Shaftesbury Barnet and Sheffield secure immediate return to Premiership

Shaftesbury Barnet and Sheffield secure immediate return to Premiership

Written by Daniel Rees Championship Promotion Match – Bedford – Saturday 3rd August Results on OpenTrack Shaftesbury Barnet and City of Sheffield secured an immediate return to the top-flight after finishing first and second at the Championship’s promotion showpiece in Bedford. After suffering relegation last season when the Premiership was restructured, Shaftesbury scored 539.50pts to … Read more

Shaftesbury one of four Championship winners as new format begins

Shaftesbury one of four Championship winners as new format begins

Written by Daniel Rees NAL Championship East Round 1 – Chelmsford – Saturday 1st June Results on OpenTrack Jade Ive, Hayley McLean, and Krishawn Aiken helped Shaftesbury Barnet to victory in the opening match of the National Athletics League season as the battle for promotion commenced. The former Premiership club were demoted last season to … Read more

Windsor wins aplenty, hammer heroics & worsening weather at Eton Premiership opener

Windsor wins aplenty, hammer heroics & worsening weather at Eton Premiership opener

Written by Daniel Rees Premiership Division Fixture 1B – Eton Full results on OpenTrack Watch video on Vinco with +PLUS subscription For a match which saw gloriously calm conditions at one stage during the afternoon, the day ended under a literal rain cloud. The National Athletics League Premiership was abandoned with the relays and a … Read more

Internationals Kendall, Vincent and Wingfield set for strong Championship fixtures

Internationals Kendall, Vincent and Wingfield set for strong Championship fixtures

Written by Alex Seftel The first round of National Athletics League fixtures are coming your way across the Premiership, Championship and National One divisions this Sunday 11th July. Sixteen clubs will take part in the top two divisions – split into A and B fixtures which both have two groups of eight clubs – while … Read more

NAL team seal six stunning victories at Loughborough International

NAL team seal six stunning victories at Loughborough International

The Fastrax National Athletics League team sealed six stunning victories as part of an encouraging squad performance at the Loughborough International Athletics meeting. Ruben Miranda (Thames Valley/Ealing Southall & Middlesex), the reigning Portuguese indoor champion, was first to get the ball rolling with a 5.10 metres pole vault victory before Hayley McLean (Shaftesbury Barnet) stormed … Read more

Jessie Knight and Keely Hodgkinson highlight final NAL round

Jessie Knight and Keely Hodgkinson highlight final NAL round

The first season of the National Athletics League came to a successful conclusion last weekend with a string of top-drawer performances. Top of the bill was the women’s 400m hurdles at Eton where Nicole Kendall, who had set two league records this year, came up against Olympian and British No.1 Jessie Knight. Knight (WSEH), who … Read more

Linford Christie full of praise for National Athletics League

Linford Christie full of praise for National Athletics League

Linford Christie has urged more international athletes to compete for their club and says he enjoys watching grassroots meetings like the National Athletics League (NAL) more than some of the top events. The 1992 Olympic 100m champion was speaking as he supported his club, Thames Valley Harriers, last month in the NAL, which this year replaced the … Read more