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@Khornight2
Ok there's two issues here, first is the segregation, as Joni says, when most of the more experienced players started, there was no beginners so you had no choice but to get in the thick of it (although both souths and wests were started for similar reasons to beginners!)... This meant that usually when I started at souths there'd be at least a couple and often four or five beginners. These days it's rare to have more than one beginner at south throw ins which I think makes it harder for those that do venture out.
But although this is harder for the people who come to normal throwins I don't think anyone can argue that beginners has been anything but good for new players.
The second issue is the perceived gap between beginners and intermediates. Personally I think as soon as someone can pass and dribble the ball they should feel welcome at intermediates. The cat nights can only help polo if they overlap. And I am certain that one day their will be a cat a night and I think a lot of the people who are coming to cat b would be able to handle the next level up.
Then one day their will be the professionals the level higher than that!