Wormald, secretary Matthew Barraclough and Barnett left the meeting in Wigan before any decision on their future had been made and returned to the Russell Way clubhouse to await the news. However, the 10-man National League committee discussed the problem they had been faced with and didn't reach a decision until around midnight.
That was to throw Rangers out of their Division Two competition after just 18 months and expunge all their results this season and terminate the rest of their fixtures this term.
After finding their feet last season, Rangers were making great strides until their ruse of playing Halifax's third choice hooker, Under-21 player-of-the-year Stuart Proctor from Clifton, under the name of injured Andrew Walters at Millom, on October 20, came to light.
They were then summoned to a meeting last week ahead of this week's when a full and final decision was made to throw them out and also ban messrs Wormald, Barraclough and Barnett from any involvement in the Conference for two years.
Greetland All Rounders were shown the door in 1994 for playing an illegally registered player and Ovenden likewise in 1999, and while the All Rounders have never made moves to re-enter the Conference, Ovenden were accepted again three seasons ago and Rangers could well do the same in around three seasons time.
However, Wormald, his committee and Barnett will have to decide in the meantime if they are to appeal and come up with fresh grounds for this to be considered and they have seven days in which to lodge that appeal once they have heard officially from the Conference committee.
Peter Bradley, the Brighouse Sports Club secretary and Brighouse CC secretary upon hearing the news said he thought the punishment was draconian and could finish off a club that they, the Conference, had courted to join them.
"I don't think the punishment they have handed out benefits to club or the league," he continued.
"I did discuss with Paul (Wormald) in the club last night (Tuesday) what it might come to and while at worst he did think they could be thrown out, he also discussed with me the possibility of a total points deduction and then asking them to re-apply at the end of the season.
"We still have as a club (Brighouse Sports Club) costs to cover as do the rugby club and this loss of revenue is worrying. We were already looking to a fresh start this summer with the cricket club after firing off everybody there except local lad Richard Barron and now we have a complete rebuild for the rugby club."
Brighouse Rangers run a second team in the Pennine ARL Division Four and this season they have been struggling for numbers. The first team are through to the first round of the ACE Insurance Europe National Cup after their away win at Rylands last Saturday and have drawn Thatto Heath at home on Saturday week, December 15.
The club will now have to make a decision on whether to go ahead with this tie if they have retained sufficient players who are also expected to be briefed on the fall out from this huge error of judgement by all concerned at the club.
The club also loses out on a chance to play in the first round of the Carnegie Rugby League Challenge Cup and the possibility after two rounds of playing against professional opposition and what that brings to the table in kudos and revenue.
Meanwhile, Proctor will be represented by Halifax RLFC director Michael Steele, himself a solicitor, in his bid to have the sine die sentence imposed by the Conference for alleged gouging overturned or significantly reduced and winger Jarrod Morris, also sentenced sine die for an alleged biting offence, was appealing against the decision at BARLA HQ in Huddersfield last night.
The decision to ban former professional half-back Barnett from all Conference activity would not stop him coaching the Rangers second team or his work with Leeds University.