Seven sporting organisations are in hot water after the Bermuda Council for Drug-free Sport (BCDS) dispatched the final list to the Department of Youth, Sport & Recreation naming those National Sporting Governing Bodies (NSGB) who are considered to be non compliant and therefore "red listed".

Those sporting bodies were "red listed" for a variety of reasons such as not providing membership lists for the random programme for more than 18 months, insufficient notice for pre-event testing, non compliance by athletes for whereabouts information, not making the change to the constitution to include the adherence to the WADA and BCDS Rules and Procedures and in the extreme – not making any effort to achieve compliance.

Those sporting bodies are archery, boxing, martial arts, motocross, motor cycle racing, target shooting and tennis.

And on Monday those seven sports will be informed of the consequences that Government will mete out to them.

Catherine Belvedere, executive officer of the BCDS, said the Bermuda Olympic Association and the (BCDS) have been invited to attend a series of individual meetings on Monday in conjunction with the Department of Youth, Sport & Recreation, where each sport will be informed of the consequence by their non compliance.

Of the sports who have been "red listed", tennis is the biggest.

And David Lambert, head of the Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association, said yesterday the problem in his sport has been one of the whereabouts of the athletes.

"I have a meeting (with Government) on Monday. They are saying we are non compliant and we are working with them on it. We always send in our players for pre-tournament drug testing. We have done that for the team that is now competing in Trinidad and also for the Junior Davis and Fed Cup teams (who will compete in the near future). We have always done that.

"We also reworked our constitution – that was done on February 27. The part that we are working on as we speak is trying to get our national players to fill out the forms of their whereabouts for every quarter (of the year).

"We hope to have all of it done by Monday but in all honesty it is not the easiest thing to do. We are trying to get the players to come back to us on a timely basis. Ian Gordon, who is the BLTA's representative to the BOA, has been sending out emails to our players trying to get them to realise the seriousness of the whereabouts question and to get them to send the information in. Ian has told them that it is the BLTA who are going to be penalised if they do not get that information in. This is all so new to our players and I am wondering whether they all realise just how serious it is.

"Tennis always been a partner with the BOA and with the Bermuda Government and we have agreed (to the WADA regulations)."

Belvedere also said that there are eight sporting bodies who are "yellow-listed".

Those bodies, she said, have made significant improvement and have only a few loose ends to tidy up on in regards to maintaining compliance.

She added: "These NSGBs have to make the final effort and then maintain the requirements on a consistent basis. All the remaining NSGBs must do the same or risk also being listed as non-compliant. This is very serious as it can affect funding to both NSGBs and their athletes – being locked out of Government owned premises and the International Federation will also be informed of the lack of consistency in compliance which puts the NSGB at risk of being stripped of their classification as the National Sports Governing Body for their particular sport."

Jon Beard, chairman of the BCDS, said: "Achieving compliance is not a onetime effort, it must be maintained. The NSGBs must adhere to regular provision of pre event notification, a calendar of events, ensure that their athletes attend education sessions on the illicit programme and provide at least an annual membership list for the domestic programmes.

"For national and international level athletes, athletes must ensure that they provide whereabouts on a quarterly basis in a timely manner and the NSGBs must ensure that their high level athlete support personnel, such as coaches or managers attend the coaches course, ensure that their elite and national athlete list is kept up to date and ensure that their athletes understand and adhere to their responsibilities."