BEAMINSTER have been confirmed as relegated following the conclusion of the 2022/23 season.

The Rainbows finished bottom of the Dorset Senior League by a single point, having only picked up three wins and a draw from 19 games.

Beaminster were denied the opportunity to take an unlikely point at champions Bisterne as league officials cancelled the fixture.

A draw would have salvaged their season due to a goal difference five better than Dorchester Sports Reserves.

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It means Sports stay up and Beaminster drop to Dorset League Division One, where new boss Murray Legg will oversee his first season in charge.

Provisionally joining the Rainbows in Dorset’s third-highest grassroots tier will be: Blandford United Reserves, Bournemouth Electric Reserves, new teams Bournemouth Poppies Reserves, Mere Town and South Cheriton plus Bournemouth Sports Reserves, Maiden Newton, Milborne Port, Parley, Portland Panthers, Sturminster Newton Reserves and Wareham Rangers.

As Legg confirmed to the Bridport News upon his arrival as boss, Beaminster will be running a brand-new reserve team.

The Rainbows’ second string will begin in Division Five, the lowest of Dorset’s seven grassroots leagues, and are joined by another new west Dorset club in Symene FC.

The duo comprise two of five new teams in addition to Durrington, Wessex Phoenix Reserves and Witchampton Reserves.

Division Five has swelled to 14 clubs next season as AFC Damerham, Chickerell Reserves, Longfleet, Sturminster Newton Thirds, Tisbury Reserves, Verwood Athletic, Wool Reserves and Wyke Regis remain along with Broadstone, formerly Silvercross.