Paddler Profiles

24th November 2024

Arjun Vaghela

Athlete Arjun raced for the first time in the Mini-Marathon at Harefield in November.

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24th November 2024

Maximilian Arbuzov

Athlete The latest member to join our competitive Squads, Maximilian made his debut at the Barrow Race in November 2024. Coming 31st over all, and 4th Junior 12 age category.

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24th November 2024

Kiyan Zend Lashani

Athlete Seven-year-old Kiyan became the youngest ever Shark to race in an individual event, when he came 37th at the Barrow race in October 2024 and 2nd J8.

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24th November 2024

Charlie O’Donnell

Athlete Another of our new Wild Water Racers, who joined our team at Barrow in October, coming 35th.

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24th November 2024

Carmel Lord

Athlete Making her racing debut at the Barrow in October 2024, Carmel was just behind daughter Ryo, also making her debut.

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24th November 2024

Ryo Lord

Athlete Ryo raced for The Sharks for the first time at the Barrow-on-Soar River Race in October, She was 11th in the Ladies’ K1 event and second J16.

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24th November 2024

Abdullah Syed

Athlete Abdullah is the youngest of the Syed paddlers (Salih and Abdurrahman) at just 8 years old, he made his debut in slalom at Cardington in August 2024 and then in Wild Water Racing at Barrow in November 2024.

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24th November 2024

Abdurrahman Syed

Athlete Another one of our junior paddlers (under 10) making his debut in canoe slalom at Cardington in August 2024 and then his Wild Water Racing Debut at Barrow in November 2024.

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24th November 2024

Saalih Syed

Athlete Making his Shark debut at Cardington Slalom in August 2024, coming 20th over all and 4th J12 in Men’s Division 4, he has also raced WWR taking 27th and 2nd J12 at the Barrow Race in November 2024.

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24th November 2024

Nicolas Bozic

Athlete Nicolas entered his first race at Cardington in August 2024, his second was a week later at Langham Farm, which was disrupted due to high water levels from the excessive rain.

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24th November 2024

Andrew Spires

Athlete Another paddler who raced his first event at Cardington in August 2024, coming 18th in Men’s K1 Division 4 and second senior.

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24th November 2024

Ian Marsh

Athlete Ian joined our competitive squads at Cardington Slalom in August 2024, where he came 9th in Men’s K1 Division 4 and first senior. He joined our Wild Water Racing Team at the November 2024 Barrow Race coming 23rd.

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24th November 2024

Anny Schwietzke

Athlete Anny joined our slalom team at Cardington in August 2024, where she came 12th over all in Division 4 Ladies’ K1, she was third senior paddler.

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24th November 2024

Rick Moore

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.

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24th November 2024

Fleur Harman

Athlete Ranked in 37th place in National Division 3 in 2023 Ladies Slalom K1, Fleur is also races Wild Water. Not raced in kayaked in 2024, but has spent the Summer doing Triathlons to raise money for charity.

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24th November 2024

Alistair Gifford-Moore

Athlete Alistair made his Slalom Debut for The Sharks at Langham Farm in April 2023, coming 11th in his first event. Now ranked in Division 3, he managed just one event in 2024, and is ranked 89th.

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24th November 2024

Jasmin Uhlhorn

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.

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24th November 2024

Ally Judge

Athlete Ranked 46th in Ladies’ Division 3 slalom in 2024, having completed one event. Second ranked Lady in M40 age group.

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24th November 2024

Aaron Nolan

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.

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24th November 2024

Ivijah Campbell-Bryan

Athlete Our latest Shark to be ranked in Slalom, the J14 is making waves in kayaking. Not only slalom, but Wild Water Racing and Marathon, having won two of his first three races.

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24th November 2024

Adam Stewart

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.

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24th November 2024

Danny Dalrymple

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

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24th November 2024

Richard Davis

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.

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24th November 2024

Susan Templeton

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.

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21st November 2024

Neal Underwood

Coach and Athlete Neal is our lead Wild Water Racing Coach, although he also coaches Marathon and Sprint. Like most of our coaches, Neal has a background in competitive canoeing and does still race.

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21st November 2024

Khaleel Ziauddin

Athlete Khaleel has maintained his position of The Sharks top ranked slalom paddler for the fourth consecutive year.

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21st November 2024

Liah Boyle

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.

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21st November 2024

Grant Underwood

Athlete and Coach Grant is The Sharks own home grown international talent, having represented Great Britain in Wild Water Racing. He is currently ranked 41st in the UK rankings and 45th in the European rankings in Wild Water Racing.

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15th May 2022

Nicole Dosanjh

Athlete One of our Marathon racing team, based at Southall, Nicole started through our partnership with Featherstone Primary School. Most recently she was a finalist in the Sprint event at the London Youth Games.

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