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 West London division.
Divisional structure
- Division 1 of 16 clubs.
- Division 2 of 32 clubs split into 2 regional sub-divisions.
- Division 3 of 50+ remaining clubs split into 3 regional sub-divisions.
Each club meets every other club in their (sub) division with a round-robin format for deciding who will meet at each of the five fixtures. For details see the SAL website.
2025 Fixtures
- Sat, 17 May: Perivale
- Sun, 22 Jun: Parliament Hill
- Sat, 12 Jul: Uxbridge
- Sun, 31 Aug: Lee Valley
Competition format
Each meeting will have four (occasionally five or six 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 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
Team captains:
Men | Frank Womelsdorf |
Women | Holly Woodhead |