The UK Women's Athletics League was a women-only track and field team competition in the United Kingdom. The men's competition was known as the British Athletics League. The events were the pinnacle of the British athletic clubs league system. It was the pinnacle of the British athletic clubs league system. The competition ended after the 2019 edition, with it being replaced by the National Athletics League for the 2020 season, which was a merger of the men's and women's leagues.
History The UK Women's Athletics League was inaugurated in 1975. 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.
Past winners This table lists the top placed clubs from the top division:
Year First Second Third1975 Edinburgh Southern Harriers Sale Harriers Stretford AC1976 Sale Harriers Edinburgh Southern Harriers Stretford AC1977 Sale Harriers Stretford AC Bristol AC1978 Sale Harriers Stretford AC Glasgow AC1979 Stretford AC Sale Harriers Edinburgh Southern Harriers1980 Bristol AC Stretford AC Sale Harriers1981 Stretford AC Sale Harriers Borough of Hounslow AC1982 Notts AC Sale Harriers Stretford AC1983 Sale Harriers Stretford ACNotts AC1984 Sale HarriersEdinburgh Southern Harriers Stretford AC1985 Stretford AC Edinburgh Woollen Mill AC Sale Harriers1986 Sale Harriers Stretford AC Liverpool Harriers1987 Essex Ladies AC Sale Harriers Edinburgh Woollen Mill AC1988 Essex Ladies AC Birchfield Harriers Sale Harriers1989 Sale Harriers Essex Ladies AC Edinburgh Woollen Mill AC1990 Sale Harriers Essex Ladies AC Stretford AC1991 Sale Harriers Essex Ladies AC City of Glasgow AC1992 Sale Harriers City of Glasgow AC Wigan & District Harriers AC1993 City of Glasgow AC Sale Harriers Essex Ladies AC1994 Sale Harriers Trafford AC Essex Ladies AC1995 Sale Harriers City of Glasgow AC Edinburgh Woollen Mill AC1996 Sale Harriers Essex Ladies AC Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers1997 Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Windsor, Slough & Eton AC Birchfield Harriers1998 Windsor, Slough & Eton AC Birchfield Harriers Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers1999 Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Sale Harriers Windsor, Slough & Eton AC2000 Sale Harriers Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Windsor, Slough & Eton AC2001 Sale Harriers Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC Birchfield Harriers2002 Sale Harriers Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers2003 Sale HarriersCity of Glasgow AC Edinburgh Woollen Mill2004 Sale Harriers Trafford AC Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC2005 Sale Harriers Edinburgh Southern Harriers Trafford AC2006 Edinburgh Southern Harriers City of Manchester AC Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers2007 City of Manchester AC Trafford AC Edinburgh Southern Harriers2008 City of Manchester AC Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Edinburgh AC2009 City of Manchester AC Birchfield Harriers Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC2010 City of Manchester AC Birchfield Harriers Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC2011 Birchfield Harriers City of Manchester AC Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC2012 Birchfield Harriers Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC Blackheath & Bromley AC2013 Edinburgh AC Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC Trafford AC2014 Edinburgh AC Birchfield Harriers Thames Valley Harriers2015 Thames Valley Harriers Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC Birchfield Harriers2016 Birchfield HarriersThames Valley Harriers Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC2017 Thames Valley Harriers Birchfield Harriers Edinburgh AC2018 Thames Valley Harriers Birchfield Harriers Blackheath & Bromley AC2019 Thames Valley Harriers Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC Trafford AC
Teams in 2019 Premier Country Club Birchfield Harriers Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club Cardiff AAC Edinburgh AC Notts AC Thames Valley Harriers Trafford AC Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC
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 AC Herne Hill Harriers Marshall Milton Keynes AC Peterborough AC Reading AC Rugby and Northampton AC
References