Staff Profiles

7th January 2021

Grant Underwood

Athlete and Coach Grant is The Sharks own home grown international talent, having represent Great Britain

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7th January 2021

Danni Cochrane

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.

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3rd December 2020

Neal Underwood

Wild Water Racing Coach, sometimes paddler 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 occasionally does still race.

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2nd December 2020

Kene Obienu

Bankside Support Kene is one of our team of people who work on supporting paddlers and coaches on the bank, dealing with administration, kitting people out and basic introductions and instructions.

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30th November 2020

Aaron Nolan

Teacher, Coach, Athlete Aaron has qualifications in various sports, he teaches and coaches canoeing for us at all of our sites, but mainly concentrates on Slalom. Aaron is also a strength and fitness coach, so if you want to improve your performance in any area of sport, Aaron is the person to talk to.

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30th November 2020

Adam Stewart

Coach, Teacher and Athlete Adam is our lead teacher at NW10, he also teachers schools at Southall and is usually on duty at Osterley Park during the Summer. He is also one of our leading athletes having raced both Sprint and Wild Water at National Level, with the occasional Marathon as well.

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30th November 2020

Tristram Turner

Marathon and Sprint Coach at Southall Tristram leads our Marathon and Sprint Teams at Southall, teaching beginners and coaching more advanced paddlers and athletes.

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29th November 2020

Rick Moore

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 as well as teaming up with his wife Mel More, for Mixed C2 in Slalom, proving that canoeing really is the ideal family sport.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Paddle Pal

31 January 2021

You are not Alone, you don’t need to be Alone We have a solution, we have set up a WhatsApp group called Paddle Pal, where you can make arrangements to paddle with someone in keeping with current Covid-19 restrictions regulations.

Covid-19 – A Statement – Updated 6th January 2021

31 January 2021

Coronavirus Policy Updated 6th January 2021

Principles of Training

31 January 2021

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.

Lockdown version 3

31 January 2021

All Club Facilities Closed until further notice. The announcement by the Government of a further national lockdown has meant that we are legally required to close all or our facilities.

Southall Canal Side Improvements – Have Your Say

28 February 2021

Help to improve the Canal in Southall by answering a few questions. Please help us to help Canal & River Trust to improve the Canal environment in Southall. They are carrying out a public consultation and responding to it will help us as well as help the Trust.

Southall Paddling Time Table

27 March 2021

These sessions are currently suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions With the easing of Covid-19 restrictions we will resume our weekend paddling sessions at Southall on  Saturdays at 1pm for less experienced and at 2:30pm for racing boats.

Saturday Sessions at NW10

27 March 2021

These sessions are currently suspended due to Covid-19 restrictions. With the easing of  Covid-19 restrictions, we will be resuming our Saturday afternoon  sessions at Harlesden/Park Royal (NW10 7AE) on Saturday 5th December.

Slalom Sundays – 1pm

28 March 2021

Harefield Sessions are currently suspended due to Covid-19 restrcitions. With the easing of Covid-19 restrictions we are able to restart our slalom sessions at Harefield at 1pm on Sunday afternoons.

February and March Slalom Events Cancelled

31 March 2021

Due to Covid-19 Lockdown The Slalom Committee have taken the inevitable and sensible sessions to cancel all events in February and March 2021, they will review the situation for events later in the year in February.

Fed Up with Swimming Down Slalom Courses?

01 May 2021

Now is Your  Chance to Swim Up One! Can you rise to the challenge, to swim up the Cardiff International White Water Course?

Sprint 2021

31 October 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.

2021 Slalom Calendar

31 October 2021

Slalom Events 2021 The calendar for slalom 2021 has been published on Canoe Slalom Website, where you can find all the lates news about canoe slalom, about events and ranking positions.

Latest News

February and March Slalom Events Cancelled

Principles of Training

Lockdown version 3

Covid-19 – A Statement – Updated 6th January 2021

Still Dooking after all this time

2020 Remebered

December 2020

Paddle Pal