Cardington Slalom Results late ’24
A Shiver of 15 Sharks attended Cardington Slalom at the weekend, making it our largest team at any one event. Well done to everyone who took part, it was a great weekend, introducing many newcomers to the discipline. Setting a new target for future events!
Division 2
After a six-year absence from Slalom Canoeing Grant Underwood has returned to be our top ranked paddler, taking 12th place and first Senior on Saturday earning 194 points and 15th place on Sunday, again first Senior, collecting another 88 points. He is now ranked 64th in Division 2 Men’s K1 Slalom, just three places above Khaleel Ziauddin, who has 192 points from just one event! An end of season battle for Shark supremacy beckons.
Also in Division 2 was Neal Underwood who came 18th on Saturday (3rd Master) and 17th on Sunday (2nd Master), earning a total of 57 points for the weekend; placing him in 75th in the rankings with 76 points.
Division 3
Liah Boyle has extended her lead in the battel for female dominance in the Sharks Slalom Team, taking 4th place (second J16) in Saturdays event, collecting 167 points lifting her to 18th place in the Ladies’ Division 3 rankings, with a total of 417 points, eight places and 127 points above Jasmin Uhlhorn, who has race less times than Liah. On the day Jasmin came 6th (2nd Senior), earning herself 111 points. So, all still to play for in the Ladies’ competition as well.
Making his first appearance in Division 3 K1 Men’s was Ivijah Campbell-Bryan who took 1th place on Saturday (5th J14) and 12th place (2nd J14) on Sunday, collecting a weekend total of 71 points, placing him 75th in the Men’s Division 3 rankings. Also racing both days in Division 3 was Richard Davis, who took 12th and 13th respectively; he was also first Master over 85 on both days! Richard now has a season total of 291 points and is in 49th place.
On Sunday, Alistair Gifford-Moore made his first appearance of the season and took 14t place (4th Senior), earning 18 points, he currently sits in 83rd place in Division 3.
Veterans
Danny Dalrymple raced both days in the Veterans’ event taking 4th and 5th places. he is currently 34th with 642 points in the national Veterans ranking System for Men’s K1 Slalom.
Division 4
The Sharks introduced seven new paddlers to slalom canoeing on the Saturday and they are:
- Anny Schwietzke, who came 12th over all in the Ladies’ K1 event and 3rd Senior.
- Ian Marsh, 9th in the Men’s K1 and first Senior
- Nicolas Bozic 16th and 4th J16
- Andrew Spires 18th and second Senior
- Saalih Syed 20th and 4th J12
- Abdurrahman Syed 22nd and 3rd J10
- Abdullah Syed 23rd and 2nd J8
A brilliant days paddling folks, well done and hope to see you all paddling at an event soon. We will be posting profile pages soon.
Team Event
On the Saturday there was also a team event, which had two Shark teams racing:
Rekiny, consisting of Richard Davis, Neal Underwood, and Grant Underwood, giving a combined age of 184 years! They came 7th picking up just one two second penalty point, the lowest of any team.
In 17th place was Die Haie, consisting of Jasmin Uhlhorn, Liah Boyle, and Ivijah Campbell-Bryan.
Excellent fun and a great event all weekend, so a big thank you to the host Club, Viking Kayak Club for staging it. We will be back next year, and we will be bigger (and of course even better).
Are you interested in joining The Sharks? Do you want to have some fun? You don’t need any experience, we teach beginners and we provide all the kit. Our Slalom Team normally meets on Sunday Mornings at Harefield. For mor information or to get involved, please call 07951 770241, or email slalom@thesharks.org.uk.
Published Thursday 5th August