Tinmouth made her British Supersport Championship debut this year

Ellesmere Port's Jenny Tinmouth will make history this year by becoming the first woman to secure a full-time ride in the British Superbike Championship.

The 31-year-old will contest this year's BSB championship for the Splitlath Motorsport team.

She finished third in the 2010 British Supersport Cup.

Tinmouth said: "I'm over the moon to be in BSB this year and I still can't believe it. My ambition has always been to race in BSB."

She added: "I've been trying for some time and I think all my hard work over the past seasons has finally paid off.

Jenny is a very talented rider and we were very interested in speaking to her after seeing her performance in 2010 Splitlath team owner John Dimbylow

"I know it will be a massive learning curve but hopefully now people will see that girls can race too and then hopefully more people will see it is possible if you work hard enough at it and get into racing too."

Tinmouth has worked her way up to BSB having started out in the British 125GP Championship in 2003.

She subsequently made history by becoming the fastest woman around the daunting Isle of Man TT circuit, lapping at an average speed of 119.945mph.

Splitlath team owner John Dimbylow said: "Jenny is a very talented rider and we were very interested in speaking to her after seeing her performance in 2010.

"She is a proven race winner and is 100% committed to the season ahead. She is a fantastic rider and certainly has the potential to be a very strong competitor in BSB."

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