Frazer Pearce has partnered Adrian Healy throughout the past decade. In addition to many joint trips he has also spent time surfing in Ireland and open boating in one of Canada's great parks. Along with appearing in the `White Water Nepal' video, Frazer has also been featured in promotional videos for both Prijon and Eskimo and helped to make the video diary for the 1997 Tyne Tour, the largest paddling festival in the UK.  He also runs one of the most acclaimed (and visited) kayaking internet sites; http://star-www.dur.ac.uk/~frazerp/kayak/ , has spoken to the London River Rats and is a recognised contributor to the international paddling newsgroup rec.boats.paddle. In his spare time Frazer is a research astrophysicist working at Durham University.
 

Year	Location	Notable rivers
1988-1998	France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia	Ubaye Gorge, Dora Baltea, Pitzbach, Oetz, Biasse
1992	Norway	Sjoa, Bua
1993	Nepal	Tamba Kosi, Marsyandi
1994,1995	Ireland
1994	Costa Rica	Reventazon, Pacuare
1996	Chile	Bio-Bio, Fuy
1996	Zimbabwe	Zambezi
1997	California	Cal. Salmon, Giant Gap, North Fork Yuba
1997	Canada	Algonquin park
1998	New Zealand	Whitcombe, Hollyford
1999	Turkey	Coruh, Barhal
2000	New Zealand	Nevis Bluff, Perth

Adrian Healy, 32, London

Adrian has had to withdraw due to work commitments.
 

Mat Upton, 31, Dunedin

Mat Upton grew up paddling around the UK and got a thorough grounding in the alps before journeying further afield.  In the early nineties he competed in slalom events in K1, C1 and C2 divisions but promotion made this logistically impossible. His first big trip was the BCU expedition to Alaska in June 1996,  the report of which appeared in Canoe Focus, followed a year later by a trip to California. He also has first aid qualifications, was a member of the AKC beating world champion cardboard boat designing team in 1990 (Llangollen, Wales) and has given talks to both the Manchester and London River Rats.  His work as a research microbiologist  took him to Dunedin University for two years with an intervening year working at Bristol University. He currently lives in
Dunedin.
 

Year	Location	Notable rivers
1989-1997	France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany	Ubaye Gorge, Dora Baltea, Pitzbach, Oetz
1996	Alaska	Willow, Tana, Tsania
1997	California	Cal. Salmon, Giant Gap, North Fork Yuba
1997-1998	New Zealand	Whitcombe, Hollyford, Nevis
1999	Turkey	Coruh, Barhal
2000	New Zealand	Perth

Clive Williamson, 29, Cambridge

Clive Williamson was a member of a 6 man trip to Norway in 1992 which also included Frazer and Adrian. Rather than training to go to Nepal the following year he chose to buy a landrover and drive overland to the Cape of Good Hope. Along the way he visited Victoria Falls and never came back. After a season as a safety boater he worked his way up to become the rafting operations manager for Sobek Expeditions and then Raft Quest. He has also worked as a video boater and has advanced first aid qualifications leading to appointments as the Zambezi safety officer and river safety officer for the Camel Challenge in both 1996 and 1997. Two major trips to the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe provided wilderness multiday experience before spending six months living and working in New Zealand before finally returning to the UK in 1999, four years after leaving.
 

Year	Location	Notable rivers
1990-1997	France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia	Ubaye Gorge, Dora Baltea, Pitzbach, Oetz
1992,1994	Norway	Sjoa, Bua
1995-1997	Zimbabwe, Zambia	Zambezi
1996, 1997	Zimbabwe Eastern Highlands	Pungwi, Upper Gairasi
1998	New Zealand	Whitcombe
1999	Turkey	Coruh, Barhal
2000	New Zealand	Nevis Bluff, Perth

Charlie Mott, 26, Manchester

Charlie Mott is an experienced raft guide and safety kayaker with 4 seasons worth of guiding for Eastern River Expeditions on the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers, Maine, frequently acting as the trip leader in the last two seasons, followed by one season guiding on the Gauley River, West Virginia for North American River Runners. Leaving North America he went to Africa to become a Zambezi safety kayaker and raft guide, working for Sobek Expeditions. His first aid qualifications include British Red Cross Expedition First Aid and he travelled with Clive Williamson to explore the Zimbabwean Eastern highlands to gain multiday wilderness experience. He now works for a computing consultancy in Manchester.
 

Year	Location	Notable rivers
1995-1999	France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany	Ubaye Gorge, Dora Baltea,  Oetz, Finstermunster
1992-1994	Maine	Penobscot, Kennebec
1995	West Virginia	Gauley, New, Russell Fork, Yokegaini
1996	Zimbabwe, Zambia	Zambezi
1996	Zimbabwe Eastern Highlands	Pungwi, Gairasi
1999	Turkey	Coruh, Barhal
2000	New Zealand	Nevis Bluff, Perth, Whitcombe

Andy Evans, 24, Nottingham

Andy Evans first visited the alps in 1994. Despite his age he has gained lots of experience and has already completed trips to Norway, Corsica, Alaska, California and Turkey. As he is presently working on a Ph.D. at Nottingham University he is frequently to be seen falling in at Holme Pierrepont and is a keen canoe polo player. Making the most of his time as a student he spent five weeks paddling around the alps in 1998 before joining the early season expedition to Turkey in 1999.
 

Year	Location	Notable rivers
1994-1999	France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany	Ubaye Gorge, Dora Baltea, Pitzbach, Oetz, Biasse
1994	Norway	Sjoa, Bua, Jori
1995	Corsica	Vecchio, Taravo, Fium Orbo
1996	Alaska	Willow, Tana, Tsania
1997	California	Cal. Salmon, Giant Gap, North Fork Yuba
1999	Turkey	Coruh, Barhal
2000	New Zealand	Nevis Bluff, Perth, Whitcombe

Dan Peel, 25, Plymouth

Dan Peel brings the total number of Newcastle University Canoe Club ex-presidents on the team to four.  Paddling extensively around Europe and a season safety boating on the Zambezi produced a solid, reliable paddler who has also obtained wilderness experience on a trip to Norway. Dan is also a keen canoe polo player, being awarded university half-royals for his endeavors. He currently works at the Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth,  an ideal location for slotting in runs down the local rivers after work.
 

Year	Location	Notable rivers
1994-1996	France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany	Ubaye Gorge, Dora Baltea, Ardez, Oetz
1998	Zimbabwe, Zambia	Zambezi
1999	Norway	Sjoa, Bua, Jori
2000	New Zealand	Perth, Whitcombe

Andrew Laird has featured in slalom racing since the age of 17, consistantly maintaining his position in Division 1 (highest placing 13th) and regularly representing his local region. He has also taken part in rodeo and whitewater racing competitions, coming 7th in the 1995 Universities Whitewater race. A competitive canoe polo player he captained the 1997 runner-up squad in the universities championship and was also a member of the 1995 team that finished in the same position. Apart from competions he has paddled extensively in the alps and just returned from an early season high-water trip to Norway, a classic training ground for British kayakers. He now works for an engineering consultancy firm in Newcastle
 

Year	Location	Notable rivers
1994-1999	France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany	Ubaye Gorge, Dora Baltea, Pitzbach, Oetz, Inn shoot
1999	Norway	Sjoa, Bua, Jori
2000	New Zealand	Whitcombe, Maruia Falls

Fay Davies spent several years dominating the scene at Newcastle whilst completing both an undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in geography. Several visits to the alps (including running much of the Inn in the "team girl power" topo-duo), time spent in Africa on the Zambezi and a year in New Zealand working at Dunedin university have produced a confident, experienced paddler. In the off season Fay is also a competitive canoe polo player, surprising many a chauvanist with an early dunking; "Woops, sorry, tee-hee".
 

Year	Location	Notable rivers
1993-1996	France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany	Rhone, Guil, Ubaye, Inn
1997	Zimbabwe, Zambia	Zambezi
1997-2000	New Zealand	Hokatika, Glenroy