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

Virtual Team Challenge Participants

Pos. Athlete Age Location Country Challenge
9 Dwayne K. Adams 59 Phoenix, AZ USA 919,588m
115 James Flax 56 Cincinnati, OH USA 734,807m
58 Oliver Leeds 52 Tunbridge Wells GBR 695,842m
82 Guy Blackburn 52 Troon GBR 606,159m
5 david schneider 78 Austin , TX USA 516,000m
141 James Estes 64 Enon, VA USA 437,590m
46 Morten Haugseng 61 Sandnes NOR 397,307m
122 Jill Underwood 74 Doncaster GBR 345,532m
81 Karl Meyer 62 Germantown, OH USA 345,203m
69 Michael Y.B. Lam 60 Richmond, BC CAN 341,501m
154 Fred Meyer 63 FL USA 338,478m
76 David McCullough 63 Howick NZL 338,401m
140 Paolo Cecchini 70 Urbino ITA 312,169m
93 Chris Tostevin-Hall 58 Guernsey GBR 310,000m
54 Craig Robertson 53 Gaborone BOT 298,793m
40 Tom Begley 64 Helsinki FIN 285,770m
67 Joi Bear 50 San Jose, CA USA 280,326m
98 Andriy Kharchenko 47 Odessa UKR 277,050m
87 Gregory Smith 61 Hopkinton, MA USA 275,262m
139 John Biederman 64 Cincinnati, OH USA 273,543m
144 Patrick Leuthard 53 Zug SUI 265,072m
23 Richard Underwood 74 Doncaster GBR 263,202m
86 Matt Garry 48 Lakewood, WA USA 252,981m
119 Tapio Reisinger 57 Ingelheim GER 247,216m
117 Dan Fennell 54 NY USA 246,448m
66 alan wisniewski 72 Seaford GBR 238,468m
68 Peter Weiß 56 Ingolstadt GER 237,625m
50 David Taylor 60 Weybridge GBR 227,901m
132 Phil Richards 65 Reading GBR 201,767m
170 Susan Atkinson 49 GBR 200,938m
145 Juergen Grieb 55 Weil der Stadt GER 188,776m
120 Christopher Lloyd 47 Wirral GBR 188,500m
92 Jamie Bristoll 54 Tamworth GBR 184,575m
126 Patrick Monahan 79 Toronto, ON CAN 183,034m
103 Christopher Ryan 62 Greenwich, CT USA 178,670m
28 David Plumb 60 Manchester GBR 177,567m
19 Boris Bossi 56 Davos SUI 170,729m
15 Joseph Wilhems 69 Woodville, OH USA 170,207m
166 Eric Anderson 46 Quantico, VA USA 167,528m
64 Kirby Tillotson 60 Edmonton, AB CAN 165,083m
1 Dirk Janßen 59 Singapore SIN 165,000m
153 Jon Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA 158,032m
42 MASSIMILIANO DE ROSA 56 POMEZIA ITA 156,000m
25 Paul Freeman 69 Rothbury GBR 154,340m
16 Bob Poliachik 63 Apex, NC USA 150,000m
12 Katherine Gonyea 52 Alexandria, VA USA 148,730m
156 Gavin Hutchcraft 48 Cambridgeshire GBR 148,529m
133 Trevor Taylor 67 Seaton GBR 148,347m
147 Ian Harrison 59 Hannover GER 147,643m
99 Marcello Clarizia 59 Roma ITA 145,114m
10 Tim Masick 71 Roanoke, VA USA 143,000m
78 Vadim Kutsyy 51 Los Altos, CA USA 142,853m
131 Robert New 62 Payzac France. GBR 140,005m
48 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 55 Adelaide, SA AUS 140,000m
45 Michael Murtha 65 Avondale,, PA USA 137,227m
102 Roger Gelissen 52 Venlo NED 131,825m
43 Nigel Madeley 68 Sherborne GBR 129,189m
135 Alexander Melnikov 49 GER 126,829m
21 George Wiederock 60 Vienna, VA USA 126,303m
11 Michael K. Schramm 65 Flower Mound, TX USA 125,000m
51 Dan Apps 55 Caistor GBR 124,450m
72 Sander Roosendaal 51 Enschede NED 123,686m
74 j b 52 GA USA 123,404m
142 Ron Pollard 58 Indianapolis, IN USA 122,646m
149 Patrick Ledegang 53 Mijdrecht NED 121,363m
163 Tako Lootsma 51 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 120,001m
104 David Leibowits 55 Old Greenwich, CT USA 117,206m
44 Larry Skelly 65 Whitby, ON CAN 109,624m
30 Jonnie Prouse 56 Buckingham Palace GBR 109,337m
169 Ian Bee 45 Cotswolds GBR 109,056m
155 Bruin Schafrath 53 Charlotte, NC USA 104,294m
159 Paul Towey 49 Royal Leamington Spa GBR 103,135m
14 Phil Hewitt 58 Warrington GBR 101,127m
114 Mike Tettenborn 62 Kemble, ON CAN 100,500m
53 Sinisa Mirkov 60 Port Moody, BC CAN 99,378m
107 Haico Aaldering 57 Brisbane NED 97,338m
59 Joe Lohman 57 Rothbury, MI USA 94,912m
4 Richard Jackson 75 Thorold, ON CAN 87,092m
162 Oscar Vicente 47 Utebo - Zaragoza ESP 79,639m
63 James Elliot-Square 40 Sherborne GBR 77,801m
70 Felton Humble 46 Glasgow GBR 74,123m
47 Fred Koene 63 Rotterdam NED 72,173m
157 Claudius B. 44 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 70,418m
79 Sue Haga 63 WV USA 67,000m
94 Ian Pickering 63 Stamford GBR 66,510m
3 Mark Payton 57 Yamhill, OR USA 66,498m
161 John Pålsson 39 SWE 65,613m
112 Günter Timmermann 61 Enschede NED 64,048m
118 Martin Cloke 44 London GBR 62,731m
146 Marcus Selle 63 Berlin GER 62,000m
152 Kirstin Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA 59,907m
39 Wayne Howell 64 Fishkill, NY USA 59,421m
158 JOSE M RUEDA 60 GETAFE ESP 59,393m
17 Larthell Carthan 70 Southfield, MI USA 56,674m
34 Ana W 51 Northern Virginia, VA USA 54,000m
175 Matthew Newman 35 Baltimore, MD USA 53,538m
2 Roger Burrell 92 Chester le Street GBR 52,182m
177 Kirill Anurov 44 London GBR 51,790m
101 Grant Reeve 49 Sturbridge, MA USA 50,137m
90 Richard Young 58 Beaverton, OR USA 48,584m
60 Sjoerd Plagmeijer 51 Den helder NED 48,100m
84 Bruce Butler 68 Slapton, Buckinghamshire GBR 45,051m
31 Chris Bollen 56 Chiswick GBR 45,000m
151 David Hilton 59 OR USA 44,841m
97 Mick O'Rourke 60 GlGold Coast, QLD AUS 44,388m
41 Gary Graham 59 Canterbury GBR 43,646m
20 Linda Fulmer 65 Yuma, AZ USA 43,399m
71 Erik Pedersen 57 Randers DEN 43,368m
143 Jan Erik Øygarden 47 Arendal NOR 42,200m
65 Attila Kárpáti 48 Nagykovácsi HUN 42,057m
33 Andrew Stanway 60 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR 39,931m
96 Mark Trudgian 59 King's Lynn, Nofolk GBR 37,785m
77 Stephen Craig-Pearson 54 Dunedin NZL 37,500m
91 Bob Young 64 Stanford-Le-Hope GBR 36,000m
13 D. Rolland 86 Muskego, WI USA 34,456m
88 Barbara Hoyt 57 Ventura, CA USA 33,803m
55 Cliff Hales 45 Port Angeles, WA USA 33,000m
127 Steven White 49 Ayrshire GBR 32,028m
24 StJohn Ford 51 Maidenhead GBR 31,550m
148 Dean Fogarty 49 Mooloolah Valley, QLD AUS 31,218m
7 Richard Lindner 64 Somerset, UK GBR 30,841m
172 Brad Duns 42 Los Angeles, CA USA 29,666m
165 Chris Blower 53 Plymouth GBR 29,131m
52 Tony Currie 54 Sheffield GBR 28,909m
124 Michelle Housenga 49 Minneapolis, MN USA 28,862m
168 Matt Krause 47 Allentown, PA USA 28,699m
121 Miika Hannus 56 Oulu FIN 28,500m
137 David Carrière 68 Deux-Montagnes, QC CAN 27,080m
85 Heli Kuru 57 Hämeenlinna FIN 26,865m
108 Mark Lewis 53 Liverpool GBR 26,198m
73 Pedro Cabrita 48 POR 26,000m
83 Zoot Mutant 60 Ventura USA 25,764m
80 Douglas Bender 61 Hudson, QC CAN 25,000m
75 Teemu Suortti 43 Summa FIN 21,719m
22 timothy doody 72 chicago, IL USA 21,519m
38 gillian burrell 89 Chester le Street GBR 21,304m
130 Jan Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR 20,745m
125 Sandy Roy 70 Aberdeenshire GBR 20,000m
35 Emma Pettitt 51 Milan GBR 17,032m
100 Brit H 53 Sandnes NOR 16,165m
36 Paul Victory 71 Dublin 16 IRL 15,418m
110 Thomas Mehlenberg 56 Erftstadt GER 15,258m
109 David Murray 49 Milton Keynes GBR 13,223m
105 Jonathan Lee 39 Greenock GBR 12,115m
27 Ben Skinner 49 Winchester GBR 10,153m
167 Magnus Larsson 49 Limhamn SWE 10,105m
129 Sheena Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR 10,000m
113 Phil Lamb 65 Maltby, Rotherham GBR 10,000m
171 Stella Kendall 55 GBR 9,825m
134 Jon Taylor 57 Bath, Somerset GBR 9,576m
89 Alan McVay 71 West Palm Beach, FL USA 7,950m
62 David I Smith 58 York GBR 7,566m
178 Svitlana Kharchenko 44 Odessa UKR 7,500m
111 Laura Fairbairn 47 Malvern GBR 6,562m
123 Steven Lee 72 Lawrence, KS USA 6,235m
49 Michael M. Gunther 70 Chester GBR 6,000m
37 David Dales 76 Boston GBR 6,000m
61 Eric-Jan Van Eerde 63 Apeldoorn NED 5,776m
26 Gregor Andrews 53 Aberdeen GBR 5,000m
6 Kris Jones 60 Alexandria, VA USA 4,649m
174 Carl Franckowski 62 NY USA 4,510m
106 Jaromir Sychra 65 Havířov CZE 4,328m
138 Kathy Wiens 54 Orleans, ON CAN 4,000m
176 Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki 58 Port Moody, BC CAN 3,024m
32 Karen Gee 72 White Haven, PA USA 1,592m
8 Thomas William-Powlett 55 Essex GBR 0m
29 Alison Parker 60 Ventnor, Isle of Wight GBR 0m
173 Quinn Solberg 23 Brunswick, ME USA 0m
18 Ann K Seidman 75 Ballston Lake, NY USA 0m
57 Huw Thomas 63 Milverton GBR 0m
116 Lesley Duffy 59 Brisbane, QLD AUS 0m
128 Travis Greer - Colorado Springs, CO USA 0m
136 Rafal Jarzabek 43 Łódź POL 0m
160 Jayesh Patel 51 Newcastle upon Tyne GBR 0m
95 Patricia Cavanagh 75 Victoria, BC CAN 0m
150 Florian Faisstnauer 36 Innsbruck AUT 0m
164 Sian Reynolds 60 Pafos CYP 0m
56 Andrew Belcher 56 Offenham GBR 0m