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.
This is a long page, simply because we have so many Wild Water Racers! Fifty Individual Sharks Racing Wild Water.
Canoe Racing
Canoe Doubles has had a resurgence this year, with events making C2s available for anybody to try and with the Wild Water Racing Committee’s sending boats out to races, enabling many people to try something different and have a lot of fun along the way. A brilliant initiative, well supported, so lets put the C2s first.
Ladies’ C2 – One Shark
Keziah Maqbool paired up with Nottingham Kayak Club‘s Louise Maloney and won the only race they entered collecting 2,000 points which placed them joint 14th in the UK Rankings.
Mixed C2 – Four Shark crews
Michelle Earl and Grant Underwood paired up to win at Thamesmead 2, to earn the maximum 2,000 points placing them joint 16th.
Along with Edzikiel Maqbool and Anaya Dhillon, who won the London Sprint Championships. The were also the Top Under-12 crew in the Country.
Keziah Maqbool also paired up with Nicky Cresser from Nottingham Kayak Club, they earned 1,862 points and were placed 42nd.
In 89th place was Ivijah Campbell-Bryan and Josie Sparrow from Viking Kayak Club, just ahead of Ian Marsh and Chloe Bracewell from Nottingham Kayak Club, who were 90th.
Men’s C2 – 16 Shark Crews
In 23rd place were Grant Underwood and Neal Underwood with 3,786 points from just two events, there pair were also the London Classic Champions.
A pairing of Adam Stewart and Grant Underwood won the Thamesmead 2 race and the 2.000 points they collected put them in joint 35th place.
In 51st place was Grant Underwood and Mohammed Bouhassane, with a points tally of 1,946.
Ivijah Campbell-Bryan paddled with Isaac Whitlock from Wiltshire Youth Canoe Club, they were 89th with 1, 49 points, and top under-14 crew.
in joint 95th place were the all Shark crews of Thomas Billis and Giles Brunning with 1,547 points, and Mohammed Bouhassane and Ivijah Campbell-Bryan, the later were also Second Under-14 crew in the UK.
Ivijah Campbell-Bryan and Viking Kayak Club‘s Stanley Sparrow came 101st with 1,502 points.
Ian Marsh and Nottingham’s’ Nicky Cresser took 115th place with 1,328 points.
New to the sport through our Thamesmead project were Luca Nguyen and Damien Isbeor, the were 117th over all with 1,229 points, one place ahead of Ezikiel Maqbool and Anson Coop from Wiltshire Youth. Who were one place ahead of Ezikiel Maqbool partnering Nicky Cresser from Nottingham.
Leon Poole-Mears and Griffin Poole-Mears came 120th, Grant Underwood and Ian Marsh were 123rd, with Peter Skinner and Grant Underwood coming 125th.
Picture Southampton Canoe Club
Men’s C1 – Three Shark paddlers
In joint 6th place winning three regional races was Grant Underwood with 6,000 points. Grant also won London Classic Championships.
Joint 33rd place with 2,000 points from winning the Harefield WWR in November was Ivijah Campbell-Bryan, he was second Under-14 paddler in the UK.
Neal Underwood came 54th with 1,501 points, He was Second V60.
Kayaks
Ladies’ K1 – 16 Sharks
The highest ranked Shark Paddler in 27th place was Susan Templeton with 4,548 points. She is the Top V65 in the UK, she also came 6th over all and Top V65in the Wavehopper Challenge. Second place in the London Classic and third in the Sprints.
Abbey MacDonald was ranked 35th over all and Top Under 12 with 3,612 points. She came 12th and Top Under 12 in Wavehopper Challenge.
In 39th place and Second Under 12 was Anaya Dhillon with 3,382 points, she came 18th (Third Under 12) in Wavehopper. Anaya was third in the London Sprint Championships.
Michelle Earl was 40th and Second V40 with 3,298 points. She was 57th in Wavehopper.
Jasmin Uhlhorn, who has missed a lot of the season came 46th with 2,676 points. Jasmin was also 17th in Wavehopper. Jasmin was Second in the London Sprint Championships.
Emilia Flottwegg was 70th and 8th under 14 with 1,35 points and 38th in Wavehopper.
Another Under 14 paddler was Ryo Lord in 78th place with 1,632 points, She was 45th in Wavehopper.
Lizzy Bahhanda was placed 85th with 1,589 points and 49th in Wavehopper.
V35 Sheila Gonzalez is ranked 85th with 1,545 points and 54th in Wavehopper. Caitlin Earl came 90th with 1,469 points.
Carmel Lord was 102nd (69th in Wavehopper) one place above Aliana Sulemanji, who was Third Under 10.
Sam Whitehead was 109th and 4th V50 (75th Wavehopper) and Shirley Ngo was immediately behind her, with J12 Keziah Maqbool in 120th place and in joint 121st place was Orla Kirk who was Second Under 8. Orla was 84th and Top Under 8 in Wavehopper.
Men’s K1 – 34 Shark Paddlers
Having established himself back as the Sharks’ top Wild Water Race last year, Grant Underwood maintains that position, he is ranked 26th in the UK with 5,847 points. Grant was also London Sprint Champion, and second in the Classic.
Rising up the rankings and now The Sharks number two paddler is 14-Year-old Ivijah Campbell-Bryan, his position is 46th, he is also second J14, with a points tally of 5,321.
Slipping to third place is veteran paddler Neal Underwood, who collected a total of 4,985 points to take 51st place, he was 4th V60. He came Third in both the London Sprints and Classic Championships, top V60 in both.
Twelve-year-old, Mohammed Bouhassane, is a rising star of both The Sharks and Wild Water Racing, in his first year of competition he came 62nd over all and 3rd J12, 2026 will be his first full season so who knows what he will achieves, he had 4,434 points.
Ian Marsh came 69th with 3,936 points. He was 4th in the Wavehopper Challenge, Top Senior.
Next was Saalih Syed, who was 4th J12 and 75th overall with 3,644 points. He was 8th in the Wavehopper Challenge and Second J12.
In 86th place was 18-year-old Nicholas Bozic (6th J18) with 3,280 points. He was top J18 in the Wavehopper Challenge, 5th overall.
Abdurrahman Syed is ranked as the Country’s top Under-ten paddler, he was 87th overall with 3,222 points. Top J10 in Wavehopper, 14th overall.
Abdullah Syed, the youngest of the paddling dynasty took top Under-eights place, with 3,097 points placing him 94th overall and in Wavehopper he was Top J8 and 18h overall.
At 100th position in the national rankings was Thamesmead lead coach Giles Brunning with 2,650 points, from two events.
Our Harefield Slalom Coach Rick Moore gained 2,476 points from just two events and was placed 104th.
Maximilian Arbuzov came in at 106th position, with 2,367 points, he was 8th J12, in the Wavehopper Challenge he was 29th and 4th Under-twelve.
In 110th place was under-13 paddler, Peter Skinner, with 2,083 points from 2 events.
With just one race this year, which they won, Adam Stewart and Aaron Nolan were in joint 112th place, earning 2,000 points.
New to paddling this year, Zack Ahmed was Second Under-8 and ranked 142 overall with 1,690 points. He was also `second J8 in the Wavehopper Challenge.
Ezikiel Maqbool was 2nd J10 and 170th over all with 1,514 points and Second J10 in Wavehopper.
Christos Gainnopoulos was 172nd with 1,532 points. In 186th place was Jacob Flottwegg (1,453 points). Imran Sulemanji took 208th. Tony Howard was 217th. Andrew Kienas 230th, Reuben Liu-Kientas 231st, Hugo Flottwegg 233rd. In 241st place was Aiden Gorgi, Harry York 249th, Samuel Ashmoah 256th, Peter Jago 260th.
Taking a cleans sweep of the Under-8 medal positions was Kiyan Zand Lashani, with Third place, he was 264th over all.
Daniel Lesko was 266th, in joint 267th place was Ryan Zoller, Conor Kirk, Paul Nara, and Ali Moallim.
Pictures from Peak Uk 
Pictures from Peak Uk 
Kayak Doubles
Yes you are reading that correctly at some races there have been fun events with paddlers racing Topo Duos …
Men’s Doubles
Including Aiden Gorgi / Adam Stewart, Ivijah Campbell-Bryan / Mohammed Bouhassane, and Thomas Billis / Giles Brunning at Thamesmead 2 Race.
At The Nene: Mohammed Bouhassane / Nick Boreham (NKC), Grant Underwood / Mohammed Bouhassane, and Grant Underwood / Neal Underwood,
Women’s Doubles
Anaya Dhillon / Sophie Marriott (NKC)
Mixed Doubles
Hattie McNeill / Ivijah Campbell-Bryan, and Lydia Oxtoby / Mohammed Bouhassane.
A dramatic increase on last year’s Rankings 2024. Are you up for the calling of making 2027 even better?
Published 18th December 2025