Wild Water Racing

11th April 2024

European Cup and British Open

Wild Water Racing Results The Sharks’ Grant Underwood was racing in the European Cup and British Open race at Nottingham’s National Water Sports Centre’s White Water Course at the weekend.

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4th April 2024

‘Tully WWR March ’24

Sharks on the Tay Grant Underwood was racing Wild Water at Grandtully in March, both Sprint and Classic.

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12th March 2024

Daleks – Race Report March ’24

Wild Water Race from Nottingham Another rainy day in Nottingham, but some great fun to be had on the water at the Daleks section of the White Water Course at Holm Pierpont. Just one Shark paddler enjoying the fun.

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7th March 2024

Barrow March ’24 Report

Wild Water Racing Report Very high water levels at the Barrow, made for very fast times, shame only one Shark paddler was there to enjoy the race.

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17th February 2024

24 Challenges for ’24

Help us to Achieve and Achieve Yourself We are setting 24 targets for The Sharks this year, 24 things we want to achieve, all of these are dependent on how we help you to achieve. In order for anything to happen, the first thing we need to do is get people paddling.

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27th January 2024

How to Roll a Slalom Boat

Pool Rolling Sessions We have recently had some of our paddlers successfully learning to roll at our pool sessions at Horsenden School Pool. Well done to those who have, probably shouldn’t say look forward to seeing you use these newly acquired skills for real.

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27th January 2024

Barrow Results January ’24

First race of the year Just one Shark paddler at the January Barrow race, which was a touch on the cold side. With teh canal frozen, paddlers had to carry the boats to the start.

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5th January 2024

Work for The Sharks

We are recruiting teachers and coaches for 2024. Operating at many sites in West London, and in many disciplines The Sharks offer amazing opportunities for qualified instructors to get involved in every aspect of paddlesport. And we pay very well

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18th December 2023

Southampton WWR

Saturday 3rd February The Southampton Wild Water Race is back on the calendar for 2024, it is a sprint event with good facilities, a new site and a new challenge, who is up for this? Suitable for WWR boats and slalom boats.

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18th December 2023

January Barrow Race

Saturday 20th January Keep the day free for racing at Barrow-on-Soar, lets get our biggest race team ever there for a fund day out. This race is suitable for anybody who can paddle 3k, in any boat.

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18th December 2023

In The News Again!

Lates bulletin from OPDC The latest newsletter form OPDC is out and yet, again it features The Sharks. this time it is Ivijah Campbell-Bryan making the headlines. Since is debut listed in the article Ivijah has raced another twice for us.

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17th December 2023

WWR 2023 Final Positions

Rankings for 2023 Shark Paddlers The last race of 2023, as happened and therefore we know teh final rankings of our paddlers. Well done to everyone who took part, some very impressive results, for paddlers who have not been racing for long, lets make 2024 even better.

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17th December 2023

Barrow Results December ’23

Wild Water Racing on the Soar Just two paddlers this time out, which is a shame as the River was at a very good level for racing, but the time of year does make things difficult, hopefully we will have a few more on January 20th.

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6th December 2023

Your Core Strengths

Exercise to develop your paddling The following is from Slalom Skills, doing these at least three times a week will help your paddling skills in both kayak and canoe, whatever discipline you paddle, whether for recreation of competition.

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16th November 2023

Barrow Race December 16th

Who wants some fun on Saturday 16th? Yes, we are going back to the Barrow-on-Soar race on Saturday December 16th, why don’t you come and join us? Entries cost just £5, open to all, in the boat of your choice, it is 3k, under half-an-hour, and it is fun, fun, fun!

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13th November 2023

November ’23 Barrow Results

Race Results from Barrow-on-Soar Two new paddlers at the Barrow and the return of some older faces returning to Wild Water Racing.

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19th October 2023

Barrow Results – Oct ’23

Wild Water Racing is back After a Summer hiatus, we were back racing at the Barrow on Saturday, picking up exactly where we left off. High water levels meaning a different course and the paddlers racing were Liah Boyle and Neal Underwood.

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8th October 2023

Usk WWR Race 2023

Weekend 21st & 22nd October The Usk Wild Water Race is a national race, on a really nice river in South Wales. The River Usk is about 160 miles drive, taking about three hours, a great weekend event.

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8th October 2023

Barrow Race October ’23

Saturday 14th October Who is racing on Saturday? just £5 to enter, lots of fun, nice 3k race and coffee afterwards.

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20th September 2023

Pool Sessions

Last Friday of the Month Working with our partners at Horsenden Primary School, we are now able to offer free pool sessions on the last Friday of each month (not December), from 7pm till 8:15pm, we will use these sessions for two main purposes, safety work and rolling practice.

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14th September 2023

Help Make The Sharks Even Better

We need some voluntary help The Sharks has grown, and continues to grow, we need a few volunteers to help co-ordinate some of our activities and other tasks. If we can grow these ideas, we may even be able to pay. Interested email: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk or call/text 07951 770241.

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1st September 2023

Greenford Quay 2023

Monday from 4:30pm & Wednesday from 4:30pm Greenford sessions at the Elsdale moored at Greenford Quay, UB6 0FT. Sessions will still cost just £6 per person. For more information call us on 07951 770241 or email: greenford@thesharks.org.uk.

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25th March 2023

Harefield Slalom 23

Sunday 16th April 2023 – 4 & Open The 2023 Harefield Slalom division 4 and Open will take place on Sunday 16th April, races for all abilities and classes. With a special prize for the best multi class paddler! Enter online here. For more information call us on 07951 770241 or email: slalom@thesharks.org.uk.

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12th March 2023

Barrow March 2023

Final Barrow Race of the Series Liah Boyle and Neal Underwood, were there on a very strange day, the sun was out, there was snow in the fields and the river was in flood!

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18th February 2023

Wild Water Rankings 2022

Final Rankings for Shark Paddlers 2022, was the year we returned to Wild Water Racing and had eight paddlers racing for us, 5 of whom were completely new to the discipline.

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17th February 2023

Barrow February 23

Another Fine Race Just two Shark paddlers at this race, but what great results they had. Liah Boyle winning the under 16s and Neal Underwood winning the over 60s!

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7th February 2023

Melksham WWR – February 23

Super Sharks! A great day of racing and fun at the Melksham Wild Water Race, just four paddlers, but, what a four the were!

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16th January 2023

Melksham Avon WWR

Saturday 4th February Anybody interested in trying a different venue? This race is similar to the Barrow-Upon-Soar race, can be raced in Wild Water Racing boats or Slalom boats.

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15th January 2023

First Race of the Year

Wet, but not cold or Miserable! A very small team of three people, Jasmin, Liah, and Neal made it to a very wet Barrow-Upon-Soar, for the first Wild Water Race of 2023. It was very wet, the River was very high and fast, but as always a great day out.

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29th December 2022

January Barrow Race

Saturday 14th January 2023 Who is up for the first Wild Water Race of 2023? We are going to Barrow-Upon- Soar, just outside Loughborough. It is suitable for anyone who can paddle 3k.

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27th December 2022

December – Barrow – 2022

New WWR paddlers The Sharks were back racing at the Barrow-upon-Soar race in December and added another three paddlers to our team. Another fun day out, looking forward to January’s race.

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13th November 2022

Back Again

Wild Water Racing A small team traveled to the Barrow-upon-Soar Race on Saturday, the first time The Sharks have raced Wild Water for a while, too long. Hopefully this marks the beginning of our return and again become one of the Country’s top clubs.

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29th October 2022

Barrow River Races 22/23

Entry Level Wild Water Races The Barrow-upon-Soar Wild Water Race serries is an ideal place to start River Racing, there are monthly races through the winter of about 3k (1.8miles), there are no rocks, just a twisty flowing stream.

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26th February 2022

Fourth Wild Water Race

Sharks in Scotland Grant Underwood is back racing Wild Water and was in action at the Fourth Wild Water Race on the River at Stirling.

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26th December 2021

Southampton Wild Water Race

Saturday 12th February A sprint Wild Water Race, suitable for novices. You do two runs of the course and your fastest run counts.

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26th December 2021

Barrow Wild Water Races

Saturdays Jan 15th, Feb 5th, & Mar 5th Why not have a fun day out in Barrow on Soar, near Loughborough, paddle a different river, get some new experience? Suitable for all standards and all boats.

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6th January 2021

Principles of Training

How to Improve your performance Our Slalom Coach, Rick Moore has written the following information in order to help our paddlers, get fit, stay fit and generally improve their performance.

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26th November 2020

Return to Wild Water Racing

Wild Water Racing The Sharks are planning to restart Wild Water Racing Session at Harefield in January on Monday evenings at 6pm, meeting at Tory Lake.

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4th October 2020

Llandysul 2020

Training Camp Report We held a training camp for our slalom paddlers in Llandysul, Wales, the site is used for events at al divisions in the UK calendar, so an excellent venue, for fun, practice and a weekend away.

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31st July 2020

Where will You go Next?

Start the Adventure of a Lifetime Five years ago this week, Sharks landed in America

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