2025

18th April 2025

Langham Farm May ’25

Slalom, WWR, and Training A weekend of canoeing to help hone your skills and race in both Wild Water and Slalom all in one weekend at one of the best development events on the calendar. Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May, put it in your diary now.

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15th April 2025

Elmbridge Marathon May ’25

Flat Water Race on the Thames Who wants to race on Sunday 11th May? Less than an hours drive from our sites in West London, Elbridge is the nearest ranking Marathon to us, some of you will recognise the location as it sits just opposite Shepperton Slalom Canoe Club.

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14th April 2025

The Sharks at Shepperton ’25

Slalom and River Race Weekend 24th -26th May The Sharks are organising a festival of canoeing over the Bank Holiday Weekend Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th and Bank Holiday Monday 26th May. Including a ranking Division 3/4 slalom and The London Regional River Race Championships.

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11th April 2025

March 2025

Another Active Month Four events in March as the Winter Series end and Summer Slaloms begin.

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11th April 2025

Oughtibridge Div 3/4 Slalom

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th April Who wants to go to Oughtibridge Slalom? Oughtibridge is just north of Sheffield, about 165 miles from our base at Harefield and a three hour drive. It is a a Division 3 and 4 event.

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11th April 2025

Osterley 2025

Due to Blue/Green Algae we have temporarily closed this site. We are sorry, but for safety reasons this site is currently closed, we will monitor the situation and update each week. call 07951 770241 or email: osterley@thesharks.org.uk., for more information.  Book Here.

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8th April 2025

Shepperton March ’25 Results

Slalom Results Shark paddlers were in action at Shepperton to kick off the 2025 Slalom Season.

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8th April 2025

Thamesmead Launch

The Sharks are coming to Thamesmead From Bank Holiday Monday May 5th, The Sharks will be operating from the Boathouse at Southmere Lake, Thamesmead. And what a plan we have …

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29th March 2025

Thamesmead

The Sharks are coming to Thamesmead From Bank Holiday Monday May 5th, The Sharks will be operating from the Boathouse at Southmere Lake, Thamesmead. And what a plan we have …

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17th March 2025

Cedric Avery Final March 2025

Results of the Cedric Avery Series The March event of the Harefield Mini-Marathon series was the culmination of the Winter series and the results are …

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17th March 2025

Southampton WWR 2025 Results

Another Great days racing A great mornings paddling at Southampton Canoe Club, racing on the River Itchen, enabling many of our paddlers to increase their experience of different kinds of water.

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14th March 2025

Apply for your Slalom Bib

2025 Slalom Bibs are now available All of our paddlers ranked in Division 3 and above need to apply for their 2025 slalom bibs here.

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10th March 2025

January & February 2025

A flaying start to the year January and February have been a very busy start to the year, both on the water and off the water, first of all a nod to our competitive Wild Water Racers that have been going through the Winter.

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4th March 2025

March ’25 Barrow Results

River Race Results from Barrow-upon-Soar A team of ten Shark paddlers made the trip for the final race of the serries, it was a great day out, with nice weather, no wind and excellent water. We will be back in October!

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3rd March 2025

Cedric Avery Feb ’25 Results

Harefield Mini Marathon Results Although a small turn out , a great race with everyone doing the 6 miles (9.5k), we need a few more paddlers to get involved and get active. Next race is on Sunday March 16th.

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18th February 2025

The Barrow March ’25

The 6th and serries finale race Join us for the Legendary Barrow Race on Saturday 1st March. The Sharks have attended every race in the serries and now it is time to enjoy the serries finale, so please do come and join us.

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18th February 2025

Southampton WWR – March ’25

Saturday March 8th Is the date for this year’s Southampton Wild Water Race, it is a sprint format event and you can enter here.

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18th February 2025

Please Help James Raise Money

For Abbey’s Heroes – Read his story James Hinves has been a great friend to The Sharks, he works for Paddle UK (previously British Canoeing) and has continually supported The Sharks in a number of ways over the years; now it is our turn to help him, please read on.

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17th February 2025

Barrow Results February ’25

Three new champions! Nine paddlers took to the challenge of the 5th race in the Barrow Wild Water Racing series, which was also the East Midlands Championship. The weather was on the cool side, but the competition was hot and The Sharks excelled!

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15th February 2025

Want to work for The Sharks?

We are recruiting Teachers and Coaches We currently pay £18 an hour (to be reviewed in April) for newly appointed Paddle-Sports Coaches, this rises with loyalty. We have an exciting programme of activities in a number of locations, Interested? …

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22nd January 2025

Cedric Avery Results Jan ’25

First Mini-Marathon of the year Not the warmest of days and following on from the Barrow Race the day before, but still we had some Shark paddlers wanting to test themselves and enjoy a good paddle.

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22nd January 2025

Barrow Results January ’25

First race of the year A team of 9 Sharks made their way to Barrow-upon-Soar on a crisp Saturday morning to kick the racing calendar off for The Sharks. Four personal best times and one new paddler. A great way to start the year!

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6th January 2025

The Sharks, they are a changing

The Sharks Sports Group CIC We are pleased to announce that a Community Interest Company has been established to help us become even bigger and more importantly even better. Please read on for more information …

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4th January 2025

Challenge 2025

Things we want to achieve in 2025 Each year we set ourselves a list of challenges for the new year, so this is what we have so far, if you can think of any others please do email us: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk and make your suggestions. We will update the list as we go through the year.

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26th December 2024

Harlesden 2025 …

And Beyond Building on the work of past years, we have great plans for 2025, to grow our project at Harlesden and create a first class canoe club for a first class town.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Want to work for The Sharks?

30 April 2025

We are recruiting Teachers and Coaches We currently pay £18 an hour (to be reviewed in April) for newly appointed Paddle-Sports Coaches, this rises with loyalty. We have an exciting programme of activities in a number of locations, Interested? …

Thamesmead

05 May 2025

The Sharks are coming to Thamesmead From Bank Holiday Monday May 5th, The Sharks will be operating from the Boathouse at Southmere Lake, Thamesmead. And what a plan we have …

Thamesmead Launch

05 May 2025

The Sharks are coming to Thamesmead From Bank Holiday Monday May 5th, The Sharks will be operating from the Boathouse at Southmere Lake, Thamesmead. And what a plan we have …

Elmbridge Marathon May ’25

11 May 2025

Flat Water Race on the Thames Who wants to race on Sunday 11th May? Less than an hours drive from our sites in West London, Elbridge is the nearest ranking Marathon to us, some of you will recognise the location as it sits just opposite Shepperton Slalom Canoe Club.

Langham Farm May ’25

18 May 2025

Slalom, WWR, and Training A weekend of canoeing to help hone your skills and race in both Wild Water and Slalom all in one weekend at one of the best development events on the calendar. Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May, put it in your diary now.

The Sharks at Shepperton ’25

26 May 2025

Slalom and River Race Weekend 24th -26th May The Sharks are organising a festival of canoeing over the Bank Holiday Weekend Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th and Bank Holiday Monday 26th May. Including a ranking Division 3/4 slalom and The London Regional River Race Championships.

Osterley 2025

28 September 2025

Due to Blue/Green Algae we have temporarily closed this site. We are sorry, but for safety reasons this site is currently closed, we will monitor the situation and update each week. call 07951 770241 or email: osterley@thesharks.org.uk., for more information.  Book Here.

Challenge 2025

31 December 2025

Things we want to achieve in 2025 Each year we set ourselves a list of challenges for the new year, so this is what we have so far, if you can think of any others please do email us: canoeing@thesharks.org.uk and make your suggestions. We will update the list as we go through the year.

Harlesden 2025 …

31 December 2025

And Beyond Building on the work of past years, we have great plans for 2025, to grow our project at Harlesden and create a first class canoe club for a first class town.

Latest News

Langham Farm May ’25

Elmbridge Marathon May ’25

The Sharks at Shepperton ’25

March 2025

Oughtibridge Div 3/4 Slalom

Osterley 2025

Shepperton March ’25 Results

Thamesmead Launch