Region 19 heading to Crawley for UK competition
A new national team is set to represent the Isle of Man in baton twirling later this month.
The newly-created Region 19 will this weekend will represent the Island in a competition against fellow UK teams at the K2 Arena in Crawley.
Aalish Watterson, Maisie Belcher-Smith and Faiyth Challenor are all members of the team.
They told Manx Radio about what it will be like to take part in the UK event:
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