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.

Structure (2013)

• Division 1 of 16 clubs.
• Division 2 of 32 clubs split into 2 regional sub-divisions.
• Division 3 of 32 clubs split into 2 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 five fixtures. For details see the SAL website.

2013 Fixtures

• 20th April or 4th May
• 18th May
• 15th June
• 13th July 
• 10th August

Competition Format

Each meeting will have four clubs, 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, and 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: 4-3-2-1 for each event, the team with the most points wins the fixture; then 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.