Defending champions Shaftesbury Barnet were below strength and could only finish fifth in the opening UK Women's League Division One match at Eton on Saturday.

MATCH RESULT: 1 Sale 201, 2 Windsor S and E 184, 3 Trafford 166, 4 Wakefield 163, 5 Shaftesbury Barnet 158, 6 Birchfield 141, 7 Aldershot 114, 8 City of Glasgow 110.

Ellie Spain provided a bright spot with a new British junior and club pole vault record of 3.90., the same height as international Jean Whitlock (Trafford), who won on a countback.

Another Shaftesbury winner was Julie Dunkley, with 15.55m in the shot putt, well clear of her rivals.