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

Athlete Age Location Country
Aaron Shiller 52 Baltimore, MD ISR
Aaron Dutton 46 Bellingham, WA USA
abbi wells 57 Holt GBR
Abigail W-P 21 GBR
Abigail Lamb 37 London GBR
Abigail Smith 20 GBR
Adam Donaldson 57 Uffington GBR
Adam Taemur-Shariff 24 Abu Dhabi UAE
Adam Sergeant 38 Ledbury GBR
Adinda de Boer 64 Den Helder NED
Adrian Gray 55 Redditch GBR
Adrian Lee 48 Longford IRL
Name withheld
Adrian Moore 55 Peterborough GBR
Agustin Jauregui 57 Etxebarri, Bizkaia ESP
Ahmed Alexander 40 Leicester GBR
Aida Shariff 62 Herts GBR
Alan Penman 53 GBR
Alan Champion 62 Albury, NSW AUS
alan wisniewski 72 Seaford GBR
Alan Jones 57 Staffordshire GBR
Alan McVay 71 West Palm Beach, FL USA
Alan Duckers 67 Chester GBR
alex campbell 47 Standish, ME USA
Alex Finch 46 Tunbridge Wells GBR
Alexander Melnikov 49 GER
Alexander Podoprigora 26 Moncton, NB CAN
Alexandra W 23 USA
Alexandre Domingues 40 Montreal, QC CAN
ALF MARTIN 84 POOLE DORSET GBR
Alison Parker 60 Ventnor, Isle of Wight GBR
Alistair Coast-Smith 55 Derby GBR
Alistair Slade 64 Devoran GBR
Allen H 59 CAN
Amorette Halley 50 GA USA
Ana W 51 Northern Virginia, VA USA
Andrea Duempelmann 54 York GBR
Andreas Sjöblom 34 DEN
Andrej Martinovic 50 Bratislava SVK
Andrew Affleck 49 Bradford on Avon RC GBR
Andrew Richards 50 Norfolk, England GBR
Andrew Beet 50 Wokingham GBR
Andrew Stanway 60 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR
Andrew Knox 46 Manchester GBR
Andrew Batten 63 Horsham GBR
Andrew Belcher 56 Offenham GBR
Andriy Kharchenko 47 Odessa UKR
Andy Kuswandi 39 USA
Andy Perkins 48 West Midlands GBR
Andy Spry 53 Llanvaches ESP
Andy MacLean 64 Fairfax, VA USA
Andy Walls 54 Cannock GBR
Angela Obolsky 40 USA
Anja Schimmack 49 GER
Name withheld
Annie Daffern 26 Manchester GBR
Annika Kristoffersson 52 Stockholm SWE
Ann K Seidman 75 Ballston Lake, NY USA
Anthony Noble 68 Ramsey, NJ USA
Anthony Vail 53 Rye GBR
Anthony Cotton 86 Huntingdon GBR
Antony Slinn 48 GBR
Arco Nobels 53 Vijfhuizen NED
Ash Speake - South GBR
Ashley Jarman 53 Leeds GBR
Asma'a Al-Yousef 37 Qurtoba KUW
Attila Kárpáti 48 Nagykovácsi HUN
Audrey W 21 USA
Audun Kjemperud 45 NOR
Audun Kjemperud 45 HVALSTAD NOR
Aurel Wisse 61 Laval, QC CAN
Barbara Browning 68 Dorchester GBR
Barbara Hoyt 57 Ventura, CA USA
Barbara Berenger 43 USA
Barry Stults 59 Saint Louis, MO USA
Barry Gillespie 65 Malton GBR
Barry Willey 62 Galveston, TX USA
Bart Woltering 60 Den Haag NED
Barton W-P 86 Clavering GBR
Ben Skinner 49 Winchester GBR
Benedict Lindley 40 GBR
Benjamin Kim 37 KOR
Bert Condren 73 Wallingford, CT USA
Beryl Archer 73 GBR
Beth McFadden 67 North Wales, PA USA
Bill Carter 58 Norfolk, VA USA
Billy Dennison 64 Magor, Wales GBR
Bob Lesch 59 MA USA
Bob Davinson 71 ESP
Bob McLaughlin 94 USA
Bob Stinger 48 Blackpool GBR
Bob Sandhu 55 New York, NY USA
Bob Young 64 Stanford-Le-Hope GBR
Bob Gore 56 Bath GBR
Bob Poliachik 63 Apex, NC USA
Bonnie Martinez 52 Southern Pines, NC USA
Boris Bossi 56 Davos SUI
Borys P 14 SWE
Brad Duns 42 Los Angeles, CA USA
Brad Armstrong 64 Surrey, BC CAN
Brendin Lewis 62 Brisbane, QLD AUS
Brian Philpotts 52 Malvern GBR
Brian Critchley 64 Manchester GBR
Brian Doucet 49 Newfoundland CAN
Brit H 53 Sandnes NOR
Bruce Mansur 74 Dripping Springs, TX USA
Bruce Butler 68 Slapton, Buckinghamshire GBR
Bruin Schafrath 53 Charlotte, NC USA
Bruin Schafrath 53 Wilton, CT USA
Carl Franckowski 62 NY USA
Carl Bowron 54 Surrey GBR
Carla Chifos 66 Cincinnati USA
Carol Lamb 74 Maltby GBR
Carole Sergeant 67 Wallingford GBR
Carrie Griffin 29 USA
Carsten Haavardtun 45 Asker NOR
Cathi Ramsden 64 Adelaide, SA AUS
Cecilie S L 48 NOR
Cerys Thomas 44 Sheffield GBR
Charles Rodgers 57 GBR
Chazzie B 43 USA
Chris Owen 51 HIgh Wycombe GBR
Chris Blower 53 Plymouth GBR
Chris Fordy 55 Bridgwater GBR
Chris Ryan 53 Wirral GBR
Chris Tostevin-Hall 58 Guernsey GBR
Chris Clark 56 Midvale USA
Chris Tostevin-Hall 58 Guernsey GBR
Chris Surak 48 Downingtown, PA USA
Chris Newberry 54 Horsham GBR
chris buckle 62 colchester GBR
Chris Clegg 75 Sheffield Tigers GBR
Chris Bollen 56 Chiswick GBR
Chris Archer 75 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL
Christian Schuchardt 45 Weiterstadt GER
Christian Ha 35 Ingolstadt GER
Christian M Gunther 29 Chester GBR
Christina Nordin 71 Moscow UNAFF
Christine Wojcik 55 San Diego, CA USA
Christine Lemon 60 Stoughton, WI USA
Christopher Ryan 62 Greenwich, CT USA
Christopher Jones 56 Cwmbran GBR
Christopher Lloyd 47 Wirral GBR
chuck lalli 61 Green, OH USA
Claire Nolan 64 Liverpool GBR
clare burrell 64 Coleraine, VIC AUS
Claudius B. 44 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER
Cliff Hales 45 Port Angeles, WA USA
Clifton Patten 66 Dayton, OH USA
clive ellis 77 chesterfield GBR
Colin Kelly 34 OH USA
Colin Steer 73 Perth, WA AUS
Colin Bradley 71 Bower Hinton GBR
Colin Brinkman 41 Alexandria, VA USA
Colin Thurlow 49 Perth, WA AUS
colin ireland 60 liverpool GBR
Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 55 Adelaide, SA AUS
Connie Eckart 62 Norton, MA USA
Cornel B - Perth, WA AUS
Cory Swinfield 21 GBR
Cougar Keighley 51 Turley Holes GBR
Courtney McCauley 45 Green River, WY USA
Craig McFarlane 53 Hoedspruit RSA
Craig Robertson 53 Gaborone BOT
Name withheld
Cynthia Shortle 73 Seabrook, TX USA
Cynthia Brock 56 Ithaca, NY USA
D. Rolland 86 Muskego, WI USA
Dale Coupland 76 Lethbridge, AB CAN
Damian Griffin 47 Dublin IRL
Dan McInerney 59 Marlow, NH USA
Dan Apps 55 Caistor GBR
Dan Sims 62 Texas USA
Dan McHugh 63 Coventry GBR
Daniel G 19 GBR
Daniel Dryden 54 Aracena ESP
Daniel Brind 45 London GBR
Darren Hall 59 Geordieland GBR
Darren Bastin 48 Rochdale GBR
Darren Matthews 50 Birmingham GBR
Darryl Dunham 59 Lexington, KY USA
Dave Lisle 56 St Helens GBR
Dave O'M 52 IRL
Dave Kirby 57 Sterling, VA USA
Dave King 61 Dawlish GBR
Davey Glover 45 Doncaster GBR
David Manchip 82 Boston GBR
David Watson 59 Durham GBR
david schneider 78 Austin , TX USA
David Dickinson 55 Scarborough GBR
David Smith 38 Oslo NOR
David McCullough 63 Howick NZL
David Bennett 62 Suwanee, GA USA
David Carrière 68 Deux-Montagnes, QC CAN
David Murray 49 Milton Keynes GBR
David Hilton 59 OR USA
David Neiss 59 San Diego, CA USA
David Moore 59 Waterloo, IA USA
David Holmberg 40 Sundsvall SWE
David Owen 49 Aberdeen GBR
David Leibowits 55 Old Greenwich, CT USA
David Roberts 68 Anglesey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 GBR
David McOnie 69 Ottawa, ON CAN
David Plumb 60 Manchester GBR
David Karp 48 Gbarnga LBR
David Taylor 60 Weybridge GBR
David I Smith 58 York GBR
Demi Zalman 62 Margate, NJ USA
Denis Judd 65 Seaham GBR
Denise Jones 73 Benfleet GBR
Denise Aitcheson 68 London GBR
Dennis Wojcik 59 Hollywood, MD USA
Derrick Jaastad 51 Virginia Beach, VA USA
Dianne Carrière 69 Deux-Montagnes, QC CAN
Dieter Bieler 81 Brooklyn, New York USA
Dieter Bieler 81 Brooklyn, NY USA
Dirk Janßen 59 Singapore SIN
Dirk Koenig 54 Shorewood, MN USA
Dominic Kennard 51 East Sussex GBR
Dominik Leherbauer 30 AUT
dominique geffroy 49 CZE
Donald Dunning 58 Fresno, CA USA
Donna Trusio 59 Sparta, NJ USA
Doris Rolland 86 USA
Doug Rodgers 50 Port Ludlow, WA USA
Doug Trumper 73 Turunç, Marmaris, Muğla TUR
Doug Cryer 48 Goldcoast, QLD AUS
Douglas Bender 61 Hudson, QC CAN
Duane McCauley 50 Green River, WY USA
Dwayne K. Adams 59 Phoenix, AZ USA
Edmond Mertes 57 Sandweiler LUX
Edward Kardell 71 Keller, TX USA
Elizabeth W-P 23 GBR
Elizabeth McGuigan 60 Chevy Chase, MD USA
Ella G 21 GBR
Ellie H 27 NZL
Em AK 35 Senonches FRA
Emily Wojcik 26 USA
Emily Sarat 53 Concord, MA USA
Emma Pettitt 51 Milan GBR
Eric M 43 SWE
Eric Castermans 63 Diepenbeek BEL
Erik Pedersen 57 Randers DEN
Erik Hicks 51 Oslo NOR
Erik de Groot 49 CAN
Ernest Poku 52 Windsor GBR
Eugene Jooste 59 Gaborone BOT
Euron Thomas 49 Beddgelert GBR
Fedor Podoprigora 48 Victoria, BC CAN
Felton Humble 46 Glasgow GBR
Fiona Webber 60 Alton GBR
Fiona Millar 56 GBR
Name withheld
Francis Corbin 51 Hickory, NC USA
Frank Snow 54 Shoreline, WA USA
Frank Pallo 73 Spring Hill, FL USA
Frans Vliegenberg 69 Asten NED
Fred Koene 63 Rotterdam NED
Fred Asante 47 London GBR
Fri Kin 49 HUN
Gabriel Narancio 41 London, ON CAN
Gabriele Guidi 42 Livorno🇮🇹 ITA
Gabriella Nonino - Tarragona ESP
Gaby Buse 65 GER
gail cowper 48 kettering GBR
Gareth Kelly 44 Armidale, NSW AUS
Garth Templeman 45 Sydney AUS
Gary Patmore 38 Nottingham GBR
Gary Brown 60 Burlington, ON CAN
Gary Dakin 67 Nottingham GBR
Gary Loyden 63 Swindon GBR
Gary Mepsted 57 Southampton GBR
Gary Graham 59 Canterbury GBR
Gavin Hutchcraft 48 Cambridgeshire GBR
Gavin Merrington 55 Weldon GBR
Gavin McOnie 34 Ottawa, ON CAN
Gemunu Peries 57 Guildford GBR
Geneviève Carrière 41 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, QC CAN
Geoffrey Sonntag 50 Tonganoxie, KS USA
George Weekes 67 Orsett GBR
Gerald Ssali 56 London GBR
GERRY TIPPLE 78 PRAGUE CZE
Gert D 57 Groningen NED
Gifford Lewis 64 Webster, NY USA
Giles Leonard 51 Hong Kong HKG
Gillian Tait 55 Inverness-shire GBR
gillian burrell 89 Chester le Street GBR
Ginger Williams 52 USA
Glenn Carlson 75 Niantic, CT USA
Graham Dover 53 Coquitlam, BC CAN
Graham Wood 55 Yarm GBR
Graham Thompson 55 Westerham GBR
Graham Webber 67 FREE SPIRITS GBR
Grant Reeve 49 Sturbridge, MA USA
Greg Coulon 49 Oakdale, NY USA
Gregor Andrews 52 Aberdeen GBR
Gregor Hirschfeld 53 Nantes FRA
Gregory Hill 44 USA
Gregory Smith 61 Hopkinton, MA USA
Gus Goad 68 Bury St Edmunds GBR
Guy Wood 80 Winnipeg, MB CAN
Guy Blackburn 52 Troon GBR
Guy Warren 64 St Albans GBR
Guy Nesbitt 54 Highclere GBR
Günther Teschner - GER
Hans Pfeil 60 GER
Hans van Dijk 60 Nieuwegein NED
Hayley Plumb 30 Manchester GBR
Heather Guibert - CA USA
Heidi Mies 63 Signal Mountain, TN USA
Helen Berrier 61 White Bear Lake, MN USA
Henri Katz 70 Whakatane NZL
Henrik Elmer 55 Sønderborg DEN
HN Kiper 65 Herndon, VA USA
Holly Howard 62 Walla Walla, WA USA
Hubert Graf 56 Vienna AUT
Hunter White 29 Jamaica, VT USA
Huw Thomas 63 Milverton GBR
Iain Greenwood 55 Reading GBR
Iain Pope 50 Edinburgh GBR
Ian Merrington 54 Oundle GBR
Ian Hutchison 61 Bradford GBR
Ian Maddaus 45 Bozeman, MT USA
Ian Pickering 63 Stamford GBR
Ian Hesketh 59 Sandbach Cheshire GBR
Ian Bee 45 Cotswolds GBR
Ian Hamby 57 Derby Line, VT USA
Ian Clark 67 Pulborough GBR
Ilse Van Oyen 42 Bruges BEL
Ingrid Ermler 46 Ingolstadt GER
Izabela Wlodarska 34 Bialystok POL
j b 52 GA USA
Jack Lear 30 Pembrokeshire GBR
Jack Clift 56 Awesomeville GBR
Jackie Shuker 55 Nottingham GBR
Jacques Malaprade 54 Reading GBR
James Estes 64 Enon, VA USA
james sykes 58 sydney AUS
James Gillen 55 Derry IRL
James Estes 64 Sewell; Free Spirits, NJ USA
James Flax 56 Cincinnati, OH USA
James Woolf 57 Windsor GBR
James Elliot-Square 40 Sherborne GBR
James Benn 45 Göteborg SWE
James Hawrylak 59 JPN
James Merrey 48 GBR
Jamie Robson 74 Worcester GBR
Jamie Bristoll 54 Tamworth GBR
Jan Justesen 52 Virum DEN
Jan Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR
Jan Bertl 30 Prague CZE
Jane Shuker 58 Stanton Hill GBR
Name withheld
Janeen Dell'Acqua 66 Valley Center, CA USA
Jan Erik Øygarden 47 Arendal NOR
Janet S 57 Windsor GBR
janet Lawton 64 Islamorada, FL USA
Janet Plumb 61 Sale, Cheshire GBR
Jaromir Sychra 65 Havířov CZE
Jason Cross 44 London GBR
Jason Bartley 53 Whangamata NZL
Jason Hewitt 52 RSA
Jason Lewis 51 Coventry GBR
Jason Gizzarelli 50 Alexandria, VA USA
Jason Hewitt 52 Wigan UK. GBR
Jay Critoph 54 Thame GBR
Jayesh Patel 51 Newcastle upon Tyne GBR
Jean Murtha 68 Avondale, PA USA
Jeff Johnson 55 Auburn, ME USA
Jeff Kirby 61 Ventura, CA USA
Jeff Seal 52 Wenatchee, WA USA
Jeffrey C Franklin 80 Charleston, WV USA
Jena Portanova 41 USA
Jennifer Victory 69 Dublin IRL
Jennifer Barrick 47 Federal Way, WA USA
Jennifer Chinitz 51 MI USA
Jens Van Vaerenbergh 33 Zutendaal BEL
Jeremy Churcher 56 Kingsbridge GBR
Jeremy Smithers 42 London GBR
Jesper Theil Hansen 58 Taastrup DEN
Jianjing Tang 51 CHN
Jill Underwood 74 Doncaster GBR
Jim Maurer 67 Center Valley, PA USA
Jim Bray 68 Launceston GBR
Jim Murtha 61 Kirkwood, PA USA
Jim Sturiale 70 Carlsbad, CA USA
Jim Johnson 72 Colorado Springs, CO USA
Jim Carlson 59 Uxbridge GBR
Jim Swinfield 48 Isle of Wight GBR
jim russell 57 maldon GBR
Jim Kathios 63 Pelham, NH USA
Jo Goddard 39 GBR
Joan Janssen 58 Singapore SIN
Joanna Greenwood 54 Twyford GBR
Joanna Thomas 43 Sheffield GBR
Joanne Armstrong 64 White Rock CAN
joanne hawkins archer 43 Kettering GBR
Jock Turner 59 St Austell GBR
Joe Marchetti 50 Emmaus, PA USA
Joe Pfaltzgraff 46 USA
Joe Casey 69 Malden, MA USA
Joe H 25 GBR
Joe Smith 64 Georgetown , IN USA
Joe Lohman 57 Rothbury, MI USA
Joel Vivian 52 Phoenixville, PA USA
Johannes Milén 47 FIN
John Tunison 75 Post Falls, ID USA
John Calhoun 36 USA
John Davies 59 Gloucester GBR
John Tusting 48 Norwich GBR
John Bohill 50 Dublin IRL
John Pålsson 39 SWE
John Schaap 60 Gorinchem NED
john macpherson 50 scotsburn, HI GBR
John English 46 Rochester, NY USA
John Turner 58 Bay City, MI USA
john boothman 54 kildare IRL
John Reeves 81 Emsworth GBR
John Biederman 64 Cincinnati, OH USA
John Robinson 61 Townsville AUS
john e 11 GBR
John Warkala 69 North Bellmore, NY USA
John Glynn 44 Letterkenny IRL
John R. Davidson 68 Ashburn, VA USA
Joi Bear 50 San Jose, CA USA
Jon Burch-Hyson 61 Winchester GBR
jon king 47 Christchurch NZL
Jon Howell 64 USA
Jon Boorman 54 Charlotte, NC USA
Jon Taylor 57 Bath, Somerset GBR
Jon Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA
Jonas O 11 CZE
Jonathan Davis 51 Oswestry GBR
Jonathan Sage 49 Dartford GBR
Jonathan Lemon 55 Poulsbo, WA USA
Jonathan Victory 33 Dublin IRL
Jonathan Ashmore 51 Leamington Spa GBR
Jonathan Day 67 Mt. Martha AUS
Jonathan Lee 39 Greenock GBR
Jonnie Prouse 56 Buckingham Palace GBR
Jonny Lear 59 Pembrokeshire GBR
Joost Pisters 48 Nieuwegein NED
JOSE M RUEDA 60 GETAFE ESP
Joseph Wilhems 69 Woodville, OH USA
Name withheld
Joshua Merrington 27 Aylesbury GBR
Joy L - USA
Judit Nagy 53 Budapest HUN
Juergen Grieb 55 Weil der Stadt GER
Julia Wallace 55 Sale GBR
Jussi Ruusila 51 Vihti FIN
Jørgen Mortensen 62 Sorø DEN
Jørgen Bloch 64 Tårup, Nyborg DEN
K Whit 54 USA
KaKaKa Dospalenka 48 SWE
Karen Midkiff 64 Sebring, FL USA
Karen Garry 48 University Place, WA USA
Karen Gee 71 White Haven, PA USA
Karen Robertson 48 Gaborone BOT
Karl Meyer 62 Germantown, OH USA
Kate Leonard 79 Sutton Coldfield GBR
Katherine Iskin 39 South Bend , IN USA
Kathy Wiens 54 Orleans, ON CAN
Kathy Sowka 61 Woodstock, CT USA
Kay Bieri 47 Thun SUI
Kelley Michaels 44 FL USA
Kellie Wyatt 31 Clarion, PA USA
Kellie Stapleton 70 Richmond, CA USA
Ken Bean 60 Parkville, MO USA
Ken Reardon 71 Kent GBR
Ken Wood 63 Wallsend GBR
Ken Cambie 62 Central HKG
Kerri Holmes 51 Perth AUS
Kerrie Hudson 43 Guyton, GA USA
Kevin Fogg 58 Northampton GBR
kevin McAuley 74 Ballycastle GBR
Kevin Scott 62 Somerset GBR
Kevin Hubbard 63 NM USA
Kevin McLellan 71 Enfield GBR
Kevin Horne 59 Sparkford GBR
Kevin Allen 52 Atlanta, GA USA
Kevin Russell 49 Falkirk GBR
Kevin Parker 64 Park City, UT USA
Kirby Tillotson 60 Edmonton, AB CAN
Kirstin Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA
Kjell Ovrevik 70 Haudaland NOR
Kristene Lachapelle 56 Northbridge, MA USA
Kristin Zaky 55 Loxahatchee, FL USA
kuj rahelu 48 London GBR
Kurt Van Den Broeck 51 Olen BEL
Kåre 43 SWE
L. irish 48 USA
Lane Anderson - New Haven, CT USA
Larry Skelly 65 Whitby, ON CAN
Larthell Carthan 70 Southfield, MI USA
Laurence Casey 61 Grantham GBR
Laurence Colliard 58 Paris FRA
Laurie Levites 69 Eugene, OR USA
Lawrence Spierings 58 Hechtel BEL
Lee Winslow 59 Stockport GBR