National Rankings in Slalom
The final positions for Shark paddlers at the end of the 2022 slalom season. It has been a great year for our slalom team based at Harefield, under the guidance of Rick Moore, our lead Slalom coach.
Men’s Division 2 K1
Our Top ranked paddler is Khaleel Ziauddin, he finished 2022 in 49th place, with 763 points. He is our top ranked paddler for the second year running.
Aaron Nolan was our second ranked paddler in 56th place, he collected 684 points from just three events, hopefully we will see him at more events in 2023 and a higher ranking status.
Our only other Division 2 paddler is 62-year-old Neal Underwood, who finished the season in 89th place with 156 points. 3rd ranked master over 60.
Division 3 Ladies’ K1
The Sharks’ top ranked lady is Jasmin Uhlhorn at 22nd with 576 points from just 3 events, including a win, must mean promotion beckons in 2023.
Next up is Mel Moore in 44th place with 232 points from just two events, hopefully a few more events in 2023 will see her climb up the rankings.
Just one place behind in 45th place is Master Susan Templeton with 231 points from 4 events. Ranked number 1 in Master 65 Ladies.
Tasmeen Khatra is in 48th place with 200 points from just one event, hopefully a few more events in 2023 could result in another promotion.
in 56th place is Fleur Harman who collected 150 points from just one race, waiting to see what happens in 2023.
Men’s Division 3 K1
Our highest ranking Division 3 paddler is Hudayfa Hadjali, who finished the season in 4th place with 991 points, just one event short of getting promoted, expect something early in 2023.
Coming in at 43rd is Meshach Lewis, who only did three events, but collected 506 points, including podium finishes, looking likely for early promotion in 2023.
Ranked 60th in Division 3 Men’s with 375 points K1 is the ever young Richard Davis, he also won the Masters over 85 League (yes over eighty-five years old).
David Spikings is ranked 71st with 283 points, including a win at his final outing of the season. He is also ranked 14th in the Masters over 55 League.
Junior 12 Aditya Ravichander is ranked 86th with 216 points from just three events, looking forward to seeing Aditya progress in 2023
Jamie Cavagnani collected 125 points which puts him in 105th place from just one outing after he was promoted, which he won, so looks like a good 2023 awaits him.
In 110th place was Kurt White with 126 points from just two events, coming third in both.
Joe Pawley came 119th with just one result and picking up 91 points
The following were also promoted to Division 3 this year, but did not race, they will start the 2023 in Division 3.
Dylan West
Canoe Doubles
Rick Moore, paddling with Windsor padder Richard Comer came 23rd with 255 points from just three events.
Jasmin Uhlhorn and Neal Underwood paired up for one event and came 30th with 15 points, they were also 9th mixed crew.
Men’s Veterans K1
Richard Moore came 5th with a season total of 2833 points.
Danny Dalrymple was 50th with 47 points from 3 events.
Division 4 Paddlers
The following paddlers started their canoe slalom career by entering Division 4 events, entry level events, but are yet to get promoted, we look forward to seeing you get promoted early in 2023.
Thank you to everyone who took part, to all the clubs which hosted events. This is our highest number of ranked paddlers every and the highest participants in any one year, which is a great reflection on our excellent slalom coaching team at Harefield led by Rick Moore.
What are your plans for 2023? Why not come along and join our ever expanding team, have some fun and adventure. Beginners are always welcome, you don’t need any specialist kit as we will supply it. We paddle all year round, so don’t delay contact us on 07951 770241 or email slalom@thesharks.org.uk.
Published 10th November 2022.