Athlete Back in action at Shepperton July Slalom racing Canoe Doubles with husband Rick Moore.
Athlete Michelle has joined our Club at Thamesmead and has started racing at the events we held there in 2025.
Athlete David is one of our Thamesmead Paddlers who made her debut at The Sharks at Shepperton Slalom in May 2026.
Athlete Daniel has a talented slalom paddler who has recently returned to competitive paddling.
Athlete Jannik is not new to Slalom Canoeing but is New to The Sharks
Athlete New to The Sharks in 2025
Coach and Athlete Michael is one of our lead coaches at Harlesden, he also races Marathon
Coach and Athlete Semir joined our coaching team at Thamesmead when we launched in 2025, he also races in Slalom
Athlete A Thamesmead paddler, new in 2025
Athlete Paul started paddling at Thamesmead in 2025
Started paddling in 2025 at Thamesmead
Athlete Joined via our Cohort from Loughborough, Peter started racing in 2025
Athlete First raced for The Sharks in 2025
Athlete Started Paddling at Thamesmead in 2025
Athlete first raced for The Sharks in 2025
Athlete New to paddling in 2025, Andrew started at Thamesmead
Athlete Started paddling with us at Thamesmead in 2025
Athlete Recently started kayaking at Thamesmead
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.
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.
Coach and Athlete Giles is our lead coach at Thamesmead, and occasionally races, Giles has a very long association with water sports at Southmere and it is great to have so much experience and knowledge onboard from the beginning of this project.
Athlete Ian joined our competitive squads at Cardington Slalom in August 2024, where he came 9th in Men’s K1 Division 4 and first senior. He joined our Wild Water Racing Team at the November 2024 Barrow Race coming 23rd.
Teacher, Coach, Athlete Aaron has been ranked in Division 2 for Slalom Men’s K1, although not raced slalom for a couple of years. He is one of our teachers and coaches.
Athlete Joined our Thamesmead sessions in 2025 and is now racing.
Athlete Taking up kayaking in 2025 at our Thamesmead site and racing before the year was out.
Athlete and Staff Caitlin joined our sessions at Thamesmead in 2025 with other members of our family.
Athlete Sheila started racing after joining our sessions at Thamesmead.
Athlete New to paddling, Lizzie started in 2025 at Thamesmead.
Athlete Making her racing debut at the Barrow in October 2024, Carmel was just behind daughter Ryo, also making her debut.
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.
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.
Athlete Khaleel has maintained his position of The Sharks top ranked slalom paddler for the fifth consecutive year.
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
Athlete Jasmin is ranked in Slalom and River Racing, her appearances in 2025 have been limited due to her doctoral studies.
Athlete Richard Davis has a long history of racing in the UK and beyond, at 87 years old, the oldest slalom paddler in the UK, World, he is still competing in National Division 3 Slalom,
Athlete A paddler with a lot of experience now in Division 3 slalom, races Wild Water.
Athlete and Slalom Coach at Harefield Rick leads our Slalom Team based at Harefield, he is a very experienced paddler and still competes.
Athlete Alistair made his Slalom Debut for The Sharks at Langham Farm in April 2023, coming 11th in his first event. He has also added Wild Water Racing to his competitions racing at Barrow-on-Soar, in November 2023.
One of our older generation of paddlers, who races with the Itchen Valley Shark contingent and although mobility is becoming more difficult for the 75-year old, however, he turns up and races, proving that Kayaking is a sport for all people.
Harefield WWR is Back Sunday 15th November Sunday 15th, check in from 10am, racing starts at 11am. You can enter on line here. Entries £7 per person, you can race multiple classes (K1, C1, C2, and SUP), all boats welcome. Boats and kit available to borrow.
Next race Sunday 29th November 2026 The 2026/27 Cedric Avery Mini-Marathons have started, the next race is on Sunday 29th October 2026, they continue every last Sunday or the month through to March 28th 2027 at Harefield.
Saturday 12th December The last Legendary Barrow Race of 2026, will you be joining us for a celebration of the year’s paddling. A great race, with a friendly club, in a great place. What can be better than that?
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.
Saturday 13th December The next Legendary Barrow Wild Water Race is in Saturday 13th December
A paddling weekend with a difference The Peak Challenge is a three day paddling fest on the Derwent at Cromford Mill, near Matlock, it combines a Wild Water Race, Slalom and Kayak X, alongside come and try it paddling and a host of other activities.
QPR win the Great Harlesden Charity Canoe Race Congratulations to the team from the Queens Park Rangers Community Trust, who won the third annual Great Harlesden Charity Canoe Race.