Free Spirits

The club started in 2006 when some disgruntled rowers left another on-line group because it had too many rules. The group decided to contact people on the Concept 2 rankings to see if they would be interested in taking part in a few challenges. The emails flying around soon got out of hand and in late 2006 the Free Spirits forum began. We celebrate our birthday each year on 16th May. Please visit: https://www.freespiritsrowing.com

Fall Team Challenge Participants

Pos. Athlete Age Location Country Challenge
7 Dwayne K. Adams 59 Phoenix, AZ USA 956,527m
3 david schneider 78 Austin , TX USA 652,820m
59 Joi Bear 50 San Jose, CA USA 507,635m
51 Oliver Leeds 52 Tunbridge Wells GBR 503,232m
99 James Flax 56 Cincinnati, OH USA 443,492m
116 James Estes 65 Enon, VA USA 411,326m
107 Trevor Taylor 67 Seaton GBR 377,641m
38 Morten Haugseng 61 Sandnes NOR 352,418m
128 Fred Meyer 63 FL USA 336,486m
92 Christopher Ryan 62 Greenwich, CT USA 328,962m
115 Paolo Cecchini 70 Urbino ITA 328,024m
18 Richard Underwood 74 Doncaster GBR 324,377m
71 Guy Blackburn 52 Troon GBR 317,475m
119 Juergen Grieb 55 Weil der Stadt GER 316,455m
21 David Plumb 60 Manchester GBR 292,497m
48 Craig Robertson 53 Gaborone BOT 282,177m
57 alan wisniewski 72 Seaford GBR 270,923m
103 Jill Underwood 75 Doncaster GBR 262,353m
14 Boris Bossi 56 Davos SUI 253,361m
10 Trevor Charlton 72 Hexham GBR 250,027m
130 Gavin Hutchcraft 48 Cambridgeshire GBR 249,370m
127 Jon Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA 239,113m
32 Tom Begley 64 Helsinki FIN 233,747m
90 Roger Gelissen 52 Venlo NED 222,930m
69 Karl Meyer 62 Germantown, OH USA 222,141m
123 Patrick Ledegang 53 Mijdrecht NED 217,862m
74 Bruce Butler 68 Slapton, Buckinghamshire GBR 216,295m
138 Tako Lootsma 51 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 216,184m
56 Attila Kárpáti 48 Nagykovácsi HUN 211,045m
100 Dan Fennell 54 NY USA 209,457m
46 David Taylor 60 Weybridge GBR 207,771m
106 Jan Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR 204,900m
93 Haico Aaldering 57 Brisbane NED 204,306m
88 Marcello Clarizia 59 Roma ITA 202,703m
126 Kirstin Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA 201,250m
83 Mark Trudgian 59 King's Lynn, Nofolk GBR 200,032m
73 Tony Cotton 78 Derbyshire GBR 199,417m
65 Stephen Craig-Pearson 54 Dunedin NZL 180,982m
105 Sheena Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR 167,547m
27 Paul Victory 71 Dublin 16 IRL 160,062m
43 Fred Koene 63 Rotterdam NED 159,637m
109 Alexander Melnikov 49 GER 154,411m
114 John Biederman 64 Cincinnati, OH USA 150,819m
122 Zach Veitch 47 London GBR 148,841m
30 Mat Leonard 53 Anglesey GBR 144,090m
35 MASSIMILIANO DE ROSA 56 POMEZIA ITA 143,000m
37 Michael Murtha 65 Avondale,, PA USA 135,367m
132 Eva Hellmund 54 Bonn GER 135,331m
36 Nigel Madeley 68 Sherborne GBR 124,400m
16 timothy doody 72 chicago, IL USA 124,388m
111 Barry Willey 62 Galveston, TX USA 122,557m
15 George Wiederock 60 Vienna, VA USA 121,430m
75 Gregory Smith 61 Hopkinton, MA USA 118,973m
79 Jamie Bristoll 54 Tamworth GBR 115,009m
80 Steve Fenn 62 GBR 114,883m
102 Christopher Lloyd 48 Wirral GBR 114,500m
85 Jussi Ruusila 51 Vihti FIN 113,351m
60 Peter Weiß 57 Ingolstadt GER 113,096m
58 Chris Archer 75 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL 112,679m
44 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 55 Adelaide, SA AUS 104,851m
40 Caroline Wilson 44 Leicestershire GBR 100,717m
139 Sian Reynolds 60 Pafos CYP 100,121m
131 Steve Hines 61 Nottingham GBR 100,001m
12 Joseph Wilhems 69 Woodville, OH USA 94,897m
1 Nigel Scott 74 Kingston, Lewes GBR 92,185m
22 Jonnie Prouse 56 Buckingham Palace GBR 89,797m
11 Seth Israel 55 Ponte Vedra, FL USA 87,513m
135 John Pålsson 39 SWE 86,358m
2 Richard Jackson 75 Thorold, ON CAN 85,605m
5 Richard Lindner 64 Somerset, UK GBR 83,340m
87 Louis Liro 67 Houston, TX USA 81,773m
76 Barbara Hoyt 57 Ventura, CA USA 80,198m
129 Anthony Cotton 86 Huntingdon GBR 75,069m
62 Sander Roosendaal 52 Enschede NED 74,660m
64 Beth McFadden 68 North Wales, PA USA 72,603m
34 Gary Graham 59 Canterbury GBR 66,911m
67 Michael McElroy 46 Spring, TX USA 65,196m
125 David Hilton 59 OR USA 64,405m
142 Matt Krause 47 Allentown, PA USA 63,089m
143 Ian Bee 45 Cotswolds GBR 62,166m
47 Dan Apps 55 Caistor GBR 59,553m
72 Zoot Mutant 60 Ventura USA 58,905m
112 David Carrière 68 Deux-Montagnes, QC CAN 56,702m
84 Jianjing Tang 51 CHN 55,207m
8 Heidi Mies 63 Signal Mountain, TN USA 52,193m
13 Larthell Carthan 70 Southfield, MI USA 51,165m
124 Steffi Sunshine 41 GER 49,280m
50 Andrew Belcher 56 Offenham GBR 49,108m
42 Andrea Duempelmann 54 York GBR 46,230m
63 Steve Hill 54 Gosport GBR 42,943m
133 JOSE M RUEDA 60 GETAFE ESP 37,754m
55 Sebastian Miller 40 GBR 36,843m
61 Felton Humble 47 Glasgow GBR 36,000m
9 D. Rolland 86 Muskego, WI USA 35,773m
95 John Davies 59 Gloucester GBR 31,776m
141 Zsolt Balogh 40 Budapest HUN 31,555m
134 Jayesh Patel 51 Newcastle upon Tyne GBR 27,152m
108 Jon Taylor 58 Bath, Somerset GBR 26,560m
121 Dean Fogarty 49 Mooloolah Valley, QLD AUS 23,552m
137 Simone Cecchini 42 ITA 23,203m
29 Jonathan Ashmore 52 Leamington Spa GBR 20,718m
41 Janeen Dell'Acqua 66 Valley Center, CA USA 20,702m
68 Simon Boyd 59 Warsaw POL 20,647m
101 Michael Scott 53 NED 20,000m
78 Bob Young 64 Stanford-Le-Hope GBR 20,000m
4 Mike O'Dell 64 Carbrooke GBR 19,218m
140 Chris Blower 53 Plymouth GBR 18,564m
45 Paul Grinham 63 Shepton Mallet GBR 18,558m
31 Wouter den Breeijen 55 Holten NED 18,000m
19 StJohn Ford 51 Maidenhead GBR 17,119m
77 Alan McVay 71 West Palm Beach, FL USA 17,000m
98 Günter Timmermann 61 Enschede NED 16,477m
94 Mark Lewis 53 Liverpool GBR 13,823m
53 David I Smith 58 York GBR 13,000m
49 Cliff Hales 45 Port Angeles, WA USA 12,500m
81 Ian Pickering 63 Stamford GBR 11,302m
89 Lee Cantey 59 Scotts Valley, CA USA 10,824m
104 Joel Vivian 52 Phoenixville, PA USA 10,824m
52 Steve Smith 59 Henley in Arden GBR 10,581m
24 Karen Gee 72 White Haven, PA USA 10,404m
110 Simon Scott-Douglas 50 Colehill GBR 8,561m
118 Ron Pollard 58 Indianapolis, IN USA 7,111m
66 Simon Butterworth 63 Ambleside GBR 7,000m
70 Adinda de Boer 64 Den Helder NED 6,910m
120 Darren Matthews 50 Birmingham GBR 5,274m
28 David Dales 77 Boston GBR 5,206m
86 Linda McMillin 65 Wabasha, MN USA 5,000m
117 Nathan Gordon 47 Hickory Creek, TX USA 5,000m
113 Kathy Wiens 54 Orleans, ON CAN 4,000m
33 John Davidson - Hall Waberthwaite GBR 2,393m
25 Andrew Stanway 60 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR 2,077m
54 Jennifer Victory 69 Dublin IRL 1,834m
6 Thomas William-Powlett 55 Essex GBR 1,000m
91 Sean Gray 51 Hampshire UK GBR 500m
97 Laura Fairbairn 47 Malvern GBR 0m
96 Thomas Mehlenberg 56 Erftstadt GER 0m
82 Patricia Cavanagh 75 Victoria, BC CAN 0m
136 Thomas Guy 41 Weipa, QLD AUS 0m
23 Bob Lesch 60 MA USA 0m
17 Rob Cullen 59 Surrey GBR 0m
26 Ana W 51 Northern Virginia, VA USA 0m
20 Gregor Andrews 53 Aberdeen GBR 0m
39 David Roberts 68 Anglesey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 GBR 0m