The Global Drug Reference Online (Global DRO) provides athletes and support personnel with information about the prohibited status of specific medications based on the current World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List. The website can be accessed vis the following link. Updated 2009 Alcohol is no longer a banned substance for bowls. Prohibited Drugs

Because the Irish Sports Council have been inundated with applications for medical exemptions from various minority sports they have decided to only target those players who are involved in national championships and internationals. They have included lawn bowls as one of the sports where this new rule applies. There will be no more drug testing at ILB championships. Only players who have qualified for the national championships need to be concerned about possible testing if they are on medications that are on the list of banned substances. Full details of what is involved can be ascertained from the Sports Ireland website Anti-Doping section at https://www.sportireland.ie/Anti-Doping/

If you are on medication that is on the banned list of substances and have qualified for the National Championships or you are on the International Panel, then you must apply for a TUE as soon as the ILB Championships are completed. please allow 21 days for the application to be processed. Players who are involved in Inter-Association, National Championships, and BIBC Internationals, and other international competitions should complete the eLearning section on the Sport Ireland Website You will have to create an account, and then go through the various questions. You do not have to complete it in one visit, once you have logged on and answered some of the questions, you can log out and visit the site at a later time, and you will pick up where you left off. At the end you will get a certificate to confirm you have completed the task, and this is registered with Sport Ireland. Here is the link to eLearning https://elearning.sportireland.ie/login/index.php