Douglas Celts beat Southern Nomads 52-14 at Port-e-Chee in the Manx Shield on Saturday with hooker Dave Sherwin’s brace of tries providing the highlight.

Celts led 38-0 after a blistering first half with tries from Sherwin, Rob Todd, Josh Carine Mike Osborn, Danny Creer and Karl Evans with Bryn Snellgrove converting four. Nomads rallied in the second half and Adam Young’s try converted by Furo Davies got them on the board.

Django Kinley’s pace got their second which Davies also converted but Sherwin’s second and a late score from Charlie Henthorne, both converted by Jack Rowlands, made the game safe for Douglas.

At Mooragh Park Ramsey B picked up their first win of the season with a 48-19 defeat of Castletown.

Dave Keenan went in twice for Ramsey with other tries coming from Jamie Arneil, Alex McMillan, Ben Pickett, Mikey Craine and Connor Cracknell.

Ben Harding kicked one conversion and Dave Keenan three.

For Castletown, who trailed just 17-12 at the break, Callum Coulthard, Tom Bielich and Morgan Armstrong-Paton all picked up tries with Aaron Kiernan converting two.

Results: January 18

North One West

Douglas 24-22 Keswick

Lancashire/Cheshire One

Garstang 52-0 Ramsey

Lancashire/Cheshire Two

Oxton Parkonians 17-25 Vagabonds

Manx Shield

Douglas Celts 52-14 PDMS Southern Nomads

Ramsey B 48-19 Castletown