4th Wednesday of the Month The Harlesden Sprint Nights kicked off in August 2025, with some 200m and 500m races, they are free to enter and will run on September 24th and October 15th (due to daylight at the end of the month).
Next Race October 16th 2025 Every third Thursday during the Summer months, last race of the season is on Thursday 16th October. A very simple format including 200m, 500m and 1,000m. And did we mention; its is free to enter.
Saturday October 18th This is an event for everyone, it will be a great day with some great opportunities to paddle on something different.
This Autumn Half-Term The Sharks, working with Peabody Trust are delivering FEE kayaking and canoeing sessions this half-term and they are open to everyone, families are particularly welcome.
Plenty of races to get involved with The Sharks have targeted a number of races for us to get involved with some are on our own home territory, other involve day trips or overnight stays. Get involved, have fun and see how far you can go.
Join our sessions at Harefield Want to try something new? or maybe returning to canoeing, then come and join us on Sunday mornings at Harefield, the home of our slalom team. Contact us: call/text on 07951 770241 or email: slalom@thesharks.org.uk.
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.
Starts on October 4th The Legendary Barrow Wild Water Race series starts on Saturday October 4th and continues once a moth through to March 2026.
A new event with a difference A small group of Shark Paddlers tried out an event with a difference, it was more about time on the water and learning new skills, in preparation for competition, although there were some non-ranking races to help.
The Charity Race of the year The second Great Harlesden Charity Canoe Race took part on Wednesday 24th September, raising money for local charities, the Brent Food Bank and Queens Park Rangers Community Trust. Both these charities support local people.