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
6 Dwayne K. Adams 59 Phoenix, AZ USA 946,019m
46 Joi Bear 50 San Jose, CA USA 653,286m
103 Juergen Grieb 55 Weil der Stadt GER 548,201m
92 Patrick Monahan 79 Toronto, ON CAN 445,407m
123 Stephen Davies 48 Southport GBR 424,464m
117 Ian Bee 45 Cotswolds GBR 424,242m
32 Morten Haugseng 61 Sandnes NOR 419,080m
57 Lowell Lemoine 81 WV USA 415,415m
27 Colin Brinkman 41 Alexandria, VA USA 411,121m
101 Paolo Cecchini 70 Urbino ITA 408,483m
4 david schneider 78 Austin , TX USA 376,491m
61 Guy Blackburn 52 Troon GBR 344,565m
37 George Weekes 67 Orsett GBR 336,347m
118 Jay Critoph 54 Thame GBR 333,551m
124 Ilse Van Oyen 42 Bruges BEL 300,645m
122 Patrick Nöthiger 55 Hauenstein SUI 270,000m
14 Boris Bossi 56 Davos SUI 262,164m
97 Wolfgang Tome 61 Ardsley, NY USA 254,932m
54 Mike Fitzgerald 66 Alstonville, NSW AUS 247,309m
107 Jon Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA 229,951m
91 Jill Underwood 74 Doncaster GBR 223,684m
111 Claudius B. 44 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 222,222m
60 Karl Meyer 62 Germantown, OH USA 213,320m
67 Mike Roberts 57 Abu Dhabi UAE 213,000m
114 Tako Lootsma 51 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 204,000m
119 ramesh vb 45 Detroit , MI USA 202,419m
3 Denise Aitcheson 68 London GBR 200,000m
125 Michael MacLaren 58 Glasgow GBR 200,000m
20 David Plumb 60 Manchester GBR 200,000m
126 Adrian Lee 48 Longford IRL 190,962m
44 Iain Greenwood 55 Reading GBR 187,728m
134 Jon Walters 52 Ashtead GBR 187,331m
84 Lane Anderson - New Haven, CT USA 180,457m
106 Kirstin Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA 180,130m
42 Rafal Kapler 49 Konstancin Jeziorna POL 172,798m
19 Richard Underwood 74 Doncaster GBR 171,120m
113 Colin Kelly 34 OH USA 170,415m
59 Rupert Ross-Macdonald 61 London GBR 169,563m
95 Trevor Taylor 67 Seaton GBR 169,097m
79 Christopher Ryan 62 Greenwich, CT USA 167,246m
51 j b 52 GA USA 159,273m
56 Stephen Craig-Pearson 54 Dunedin NZL 151,200m
12 Bob Poliachik 63 Apex, NC USA 150,000m
34 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 55 Adelaide, SA AUS 148,962m
71 Ian Pickering 63 Stamford GBR 148,373m
45 Jonny Lear 60 Pembrokeshire GBR 145,636m
115 Eric Anderson 46 Quantico, VA USA 142,361m
87 Jeffrey C Franklin 80 Charleston, WV USA 141,452m
98 David Carrière 68 Deux-Montagnes, QC CAN 137,567m
94 Jan Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR 132,893m
93 Sheena Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR 131,426m
88 Christopher Lloyd 47 Wirral GBR 130,000m
105 Zach Veitch 47 London GBR 128,094m
30 John Davidson - Hall Waberthwaite GBR 128,052m
16 George Wiederock 60 Vienna, VA USA 127,815m
23 Bob Lesch 59 MA USA 126,161m
141 Pete Bowler 59 Oadby 🇬🇧 GBR 125,437m
31 Adrian Gray 55 Redditch GBR 122,441m
136 Andrew Knox 46 Manchester GBR 121,237m
133 Christopher Jones 56 Cwmbran GBR 121,041m
139 Paul Roobottom 49 Isle of Man GBR 119,277m
110 Gavin Hutchcraft 48 Cambridgeshire GBR 116,716m
76 Lee Cantey 59 Scotts Valley, CA USA 114,895m
86 Tapio Reisinger 57 Ingelheim GER 107,534m
22 Chris Bollen 56 Chiswick GBR 107,500m
72 Karen Midkiff 64 Sebring, FL USA 104,000m
48 Felton Humble 46 Glasgow GBR 103,000m
9 Seth Israel 55 Ponte Vedra, FL USA 102,810m
63 Laurence Casey 61 Grantham GBR 101,304m
104 Ernest Poku 52 Windsor GBR 100,102m
132 Gabriele Guidi 42 Livorno🇮🇹 ITA 99,631m
55 David McCullough 63 Howick NZL 89,300m
39 Steve Smith 59 Henley in Arden GBR 86,627m
2 John Warkala 69 North Bellmore, NY USA 82,338m
10 Phil Hewitt 58 Warrington GBR 78,574m
137 Zvon Saban 46 Brisbane, QLD AUS 72,103m
15 Peter Strik 54 Woerden NED 70,505m
108 Fred Meyer 63 FL USA 66,482m
138 Jim Swinfield 48 Isle of Wight GBR 64,805m
28 Jonathan Ashmore 51 Leamington Spa GBR 64,785m
74 Jianjing Tang 51 CHN 63,212m
58 Sue Haga 63 WV USA 59,299m
26 Ana W 51 Northern Virginia, VA USA 59,000m
121 Katherine Iskin 39 South Bend , IN USA 58,271m
112 Sharon Wright 67 Wailuku, HI USA 57,719m
143 Sam Melick 32 USA 52,514m
17 timothy doody 72 chicago, IL USA 49,000m
47 Peter Weiß 56 Ingolstadt GER 46,214m
13 Ann K Seidman 75 Ballston Lake, NY USA 45,989m
65 Barbara Hoyt 57 Ventura, CA USA 43,472m
11 Joseph Wilhems 69 Woodville, OH USA 40,768m
70 Ralf Achenbach 52 Leimen GER 40,035m
38 Marinela Honovich - USA 39,683m
102 Ron Pollard 58 Indianapolis, IN USA 38,358m
120 Ash Speake - South GBR 38,118m
81 Chris Newberry 55 Horsham GBR 36,921m
69 Richard Kingshott 52 London GBR 34,970m
96 Jon Taylor 57 Bath, Somerset GBR 34,960m
18 Sharky Jacaway 68 Nampa, ID USA 33,401m
129 Sarah Macdonald 67 Truro, NS CAN 32,093m
80 Haico Aaldering 57 Brisbane NED 30,835m
53 Teemu Suortti 43 Summa FIN 29,775m
49 Philip Price 89 Torquay, VIC AUS 28,383m
33 Fred Koene 63 Rotterdam NED 27,600m
36 Paul Gould 58 Isle Of Wight GBR 27,155m
75 Brit H 53 Sandnes NOR 26,581m
7 Michael K. Schramm 65 Flower Mound, TX USA 25,000m
135 Frank Bridge 49 ITA 24,232m
130 Melissa Dow 57 Traverse City, MI USA 23,994m
90 Gabriel Narancio 41 London, ON CAN 23,700m
89 Miika Hannus 56 Oulu FIN 23,500m
8 Trevor Charlton 72 Hexham GBR 23,037m
50 Sander Roosendaal 51 Enschede NED 22,667m
116 Jens Van Vaerenbergh 33 Zutendaal BEL 18,260m
78 Ian Hamby 57 Derby Line, VT USA 18,034m
52 Steve Hill 54 Gosport GBR 16,548m
40 Joe Lohman 57 Rothbury, MI USA 16,444m
128 Partha Narayanaswami 49 McKinney, TX USA 15,777m
109 René Huxhol 45 Wuppertal GER 15,770m
29 Tom Begley 64 Helsinki FIN 15,180m
83 Phil Lamb 65 Maltby, Rotherham GBR 12,180m
64 Simon Fulton 47 Rushden GBR 11,500m
21 Alison Parker 60 Ventnor, Isle of Wight GBR 8,377m
131 Ryan Craig 51 USA 8,068m
62 Ashley Jarman 53 Leeds GBR 6,250m
43 Chris Archer 75 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL 6,166m
127 Cecilie S L 48 NOR 5,322m
35 David Taylor 60 Weybridge GBR 5,000m
66 Michael McGinley 47 Mechanicsburg, PA USA 5,000m
5 Thomas William-Powlett 55 Essex GBR 4,052m
99 Kathy Wiens 54 Orleans, ON CAN 2,000m
24 Karen Gee 72 White Haven, PA USA 675m
68 Kurt Van Den Broeck 51 Olen BEL 0m
142 Abigail Smith 20 GBR 0m
140 Cory Swinfield 21 GBR 0m
1 Dirk Janßen 59 Singapore SIN 0m
41 David I Smith 58 York GBR 0m
77 Kristin Zaky 55 Loxahatchee, FL USA 0m
25 Andrew Stanway 60 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR 0m
82 Elizabeth McGuigan 60 Chevy Chase, MD USA 0m
100 John Biederman 64 Cincinnati, OH USA 0m
85 James Flax 56 Cincinnati, OH USA 0m
73 Patricia Cavanagh 75 Victoria, BC CAN 0m