampton Croquet Clubs battled it out to decide the pronunciation of the River Nene. (SWNS) (Adam Hughes / ...
A croquet match has been used in an attempt to settle a dispute between two counties over the pronunciation of a river name. In Northamptonshire, the 90-mile (150km) River Nene is known as the "Nen".
A centuries-old dispute over how to pronounce the name of a river was settled on Sunday — with a croquet match. For generations, communities have disagreed over how to pronounced the name of the River ...
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