Vagabonds has announced that its second team has withdrawn from the Shimmin Wilson Manx Shield with immediate effect.

The Ballafletcher second string has struggled to field a side all season and have now made the decision to withdraw from the domestic competition. Vagabonds’ chairman Gordon Leece indicated that this wasn’t a decision taken lightly but one which was both realistic and pragmatic. He hoped that Vagabonds B will be back again next season.

Vagas B were due to play Castletown at Ballafletcher on Saturday. This means only one Manx Shield game will go ahead, although the match between Emerging Nomads and title contenders Douglas Celts has been moved to Poulsom Park with King William’s College water-logged.

Fixtures: Saturday, March 17

South Lancs/Cheshire Division Two

Aspull v Vagabonds @ Aspull

Lancashire/Cheshire Three

Ramsey v Ormskirk @ Mooragh Park ko 1pm

Women’s NC North West One

Vagabonds v Chester Devas @ Ballafletcher ko 12pm

Shimmin Wilson Manx Shield

Emerging Nomads v Douglas Celts @ Poulsom Park ko 1pm

Vagabonds B P-P Castletown @ Ballafletcher