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.
On Saturday Sharks and Shepperton Slalom Canoe Club provided a day of training and slalom practice, with the ranking Division 3 and 4 slalom taking place on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.
Sunday
Division 3
Ladies’ K1
Liah Boyle raced for the first time this year and took second place (first J18), earning her 200 points, now ranked 20th in National Ladies’ Division 3.
In fourth place, also racing for the first time this year was Jasmin Uhlhorn, she collected 100 points and is now ranked 28th in Women’s K1
Susan Templeton was the first Master and 5th over all, the 50 points added to her season’s total raises her to 19th in WK1.
Men’s K1
The Sharks top paddler in this event was Ivijah Campbell-Bryan who came 8th and third J14. His 91 points now mean he is ranked 11th in his Division.
76-year-old Richard Davis picked up 23 points for his 11th place, now ranked 56th in Division 3 Men but number one in the M75 class.
Division 4
Ladies K1
Cara Dowling made her debut and came second on the day as did Anaya Dhillon, she was third in her first ever slalom race
Men’s K1
Nicholas Bozic was our top Division 4 Men’s paddler coming fourth and first J18, just a couple of seconds behind in 5th place Ian Marsh. In 7th place and second J12 was Saalih A Syed, followed by brother Abdurrahman Syed in 8th place and second J10. New to slalom and third J10 in 9th place was: Ezekiel Maqbool. 4th J10 and 10th over all was Abdullah Syed. our final newcomer to the discipline was Max Arbuzov who took 11the place.
Canoe Doubles
Grant Underwood had a busy day racing with various doubles partners. He came first with 65-year-old Neal Underwood, the ranking pair earn 68 points and are now 8th in the Country.
He also came second racing with 6-year-old Orla Kirk, who now becomes The Sharks youngest competitive paddler. and then third with 7-year-old Conor Kirk
Ian Marsh and Cara Dowling took 5th place in their first ever race.
Veterans K1
Danny Dalrymple came second in the Men’s K1 Veterans race, collecting 104 points, he is ranked 36th Veteran in the Country.
Officials Race
Thamesmead coach Semir Ahmed, returning to competition won the Officials Race, with Grant Underwood in second place and third Shark on the rostrum was Khaleel Ziauddin.
Team Event
There were four teams consisting of Shark Paddlers:
The ironically named “The Winners” came third, consisting of Ivijah Campbell-Bryan, joining Lucas Baughan from Meridian, and Luca Parsons from Lee Valley Paddlers.
Richard Davis, joined Tony Cowderoy from Shepperton, and Richard Alpin from Poole Harbour, team name “200+” which reflects their combined ages! They came 4th, only half a second behind the much younger (45 years combined) “The Winners”
The stranger team of the day was Rekiny, three C2s paddling together, so six people (and they were still 50 years behind 200+), boat one consisted of Grant Underwood and Orla Kirk, boat two was Neal Underwood and Conor Kirk, and in ‘Endy (the star of the Weekend) was Rick Moore and Lilian Moore. They came 7th.
Sharkies, a team made up of Ezekiel Maqbool, Ian Marsh, and Anaya Dhillon came 8th.
Sunday
Division 3
Women’s K1
Susan Templeton was our only competitor in this event on Sunday and she came second and first Master.
Men’s K1
Ivijah Campbell-Bryan moved up to third place over all and first J14. Super Master, Richard Davis, was in 7th place and third Master.
Division 4
Saalih A Syed moved up to second place, he was also second J12. The biggest climber of the weekend was Max Arbuzov who moved up into the bronze position and was also third J12.Abdurrahman Syed, was in 5th place and second J10, andAbdullah Syed was 4th J10 and 7th over all.
Canoe Doubles
Winners were Grant Underwood and Neal Underwood
Special mention goes to the runners up from Salisbury Canoe Club, Gregory Grant and Ellie Grant who paddled in ‘Endy, our 1970s built old fashioned C2.
Grant Underwood also took third place when he paddled ‘Endy with Hattie McNeill from Protues Canoe Club.
Officials Event
Another clean sweep of the rostrum positions by Shark paddlers this time it was Alex Aldred in first place, followed by Rick Moore, and then Semir Ahmed.
We would like to thank everyone attending throughout the three days, without paddlers and parents/coaches attending we would not have a sport. A very big thank you to those people who helped run and organise the event, critical people who work really hard to keep our sport going.
The Sharks would also like to thank Shepperton Canoe Club for the loan or their fantastic facilities, the help their members have given us not just for this event, but over several years. Shepperton will also be hosting a Division 3 and 4 Slalom on the weekend of 5th and 6th July, you can enter here.
Do you want to know more about Slalom Canoeing? Get involved, this weekend our youngest competitor was 6-years old, our oldest 78-years-old, it is a sport for all, call or text on 07951 770241 or email: slalom@thesharks.org.uk.
Published Sunday 1st June 2025