If I read this right, Jon was merely trying to understand how many groups were being run as it was a bit confusing and some TD companies have looked at alternatives including APEX so it was worth questioning just in case. If it was to be run with more groups then price was it was not so appealing.
As for the price of Brands Indy, again I don't think he was questioning the DSC price being bad, just that if that was a good price then it must be expensive normally, not something we would know as we do not go there. Indeed for the Oulton day its a very good price.
Dickie and TP's responses asnwered the questions fine and explained the reason for the five group options. Not certain there was a need for the following comments that to me come across very aggressive.
Just by way of explanation-Lizzie our multi talented membership secretary came up with the grouping idea. Novice=Novice Novice/Inters=prefer novice but could do inters Inters=Inters Inters/fast=prefer inters but could do fast Fast=fast
As to the pricing, both Oulton and Cadwell are very good value. Brands is a cheap as I can reasonably make it without the club making a loss-again. I have checked against commercial days and the club is a bit cheaper on Brands for end May. You may have noticed that we are not offering 'T' shirts this year-basically they are a pain to organise, add to the cost, and lots of people don't actually want them, so I have dropped them. We may do a special for the Cadwell 2 day event if enough people want them, but they will be for sale on the day rather than included in the price.