Athlete and Slalom Coach at Harefield
Rick leads our Slalom Team based at Harefield, he is a very experienced paddler and still competes, racing Veteran K1 Men’s Slalom and was the runner up in the 2021 this year he is currently in 12th place with 2588 points in Men’s K1.
Rick is also ranked 11th in C1 Men’s Veteran Class, with 848 points from 4 events.
Additionally Rick has been our spokes person on trying to clean up our rivers to make them safe for participants in water sports.
During the Winter Rick has been having some fun at Hambleden
Rick made his debut for The Sharks in Wild Water Racing at Melksham in February, coming 4th, he also raced C2 with Jasmin Uhlhorn and they won the event comfortably, leaving them top of the national rankings. He also raced with Liah Boyle, coming 6th.
Rick was the key person in organising the Vintage Slalom, which ran alongside the World Championships in 2023
Rick also paddles C2 with Richard Comer and with Mel More
Updated 24th November 2024