Another month in which there has been no shortage of talking points in the North West arena and, as the 2013 season draws ever closer, still plenty of unfinished business as well. I suppose the best place to start is the Union's recent decision to re-visit the vote taken at February's General Meeting to do away with the end-of-season play-off between the team finishing seventh in the Premier League and the one finishing second in the Championship.

That play-off was part of the Think Tank document which was endorsed in its entirety at the 2012 AGM, however it was absolutely the right move by the Board of Control to flag up the play-off to clubs as it had become clear that many had endorsed the Think Tank document without reading it. It is no exaggeration to say that some clubs only became aware of last season's promotion/relegation play-off half way through the season and could easily have been dragged into it as the summer progressed. Following the vote at the February meeting a number of people contacted the Board of Control to suggest that there was reason to doubt its validity.

For a start, rule change proposals are supposed to be presented to the Union before an established date and then discussed by the BoC who decide on the next course of action and include in their Agenda if agreed. Any constitutional change requires a two-thirds majority of the voting delegates therefore the correct procedure would then have been to notify the delegates of the meeting (including the amendment), identify the voting delegates in attendance, set the two-thirds quota and count the number in favour of the amendment. If this number reached or exceeded the quota then the motion is passed and the constitution amended.

Having met with his BoC, President Andrew Fleming was presented with more than enough information to suggest the vote needed to be re-visited and in keeping with his promise to ensure openness and transparity, that is exactly what he did. Whether on an individual basis we are for or against the play-off idea is immaterial because when the proper procedure was followed the amendment had less than 50% backing therefore it is difficult to argue that the correct outcome hasn't been reached. The new President is to be commended for "fronting up" to the original error and has made it quite clear that lessons have been learned. He has organised a meeting of the BoC for the coming week in order to ensure that any tightening up required is in place before action gets under way in April.

The Inter-Pro's next and a number of developments on this score too in recent weeks, some positive some maybe not so much. The positions within the Unions have finally been advertised with applications for the Administrator and Head Coach closing this coming Wednesaday (13 March). Interviews will be held next Wednesday with the successful candidates identified as soon as possible thereafter.

The Inter-Provincial committee has sent out "expression of interest" requests for the remaining posts- Assistant Coach, Team Manager and 2 selectors so anyone interested in putting their name forward is aked to contact Trevor Hamilton. Perhaps on a slightly less enthusiastic note the Inter-Pro schedule has also been made public and the series gets under way with a T20 weekend in Leinster on Sunday 28 April.

The T20's will be completed in September which throws up two instantly identifiable worries, namely a) how are players supposed to play their way into the squads if the first match is the day after the season starts and b) Is the whole ethos of T20 cricket not to encourage families out on a summer's day? I have no doubt there are reasons for the scheduling but to the naked eye they are far from obvious and at a time when we should be looking at every option to bring new people into the sport, lets hope this doesn't turn into an own goal.

And finally for now the playing front and the hottest debate in town which is where Limavady duo Decker Curry and Andrew Riddles will end up playing their cricket this summer. There has been much talk on the forum in recent weeks that Curry was on his way to Brigade but in truth that has rarely looked likely. The former Irish International was also heavily linked with Bready although if anything, that would have been bigger odds again.

The smart money was on Strabane and while the Red Caps made no secret of the fact that they were keen to sign him, the fact that it hasn't already happened would raise obvious concerns. Tommy Barr's side is known to have a player lined up if Curry decides against going to the Park but with paperwork required they will need to get their skates on. With time being of the essence and no movement forthcoming it is starting to look less likely by the day.

The Terenure offer was also genuine but looks another non-starter meaning that the former Limavady skipper is now likely to be headed to either Glendermott or Ardmore unless another party appears from left field. Most observers now believe that wherever Decker ends up, "Aggie" might not be far behind so if it was to be one of the latter pair, it could well make that saved again end of season play-off very interesting indeed …