Coaching team

Been paddling since 1996 with Thames who originally started as a Texaco corporate team before re-branding as Thames DB Club.

Paddled both for UK seniors and open teams in The UK, US and Sweden. Won 5 gold medals in the U.K world championships. Competed in China on two separate occasions as part of the Masters International team made up of DB paddlers from around the world.

Also competed at club level in Prague and France and been part of the Thames coaching team for 10 years. 

I first tried dragon boating back in the early 90s when the company I worked for entered a team into a corporate dragon boat festival. It was years later when I moved to London that I discovered dragon boating was a “real” sport and people actually trained regularly! I joined Thames Dragon boat club in 2003 and I’ve been paddling with them ever since.

I loved being a club paddler but in 2006 decided to up the ante and try out for the Great British Premier Women’s team. I paddled for GB for six years from 2006 to 2011 competing at European and World Championships (alternate years) and achieving gold, silver and bronze medals at Europeans and silver and bronze at Worlds.

Being a dragon boat paddler opened up other paddle sports to me. I started outrigging in 2010 and have competed in France, US, Canada and London. In 2011 I started racing super rafts (20 litre barrels strapped together with bows attached) and have competed in the CHAR 70 mile raft race five times.