Girls Karting Academy Scholarship winners progress in Club 100
Both Laila Fitzgerald and Freya Lally, winners of the Motorsport UK Girls Karting Academy Scholarships for 2025, are dominating the Club100 championships around the UK.
Laila Fitzgerald is currently competing in the top end of the northern championship for Club100, one of the highest level of‘ arrive and drive’ karting in the UK.
Competing in the Cadet class( for drivers aged between seven and 12 years-old), Fitzgerald, hailing from Tunbridge Wells, has also set the record as the first ever female in Club100 to sit on the front row in the finals, as she is regularly topping her qualification group.
Fitzgerald, who also practices gymnastics at school, comments,“ I feel I have really improved. I am enjoying the faster speed in owner karts. I am grateful for the motorsport scholarship and hopeful for my future career. I will give it my all.”
Freya Lally has excelled the competition within the Club100 North and South championships, currently sitting P7 in north and P15 in south.
Lally, who also practices dodgeball at school, has acted as a mentor for the new rounds of the Girls Karting Academy, showing new drivers what can be achieved when you start in motorsport.
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Laila Fitzgerald currently leads the northern championship for Club100
Both girls began their motorsport career through the previous‘ Discover your Drive’ programme, now Motorsport UK’ s Girls Karting Academy introducing motorsport to girls aged eight to 12 years old.
The programme aims to inspire and invite the next generation of female talent into motorsport, through a series of nationwide taster days, at indoor karting track operator TeamSport.
This initiative is supported by the award-winning global luxury makeup, skincare and fragrance brand, Charlotte Tilbury, empowering females in motorsport.
Girls also have opportunity to continue learning in the TeamSport mixed gender Race Academy( also run after school) and then take on the challenge of progressing into the Motorsport UK British Indoor Kart Championship( BIKC), by setting a qualifying time at a regional TeamSport venue before competing in the national championships at Warrington.
To find out more about Motorsport UK’ s Girls Karting Academy and sign up for our next run of taster days, click HERE.
Freya Lally has been a mentor for the new rounds of the Girls Karting Academy, and competes in the Club100 North and South championships
NCR Toolkit available
Motorsport UK has released the NCR toolkit, to support Clubs and organisers with the introduction of the National Competition Rules( NCR).
The 2025 National Competition Rules primarily represents a format overhaul with minimal material amendments to the existing regulations. While the essence and standards of the sport remain unchanged, the adoption of a digital-only format means the way in which they are presented, accessed and used is different. The NCR is available in the Motorsport UK Resource Centre and via the Motorsport UK App. Watch the video below to understand how to download the app and how to use it.
Revolution- September 2025
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