A&T stars help the North to Battle of Britain triumph!
A&T riders featured prominently in successes by the England teams in the Home Internationals and by the North & Scotland teams in the regional Battle of Britain matches at Edinburgh at the weekend.
The North & Scotland Women's team took the win in the Regional Pairs Championship, as the regular pair of world champion Emily Burgess and Laura Watson both raced unbeaten.
They were joined by Esme Cameron to continue their amazing run of successes in this event - seven wins in the last eight stagings!
Result - North & Scotland 39 South & South Wales 31 South East & Eastern 29 Midlands 20.
A&T's two 15-year-olds, Frank White and Oscar Belt, starred in the Junior Home International match.
Frank scored 15 points for England, beaten only once. England ran out convincing winners on 71 points, but there was a real scrap for the minor places.
Oscar top scored for Wales, with 11 points, as they finished on 37 points, one ahead of both Ireland and Scotland.
Result - England 71 Wales 37 Ireland 36 Scotland 36.
A&T team manager Ed Morton lined up for the England team in the final Saturday match, the Open age Home International.
Ed won one race and featured in two of England's 7-3 race wins, scoring 10 points plus one bonus.
Result: England 74 Ireland 54 Scotland 49.
It was the turn of the Open and Junior teams to contest the Battle of Britain matches on Sunday.
A&T's Frank White top scored for the victorious North & Scotland team, as they defeated the Midlands, 101-78 in the Junior match.
Frank dropped just one point to an opponent from his six rides, while A&T team-mate Oscar Belt weighed in with an impressive score of 16 points plus four bonus from his six rides.
This was followed by the Open match, won by the South East & Eastern team on 99 points.
The North & Scotland team took second place, after beating the Midlands team in a tie break race, after both had finished on 84 points.
A&T's Ed Morton scored four points plus one bonus from two rides, before securing the vital second place in the tie break race behind his race partner Reece Pollitt.
The North & Scotland team won the overall Battle of Britain series, after winning both the Women's and Junior matches and taking second place in the Open match.