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Clubs Awards 2025

💙 A Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Volunteers! 💙

The Mackay Kart Club would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our incredible volunteers who give their time, energy, and enthusiasm to support our club. Your dedication helps keep race days running smoothly and creates a welcoming environment for all members and families.

🏆 Canteen Volunteer Hero

Nicole Clarke – Thank you, Nicole, for going above and beyond in the canteen. Your hard work, reliability, and positive attitude make a huge difference every race day.

⭐ Canteen Volunteer Heroes

Nicole Clarke, Kasandra Menzies, Cheyanne Launer, Sophia Jordan & Alice Clarke. 

These volunteers are the backbone of our canteen operations, ensuring everyone is well-fed and looked after. We truly appreciate the time and effort you give to support the club.

🥇 Club Supporter of the Year

Michael Hille – Thank you, Michael, for your ongoing support of the Mackay Kart Club. Your commitment and contribution do not go unnoticed.

🏆 Club Volunteer of the Year

Erin Takagaki – Congratulations to Peter for this well-deserved recognition. Your dedication, leadership, and countless hours of service are invaluable to our club.

👏 Thank you to each and every volunteer—our club would not be what it is without you. We are incredibly grateful for everything you do!

13th September 2025

Race Day Wrap Whitsunday Titles

What an incredible day at the 2025 M&P Service Whitsunday Titles! The weather was perfect, and the racing was amazing with 80 competitors from Mackay, Rockhampton, Emerald, Whitsundays and Townsville all battling it out for a spot on the podium and an opportunity to take home one of our revamped trophies adding extra edge of excitement and prestige — everyone was eager to claim one!
A heartfelt thank you to our dedicated volunteers, yard crew, canteen team and officials whose tireless efforts both leading up to and on the day of the event were instrumental in ensuring its smooth and successful execution. A special shout-out to the Management Committee, who have been working diligently on this event for quite some time. Thank you, Peter, Adam, Max, Erin and Richard.
Additionally, we greatly appreciate and thank our members, karters, and spectators — all of whom played their part in making sure the day proceeded seamlessly without a hitch.
Congratulations Imogen Hobley and Chris Levitz making their racing debut in the Cadet Beginner class and Yamaha J Heavy class.
Track Records Broken
The racing was fast and with some of our talent competitors setting new lap records. Nick Garioch has smashed the Sportsman Heavy lap record setting a 38.913, whilst Matthew Clarke on the new Dunlop DHH tyre has established a new lap record for the tyre at a 38.178.
We sincerely appreciate the substantial support that M&P Services – Quality Transportable Buildings has provided to our club over the years. We are grateful for their partnership and their valuable contribution to our organization.
A huge thank you to all our class sponsors for your generosity! Your support helped us provide our podium winners with stunning new look trophies.
o Junior KA100 Restricted: Platinum Wraps
o Yamaha KT100J Heavy: Global Mining Support
o Yamaha KT100J Super Heavy: Matilda Internet
o Sportsman Light: Teneille’s Car Detailing
o Sportsman Medium: Clarity Dental Fourways
o Sportsman Heavy: Iron Maintenance Pty Ltd
o Open Performance: Fergus Builders

14th June 2025

Race Day Wrap Monadelphous Intercity Challenge Round 1 2025

Race day wrap up following the
We sincerely thank Monadelphous for their support of the Intercity Challenge. Their ongoing commitment as a supporter and major sponsor over the past three years has been instrumental in the success of the event. Monadelphous is a leading Australian engineering group providing construction, maintenance and industrial services to the resources, energy and infrastructure sectors. We are so grateful to have their support.
Thank you to all the competitors and travelers from Rockhampton who supported this event
We’re also excited to celebrate some fantastic milestones!
o Congratulations to Kingsley Pens and Jaxon Hobley for progressing from Cadet Beginner to Cadet 9 and Cadet 12—great job!
Join us in celebrating, two new track records set by Jax Fuller and Nick Garioch!  Both drivers broke respective track records in the Cadet 12 and Sportsman Heavy classes. Amazing work—congratulations!
Plus, a big shoutout to Mason Loveday for racing in his first meeting at Mackay and District Kart Club. We’re so proud of your achievements!
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the volunteers, Management committee and officials who contributed tirelessly to the lead-up to race day and throughout the event.
A special thanks to the yard crew for their remarkable work in preparing the grounds; the venue looked spectacular on race day. Thank you all, for making this event a success!
Huge thanks to Woolworths Walkerston for once again supplying us with a fantastic variety of fruit to keep our competitors well-nourished! We truly appreciate your support.
Full results can be found on our facebook page or race monitor!

17th May 2025

Record-Breaking Sugar City Titles 2025

We’re thrilled to share that this year’s event drew a record-breaking 93 competitors— the most since Mackay and District Kart Club became independent in 2018!
The excitement was amplified by the allure of our iconic Cane Knives, symbolizing Mackay’s proud sugar heritage. These striking pieces of craftsmanship attracted visitors from across the region, including Emerald, Charters Towers, Cairns, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Townsville, and the Whitsundays.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Mayor Greg Williamson for opening the event and sharing his time with us throughout the day. Mayor Williamson even took on the role of race starter, under the direction of our clerk of course, as he proudly started our cadet 12’s in their race with the Australian flag.
A huge thank you to our Management Committee for their unwavering dedication and hard work in organizing such an incredible event! This would not be possible without the support of our dedicated volunteers and officials who worked tirelessly behind the scenes and on the day itself. And a special shoutout to the yard crew for their outstanding work in preparing the grounds — the venue looked stunning! We appreciate everyone’s contributions in making this event a massive success!

Big congratulations to our new members Max Cashin, Noah Hille and Bailey Haines who raced their first meeting at Mackay and District Kart Club – We are so proud of you all and welcome to the club.

The 2025 Sugar City Titles would not be possible without the financial backing of our event sponsors and class sponsors, and we’d like to again thank you all for making this event successful. We would like to acknowledge our events sponsors Project X Racing, Century Batteries Mackay, and Dunlop Kart Sports.

And thank you to all our class sponsors:
o Junior KA100 Restricted: Townsville Kart Centre
o Yamaha KT100J Light: Global Mining Support
o Yamaha KT100J Super Heavy: The Birdcage Hotel
o Sportsman Light: Iron Maintenance Pty Ltd
o Sportsman Medium: Platinum Wraps
o Sportsman Heavy: Global Mining Support
o Open Performance: CMS Onboard

All results can be found on Race Monitor or our facebook page. 

CADET 9: Emerson Mills – New Track Record, Dunlop SL3 Tyre 43.019

CADET 12: Carter Grother – New Track Record, Dunlop SL3 Tyre 42.466

JUNIOR KA100 RESTRICTED: Aston Mills New Track Record – 38.146

Mackay and District Kart Club would like to acknowledge Daly Bay for their sponsorship of our website.

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