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 |
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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 |