BELLE Vue beat Edinburgh 59-32 in their home leg of the promotion-relegation race-off to put themselves in a commanding position for the return on Friday.

BELLE Vue beat Edinburgh 59-32 in their home leg of the promotion-relegation race-off to put themselves in a commanding position for the return on Friday.

Captain Krzyzstof Kasprzak notched a brilliant 18-point maximum while Patrick Hougaard added 15.

Aces boss Chris Morton said: "I set the boys a 60-point target and we would probably have reached it but for Hougaard having a controversial exclusion.”