Southall news

14th April 2024

Southall Sessions are Back

Tuesdays from 5pm Our Tuesday evening sessions are back, with beginners at 5pm and race boats at 6pm. Sessions are still only costing £6 per session. For more information call/text us on 07951 770241 or email: marathon@thesharks.org.uk.

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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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17th February 2024

24 Challenges for ’24

Help us to Achieve and Achieve Yourself 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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29th September 2023

Southall 2023

The Home of our Paddle Racing Teams The Sharks have had a base in Southall for many years and have been paddling on the Canal at Havelock for as long as we have been in Southall. For more information call 07951 770241 or email: marathon@thesharks.org.uk.

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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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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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31st August 2023

Summer in Southall

Holiday Sessions in Soiuthall During the Summer holidays, we held a number of sessions at Southall, some for Let’s Leap Holiday Club, some in partnership with Canal and River Trust, and our own Club sessions.

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22nd August 2023

Southall Come and Try it

Wednesdays 12:30pm – 2:30pm Working in Partnership with Canal and River Trust, we will be running some FREE come and try it sessions at Southall’s Havelock Road near Three Bridges School on teh last two Wednesdays in August.

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19th June 2023

Half-Term Fun

Canal and Pool Sessions During Half-term holiday, The Sharks worked with local partners to ensure people had access to affordable fun on the water, Working with both Horsenden Primary School and Let’s Leap Sports Academies, we were able to get people active.

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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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6th September 2021

Autumn Sessions in Southall

Meet at the Bridge by Three Bridges School We meet on the green at  Havelock Road alongside the green at UB2 4GG at present there are no facilities here other than boat storage in Three Bridges School.

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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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21st July 2021

Solidarity Southall

Standing up to Racism The Sharks are proud to be supporting the people of Southall in standing up to Racism

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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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15th June 2021

Sharks Shine on the Thames

Royal Marathon Report – June 2021 Shark paddlers were on top form on Sunday at the Royal Marathon, at Teddington, after an absence for Marathon racing for over 18 months, The Sharks are back!

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9th June 2021

Marathon Sharks

We are Back Marathon Racing! This Sunday sees a team of Sharks head over to Royal Canoe Club at Twickenham to race Marathon, many of the paddlers will be racing for the first time.

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21st February 2021

Training Distances from Southall

Going North From the School Bridge All distances are in kilometres and unless stated are from the School  Foot Bridge, don’t forget these can be used for walking, running (jogging), and cycling as well as canoeing.

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6th January 2021

Principles of Training

How to Improve your performance Our Slalom Coach, Rick Moore has written the following information in order to help our paddlers, get fit, stay fit and generally improve their performance.

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13th September 2020

Thank You

To all our Staff The past few months have been a trying and testing time for all of us, The Sharks were up and paddling within days of the lockdown lifted at first with experienced paddlers and then gradually introducing other socially distanced sessions.

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12th September 2020

We have a Vision

And that vision is starting to become reality The Sharks have been working to create a permanent home or our own in Southall for quite sometime, we could see the potential of converting disused garages and undercroft in to a thriving Community based Canoe Club with gym and more.

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21st June 2020

Sprint 2021

Let Us Look Ahead The dates for National Sprint Regattas have been announced for 2021, this may seem a long time off, but it gives us something positive to look forward to at this difficult time.

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8th June 2020

Sprint Canoeing

Just How Fast Can You Go Canoe Sprinting is about making the boat go as fast as you can on flat water normally over distances of 200 metres or 500 metres.

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5th June 2020

We are Southall

Well Done and Thank You to Everyone Involved The Sharks are proud to be part of the Southall Community and we are proud of the Southall Community.

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2nd June 2020

Canoe Marathon

Pushing Yourself to the Limit Long Distance Racing in canoes and kayaks takes a number of forms, but it is exhilarating, tactical, fun and rewarding. At entry level races are just a few kilometres on flat water.

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31st March 2020

Southall Development

The Plans, The Ideas For a long-time now The Sharks have been looking for a “home of our own” and a base in Southall has been key to where we want to be.  

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26th March 2020

A Home of our Own

Work goes on behind the closed doors We have for sometime been working on a project to establish a home of our own in Southall on Havelock, whilst we may not be able to paddle at the moment, work has been on-going for some time, seeking funds, getting planning permissions and preparing the site.

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18th December 2019

By the Canal

By the Canal from Catalyst Housing Latest news for Southall Village in the Havelock area of Southall.

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7th September 2019

September Southall Race Results

Mini-Marathons at Havelock The new mini-marathons at Havelock are underway and although a small turn out today there were some good performances and we will keep them going throughout the Winter and by next Spring we will have some star paddlers racing at ranking events.

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25th August 2019

Welcome to Southall

Fun Day for new Residents The Sharks were on-site to welcome new residents to Southall Waterside Development, speaking with them and showing them how they can get involved in community events and in particular with The Sharks, the canoe club of West London.

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3rd August 2019

Southall Festival

London National City Park Festival Great two days of celebration of sport and activity on the canal adjacent to Havelock Road in Southall.

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29th July 2019

By the Canal – The Sharks have Arrived

Regeneration News in Havelock, Southall Take a look at what is going on …

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29th July 2019

New Mini-Marathon Results

From Saturday July 27th at Havelock, Southall As part of the London National City Park Festival we ran a canoe race for paddlers attending the event, many of these were local residents, some fro our regular Tuesday Sessions.

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20th May 2019

Havelock, Southall News

Exciting things are happening We are launching a new race club section on the Canal in the Havelock area of Southall, we will be meeting on the Green along Havelock Road, UB2 4GG at 5pm every Tuesday.

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16th February 2019

Social Prescribing

Sharks are at the lunch of Southall Social Prescribing Social Prescribing is where Health workers and other intervention workers recommend activities to help improve people’s heath and life styles, both for physical and mental health benefits. Health walks, social activities etc.

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9th January 2019

Life’s Better By Water

Regeneration News The Sharks are again Headline News, this time on the Southall Waterside Regeneration News.

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5th October 2018

An Inspirational Base

A Canoe Club in Southall We have a fantastic opportunity to create a unique base for The Sharks in Southall, with what is a truly inspirational idea; however, to make this happen we need your help.

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20th December 2015

Paddlers End of Year Report

This has been a fantastic year for The Sharks with record numbers of new paddlers. The challenge is to make them regulars who progress into our competitive ranks.

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