Release Date: 2nd March 2009

                                                      Teenager swaps Omagh for Spain

                                                      Omagh teenager Nicole McAleer swapped a cold and damp Omagh,  

                                                       Northern Ireland for a warm sunny Cartagena, Spain last week when she and the rest of

                                                       the SP125 Racing team headed to warmer climes for some pre season testing for the    

                                                       forthcoming 2009 British Championships.

                                                       McAleer who is now in her second year with the team, (which incidentally won the           

                                                       British 125GP Championship last season with her now ex team mate and now Grand          

                                                       Prix rider Matt Hoyle), has been eager to get back on the little 125cc Honda since the end of

                                                      last season and thoroughly enjoyed the three day test.

Testing went well for the whole team, who spent two half hour sessions and four twenty minute sessions out on track in approximately 20 degrees of Spanish sunshine. Each session she was getting quicker and by the end of the test she was happy that the bike and her are in peak condition for the first race of the season at Brands Hatch in April. McAleer commented that; “that bike was good and strong, the front wheel was in the air most of the time!!”

Not only did the teenager spend time training on the track but also off track in the evening she did some skipping which she combines with her boxing and cycling to help her fitness levels.

Before McAleer finally gets to kick start her 09 season she will be appearing at the Ballymoney Bike Show on Saturday 27th February.

You can follow Nicole’s progress throughout the 2009 season here on her website, or through the SP125 Racing team website, www.sp125racing.com