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@mrkawasaki
As you know - I don't disagree with the fundamental reason we've booked PH - for the existing MCR players to get better faster. It wasn't originally booked to become beginners sessions. To achieve that, the issues we have to manage are these:
Some answers lay in the following:
We're more than happy to promote the beginners sessions in Chorlton Park on Saturday mornings - will make up a flyer for that for next Thursday. Let's make it an official MHPA event (currently just Lewis and I casual) and have occasional senior players attendance for credibility (as is already happening).
Sunday Social Sessions - let's identify and promote them as such, so that people don't feel they're being excluded by an elite.
Thursdays - obviously the session was compounded by Chan/Mirek not playing; the atmosphere (now cleared); Woody having to be an emergency sparks when ASBO would have been roundly thrashed by Adam, Marek and me ;-).
Considering that we have collected money for November now, I think we have to honour those that have paid. Suggest that we start team play from 7.30 in November - so that those that cannot get on with the learning curve can arrive at that time. Why not start advising people/teams during November that come December they should be playing on Saturdays/Sundays until appropriately skilled/safe.
'Safety' is the fairest message to convey - no-one wants to hear they are a beginner/sh*t.
BTW - should we not have a helmet rule once we get into proper team play sessions??
Once we've agreed - let's start to advise of the changes and the options during November to make sure the learners transfer to the other sessions. We do not want to lose these people - there's some guys who are going to be useful players in fairly short order IMHO.