Coach Hannah coaches for us at Thamesmead
Coach and Athlete Michael is one of our lead coaches at Harlesden, he also races Marathon
Coach and Athlete Semir joined our coaching team at Thamesmead when we launched in 2025, he also races in Slalom
Athlete A Thamesmead paddler, new in 2025
Athlete Although Ezikiel paddles with the St. Mary’s Primary after school club at Southall, he started paddling with us independently first. His First Rae was in The London Wild Water Racing Championships in 2025.
Athlete Paul started paddling at Thamesmead in 2025
Athlete Conor started paddling in 2025 at Harlesden
Ryan started paddling in Y3 Kayaking lessons whilst at Three Bridges Primary School.
Started paddling in 2025 at Thamesmead
Athlete Joined via our Cohort from Loughborough, Peter started racing in 2025
Athlete At just even-year-old Kiyan is one of the youngest ever Shark to race in an individual event, when he came 37th at the Barrow race in October 2024 and 2nd J8.
Athlete First raced for The Sharks in 2025
Athlete Started Paddling at Thamesmead in 2025
Athlete first raced for The Sharks in 2025
Athlete Started kayaking at Thamesmead in 2025
Athlete Started paddling at Thamesmead in 2025
Athlete New to paddling in 2025, Andrew started at Thamesmead
Athlete Started paddling with us at Thamesmead in 2025
Athlete Recently started kayaking at Thamesmead
Athlete Started paddling in 2025 wit The Sharks at Thamesmead
Athlete New to paddling this year at Themaesmead.
Athlete Mohammed joined us via our partnership with Harlesden Primary School in 2025 and has very quickly joined our competitive racing teams.
Athlete Imran joined in sessions with us when his two daughters started paddling at Southall, he made his racing debut in the Cedric Avery Mini Marathon Series in October 2025.
Athlete Adam has recently returned to racing wit The Sharks Wild Water Racing Team at Barrow in October, where he took top Shark spot. He has also race Sprint and Marathon in the past.
Coach and Athlete Giles is our lead coach at Thamesmead, and occasionally races, Giles has a very long association with water sports at Southmere and it is great to have so much experience and knowledge onboard from the beginning of this project.
Athlete The latest member to join our competitive Squads, Maximilian made his debut at the Barrow Race in November 2024. Coming 31st over all, and 4th Junior 12 age category.
Athlete Abdullah made his debut in slalom at Cardington in August 2024 and then in Wild Water Racing at Barrow in November 2024.
Athlete Another one of our junior paddlers (under 10) making his debut in canoe slalom at Cardington in August 2024 and then his Wild Water Racing Debut at Barrow in November 2024.
Athlete Making his Shark debut at Cardington Slalom in August 2024, coming 20th over all and 4th J12 in Men’s Division 4, he has also raced WWR taking 27th and 2nd J12 at the Barrow Race in November 2024.
Athlete Nicolas entered his first race at Cardington in August 2024,
Athlete Ian joined our competitive squads at Cardington Slalom in August 2024, where he came 9th in Men’s K1 Division 4 and first senior. He joined our Wild Water Racing Team at the November 2024 Barrow Race coming 23rd.
Athlete Orla started paddling with us at Harlesden in 2025
Athlete Keziah started paddling at our Southall base and raced for us in 2025
Teacher, Coach, Athlete Aaron has been ranked in Division 2 for Slalom Men’s K1, although not raced slalom for a couple of years. He is one of our teachers and coaches.
Athlete Joined our Thamesmead sessions in 2025 and is now racing.
Athlete Taking up kayaking in 2025 at our Thamesmead site and racing before the year was out.
Athlete and Staff Caitlin joined our sessions at Thamesmead in 2025 with other members of our family.
Athlete Sheila started racing after joining our sessions at Thamesmead.
Athlete New to paddling, Lizzie started in 2025 at Thamesmead.
The First Race of the New Year Racing in 2026 commences on Saturday 10th January at the Legendary Barrow-Upon-Soar Race, organised by Soar Valley Canoe Club.
Saturday 17th January 2026 Two races for the price of one, a day out in Burton-on-Trent, a race suitable of all standards, beginners to experience paddlers. Sprint event in the morning (200m) and 2k classic in the afternoon.
Winter Slaloms, get ready for 2026 The annual Stone Mini Slaloms take place on the Sundays of January 25th, February 8th, and February 22nd, including a slalom cross event on January 25th.
Next Race 8th November The Legendary Barrow Wild Water Race series next race on Saturday November 8th and continues once a moth through to March 2026.
Monthly Mini-Marathons The next race takes place on Saturday 27th December. The last Saturday of each month. Full details are here, with Risk Assessment here.
Our annual Sprint challenge in Harlesden. We have introduced a new challenge at our base in Harlesden, NW10, a monthly Sprint race on the canal with distances of 200m, 500m and 1,000m. Next race is Wednesday April 15th 2026.
Our annual challenge in Southall We have set up a series of Sprint evenings in Southall, running in the Summer moths to give everyone the chance to see how they are progressing, to have some fun and enjoy racing. Great for spectators too.
The Final of the 2025 Series Summer paddling at Harlesden draws in and we hosted our final Sprint races of the season, including a race with and for Harlesden Primary School youngsters attending the after school club.
A new event with a difference A small group of Shark Paddlers tried out an event with a difference, it was more about time on the water and learning new skills, in preparation for competition, although there were some non-ranking races to help.
The Charity Race of the year The second Great Harlesden Charity Canoe Race took part on Wednesday 24th September, raising money for local charities, the Brent Food Bank and Queens Park Rangers Community Trust. Both these charities support local people.
Preparing for Marathon The Sharks have introduced the Harlesden GS Series, the races are 3.5k long and are aimed at preparing youngsters for the Geoff Sanders Races at ranking marathons. However, we also run races for seniors.
We are looking for staff The Sharks are looking for people to teach and coach canoeing at all of our sites. We maybe able to help you get the relevant qualifications, whilst you work for us. Get in touch email: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk, or call: 07951 770241.
What Can we Achieve in 2026? Each yer we set some targets related to the Year number, so what can we don in 2026. If you have any ideas to add to this list, please get in touch by email: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk or call/text 07951 770241.