Welcome to Stafford Auto Motorcycle Club
ACU and Club Membership
All riders will be required to hold an annual ACU licence to compete in an ACU event. No licence means you have no insurance cover in the event of accidents, therefore no licence, no ride, it's as simple as that.
To obtain an ACU licence you need the following:
- An ACU account in order to accss the ACU / Sport80 website
- Join an ACU club
- Take out ACU membership
- Apply for your trials licence
The ACU no longer issue a card licence, once you have successfully applied and paid for your licence you will receive it via e-mail, from which you can print off a PDF version, or, download an 'e-licence' version onto the WALLET app on your mobile phone
For 2026 the fee for the annual licence is £35.00 for club evets, £50.00 for national events. For information on how to apply for a licence for the first time or to renew, select the option below
APPLYING FOR ACU MEMBERSHIP AND LICENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME
You will need to create an ACU account on the ACU Sport80 website if you do not already have one - link to the website here - https://acu.sport80.com/
To create an account use your email address as your login ID and set a password - you will be asked at some point to upload a passport type photograph. This is mandatory as your licence will not be valid without it.
JOINING A CLUB FOR THE FIRST TIME - OR RENEWING YOUR MEMBERSHIP
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To join Stafford Auto club, click the link below which will take you to the ACU/sport80 club membership application where your club application will be processed. Just fill in the details requested, then checkout and pay the fee by card. You can choose to auto renew membership annually or to do it manually. Auto renewal will automatically update you membership at the end of the membership year and take the fee (providing your card details are unchanged) Choosing the manual option means you just go through this short process again.
To renew a emembership, if you chose the auto-renewal option then you have nothing to do, your membership will automatically renew and the fee will be taken on 31/01/2026 (providing your card details haven't chaged) If you chose manual renewal, then click on the link below, complete the information requested and checkout and pay.
TAKING OUT ACU MEMBERSHIP
When your club membership application is complete you should be returned to your home / dashboard page in your ACU Sport80 account
From here select the VIEW PROFILE option which will give you a list of menu options
APPLYING FOR YOUR ACU MEMBERSHIP
From the list of options select ''Member Details and Payment''. You will be presented with a series of screens, just work through these answering the questions, the membership / licence type you require is Trials competitor. You will have the option to select auto renewal or one time payment. Auto renewal means the fee will automatically be debited at the end of the licence year (providing your card details are still valid) One time payment means you just go through this process again manually at renewal time. When you reach the last page select checkout and pay. You will be taken to your basket where you pay the fee for your ACU licence/membership. The 2026 fee is £35.00 for club events, £50.00 for nationals. When completed you should be returned to your profile page
APPLYING FOR YOUR LICENCE
From the list of options select ''ACU Competitor Licences''. You will be presented with a series of screens, just work through these answering the questions, the licence type should be defaulted to ACU trials competitor. Once you have completed the final page and clicked 'done' you should be returned to your profile page.
IMPORTANT
Each of these catgeories must be successfully completed for you to be in possession of a valid licence. Due to the way the Sport80 site works it is possible to receive your emailed licence without completing all categories. This does not mean your licence is valid and you will not be able to enter ACU events
To ensure all have been successfully completed, select each of the following categories and ensure that the status is CURRENT. You should see a green CURRENT status - see below. If it is anything other than current you have omitted something, in which case you should see a red dot next to the ACU Competitor Licence option. Click on this menu option and you should see text telling you what is missing in order to validate your licence
Club Membership
Member Details and Payment
ACU Competitor Licence
DON'T FORGET TO UPLOAD YOUR PHOTO ID - WITHOUT THIS YOUR LICENCE IS NOT VALID
RENEWING YOUR LICENCE AT YEAR END
Renewing your club membership
if you selected 'auto renewal' last time Sport80 should automatically debit your account and renew the membership (providing your card details are still valid) The payment will not be processd until 31/01/2026
If you selected 'one time payment' last time, you need to join again manually using this link CLUB MEMBERSHIP LINK
Renewing ACU Membership and Licence
If you selected 'auto renewal' last time Sport80 should automatically debit your account and renew your ACU membership on 31/01/2026 as your 2025 licence will remain valid until that date (providing your card details are still valid)
I'm guessing it should also update the expiry date of your licence to 31/12/2026. To check, log onto your account, select ACU Comnpetitor Licence and check the expiry date. If it still says 2024 you need to update it manually by clicking the CURRENT button, go through the pages and answer or confirm any questions.
If you selected 'one time payment' last time you need to renew your ACU Membership and licence manually. You can do this from 10th November 2025. As current membership and licence will be valid up to 31/01/2026, you have until that date to renew, but don't leave it until last minute as if you encounter any problems with the process, you will not be able to ride from 1/2/2026. Leave plenty of time before expiry to renew.
Log onto Sport80 and select the 'ACU Competitor Licence' option. If you're doing this before year end the status button will still say CURRENT, if your doing it after year end the status will say LAPSED Click on it, go through the pages answering or confirming any questions.
You need to renew your ACU Membership from the 'Membership and Payment Details' option. If you're doing this before year end the status button will still say CURRENT, if your doing it after year end the status will say LAPSED Click on it, go through the pages answering or confirming any questions and then checkout and pay
FROM EXPERIENCE, IT IS A LOT EASIER TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS ON A COMPUTER RATHER THAN A MOBILE PHONE, THE SCREEN LAYOUT AND MENU OPTIONS ARE PRESENTED IN A MUCH CLEARER WAY ON COMPUTER
