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Track and field athletics competition
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.
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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
Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
References
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