The National Athletics League is an annual mixed-sex

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

club competition in the United Kingdom. Established in 2019, the league has 38 member clubs.National League takes shape in Britain
''Athletics Weekly'' (2019-11-15). Retrieved 2023-08-06.

Competition

There are three divisions – premiership, championship and national one in decreasingorder of status – each containing 16, 16 and 6 teams respectively. For the premiership and championship, each season is composed of three rounds plus a final. For national one division, each season is composed of four rounds. Each athlete in each discipline gains points for his or her team according to their position. At the conclusion of each meeting, the match is decided by total points for each team. Teams are then awarded points based on positions in each match, so that each team has a running total for the season. This will decide the final finishing position for each club.

Formation of the league

The league was formed out of the dissolutions of the

British Athletics League The British Athletics League is a men-only track and field team competition in the United Kingdom. For women there is the completely separate UK Women's Athletic League. Launched in 1969, the British Athletics League in 2013 had five different di ...

, which was for male athletes, and the

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 Athleti ...

at the end of 2019.

History

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the planned inaugural season of the league did not take place in 2020. As a result of uncertainty surrounding the pandemic measures for the 2021 season, the league's organisers decided on a makeshift structure which would, among other benefits, cut down on the amount of travel needed. Due to the change in format, an improvised scoring system was decided on. Thames Valley Harriers were winners of the Premiership in 2021 and defended their title in 2022. The first relegations and promotions took place at the end of the 2022 season.

Winning teams

References

External links

Official website
{{Athletics in the UK Athletics competitions in the United Kingdom Annual athletics series Recurring sporting events established in 2019 2019 establishments in the United Kingdom