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 |