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 |