UK Women's Athletic League

The UK Women's Athletics League is a track and field athletics competition for teams of women. It is the women's equivalent of the men's British Athletics League and is the pinnacle of British athletic clubs league system.

The UK Women's Athletics League was inaugurated in 1975. ^[1] In 2015 it consisted of four divisions, with up to 32 teams from across the United Kingdom.

Competition

There are four different divisions (Premier, Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3). Each of them has eight teams in competition, except the Division 3, with only seven teams. Every season there is a total of three matches to decide the division standings, two teams are relegated and two teams promoted for every division. In September each year a qualifying match shall be held and the leading two clubs in that match shall compete in Division 3 the following season. The qualifying match shall involve the highest placed club which wishes to compete, from each of the regional Scottish, Northern, Midland, Southern and Welsh leagues.

Winning teams

This table lists the top placed clubs from the top division:^[1]

Year	First	Second	Third
1975	Edinburgh Southern Harriers	Sale Harriers	Stretford
1976	Sale Harriers	Edinburgh Southern Harriers	Stretford
1977	Sale Harriers	Stretford	Bristol
1978	Sale Harriers	Stretford	Glasgow
1979	Stretford	Sale Harriers	Edinburgh Southern Harriers
1980	Bristol	Stretford	Sale Harriers
1981	Stretford	Sale Harriers	Borough of Hounslow
1982	Notts	Sale Harriers	Stretford
1983	Sale Harriers	Stretford	Notts
1984	Sale Harriers	Edinburgh Southern Harriers	Stretford
1985	Stretford	Edinburgh Woollen Mill SH	Sale Harriers
1986	Sale Harriers	Stretford	Liverpool Harriers
1987	Essex Ladies	Sale Harriers	Edinburgh Woollen Mill SH
1988	Essex Ladies	Birchfield Harriers	Sale Harriers
1989	Sale Harriers	Essex Ladies	Edinburgh Woollen Mill
1990	Sale Harriers	Essex Ladies	Stretford
1991	Sale Harriers	Essex Ladies	City of Glasgow
1992	Sale Harriers	City of Glasgow	Wigan & District Harriers
1993	City of Glasgow	Sale Harriers Manchester	Essex Ladies
1994	Sale Harriers Manchester	Trafford	Essex Ladies
1995	Sale Harriers Manchester	City of Glasgow	Edinburgh Woollen Mill
1996	Sale Harriers Manchester	Essex Ladies	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
1997	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers	Windsor, Slough & Eton	Birchfield Harriers
1998	Windsor, Slough & Eton	Birchfield Harriers	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
1999	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers	Sale Harriers Manchester	Windsor Slough & Eton
2000	Sale Harriers Manchester	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers	Windsor Slough & Eton
2001	Sale Harriers Manchester	Windsor Slough, Eton & Hounslow	Birchfield Harriers
2002	Sale Harriers Manchester	Windsor Slough, Eton & Hounslow	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
2003	Sale Harriers Manchester	City of Glasgow	Edinburgh Woollen Mill
2004	Sale Harriers Manchester	Trafford	Windsor Slough, Eton & Hounslow
2005	Sale Harriers Manchester	Edinburgh Southern Harriers	Trafford
2006	Edinburgh Southern Harriers	City of Manchester	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
2007	City of Manchester	Trafford	Edinburgh Southern Harriers
2008	City of Manchester	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers	Edinburgh AC
2009	City of Manchester	Birchfield Harriers	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
2010 [2]	City of Manchester	Birchfield Harriers	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
2011 [3]	Birchfield Harriers	City of Manchester	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
2012 [4]	Birchfield Harriers	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow	Blackheath & Bromley
2013	Edinburgh AC	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow	Trafford
2014	Edinburgh AC	Birchfield Harriers	Thames Valley Harriers
2015	Thames Valley Harriers	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow	Birchfield Harriers
2016	Birchfield Harriers	Thames Valley Harriers	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
2017	Thames Valley Harriers	Birchfield Harriers	Edinburgh AC
2018	Thames Valley Harriers	Birchfield Harriers	Blackheath and Bromley
2019	Thames Valley Harriers	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow	Trafford

Teams in 2019

Premier

Country	Club
	Birchfield Harriers
	Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club
	Cardiff AC
	Edinburgh AC
	Notts AC
	Thames Valley Harriers
	Trafford AC
	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow

Division 1

Country	Club
	Crawley AC
	Harrow AC
	Herts Phoenix AC
	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
	Southampton Athletic Club
	Swansea Harriers
	Trafford AC
	Woodford Green with Essex Ladies

Division 2

Country	Club
	Bristol and West AC
	City of Sheffield
	Enfield and Haringay AC
	Havering AC
	Nene Valley Harriers
	Newham and Essex Beagles
	Sale Harriers
	Victoria Park City of Glasgow

Division 3

Country	Club
	Bedford and County AC
	Belgrave Harriers
	City of Liverpool
	Herne Hill Harriers
	Marshall Milton Keynes AC
	Peterborough AC
	Reading AC AC
	Rugby and Northampton AC

References

1. "British leagues and club competitions". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2. "SO NEAR BUT SO FAR – HARRIERS MISS OUT ON FINAL TOP LEAGUE SPOT". Birchfield Harriers. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
3. "UKWAL Match 3, Lee Valley Stadium, London, Saturday 6th August 2011". Edinburgh AC. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
4. "UKWAL Premier League MATCH 3, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, SATURDAY 28TH JULY 2012". Edinburgh AC. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

• UK Women's Athletic League