Devonshire Recreation Club officials have recommended that Bermuda Football Association (BFA) withdraw their signature from Bermuda Council for Drug Free Sport (BCDS) in the wake of revelations surrounding the banning of Cougars trio Omar Butterfield, Heys Wolfe and Raymond Beach.

The club have also strongly urged the BFA to launch a thorough internal investigation into the national team drugs test saga and have called for the resignations of all standing BCDS committee members as the integrity of the body, they claim, is now ?questionable?.

?The unfortunate part about all of this is the BFA find themselves in an awkward position and so far they have managed to relay or deflect any criticism that should be coming towards them,? stated Devonshire Recreation Club secretary Ellsworth Christopher.

?I?m not sure whether or not we can demand the BFA to withdraw its signatory with the BCDS but we certainly intend to keep this thing going at the association?s semi-annual meeting in two weeks? time.

?I intend to ask questions because I?m not even certain whether the full BFA membership have possession of some of the information we have regarding the matter.?

The Cougars trio were banned on the eve of Brazilian side Santos? tour of the Island last January after refusing to turn up for a third drugs test on January 29 at the National Sports Centre.

It was learned earlier this week that Butterfield and Wolfe both tested negative for using illicit drugs, following analysis at the Government Laboratory ? results that contradicted earlier tests carried out by the drug testing agency Benedict Associates.

Tests from the same urine samples conducted by Government lab officials proved ?negative? for cocaine, cannabinoid and opiates in January last year after initial scans indicated that both players had tested positive for THC, the main chemical found in cannabis.

Both Wolfe and Butterfield have resumed playing after their bans were quashed last April on the grounds that drug testing methods were ?flawed? and they were never ?officially notified? by BCDS officials to attend a third test.

Beach, however, continues to serve out a three-year ban.

A second test from the prolific striker could not be sent to the Government lab for further analysis after he disposed of his urine sample and associated paperwork and stormed off ? actions that were later interpreted as an infraction.

It was also the second time Beach had contravened BCDS regulations, having done so previously in 1998 as a teenager.

The player?s case has remained in the hands of the Ministry of Sports Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) arbitration panel since last June.

Christopher believes BCDS officials should be held accountable for what he believes is a ?cover-up? and attempts to mislead the public.

?I think the BCDS?s administrative skills are questionable and a lot of this information has been withheld from their full committee,? Christopher added. ?When we were supposed to meet with the ADR (Alternate Dispute Resolution) we cited the BFA and the BCDS were the ones who prevented those boys from playing.

?When we arrived to the meting the BFA said they hadn?t done anything wrong and so they refused to make further submissions while the BCDS refused to comment upon the advice of their lawyers.

?Therefore, if it?s a case of them not defending anything then any facts that we have presented must have supported our case.?

BCDS president Jon Beard issued a brief statement yesterday.

?It?s very difficult for us to respond to something a Devonshire Recreation Club official is commenting on without going outside of the confidentiality of the athlete and is contrary to the policy that was stated sometime ago,? he said.