Local sportspeople, clubs and volunteers celebrated their success at Teignbridge Council’s annual Sports Personality of the Year Awards, which saw ultra-marathon runner Kevin Carr, crowned Teignbridge Sports Personality of the Year.

At the popular gala awards ceremony – held at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren, on Friday – Carr also picked up a special award created in his name for his epic feat of becoming the fastest man to run 16,300 miles around the world.

He ran more than a marathon a day every day for almost two years, crossing 26 countries and getting through 16 pairs of shoes to complete the feat.

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