Athlete Jasmin is our second top ranked slalom paddler in 2024, she was ranked 26th in Ladies’ K1 Division 3. She also is a regular feature in our Wild Water Racing team.
Teacher, Coach, Athlete Aaron is currently ranked in Division 2 for Slalom Men’s K1, although not raced for a couple of years, he is one of our teachers and coaches, looking forward to seeing you race again soo.
Athlete Adam has recently returned to racing wit The Sharks Wild Water Racing Team at Barrow in October, where he took top Shark spot. He has also race Sprint and Marathon in the past and is looking forward to 2025.
Another of our older generation of paddlers, who races with the Itchen Valley Shark contingent. Danny finished 2024 ranked 36th in the Veterans Men’s K1 League with 712 points
Athlete Richard Davis has a long history of racing in the UK and beyond, at 87 years old, the oldest slalom paddler in teh UK, probably the World, he is still competing in National Division 3 Slalom, where is ranked 46th and top Master over 85.
Athlete and Race Organiser A paddler with a lot of experience now in Division 3 slalom, races Wild Water and Marathon, and organises our Southern Serries Wild Water Races, based in Hampshire.
7 new paddlers added to The Shark Team Due to weather issues, many events did not run or were curtailed, this has obviously affected the national rankings in Slalom, but we still managed to get 7 new paddlers racing Slalom in 2024, bringing our total to 19 paddlers racing this year.
Athlete In 2024 Liah became The Sharks top female slalom paddler having come 19th in Ladies Division 3 K1 with 417 points from just 3 events. She is also ranked 95th under 16 in the UK. In 2023 she was Ranked 12th in the UK Ladies K1 Wild Water Racing and second Under 16.
