After a seven-year-old boy was stripped of his bowling championship for wearing the wrong pants, the provincial head of Youth Bowling Canada says everyone knows the dress code, and rules have to be followed.

Newfoundland and Labrador Youth Bowl Canada (NL YBC) insists they "did nothing wrong" in disqualifying Grayson Powell from a weekend tournament in St. John's because his pants were not deemed dark enough — after he bowled high scores that helped propel his team to a gold medal.

"A lot of things were done wrong here and NL YBC are not to blame for how this went down," president Gord Davis wrote on its Facebook page.

In the 2,600 word statement, Davis said the dress code for Provincial 'A' tournaments, which Powell and others participated in, has been in effect "for decades."

He said parents were reminded of it several times via email ahead of the tournament.

Todd Powell says his son was disqualified due to a scheme by a bowling official to help his hometown teams. Gord Davis, of NL YBC, says that "is not the case." (Eddy Kennedy/CBC)

Davis said Grayson didn't have the appropriate team shirt, and a shirt was arranged via the program director, but there was no mention the seven-year-old only had grey, and not black, pants.

Todd Powell, Grayson's father, was "full aware of the dress code and sent his child to provincials knowing that it was against the rules," said Davis in the statement.

"What parent would do this? Was it to see if we would notice it or get away with it?"

Timeline of disqualification

NL YBC is also offering an explanation as to why play wasn't halted immediately when Grayson's pants were deemed too light, instead of informing the boy he was disqualified mere moments before he lined up to receive his gold medal.

According to Davis, it started when several parents and a coach pointed out the attire during the first of three games, and inquired why their players couldn't wear jeans or other pants like Powell was.

Gord Davis, with NL YBC, says the organization "did nothing wrong" in disqualifying Grayson Powell, 7. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

A representative of NL YBC "approached the program director, who was their coach, and advised her that the pants were illegal," but additional opinions were needed with other executive members before a ruling.

That didn't happen until the end of the second game, he said.

Davis said the program director/coach of Grayson's team was advised at the start of the third game that there would, in fact, be a disqualification.

"We could not stop the tournament and embarrass the kids when the tournament was already started," according to Davis.

"The program director should have taken her parents aside and explained to them after she had our ruling about the disqualification."

All 'apologies are done'

"I couldn't apologize enough to the parents on Saturday so all my apologies are done," said Davis.

He also wrote, "We did nothing wrong ... stop blaming NL YBC and [president] Gord Davis for something that should never have had happened."

Powell's theory for his son's disqualification is that his team, Riverdale Lanes, was taken out in order to bump up two teams from Corner Brook – who operate out of the bowling alley where Davis coaches.

"That is not the case!" wrote Davis.

NL YBC suggests all the social media comments about the original story detailing Grayson's disqualification "will be looked at legally to see if they warrant further action."

Ultimately, Davis believes Powell should stop and consider why his son ultimately didn't get to hang a medal around his neck.

"Why is NL YBC in the wrong here when parents knowingly broke the rules and we are the bad guys?"

CBC News has requested an interview with Davis.