West defeated Noorat in the knockout competition's final on Australia Day at Allansford, earning a $10,000 winner's cheque.

It is now threatening legal action over MGDCA due to a by-law that states the Roos must hand over 40 per cent of the prizemoney to the association.

The club is yet to pay the association, with West vice-captain Shane Dycer telling The Standard that the by-law "wasn't mentioned in an executive meeting or in a delegates meeting".

Association president Bryon Cleaver yesterday hit back at the claim.

He said the by-law was brought up in an executive meeting on August 20 last year.

"It was minuted," he said.

"A final decision was made by email between the executive members, from memory, on the 27th/28th of August.

"Shane Dycer and Peter Hawthorne are both on the committee of the West Gambier Cricket Club and both on the executive committee of the Mount Gambier and District Cricket Association.

"They both received all the information.

"(The by-law) was also placed in the playing conditions, which was sent out to every club in our association on the 30th of September, 2009.

"That was 57 days before the first ball was bowled in our Twenty20 competition."

Cleaver explained it was also included on page 91 of a handbook that the association sent out to every club and player each season.

The Roos tried to negotiate by asking the MGDCA to cover the costs they spent to contest the Twenty20 Cup, such as their bus fees.

They then offered to pay the difference of $4000.

"But they said 'no, we want the four grand'," Dycer said.

The payment was supposed to be given to MGDCA by February 26 but the club is yet to hand it over.

"We've spoken to our lawyers and we'll be putting in another offer to the league," Dycer said. "If they don't accept, they might find us taking further action."

Cleaver stressed that the money was not an administration fee.

It will compensate the MGDCA clubs who could not meet the playing criteria for the association's Twenty20 Cup qualifying tournament .

"(The money) will go to all the clubs in our association, so they'll all get 1/14th of it," he said.

"That includes West Gambier. They can use it for their turf pitches, infrastructure, cricket balls.

"It will be spent to benefit grassroots cricket."