whiskey Posted Monday at 10:40 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:40 AM Hi everyone Been out of the scene for a while, fancy another wobbling session... Entry process seems to of changed, why can,t I enter on day? What is this "Sport80" ? Thanks in advance Whiskey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemur Posted Monday at 01:06 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 01:06 PM If it's anything like the rest of the world, pre-entry started because of covid rules and will likely remain because pre-entry is of huge benefit to the people that organize and host observed trials competitions. The only people that resist pre-registration are the ones that don't take entry to the event seriously and don't care if the event is successful or not, it's all about not wanting to forfeit the pre-entry fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapezeartist Posted Monday at 05:06 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:06 PM Sport80 is a generic sports administration system that the ACU has been using for a couple of years. I'm not sure if it has inherent flaws or is simply badly implemented in the motorcycle sport environment, but at least it's not as bad as when it started. Pre-entry of trials is normally done through Sport80, though it doesn't have to be. Some ACU clubs stick with entry on the day and some use this simpler and easier alternative system: https://mototrial.co.uk/trial-entry/ AMCA clubs are generally enter-on-the-day, but occasionally use their own system or the Mototrial one. As Lemur said, pre-entry is much better for the organising clubs (Sport80 notwithstanding!) but enter-on-the-day is preferred by casual riders who can decide at the last minute whether to ride or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted yesterday at 11:41 AM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 11:41 AM Hi Guys, thanks for the replies, yeah I am very much a casual rider who with my limited skill and age level only ride when I feel I can manage a whole trial, the goal is to enjoy the time and not get hurt, winning would be nice but you got to be realistic... I will look for some AMCA events near me and try my best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faussy Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago On 11/24/2025 at 9:06 PM, lemur said: If it's anything like the rest of the world, pre-entry started because of covid rules and will likely remain because pre-entry is of huge benefit to the people that organize and host observed trials competitions. The only people that resist pre-registration are the ones that don't take entry to the event seriously and don't care if the event is successful or not, it's all about not wanting to forfeit the pre-entry fee. Totally disagree with this. Club trials should not warrant pre entry, especially pre payment. Then clubs wonder why entries are down, some people aren't prepared to commit on a Monday whether they are free on Saturday, so just go practicing instead. Clubs should be making it easier for people to enter, not harder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemur Posted 37 minutes ago Report Share Posted 37 minutes ago 3 hours ago, faussy said: Totally disagree with this. Club trials should not warrant pre entry, especially pre payment. Then clubs wonder why entries are down, some people aren't prepared to commit on a Monday whether they are free on Saturday, so just go practicing instead. Clubs should be making it easier for people to enter, not harder Don't know how to break this to you but not for profit clubs and the events are built by riders, regular ordinary people that do it for fun and not for profitable employment. It starts when you or you and maybe one or two friends decide you want to have a club and the first thing that person or group of people needs to do is fork out a healthy amount of personal money to establish a club and event sanction. Subsequently that person hopes that a sufficient number of participants show up and pay enough coin to re-cover the costs already incurred at the events that person or club builds. In defence of your opinion, only a rider that has organized a club and regularly hosted sanctioned events would know that somebody such as myself has already dropped coin to make the event happen. You are only willing to support the club and the event costs if it suits you 👎 Next issue is security and facilities where pre-registration makes it possible to predict how many portable toilets, parking spaces, campsites and additional support people the organizers require to make the event work for you all. You can't plan and build a successful event if you can't even know people will show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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