Southern Athletics League
The Southern Athletics League is now the main track and field league for clubs in the SEAA region. Men and women compete in joint (male & female) teams. Serpentine are competing in the North & East Division 2 in the 2023 season.
From 1990 to 2011 Serpentine were members of the Southern Men's League, and for some of that time the Southern Women's League. See our progression through the rankings in the SML here.
Divisional structure
- Division 1 of 18 clubs.
- Division 2 of 36 clubs split into 2 regional sub-divisions.
- Division 3 of 40+ remaining clubs split into 5 regional sub-divisions.
Each club meets every other club in their (sub)divison with a round-robin format for deciding who will meet at each of the four fixtures. For details see the SAL website.
2023 Fixtures
- Saturday 20th May - Hornchurch (RM14 2LX)
- Sunday 18th June - Hemel Hempstead (HP2 4JS)
- Sunday 9th July - St Albans (AL1 2DJ)
- Saturday 19h August - Eltham (SE9 5LW)
Competition format
Each meeting will have six (occasionally four or five clubs in the lower divisions), with men and women competing separately in a full timetable of track and field events (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m/5000m, 100/110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 3000m/2000m/1500m steeplechase, high jump, long jump, triple jump, pole vault, shot, discus, javelin, hammer, plus 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m relays).
Each team can have two competitors scoring per event ('A' and 'B' string). On an eight lane track that means that generally the A & B strings will compete together in all races.
Points scoring is a simple: 6-5-4-3-2-1 for each event, the team with the most points wins the fixture; then 6-5-4-3-2-1 for each fixture to determine the league position.
Every point is valuable and it is therefore important that we enter competitors in every event.
Contacts
If you are interested in participating, please contact one the team captains.
| Men | Frank Wolmerdorf |
| Women | Holly Woodhead |