Neal Underwood

Southampton WWR – March ’25

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Saturday March 8th Is the date for this year’s Southampton Wild Water Race, it is a sprint format event and you can enter here.

Please Help James Raise Money

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For Abbey’s Heroes – Read his story James Hinves has been a great friend to The Sharks, he works for Paddle UK (previously British Canoeing) and has continually supported The Sharks in a number of ways over the years; now it is our turn to help him, please read on.

Barrow Results February ’25

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Three new champions! Nine paddlers took to the challenge of the 5th race in the Barrow Wild Water Racing series, which was also the East Midlands Championship. The weather was on the cool side, but the competition was hot and The Sharks excelled!

Want to work for The Sharks?

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We are recruiting Teachers and Coaches We currently pay £18 an hour (to be reviewed in April) for newly appointed Paddle-Sports Coaches, this rises with loyalty. We have an exciting programme of activities in a number of locations, Interested? …

Barrow Race Feb 8th 2025

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Come and join the fun So far this serries we have had 15 different Shark paddlers racing at the Barrow, how many of you will join us on Saturday February 8th and let’s see if we can get the largest Shark contingent ever at a race?

Cedric Avery Results Jan ’25

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First Mini-Marathon of the year Not the warmest of days and following on from the Barrow Race the day before, but still we had some Shark paddlers wanting to test themselves and enjoy a good paddle.

Barrow Results January ’25

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First race of the year A team of 9 Sharks made their way to Barrow-upon-Soar on a crisp Saturday morning to kick the racing calendar off for The Sharks. Four personal best times and one new paddler. A great way to start the year!

The Sharks, they are a changing

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The Sharks Sports Group CIC We are pleased to announce that a Community Interest Company has been established to help us become even bigger and more importantly even better. Please read on for more information …

Challenge 2025

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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.

How did we do in 2024?

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Reporting on the targets we set We set a number of targets we wanted to meet, we achieved some with ease, some were hampered by weather and other show us where we need to do more work. But thank you to every one who took part or helped. Take a look back at 2024