Name - Richard Matheson Harpham Team Position - Team Manager Origins - Born in London [Heart in Scotland] AKA - Buffy Hometown - Bedford Location - Anywhere on the sea Height Standing - 5ft 10 Inches Weight - 90kgs Paw Size - n/a Eye Colour - Blue Food - Thai Food Music - Loves all music Sports - Expedition Kayaker, rugby, some skiing! Family - Living with partner Education – 3 degrees Ground Speed – Kayaked 1,000 miles from Vancouver to Alaska in 27 days http://www.big5kayakchallenge.com Fastest Ground Speed on Skis – Not great, I'm the Manager!

A true sports eenthusiast, Richard will be either hanging halfway up a rock face, walking in the hills and mountains, on a bike or canoeing in the middle of winter. Well he does claim to be Scottish! In fact if you stop him for five minutes he will be able to relate (at some length) a story about most sports and his attempts at them. Richard is something of a Rugby gypsy and has played Rugby around the world in places as wide and varied as Bedford, Sweden, New Zealand and various places in the USA. An unfortunate dislocation of his knee last year has finally forced him to hang up(not chuck out!!) his boots.

He has taken part in numerous charitable sporting events including London to Paris cycle rally twice, Bedford 100 mile canoe marathon 3 times and competes with The Star Rafters on the rafting circuit (no we are not doing the 100 mile, 3 day Wye Valley raft race again!!). He is also loving the sport of canoe polo and can’t understand why it is not an Olympic Sport.

He does claim to have done some studying in his time but primarily selected his colleges on location to allow kayak surfing and commercial diving (not at the same time!!).