Rubber-faced Tommy Mattinson won the World Gurning Championships for a record 19th time — and vowed: “I want to win 30.” Tommy, 52, beat off stiff competition to take home the crown in the men’s ...

A rubber-faced man has won the World Gurning Championships for a record 19th time and vowed: "I want to win 30." Tommy Mattinson, 52, beat other competitors to take home the crown in the men's ...

It was hideous faces galore at the World Gurning Championships at the Egremont Crab Fair. The rules have changed little over the years and are quite simple - to impress the judges, you must distort ...

Everyone’s favourite age-old fair is being celebrated in Royal Mail’s latest stamp collection, and will spread the West Cumbrian art of gurning across the nation. Egremont’s famous Crab Fair spreads ...

Anne Woods was 28 times the winner of the Women's World Gurning Championship, a competition which entails pulling the most grotesque, contorted face possible while holding one's head through a horse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rubber-faced Tommy Mattinson won the World Gurning Championships for a record 19th time - and vowed: "I want to win 30." Tommy, 52 ...

A British father of two has been crowned the World Gurning Champion, outshining a host of comical-faced contenders. Ryan Barton, 42, clinched the title during the peculiar annual contest in Cumbria ...

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Coventry’s facial sensation has retained his title as the globe’s greatest gurner. Adrian Zivelonghi of Tile Hill, impressed judges with his unorthodox facial expressions at the World Gurning ...

MEET rubber-faced Richie Larkin - officially Merseyside’s greatest gurner. The 69-year-old from Bootle was judged overall winner in the ECHO Great Gurning Contest. We received dozens of entries for ...

People compete and if they win become the World Gurning Champion (Picture: Reuters) The World Gurning Championships have made a return this year and some of the faces pictured are quite simply ...