Alfred Maybury, the Somerset Cricket Club president, has lashed out at the Department of Youth and Sport’s Alternate Dispute Resolution arbitration panel for dragging their feet on his club’s appeal against Bermuda Cricket Board imposed sanctions.

The West Enders are at odds with the BCB over a number of issues, including the board’s ruling to declare Flatts as the winners of a Logic Premier Division match at Lord’s last season that was never played, a decision to award them and St David’s five points each after their league match at the same venue was rained out and also to deduct them 13 points for outstanding umpires’ fees.

The BCB’s sanctions played a significant factor in Somerset being relegated last season.

The club submitted their case to the ADR last August and have yet to have the matter dealt with, something that does not sit well with Maybury.

“It makes no sense having something there that the sporting bodies have to abide by and go by and then at the other end they never meet,” Maybury said. “That’s ludicrous, so that body needs to meet and do what it’s legislated responsibility is.”

Incidentally, the BCB awarded Somerset the points from their Twenty20 match against Somerset Bridge at White Hill Field last Sunday that was not played because the pitch was left uncovered during overnight showers.

Maybury said his club will stay the course until their case before the ADR is finally dealt with.

“We are going to make sure that our case is heard and we get some resolution,” he said. “We are going to deal with those issues and hopefully things will improve so that you don’t have this situation happen again.

“At this point it may seem like it’s moot, but it’s not, and we need to make sure that it’s not done just to be seen to be done, and that’s what we are going for right now.

“We just want to make sure that our appeals are heard in a proper manner and a decision is made, and that’s it.”

Somerset’s case is among a backlog of cases that the ADR has yet to address.

When asked what was the reason for the delay, Norbert Simons, the director of sports, said: “As a department we are not supposed to interfere with the process and the person who is normally dealing with this is unavailable.

“So it’s a matter of reaching out to another member of the committee to take over the responsibility, which we are in the process of doing.”

The BCB’s handling of Somerset’s case was among the topics explored at a special meeting last month.

In a letter sent on March 4 and addressed to Lloyd Fray, the BCB president, representatives from five of the island’s clubs asked the BCB to convene a special meeting to outline their concerns about the way the game is being run.

Maybury held his cards close to his chest when probed on the meeting, which others attended on his club’s behalf in his absence.

“I would prefer not to say what I was told because that’s hearsay,” he said.

“I’m waiting for a follow-up meeting so that once minutes are produced from the previous meeting we can actually address things that way. I want to go the correct route and do things the correct way to have a proper resolution.”