Athlete and Coach Peter has recently joined our coaching team, he is an experienced marathon paddler racing in Division 3 and has recently completed the Devizes to West Minster Canoe Race.
Coach and Athlete Neal is our lead Wild Water Racing Coach, although he also coaches Marathon and Sprint. Like most of our coaches, Neal has a background in competitive canoeing and does still race. in Master 60+
Athlete and Coach Grant is The Sharks own home grown international talent, having represented Great Britain in Wild Water Racing. He races in Senior age category.
Athlete and Slalom Coach at Harefield Rick leads our Slalom Team based at Harefield, he is a very experienced paddler and still competes, racing Veteran K1 Men’s Slalom and was the runner up in the 2021 this year he is currently in 12th place with 2588 points in Men’s K1.
Teacher Alex made it to Division 1 slalom and has joined our teaching team, to help bring on the next generation of paddlers.
Teacher, Coach, Athlete Aaron is currently ranked in Division 2 for Slalom Men’s K1, although not raced for a couple of years, he is one of our teachers and coaches, looking forward to seeing you race again soo.
Bank Side Support Helps run our sessions at Osterley Park
Bank side Support Helping to run our Osterley Park sessions.
Bankside Support Jason is one of our team leaders at Osterley on the bank, although he does paddle occasionally get on the water.
Bankside Support Danni manages and provides Bankside support at our Osterley Park sessions. She can also paddle a bit, as it appears, so can her mum.
Starting on Thursday July 24th 2025 And every third Thursday during the Summer months. A very simple format including 200m, 500m and 1,000m. And did we mention; its is free to enter.
Tuesdays and Thursdays The Sharks have arrived in Thamesmead and we are starting regular evening sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays
From Saturday 14th June We will be re-opening on Saturday 14th June and will run every Saturday and Sunday till the end of August, call 07951 770241 or email: osterley@thesharks.org.uk., for more information. Book Here. Also open on School holiday Wednesdays.
Things we want to achieve in 2025 Each year we set ourselves a list of challenges for the new year, so this is what we have so far, if you can think of any others please do email us: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk and make your suggestions. We will update the list as we go through the year.
And Beyond Building on the work of past years, we have great plans for 2025, to grow our project at Harlesden and create a first class canoe club for a first class town.