Family Adventure Store Blog

Name: Terry Sinclair
Position: Owner
Age: 44

Terry started off working life s an engineer he now co-runs the family adventure store with his wife, Jenny. Terry has been kayaking since the tender age of 11, and has been keen on the sport ever since in addition to sailing. Terry started F.A.S with Jenny pretty much as soon as their children learnt to paddle, and he has never looked back. His favorite water sport is kayaking but he also has a hidden talent for doing headstands on anything that floats, as you’ll see if you take a look at our blog. He likes walking, off-road driving, and practical jokes. He doesn’t like sprouts or traffic. 
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Name: Jenny Sinclair
Position: Owner
Age: 42

Before F.A.S, Jenny worked as an optician for many years. She grew up sailing on her parent’s yacht nearly every weekend, and developed a love of all things sailing. She was first introduced to kayaking when she met terry, whilst still at secondary school. Since then she has learnt nearly everything there is to know about kayaks, canoes and sit-on-tops. Her favorite water sport is sailing, but she also enjoys paddling and windsurfing.  She likes red wine, off-road running, live music and travelling. She can’t stand wasting time, shopping and red tape.
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Name: Madeline (Maddz) Sinclair
Position: Little Boss
Age: 13
Maddy is Terry and Jenny’s daughter. She helps in the shop most Saturdays and is often in afterschool. Her favorite water sport is sailing, in which she has achieved her R.Y.A stage four qualification. She’s also a keen canoeist and kayaker, and will never turn down an opportunity to get on the water. She also loves hockey, her friends and mini-milk ice lollies. She doesn’t like Athletics, fishing or her hair in the morning. 
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Name: Lawrence (LOL) Sinclair
Position: Little Boss
Age: 12
Laurie is Terry and Jenny’s son. He is often in the shop on Saturdays. His favorite water sports are kayaking and sailing, in which he has gained his R.Y.A stage four. He also plays rugby and is an aspiring long-boarder, having recently skated 16 miles from Bristol to Bath with Dave Cornthwaite, whose long-distance skate achievements he plans to eclipse in the future! He loves long boarding, taking things apart and messing about on the river. He doesn’t like Football, tomatoes or people telling him to get his hair cut! (Get your hair cut, LOL!)
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Name: Dave Cornthwaite
Position: Journeyman
Age: 29
Website: www.davecornthwaite.co.uk
Dave joined us in January 2009 when he came in to buy a kayak. He hasn’t left yet. He’s one of these people who does the things that most people talk about in the pub but forget the next morning. He was the first person to skate the length of Britain and broke the Guinness World Record for distance skating by pushing his board from Perth to Brisbane across Australia (www.boardfree.co.uk). He now runs a project called The Great Big Paddle, which involves 9000 miles of paddling between 2009 and 2011 (www.thegreatbigpaddle.com). He doesn’t like boys with long hair or people who don’t think before asking the question, why?
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Name: Lucie Finch
Position: Kayaker
Age: 17
Website: www.luciefinch.co.uk

 Lucie started kayaking when around the age of 10, but only did a little bit of playboating. Brother Scott became hooked, but Lucie wasn’t all that bothered – she recalls her coach Kevin asking Scott ’so when is your sister going to start?’ and Lucie’s reply was “you’ll be lucky to get me in one of them boats!”

Now she’s in one every evening at training.

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Name: Hannah Brown
Position: Kayaker
Age: 19
Website: www.hannahbrown.eu

At the age of 19 Hannah Brown is an international kayaker and has been competing internationally for the past four years in the discipline of Wild Water Racing.

She starting paddling at the age of 13 in the flat water racing disciplines of sprinting and marathon. In 2006 she joined Bath Canoe Club and began to compete in River Racing, before being selected as a travelling reserve for the Great British Junior team to go to the Junior European Championships in Bosnia Herzegovina. After this trip she was hooked, and having spent the following winter pursuing River Racing she went onto the following year to be part of the World Champion team who won the Junior World’s team race in USA.

In 2009 she has successfully transferred from junior to senior squads and won another international gold medal at the Senior Europeans in Italy this summer. Now she’s training at this level there is no easy way out, Hannah is constantly putting in 20+ hours of training time a week, two to three sessions a day six days a week. These range from being on the water, to technical egro sessions, gym, running, swimming, cycling, core stability to stretching. Whatever the weather! Hannah completed her A-Levels in the Spring of 2009 and is hoping to further her studies in the area of Marine Biology in the future. A year away from study first, though, as she concentrates on the October 2009 World Cup races in Tasmania. She’ll remain in the Southern Hemisphere taking advantage of a warmer climate and new and exciting rivers to prepare for the June 2010 World Championships in Spain.
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