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@BloodyMary
Riders don't get to choose their level. If they are doing this, they are gambling with other peoples safety! You need to win a C race, to race in the B's at the moment, and so on, and so on.
My suggestion is that before people start racing at track league, they have (at least) a season of track riding experience behind them. I find newly inducted riders are turning up for track league, as well as for more advanced sessions, making it unsafe for many other riders.
There are far too many riders racing that 1)don't look before they move 2)ride too aggressively and disregard other riders safety 3)cant even hold a wheel safely as they are hanging on for dear life with their heads down. These are basic novice skills that shouldn't need to be pointed out in, or after, a heated race. You shouldn't need to yell 'stay up' or 'stay down' every few seconds or meters!
*Administrating this would require some sort of card system that would need to be checked when signing on maybe? Also requires judges and comms picking riders up on unsafe riding. Maybe after 3DQ's you are suspended from TL? Sounds a bit schooly, but if there is a consequence then hopefully racers will pull their socks up! Again means more admin, more volunteers, or more responsibility on those volunteers.
Another thing I have found is some riders are reluctant to take on constructive feedback. If you politely try and point out they nearly just killed you and another rider they seem to shrug it off or deny it?
*It would probably be better received from a judge or commissionaire than a fellow racer - again more admin and responsibility on volunteers. Nobody wants to whine to the Comms officer about another rider either, so what can the Comms do if they are not told?
Youth and women categories should potentially be separate. Again, mixed abilities. What do you think would happen if an average 5.8 male shoulders smaller built riders like this out the way...or accidentally falls on them. (Youth and women also elbow and shoulder, so they have every right to be shouldered back if this happens BTW.) I think its good learning for both youth and women categories, but realize its not particularly fair on anyone involved?
*This means fewer races per evening, as it would be spread thin. Again more admin as more races need to be judged and recorded.
Novice category for riders that are racing their first season, and have less than 1-2 years additional track training behind them. The C's at the moment seem to bundle youth, women, novice, new to Track League, and slower racers...part of the all inclusive problem...This problem dissolves further up the ladder...
*Would require some sort of system to administer. Also means fewer races overall on Wednesdays.
Bottom line is many options would require more volunteers, and demand more from those volunteers as some riders cannot self moderate themselves with the safety of the group in mind.