2025

12th March 2026

Our Champions 2025

Wild Water Racing – Prize Giving We collected six national trophies from the Prize Giving event, which was held after the Barrow Race on Saturday. Congratulations to all the winners, and well done to anybody who takes part, challenging yourself, aiming to get better, let’s see what 2026 brings forward.

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1st January 2026

2025 – A look Back

A Sharkingly Great Year 2005 was a pivotal year in the history of The Sharks …

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1st January 2026

December 2025

A Perfect Finale Another productive month for The Sharks

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18th December 2025

WWR Final Rankings 2025

How did Shark Paddlers do? Very well, is the simple answer, we have more ranked paddlers than ever before, many doing exceedingly well in their age groups, especially amongst the paddlers new to the sport. Well done just for being on the list.

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15th December 2025

Granted

Funders and Supporters We would like to thank the following organisations for their support throughout the year(s).

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14th December 2025

ThamesMead 2 WWR Dec ’25

Results A glorious and sunny day brought out people to race at Thamesmead in our second Wild Water Race held on the site. This is part of our development programme for Thamesmead and with 34 starts in December, it is clearly going very well.

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30th November 2025

Investing in Thamesmead

Building Opportunities During 2025, The Sharks have undertake a massive project to create something special in Thamesmead, a Water Sports Facility with a difference, and in the last few months we have been investing.

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30th November 2025

November 2026

A Club for all Seasons As Autumn fades away and the weather has cooled down somewhat, The Sharks are still going from strength to strength.

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18th November 2025

Harefield WWR – Nov ’25

Results for our WWR Storm Claudia threatened and after a Friday or heavy rain, we were expecting a furious weir at Harefield, but the rain kept off for the event and for a mid November day it was very mild. Water was not as powerful as we hoped, but the fun was.

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1st November 2025

October 2025

Another Packed Month One of our busiest months of the Year, events, teaching and so much more going on.

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28th October 2025

Final Slalom Rankings 2025

How well did we do this year? After a scorching hot Summer, we can now reflect and look back on 2025.

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24th October 2025

We are The Talk of Thamesmead

Headline Act The latest, Autumn edition of The Talk of Thamesmead is out and The Sharks are the headline story. A big thank you and well done to everybody involved. The Legacy Begins …

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23rd October 2025

The Nene Wavehopper Challenge

A truly great event Those of you who were not there, you missed one of the great fun events of the year, many thanks to the organisers for running such a great event.

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21st October 2025

Southall Sprints Final 2025

Who is Southall’s fastest Racer? With the conclusion of the inaugural Southall Super Sprints with the final race of the season taking place on third Thursday in October, (16th), we now know who has won the series medals.

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5th October 2025

Remember September ’25

A very busy month September 2025, was an amazing month in Shark history, breaking new ground and building for the future.

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29th September 2025

The Great Harlesden Canoe Race 2025

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.

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28th September 2025

Interclubs Slalom 2025

A weekend of fun and paddling The Sharks raced at the Canoe Slalom Interclubs event at Cardington for the first time and had a great time, as well as racing, the event has a social side to bring clubs and paddlers together.

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15th September 2025

August 2025

Wow, What a month! A scorcher, that was for sure and Britain basked in another heatwave, which as nice and it might be, does affect canoeing as it impacts on water levels.

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5th August 2025

July 2025

A stunning Month July 2025 proved to be an amazing month for The Sharks as we basked in a heatwave or two, brining paddler son to the water.

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16th July 2025

June 2025

Another hot month for Sharks Only one competition in June but a very busy month for the Club as things started to heat up!

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2nd June 2025

May 2025 – Was Great

An action packed month … May 2025 was a pivotal month for The Sharks, with a lot going on, not a single weekend without a major activity happening. a huge thank you to our staff and coaches for enabling this to happen.

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1st June 2025

Sharks at Shepperton Results ’25

Slalom Results from May 2025 A long Bank Holiday weekend or River Racing, training and Slalom provided by The Sharks, for WWR Results please click here.

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31st May 2025

Champions of London

WWR Championship Results. The Sharks are officially the Wild Water racing Champions of London after sweeping up several top places in the recent London Regional WWR Championships held at Shepperton over the Bank Holiday Weekend.

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6th May 2025

April 2025

Springing in to action Although only one competition, but what a competition, we were busily restarting all of our sessions and getting people back on the water.

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11th April 2025

March 2025

Another Active Month Four events in March as the Winter Series end and Summer Slaloms begin.

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29th March 2025

Thamesmead

The Sharks are coming to Thamesmead From Bank Holiday Monday May 5th, The Sharks will be operating from the Boathouse at Southmere Lake, Thamesmead. And what a plan we have …

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10th March 2025

January & February 2025

A flaying start to the year January and February have been a very busy start to the year, both on the water and off the water, first of all a nod to our competitive Wild Water Racers that have been going through the Winter.

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6th January 2025

The Sharks, they are a changing

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 …

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4th January 2025

Challenge 2025

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.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Marafun

28 March 2026

Monthly Mini-Marathons The next race takes place on Saturday 28th March 2026. The last Saturday of each month. Full details are here, with Risk Assessment here.

Cedric Avery – March 2026

28 March 2026

Saturday 28th March 2026 – 11am, check in from 10am The next Cedric Avery Mini-Marathon takes place on Saturday March28th at Troy Lake, Harefield. Control open from 10am, racing starts at 11am.

Events in March 2026

29 March 2026

Time to step up and start getting more active, as we head towards Spring

Harlesden Hurtle Sprint Challenge

15 April 2026

Our annual Sprint challenge in Harlesden. We have introduced a new challenge at our base in Harlesden, NW10, a monthly Sprint race on the canal with distances of 200m, 500m and 1,000m. Next race is Wednesday April 15th 2026.

Southall Super Sprints

16 April 2026

Our annual challenge in Southall We have set up a series of Sprint evenings in Southall, running in the Summer moths to give everyone the chance to see how they are progressing, to have some fun and enjoy racing. Great for spectators too.

Harlesden Sprints October ’25

29 April 2026

The Final of the 2025 Series Summer paddling at Harlesden draws in and we hosted our final Sprint races of the season, including a race with and for Harlesden Primary School youngsters attending the after school club.

Peak Paddle Challenge

31 August 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 Great Harlesden Canoe Race 2025

30 September 2026

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.

The Legacy Begins …

03 October 2026

A Fantastic Day at Lee Valley WWC The Sharks Wild Water Racing Legacy has begun, a day of white water activity, introducing new people to the discipline, providing training for those with more experience and a chance to race. This is just the beginning …

Harlesden GS Series

05 October 2026

Preparing for Marathon The Sharks have introduced the Harlesden GS Series, the races are 3.5k long and are aimed at preparing youngsters for the Geoff Sanders Races at ranking marathons. However, we also run races for seniors.

Want to teach canoeing?

31 October 2026

We are looking for staff The Sharks are looking for people to teach and coach canoeing at all of our sites. We maybe able to help you get the relevant qualifications, whilst you work for us. Get in touch email: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk, or call: 07951 770241.

It’s Bib Day

31 October 2026

Apply for Your Slalom Bib From today Sunday January 18th, you can apply for your slalom bin if you are in Division 3 or above.

Slalom Starts

31 October 2026

Get Involved and Help us Grow The Sharks are committed to helping to grow Slalom Canoeing and playing our part in this great community. We are joining the Slalom Starts Programme, which aims to bring more people into the discipline.

Challenge 2026

31 December 2026

What Can we Achieve in 2026? Each yer we set some targets related to the Year number, so what can we don in 2026. If you have any ideas to add to this list, please get in touch by email: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk or call/text 07951 770241.

Latest News

Shepperton Results March 2026

The Legacy Begins …

The Legacy WWR – March ’26

Our Champions 2025

WWR Training a HPP

Barrow Results – March 2026

The Sharks Take On Lee Valley White Water Centre

Cedric Avery – March 2026