Why do we still do the Sawston course? It used to be the fastest one but now we have Hardwick, which I believe is also safer.
The current rundown of courses for a season is:
Bottisham 10 - 3 times
Bottisham 13 - once
Bottisham 25 - once
Hardwick 10 - 5 times
Barton 10 - twice
Barton 25 - once
Comberton - twice
Newton - twice
Sawston - twice
19 events in total.
I would propose getting rid of Sawston and having Comberton and Newton 3 times. 3 is nice because it is enough that you can monitor your times during the season, which I think riders are motivated by.
Why do we have two 25s a season?
I like the idea of Merckx/athlete style events, too. Why not allow it for all evening 10s? Have the points similar to the Morris shield format only the points count for your best 5 events rather than 10... that way if you want you can compete in both competitions during the season.