BRITISH WOMEN RACING DRIVERS CLUB
PROUDLY SUPPORTING WOMEN IN MOTORSPORT SINCE 1962
THE GOLDSTARS AWARDS
The BWRDC GoldStars Award is an initiative conceived by our unique motorsport club to promote talented women in motorsport. Only two of the prestigious GoldStars Awards may be presented annually at the discretion of the Club, and the GoldStars are not always awarded.
The GoldStars Junior Award is recognition for Club Members under 25 and the Senior Award is for Club Members over 25. GoldStars Awards are given to Club Members to recognises their progress and
to help them take their motorsport career to a higher level. The Volunteers Award recognises the many members who generously donate their time to our sport, whether as marshals, officials or in another capacity, The nominees are put forward by the BWRDC committee to an independent panel of judges who decide the final winners. The judges are Helen Bashford Malkie, Louise Goodman and Lorina McLoughlin
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GOLDSTARS WINNERS
2024 Alisha Palmowski , Claire Norman, Marion Quarrington
2023 Annabella (Bella) Fairclough, Sasha Heriot, Nadine Lewis
2022 Jess Edgar, Alice Powell,
Carol Glenn
2021 Jem Hepworth, Cathy Sewart, Nadine Lewis
2020 Chloe Grant, Sasha Heriot
2019 Abbi Pulling, Jo Polley
2018 Sara Williams, Elen Worthington
2017 Katie Milner
2016 Sara Williams, Elen Worthington
2015 Anna Waleswka, Roz Shaw
2014 Amanda Black, Amy Barker
2013 Zoe Wenham, Sian Stafford-Atkinson
2012 Sarah Reader, Gail Hill
2011 Alice Powell, Cat Lund
2010 Alice Powell, Ilsa Cox
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THE 2024
JUNIOR
GOLDSTAR
ALISHA PALMOWSKI
In 2023 Alisha contested her second campaign in the Ginetta Junior championship, achieving 10 outright podiums (6 x 2nd & 4 x 3rd), a pole position and fastest lap, finishing 5th / 20 overall in the championship.
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THE 2024
SENIOR
GOLDSTAR
CLAIRE NORMAN
Claire returned to racing in 2022 after a 9-year break to race in the CSCC Swinging Sixties Group 1 series with her father in their 1969 BMW 2002ti.
Finishing 1st or 2nd in Class E at each of the 40 minute two driver rounds, they also finished 1st overall for Group 1 at Spa in both races, wet and dry.
The season ended on a high qualifying 4th and finishing 2nd overall at Silverstone in a hotly contested race. At the end of the season Claire and her father were awarded overall winners of the Group 1 series.
THE 2024
VOLUNTEER GOLDSTAR
MARION QUARRINGTON
Marion marshalled for over 70 days in 2023, including Race, Rally, Speed and Kart events, as well as sitting on the Motorsport UK Marshals Advisory Group as the Kart representative, and being a Regional Secretary for BMMC! She added three new “firsts” to her marshalling career; her first Rally including a night stage, her first International Kart event and her first Kart Grand Prix.
THE JUNIOR
NOMINEES
This year’s Junior GoldStars
Nominees were Alisha Palmowski, Emily Cope and Sukhmani Khera.
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Alisha Palmowski
In 2023 Alisha contested her second campaign in the Ginetta Junior championship, achieving 10 outright podiums (6 x 2nd & 4 x 3rd), a pole position and fastest lap, finishing 5th / 20 overall in the championship.
Emily Cope
Throughout the 2023 season Emily raced 11 self funded and pit crewed events, achieving consistent lap times throughout. She achieved a highest 3rd place finish, raced through a broken finger to 4th and dodged both sheep and sheer drops to achieve a 12th out of 39 at the National event.
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Sukhmani Khera
Together with help of the Alpine F1 RacHer programme, of which she was the only girl from the UK to have been chosen, Sukhmani achieved a podium over ten times, with 2 at national level. She also managed to qualify 19th out of over 100 drivers at her first International race in Portugal.
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THE SENIOR
NOMINEES
This year's Senior Goldstars Nominees were Claire Norman, Emma Morrison and Martina Ward.
Claire Norman
Claire once again raced a BMW 2002ti with her father Charles in the CSCC Swinging 60s, as well as trying her hand in modern endurance racing with BPC Motorsport in the 24 hour C1 Racing Cup. She achieved multiple class trophies, 1st in class and 4th overall in the 24 hour race at Anglesey and 1st in class and 3rd overall at Castle Combe to win Class E in the Swinging 60s once again.
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Emma Morrison
Emma has competed as a Rally Co-driver on 21 rallies with 6 drivers throughout 2023, achieving; 2 x 1st Overall, 4 x 2nd Overall, 2 x 3rd Overall, 4 x Class wins.
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Martina Ward
Martina started Sim racing in 2020, having been a lifelong motorsport fan, an in 2023 made the step into real racing, joining the 750 MC MX-5 Championship. She improved every weekend and was awarded Driver of Weekend at Silverstone for her notable progress over the season.
THE VOLUNTEER
NOMINEES
This year's Volunteer Goldstars Nominees were Marion Quarrington, Ellie-Rose Lockey and Sue Connikie.
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Marion Quarrington
Marion marshalled for over 70 days in 2023, including Race, Rally, Speed and Kart events, as well as sitting on the Motorsport UK Marshals Advisory Group as the Kart representative, and being a Regional Secretary for BMMC! She added three new “firsts” to her marshalling career; her first Rally including a night stage, her first International Kart event and her first Kart Grand Prix.
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Ellie-Rose Lockey
Alongside her ‘normal’ circuit and rallycross events flag waving, pushing cars, post-chief-ing and rescue-crewing, 2023 brought some stand-outs.
She acted as Safety Car observer for the HSCC, and weeks of rescue training was put in to prepare for the World RallyCross. Another new event was a competitive safari – the most mud her rescue unit has seen, but they managed not to get stuck!
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Sue Connikie
Sue started marshalling at Prescott Hillclimb in 2020, following her retirement. Earlier this year she achieved her Grade 2 Experienced Marshall, and has marshalled at both Prescott and Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, and in November was appointed as Chief Marshall at Prescott. Sue is also Secretary of the BWRDC and Treasurer of the Prescott Marshals Club.