The nine-time champion lost a court case Friday in which it asked the court to include the band in the competition.
It argued that it should be allowed to compete on the grounds that during the semi-finals on February 20 the band was interrupted by music from DJs at the North Stand during its performance.
However Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee dismissed the steelband’s application for an injunction. The ban had placed 13th at the semi-finals and is not included since only 10 large steelbands will play at Satuday's finals along with 10 medium bands
Candice Andrews, captain of Renegades, told reporters the band has accepted the court's ruling. However she said she felt let down by Pan Trinbago for allowing DJs to disrupt the performance. “Pan Trinbago is not worthy of being the governing body for pan men and women,” she said.
“There is evidence to show we were delayed. You did not authorise a DJ party but a stage was erected and nobody did anything about it.
"They are not worthy of representing me. If there was no DJ music in the North Stand and bp Renegades came last we would have sat in our panyard and accepted the decision. But we did not fail on the night of the semi-finals,” she stressed.
Pan Trinbago’s vice president Bryon Serrette, said the organisation would have stringent measures in place to ensure that DJ equipment is not allowed in the North Stand for Panorama.
He said Pan Trinbago had turned down applications for groups to bring in DJ equipment for the Semi Finals but there were security breaches that allowed unauthorised people to enter.
Serrette said on the night of the semi-finals, persons playing music were asked to stop playing when they saw a band approach the stage, but they disregarded those instructions. "It will not happen again," he promised.
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