Marathon Profiles

21st December 2025

Peter Skinner

Athlete and Coach Peter has recently joined our coaching team, he is an experienced marathon paddler racing in Division 3 and has recently completed the Devizes to West Minster Canoe Race.

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21st December 2025

Neal Underwood

Coach and Athlete Neal is our lead Wild Water Racing Coach, although he also coaches Marathon and Sprint. Like most of our coaches, Neal has a background in competitive canoeing and does still race.

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21st December 2025

Aliana Sulemangi

Athlete Aliana started as part of the PE lessons for Y3 at Three Bridges Primary School, and joined the Club sessions with other family members. Making her racing debut at the Barrow in October 2025.

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21st December 2025

Liah Boyle

Athlete In 2024 Liah became The Sharks top female slalom paddler having come 19th in Ladies Division 3 K1 with 417 points from just 3 events. She was also was Ranked 12th in the UK Ladies K1 Wild Water Racing and second Under 16. This year, studies have limited her appearances.

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21st December 2025

Grant Underwood

Athlete and Coach Grant is The Sharks own home grown international talent, having represented Great Britain in Wild Water Racing, he also races Slalom, Sprint and Marathon

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21st December 2025

Ivijah Campbell-Bryan

Athlete Ivijah came to The Sharks through our partnership with Harlesden Primary School, and has made quiet an impact on canoeing since, although still young, Ivijah has great team spirit and is always willing to help out new paddlers.

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1st November 2025

Mohammed Bouhassane

Athlete Mohammed joined us via our partnership with Harlesden Primary School in 2025 and has very quickly joined our competitive racing teams.

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31st October 2025

Ezikiel Maqbool

Athlete Although Ezikiel paddles with the St. Mary’s Primary after school club at Southall, he started paddling with us independently first. His First Rae was in The London Wild Water Racing Championships in 2025.

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30th October 2025

Imran Sulemangi

Athlete Imran joined in sessions with us when his two daughters started paddling at Southall, he made his racing debut in the Cedric Avery Mini Marathon Series in October 2025.

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30th October 2025

Arden Sulemangi

Athlete One of the youngest paddlers to race, she made her first debut in the Cedric Avery Mini-Marathons at Harefield in October 2025.

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24th November 2024

Maximilian Arbuzov

Athlete The latest member to join our competitive Squads, Maximilian made his debut at the Barrow Race in November 2024. Coming 31st over all, and 4th Junior 12 age category.

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24th November 2024

Kiyan Zend Lashani

Athlete Seven-year-old Kiyan became the youngest ever Shark to race in an individual event, when he came 37th at the Barrow race in October 2024 and 2nd J8.

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24th November 2024

Abdullah Syed

Athlete Abdullah is the youngest of the Syed paddlers (Salih and Abdurrahman) at just 8 years old, he made his debut in slalom at Cardington in August 2024 and then in Wild Water Racing at Barrow in November 2024.

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24th November 2024

Abdurrahman Syed

Athlete Another one of our junior paddlers (under 10) making his debut in canoe slalom at Cardington in August 2024 and then his Wild Water Racing Debut at Barrow in November 2024.

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24th November 2024

Saalih Syed

Athlete Making his Shark debut at Cardington Slalom in August 2024, coming 20th over all and 4th J12 in Men’s Division 4, he has also raced WWR taking 27th and 2nd J12 at the Barrow Race in November 2024.

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24th November 2024

Adam Stewart

Athlete Adam has recently returned to racing wit The Sharks Wild Water Racing Team at Barrow in October, where he took top Shark spot. He has also race Sprint and Marathon in the past and is looking forward to 2025.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

December ’25 Mini Marathon

27 December 2025

Saturday 27th December Need to get out for a while and escape the celebrations for some peace and quiet of the canal? The we have the ideal event for you: The Christmas Cedric Avery Mini-Marathon, starting at 11am.

What’s going on Autumn ’25

27 December 2025

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.

Barrow Saturday 10th January 2026

10 January 2026

The First Race of the New Year Racing in 2026 commences on Saturday 10th January at the Legendary Barrow-Upon-Soar Race, organised by Soar Valley Canoe Club.

Trent Double WWR

17 January 2026

Saturday 17th January 2026 Two races for the price of one, a day out in Burton-on-Trent, a race suitable of all standards, beginners to experience paddlers. Sprint event in the morning (200m) and 2k classic in the afternoon.

Stone Mini-Slaloms 2026

22 February 2026

Winter Slaloms, get ready for 2026 The annual Stone Mini Slaloms take place on the Sundays of January 25th, February 8th, and February 22nd, including a slalom cross event on January 25th.

The Barrow 2025/2026 Series

07 March 2026

Next Race 8th November The Legendary Barrow Wild Water Race series next race on Saturday November 8th and continues once a moth through to March 2026.

Marafun

28 March 2026

Monthly Mini-Marathons The next race takes place on Saturday 27th December. The last Saturday of each month. Full details are here, with Risk Assessment here.

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.

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.

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Trent Double WWR

Barrow Saturday 10th January 2026

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