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[QUOTE=gaz1979;3519285] Whilst I appreciate that there are obvious safety concerns, I also think that the attitude to newcomers might be more welcoming than this. After all, the Monday night sessions are part of the pathway, not separate from it, and any rider who skips straight from induction to Mondays is only missing out on three hours of track time. If it's too fast / difficult / nervy for beginners on Monday than they can always just stop or be pulled off by the coach.
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As you say the Mondays are part of the pathway but the crucial word is pathway, it's a progressive training regime; three hours is a reasonable amount of track time and if it's too nervy on a Monday for a newer rider there's a chance they might punt someone off defore they stop / are stopped by a coach. The idea of a training pathway is to protect other track users as well.