7 new paddlers added to The Shark Team
Due to weather issues, many events did not run or were curtailed, this has obviously affected the national rankings in Slalom, but we still managed to get 7 new paddlers racing Slalom in 2024, bringing our total to 19 paddlers racing this year.
Division 2 Men’s K1
Our highest ranked paddler in 2024, was …
Khaleel Ziauddin
For the third year running Khaleel has topped The Shark Rankings, coming 51st in National Division 2 Men’s K1. He gained 517 points from just three events. Ranked 166th Under 23 in his final year as an under-23.
Grant Underwood
Returning to slalom after several years out of the discipline Grant ended the season in 58th place with 392 points from 4 races.
Neal Underwood
65th place for our Master 60 paddler, collecting 258 points from 5 events, ranked second Master Over 60 in the UK.
Division 3 K1 Ladies‘
Our highest ranked female paddler was …
Liah Boyle
Liah only raced 3 times and collected 417 points putting her in 19th place, she is also ranked as 95th J16 in the UK.
Jasmin Uhlhorn
Our top paddler in 2023 only managed two events this year and came 26th with 290 points.
Susan Templeton
Susan took 44th place 53 points from just two events. She is ranked as second Master over 65.
Ally Judge
Was ranked 46th place with 50 points from just one event.Second ranked Lady in M40 age group.
Men’s Division 3 K1
Richard Davis – A legend
Our oldest paddler and indeed the oldest ranking paddler in the UK (probably the World) at 87-years-old. he is ranked 46th in Division 3 with a season total of 354 points. He is ranked as the best over 85 in the UK!
Joining in a team race 
Our youngest and oldest paddler 
A Champion
Ivijah Campbell-Bryan
Our newest ranking slalom paddler in 2024, Ivijah did 3 Division three events and collected 178 points, ranked 62nd. Ranked as the 82nd best J14 Slalom paddler in the UK.
Alistair Gifford Moore
Alistair only managed one event this season where he earned 18 points putting him in 89th place.
Veterans’ K1 Men
Rick Moore
Our slalom coach Rick Moore came 12th with 2,588 points
Pictures by Grant Underwood 
Danny Dalrymple
Danny came 36th after collecting 712 points
Veterans’ C1 Men
Richard Moore
Took 11th place in the Canoe Singles event with 848 points from 4 events.
Canoe Doubles
Richard Moore/Richard Comer
Came 22nd overall with 71 points from just 2 events
Jasmin Uhlhorn/Neal Underwood
Only managed one event this year and collected 19 points leaving them in 24th place overall and 4th Mixed Pair.
Division 4 Ladies K1
Division 4 is the entry level event for Slalom and we introduced 7 new paddlers to the sport this year at Cardington, our larges number of Shark paddlers every to enter at any one event …
Sharks at Cardington 
Our youngest and oldest paddler
Anny Schwietzke
Entered her first ever slalom event at Cardington in August.
Men’s Division 4 K1
The following paddlers all made their debut at Cardington in August …
Ian Marsh – Senior
Andrew Spires – Senior
Nicolas Bozic – J16
Saalih Syed – J12
Abdurrahman Syed – J10
Abdullah Syed – J8
Want to know more? Why not join us and race in 2025? Our Slalom team practice at Harefield on Sunday mornings throughout the year and on Wednesday evenings in the Summer months. New members are always welcome and no experience or kit is required. For more information, please call/text 07951 770241 or email slalom@thesharks.org.uk.
We have paddlers racing slalom from 7 – 87 (and he is not retiring anytime soon), age is no barrier, get involved and let the fun begin.
Published 24th November 2024