Donovitch wrote: how much defeat should I expect before I can start to hold my own against 'the bottom of the barrel'?
The saying goes: lose your first 50 games as quickly as possible. Then it goes uphill from there. Then it goes downhill again. Then it goes uphill again, etc.
Other than that, I do empathize with your desire to improve, but I also second everything that Mivo said.
