I must admit, that Noob schedule looks a bit rough.

In Australia, we have a sportsman class that just has centre maneuvers and it still surprises me how badly they get flown. Sportsmen class should challenge the bread and butter elements of pattern. ie a consistent baseline, maneuver geometry and positioning, airspace control. Including turnaround elements at that stage makes it difficult to "just get through" the schedule and allows little to no opportunity to concentrate on getting the maneuvers done correctly because if you stuff up the turnaround you've blown any chance of performing the centre maneuver properly.

With our sportsmen class you can royally blow the centre maneuver, then take your time to reposition yourself, turn around and come back in on a proper baseline to fly the next center manuever.

Has it increased participation? probably not but it's far less stressful for somebody thinking about it.

Personally, I believe the perception you need a pattern ship to fly pattern kills off a lot of interest.