NW10 News

14th April 2024

A Great Paddling Easter

250 participants over the holiday! 250 people have been paddling with The Sharks over the Easter Holidays, We had 130 attend our re-launch day at Harlesden on Saturday 30th, with and additional 145 attending other sessions!

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9th April 2024

Harlesden Re-Launch 2024

A great day by the canal On Saturday 30th March 2024 our partners at Harlesden Canalside joined us in a day of activities on the canal, the event attracted over 130 people, helped by a rare sunny day. A big thank you to everybody involved.

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31st March 2024

Making News at QPR

Match Day Programme Article Many thanks to our partners at Queens Park Rangers Football Club’s Community Trust, for an amazing article published in their match day programme against Birmingham City, on what turned out to be a very Good Friday for QPR

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31st March 2024

Harlesden 2k Race

March Re-launch Day Race Liah Boyle and Ivijah Campbell-Bryan took advantage of a pre-launch day opportunity to do a timed 2k race at Harlesden on Easter Saturday.

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26th March 2024

Harlesden Summer Sessions ’24

Mondays and Wednesdays from 5pm We will be resuming our regular Summer sessions at Harlesden Canalside on Monday 15th April from 5pm. We have sessions for beginners and more experienced paddlers, contact us on 07951 770241; email: sprint@thesharks.org.uk.

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26th March 2024

Harlesden Race – March 30th

Saturday 30th March 2024 at 10am We are going to host a free to enter canoe/kayak/SUP race on Saturday 30th March at 10am as part of the Harlesden Canalside relaunch. Distance 3.5k, with shorter distances for younger or less experienced paddlers.

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28th February 2024

Harlesden 30th March ’24

Relaunch of Harlesden Canalside Come along and have some fun on Saturday 30th March when we relaunch our sessions at Harlesden Canalside with an event to celebrate everything canal related with our partners. Free Sessions for families and much much more.

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17th February 2024

24 Challenges for ’24

Help us to Achieve by Achieving We are setting 24 targets for The Sharks this year, 24 things we want to achieve, all of these are dependent on how we help you to achieve. In order for anything to happen, the first thing we need to do is get people paddling.

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5th January 2024

Work for The Sharks

We are recruiting teachers and coaches for 2024. Operating at many sites in West London, and in many disciplines The Sharks offer amazing opportunities for qualified instructors to get involved in every aspect of paddlesport. And we pay very well

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18th December 2023

Harlesden Partnership Working

Thanks to Co-operation this is possible Collaborative working in Harlesden has been bringing canoeing to a wider audience, getting people active and having fun. We have big plans for 2023, time for you to get involved. call/text 07951 770241 or email: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk.

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18th December 2023

In The News Again!

Lates bulletin from OPDC The latest newsletter form OPDC is out and yet, again it features The Sharks. this time it is Ivijah Campbell-Bryan making the headlines. Since is debut listed in the article Ivijah has raced another twice for us.

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26th November 2023

Harlesden Work is Finished!

The Canal is Accessible Again The very long ongoing work at Harlesden Canalside has a long last been finished and the building site returned to public use. We hope to start running sessions there is the very near future.

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13th November 2023

Age Group Champion

Richard Davis Congratulations to Richard Davis in becoming the 2023 Over 80s and over 85s National Masters Slalom Champion.

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27th October 2023

Harlesden Update October ’23

Canalside Improvements and a New Boat. 2023, has been a difficult year for The Sharks at Harlesden as we have not been able to operate properly at the site, whilst prolonged improvements have been undertaken; but now we can see some tangible benefits …

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14th September 2023

Help Make The Sharks Even Better

We need some voluntary help The Sharks has grown, and continues to grow, we need a few volunteers to help co-ordinate some of our activities and other tasks. If we can grow these ideas, we may even be able to pay. Interested email: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk or call/text 07951 770241.

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6th September 2023

Harlesden Autumn Sessions

Mondays and Wednesdays at 5pm We are going to restart our Harlesden session on Monday 18th September at 5pm. They will be open to anybody and will cost £6 per person, we accept cash, card, PayPal, or a bank transfer. We will be introducing more sessions in the following weeks.

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5th September 2023

An August Month!

A very good month for paddling The weather in August was patchy, but the attendance at Shark activities was defiantly not, we were involved in a lot of sessions with partner groups across our sites, delivery Summer holiday activates for people of all ages.

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29th August 2023

Harlesden Holiday Club ’23

Canoeing Sessions held in NW10 During August 2023, we were able to host free paddling sessions in Harlesden thanks to the support and funding of KSP (GLi Urban Life) and we would like to share some pictures of people having faun on the canal.

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24th July 2023

Harlesden Summer 23

Monday 10:30pm We will be running sessions for school ages children on Mondays at 10:30am during August, please email: Sprint@thesharks.org.uk or call/text 07951 770241 to let us know you are coming. These sessions are free and are run in partnership with KSP Urban-Life.

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23rd May 2023

Urban Life – GLi Partnership

Supporting Paddling in NW10 We are pleased to announce our partnership with GLi (also know as KSP) is to be extended and expanded. We are very grateful for the support GLi through their Urban Life Project, have given us over the past year and look forward to an exciting Summer in Harlesden.

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12th March 2023

Barrow March 2023

Final Barrow Race of the Series Liah Boyle and Neal Underwood, were there on a very strange day, the sun was out, there was snow in the fields and the river was in flood!

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17th February 2023

Barrow February 23

Another Fine Race Just two Shark paddlers at this race, but what great results they had. Liah Boyle winning the under 16s and Neal Underwood winning the over 60s!

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7th February 2023

Melksham WWR – February 23

Super Sharks! A great day of racing and fun at the Melksham Wild Water Race, just four paddlers, but, what a four the were!

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13th November 2022

Back Again

Wild Water Racing A small team traveled to the Barrow-upon-Soar Race on Saturday, the first time The Sharks have raced Wild Water for a while, too long. Hopefully this marks the beginning of our return and again become one of the Country’s top clubs.

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30th September 2022

Plans Approved

Harlesden Canalside gets the go ahead! After a long slog, planning permission has been granted for the development at Harlesden Canalside, meaning that improvements to our facilities at Harlesden, NW10 will now happen.

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9th July 2022

Please Support us

To improve Harlesden Canalside Planning is being sort to make significant improvements to Harlesden Canalside, which will enhance what we at The Sharks can offer and do, the improvements will also benefit the wider community and canal users in general.

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18th March 2022

Improving Our Environment

Harlesden Reedbeds The Sharks are committed to maintaining and helping to improve our environment, which is why on Wednesday 16th March, we spent a very wet day helping Canal and River Trust install some reedbeds on the canal at Harlesden,

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12th March 2022

London Youth Games 2022

Want To Represent Your Borough – 14th May We would like as many Shark Paddlers as possible representing the Borough the either live in or go to school in. There are sprint races and a slalom event. In the past we have had LYG winners from The Sharks.

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17th February 2022

Harlesden Canal Side Consultation

Have your say and help The Sharks Get more for Paddlesport After months of planning and talking with stakeholders, including The Sharks, The Old Oak Common and Park Royal Development Corporation are going through a public consolation process and want your views.

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30th January 2022

Harlesden Canalside

Exciting things happening in NW10 2022 is the year things will be happening along the Canalside in Harlesden. The Old Oak Common and Park Royal Development Corporation are working with local groups, including The Sharks to upgrade this area for the local community.

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30th January 2022

Young Brent Foundation

Another Partnership To Get People Active The Sharks have affiliated to the Young Brent Foundation, so that between us we can help provide more opportunities for young people in the Borough of Brent.

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19th October 2021

Clean Up 2

Clearing Rubbish from The Waterway We were back helping to keep the waterway clean at the weekend, working with Canal and River Trust as local volunteers.

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11th October 2021

Cleaning the Canal at NW10

With C&RT and Square Mile Farms On Friday 8th October, The Sharks were working with Canal and River Trust, and Square Mile Farms, using the Open-Canadian to get rubbish out of the canal.

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4th October 2021

Paddler Times at NW10

Best Times for paddlers at NW10 Includes Race Times, Time Trials and training times. All times start form Acton Lane Bridge.

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31st August 2021

Another Week, Another 508 people

A new weekly high In the seven days culminating with the Bank Holiday Monday, we had 508 different people coming to try paddling with The Sharks, we had though we had done well with 412!

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23rd July 2021

Sharks at London Youth Games

Good Luck Two Shark paddlers are racing in this year’s London Youth Games on Saturday 311st July at Fairlop Waters.

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30th June 2021

London Youth Games 2021

Saturday 31st July We are looking for paddlers interested in taking part in the kayaking events of the London Youth Games. In slalom or Sit-on-Top racing over 50 metres. If you are available contact us, soon 07951 770241 or email canoeing@thesharks.org.uk.

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23rd June 2021

Impromptu Race Results

NW10 We decided t hold a race on Sunday morning with those who turned up for our first Sunday Session at NW10, part of our plan to expand and build a great racing team suitable for all abilities.

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18th June 2021

NW10 Time Trials June 17th

The First of Many We had an impromptu time trail at NW10, Harlesden/Park Royal on Thursday 17th June, just four paddlers on what had been an indecisive weather day. But great to kick start our  programme get NW10 racing.

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22nd February 2021

Training Distances From Our NW10 Base

Distances From Acton Lane Bridge Paddling, cycling, running (jogging), and walking distances from the Acton Lane Bridge adjacent to our Harlesden/Park Royal Base

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