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April 29th 2018 - Podium finish for Alyx Coby in Athboy.
13-year-old Alyx Coby, from Newbridge, Co. Kildare, was back on the grid in Athboy, Co. Meath at the weekend as the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship made its way to the circuit for Round 3 of the series and picked up a podium finish. (Read more...)
April 15th 2018 - Fourth place finish for Alyx Coby at Mondello Park.
Alyx Coby finishes in fourth place as the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship makes the first of three visits to Mondello Park this season. (Read more...)
March 26th 2018 - Podium finish and two fastest laps for Alyx Coby at Championship opener.
At the opening round of the 2018 Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship Alyx Coby picked up a podium finish and set the fastest lap in both finals. (Read more...)
March 20th 2018 - Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship Preview
With the 2018 Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship getting under way this weekend at Whiteriver Park, read Alyx's season preview here.
November 19th 2017 - Alyx appears in the Sunday Independent newspaper
Alyx appears in Ireland's largest newspaper, The Sunday Independent, in a feature on rising stars in Irish Motorsport.
October 16th 2017 - Alyx Coby competes at IAME International Finals in Le Mans
Newbridge kart racer Alyx Coby headed off to Le Mans in France Last weekend to compete in the IAME International Finals. She qualified for the event after finishing in third place in this year’s Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship. (Read more...)
September 24th 2017 - Alyx Coby secures third place in the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship
Alyx finishes the season in third place in the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship. (Read more...)
September 10th 2017 - Victory for Alyx Coby in Cork
Alyx picks up her second win of the season in the IAME X30 Junior class at Round 8 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship. (Read more...)
August 27 2017 - Second place and fastest lap for Alyx Coby at Whiteriver Park
Alyx secures two more podium finishes at Round 7 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship at Whiteriver Park. She also set the fastest lap in the final and closes the gap to the Championship leader. (Read more...)
August 13 2017 - Two Podiums and Lap Record for Alyx Coby at Mondello Park
Alyx scores to podium finishes at Round 6 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship as the series returns to Mondello Park for the first time in 11 years and also sets the new lap record. (Read more...)
July 23 2017 - Podium finish and fastest lap for Alyx Coby in Nutts Corner
Alyx secures two podium finishes at Round 5 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship at Nutts Corner Circuit, and sets the fastest lap in two races. (Read more...)
June 18th 2017 - First Win of the Season in Galway
Alyx wins her first final in the IAME X30 Junior class at Round 4 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship in Galway. (Read more...)
May 14th 2017 - Third Place Finish in Athboy
Alyx secures her first podium finish of the season in the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship with a third place finish at Round 3 in Athboy. (Read more...)
April 2nd 2017
Alyx receives some new custom team gear to match the design on her new Freem race suit as a gift from a friend - hoodies, race shirts and t-shirts from Tiger Prints Teamwear.
April 2nd 2017
Alyx receives her new race suit from FreemUK with an update to the previous design along with some new sponsor logos. Combined with her custom D10 race boots and Senso 16 gloves that she got as a gift from a friend she is now fully kitted out with Freem race gear.
April 2nd 2017
Alyx's new kart graphics arrive from KartDavid in time for the second race of the season with an updated look and some new sponsor logos.
December 27th 2016
Alyx receives a pair of custom Freem D10 race boots from a friend for Christmas.
December 26th 2016
Alyx makes her second appearance in a national newspaper when she is included in The Irish Examiner's feature on young Irish kart racers.
December 25th 2016
Alyx receives a custom painted race helmet by Liquid Colour Designs for Christmas.
November 26th 2016
Alyx collects her trophy for fourth place in the Irish Karting Club's 2016 X30 Junior Championship, finishing the season with 55 points.
Alyx picks up her first trophy in the IAME X30 Junior class with a third place finish at Round 7 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship in Athboy. (Read more...)
June 9th 2016
Alyx celebrates her 12th Birthday today!
March 17th 2016
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
February 19th 2016 - Season Preview
The Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship gets under way in two weeks' time. Read Alyx's season preview.
February 6th 2016
Alyx makes her first appearance in a national newspaper in Ireland and features on the front page of The Irish Examiner and two half page features on the inside - a news segment and an interview in the Motors & Me section.
December 31st 2015 - Happy New Year!
2015 was a great year, full of highs and lows - Alyx won her first Motorsport Ireland final and went on to win three in total. She finished the championship in fifth place - her highest finish in her time in cadets. Then for the last round of the championship she moved up to X30 Junior. She's still getting used to the extra power and grip, but hopefully by the time the new season starts she'll be on top of it.
We have put together a gallery of highlights from the year which you can view here. A selection of images are also below.
December 25th 2015
Happy Christmas! Thanks for all your support this year. It means a lot!
October 31st 2015 - Motorsport Ireland Karting Awards
The Motorsport Ireland Karting Awards ceremony took place on Saturday October 31st 2015 at the Clayton Silver Springs Hotel in Cork.
At the ceremony the trophies for this year's Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship were presented, along with the championship trophies from the Irish Karting Club, The Southern Karting Club and The Munster Karting Club. (Read more...).
October 31st 2015 - Happy Halloween!
September 28th 2015 - Season Review
Now the 2015 MI Karting Championship is over it's time for a well earned rest!
It's been a great year for Alyx - winning her first ever MI final in Cork and ending the season with three race wins made it her best season racing to date. Read the full season review here.
July 12th 2015 - John Brennan Award
The Irish Karting Club hosted their annual “C Plate” meeting, also known as the Race of Champions, at Whiteriver Park in Collon, Co. Louth on July 12th.
Over 60 kart racers from all over Ireland competed across eight different classes to take home the prestigious C Plate. Each year at this event the club also present a special prize, the John Brennan Award and Alyx was this year's recipient. Read the full story here.
During a break between races at The Irish Karting Club's annual C Place event at Whiteriver Park, Collon, Co. Louth, Alyx borrowed a camera from a friend and took a few shots of the action. See the photos here.
Alyx was interviewed by Karting Magazine, the UK's number one publication for Karting News, for their Girl Racer feature which profiles female kart racers. (Read more)
Round 4 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship took place on Sunday May 17th at Athboy Karting Centre with Alyx securing her third win of the season. Read the full story here.
Alyx wins both finals at Round 3 of the Motorsport Ireland Karting Championship, held in Watergrasshill, Cork, becoming the first female driver ever to win a final at cadet level. Read the full story here.
