How well did we do this year?
After a scorching hot Summer, we can now reflect and look back on 2025.
Men’s Division 2 K1
for the fourth year running our to paddler is …
Khaleel Ziauddin
He was 51st in the Division 2 rankings, exactly the same place as last year. He collected 590 points from 4 events.
Grant Underwood
Maintained his place as The Sharks’ second ranked paddler in Slalom, his position was 74th, collecting 125 points from just one appearance this season.
Neal Underwood
Was our third best paddler with a Division 2 ranking of 78th with a total of 65 points from just two events. Neal is also ranked the best paddler over 65 in the Country.
Ivijah Campbell-Bryan
Ivijah collected 1,107 points in Division 3, to earn promotion to Division 2, but did not have a chance to race in Division 2 this year. Congratulations Ivijah.
Division 3 K1 Ladies‘
Our highest ranked female paddler was …
Susan Templeton
She is ranked as second Master over 65, she collected 559 points and is ranked 13th in Division 3.
Liah Boyle
Liah slipped dow from our top paddler, but she did only raced twice and collected 350 points putting her in 21st place, she is also ranked as 126th J18 in the UK.
Jasmin Uhlhorn
Our top paddler in 2023 also slipped down, having made just one appearance this year, she collected 100 points and is now ranked 34th.
Men’s Division 3 K1
Richard Davis – The legend
Our oldest paddler and indeed the oldest ranking paddler in the UK (probably the World) at 87-years-old. he is ranked 47th in Division 3 with a season total of 218 points. He is ranked as the best over 85 in the UK!
Peter Skinner
Peter raced only twice this year, he collected 185 points and is ranked 53rd.
Alistair Gifford Moore
Alistair only managed two events this season where he earned 81 points putting him in 67th place.
Veterans’ K1 Men
Daniel Lomas
Daniel has been racing at some big water events this year and has three first and three second places, giving him a final ranking of 4th with 3,599 points.
Rick Moore
Our slalom coach Rick Moore came 13th with 2,592 points
Danny Dalrymple
Danny came 42nd after collecting 688 points
Veterans’ C1 Men
Richard Moore
Took 9th place in the Canoe Singles event with 923points from just two events.
Canoe Doubles
Grant Underwood and Neal Underwood
A family Partnership came 13th with 676 points
Division 3 C1 Men
Neal Underwood
Neal also raced in Division 3 C1, where he came 15th with 250 points, he was also 3rd in the National Masters over 65 league.
Division 4
We had a dozen new paddlers entering Division 4 events, they are listed here in the order they entered their first event.
Men
Nicholas Bozic, Ian Marsh, Saalih A Syed, Abdurrahman Syed, Ezekiel Maqbool, Abdullah Syed, Max Arbuzov, Zakaria Ahmed, Jacob Flottweg
Ladies
Cara Dowling, Anaya Dhillon, Emilia Flottweg, Amina Adewusi
In addition to the ranking slaloms The Sharks made their first appearance at the Interclubs event at Cardington this year and we hope to make that a permanent fixture from now on.
Thank you to everyone involved, paddlers, coaches, parents, host clubs, and to the slalom committee, without you we would have no sport. Already looking forward to being even better in 2026.
Would you like to get involved, we always looking for new members, you don’t need any experience or special kit, we provide all that? Why not get in touch give us a call/text on 07951 770241, or email canoeing@thesharks.org.uk.
Published 28th October 2025