Don't get in a flap! KISS principle operates.
Go back and read Piltdown Man's excellent advice on the previous page.
If the Canadian Gliding Club operates more on European principles than the American style of gliding (mostly private owned for profit, that is, like their health system)....then the Canadian club will have suitable single seat gliders for the new pilots to gain experience and skills without having to OWN A GLIDER. Why would any sensible person not take advantage of flying club machines? And after you have your Silver C, with 5 hours endurance, gain of height and 50 k X-country flight, time enough to try on a glider that fits your butt and your budget.
The whole advantage of belonging to a gliding club is that we help each other out and enjoy having friends around. And enjoy flying competition; the purest joy is reaching the first turning point at 3,500' to be greeted by the sight of your rivals in the farmer's field down below! Of course you would be happy to help retrieve them from an outlanding, and they will be more than happy to do the same for you. What goes around comes around, especially flying gliders in a gliding club.