An English PE teacher and former Olympian is beating the Scots at their own game.

Scott Rider, of Clayton Croft Road, Wilmington, travelled to the banks of Loch Lomond, Scotland, to take part in the SGA World Highland Games Championships.

The games, which include stone put, similar to the modern shot put, suited 36-year-old Scott down to the ground after he competed in the Commonwealth Games as a shot putter in 2010.

Other Highland Games include the Scottish hammer throw, weight over the bar and the famous caber toss.

The married father-of-two came out on top across all the games to take the trophy.

And just three days later he followed it up by winning the World Caber Tossing title in Inverary, Scotland.

Scott, who also competed for Britain in bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics, said: “It was great to win.

A Scottish friend got me involved in the games and I’ve been doing it a few years now.

“I don’t think the Scots are too upset that an Englishman has won their games.

“They all know me there now and people come from all over the world to compete.”

Scott, who teaches at a London school where he is nicknamed The Cockney Caber-Tosser, was the only competitor able to successfully pick up, carry and flip the caber, which weighed around eight stone, during the games.

He added: “Some of the kids at school are interested in what I do but I won’t be introducing Highland games as part of PE any time soon.”