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
5 Dwayne K. Adams 59 Phoenix, AZ USA 947,279m
24 Colin Brinkman 41 Alexandria, VA USA 812,167m
72 Patrick Monahan 79 Toronto, ON CAN 475,607m
14 timothy doody 72 chicago, IL USA 460,125m
47 Guy Blackburn 52 Troon GBR 449,133m
46 Karl Meyer 62 Germantown, OH USA 433,197m
28 Morten Haugseng 61 Sandnes NOR 383,616m
86 Juergen Grieb 55 Weil der Stadt GER 370,777m
84 Paolo Cecchini 70 Urbino ITA 325,086m
49 Michael Smyth 55 Nichols Point, VIC AUS 310,000m
98 Ilse Van Oyen 42 Bruges BEL 288,088m
44 Lowell Lemoine 81 WV USA 281,281m
97 Stephen Davies 48 Southport GBR 266,740m
42 Stephen Craig-Pearson 54 Dunedin NZL 253,019m
115 Allen H 59 CAN 227,977m
68 Jeffrey C Franklin 80 Charleston, WV USA 223,410m
50 Mike Roberts 57 Abu Dhabi UAE 222,000m
27 Michael Murtha 65 Avondale,, PA USA 206,829m
101 Adrian Lee 48 Longford IRL 201,354m
114 Johannes Milén 47 FIN 200,260m
69 Christopher Lloyd 48 Wirral GBR 197,000m
73 Piotr Potapinski 45 Borlänge SWE 191,007m
19 Paul Kinlin 57 Forres GBR 184,010m
113 Paul Johnson 55 Glasgow GBR 184,008m
67 Lesley Duffy 59 Brisbane, QLD AUS 182,996m
16 Richard Underwood 74 Doncaster GBR 179,201m
22 Nick Shuker 62 Edwinstowe GBR 177,605m
53 Ian Pickering 63 Stamford GBR 177,024m
89 Claudius B. 44 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 174,726m
103 Rob Brittin 59 Dublin IRL 174,489m
1 Dirk Janßen 59 Singapore SIN 172,794m
99 Michael MacLaren 58 Glasgow GBR 167,689m
20 Bob Lesch 60 MA USA 167,331m
88 Jon Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA 167,220m
75 Jan Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR 156,651m
31 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 55 Adelaide, SA AUS 155,948m
109 Pete Bowler 59 Oadby 🇬🇧 GBR 147,861m
12 Boris Bossi 56 Davos SUI 135,769m
117 Stephen Brindle 51 London GBR 134,162m
2 John Warkala 69 North Bellmore, NY USA 133,911m
18 David Plumb 60 Manchester GBR 133,880m
51 Jane Shuker 58 Stanton Hill GBR 130,000m
13 Peter Strik 54 Woerden NED 125,117m
52 Alan McVay 71 West Palm Beach, FL USA 123,500m
91 Tako Lootsma 51 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 123,456m
38 Felton Humble 46 Glasgow GBR 122,000m
77 Trevor Taylor 67 Seaton GBR 115,000m
10 Bob Poliachik 63 Apex, NC USA 110,000m
74 Sheena Haveman 61 Longhorsley GBR 106,377m
8 Seth Israel 55 Ponte Vedra, FL USA 104,540m
71 Jill Underwood 75 Doncaster GBR 102,182m
11 Larthell Carthan 70 Southfield, MI USA 100,304m
110 Henrik Elmer 56 Sønderborg DEN 100,000m
45 Rupert Ross-Macdonald 61 London GBR 99,305m
29 Alex Finch 46 Tunbridge Wells GBR 97,989m
59 Roger Gelissen 52 Venlo NED 94,708m
33 Oliver Leeds 52 Tunbridge Wells GBR 92,964m
57 Jianjing Tang 51 CHN 90,777m
4 Richard Lindner 64 Somerset, UK GBR 87,242m
34 Steve Smith 59 Henley in Arden GBR 87,030m
7 Michael K. Schramm 65 Flower Mound, TX USA 81,500m
9 Joseph Wilhems 69 Woodville, OH USA 80,574m
3 Mike O'Dell 64 Carbrooke GBR 76,938m
63 Chris Newberry 55 Horsham GBR 74,249m
112 Alistair Mann 57 Wiltshire GBR 73,273m
30 Fred Koene 63 Rotterdam NED 72,558m
79 Martyn Pallett 37 Nottingham GBR 72,500m
81 Geneviève Carrière 41 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, QC CAN 69,501m
61 Christopher Ryan 62 Greenwich, CT USA 68,501m
58 Louis Liro 67 Houston, TX USA 65,364m
93 Susan Atkinson 50 GBR 59,102m
87 Kirstin Esau 56 Gardner, KS USA 59,023m
39 Philip Price 89 Torquay, VIC AUS 57,880m
56 David Manchip 82 Boston GBR 57,000m
106 Gabriele Guidi 42 Livorno🇮🇹 ITA 54,575m
107 Richard Morton 63 CHARLESTON, WV USA 52,400m
37 Peter Weiß 57 Ingolstadt GER 50,813m
116 Louise Allcock 54 IRL 50,406m
54 Karen Midkiff 64 Sebring, FL USA 50,323m
25 John Davidson - Hall Waberthwaite GBR 45,784m
95 Katherine Iskin 39 South Bend , IN USA 45,702m
35 James Elliot-Square 40 Sherborne GBR 44,484m
32 George Weekes 67 Orsett GBR 42,376m
65 Phil Lamb 65 Maltby, Rotherham GBR 39,955m
66 Lane Anderson - New Haven, CT USA 37,500m
118 Jean Murtha 68 Avondale, PA USA 37,018m
105 Ryan Craig 51 USA 34,110m
82 David Carrière 68 Deux-Montagnes, QC CAN 31,509m
41 Hulaguhan iyisan 44 Tampa, FL USA 24,426m
76 Robert New 62 Payzac France. GBR 24,336m
83 Kathy Wiens 54 Orleans, ON CAN 23,000m
100 Markus Hammori 45 GER 22,823m
15 Sharky Jacaway 68 Nampa, ID USA 22,125m
36 Attila Kárpáti 48 Nagykovácsi HUN 20,067m
78 Jon Taylor 58 Bath, Somerset GBR 18,049m
70 Miika Hannus 56 Oulu FIN 18,000m
40 Jason Hewitt 52 Wigan UK. GBR 16,209m
43 Michael McElroy 46 Spring, TX USA 15,500m
108 Zvon Saban 46 Brisbane, QLD AUS 15,159m
80 Gary Brown 60 Burlington, ON CAN 15,099m
55 Mick O'Rourke 60 GlGold Coast, QLD AUS 13,695m
6 Tim Masick 71 Roanoke, VA USA 12,000m
17 Gregor Andrews 53 Aberdeen GBR 10,005m
104 Richard Merrett 31 Ramsgate GBR 10,000m
26 Adrian Gray 55 Redditch GBR 9,050m
111 Marta Smolinska 46 Leeds GBR 6,012m
94 Gregory Katakis 45 Thessaloniki GRE 3,069m
64 Elizabeth McGuigan 60 Chevy Chase, MD USA 3,037m
60 Ian Hamby 57 Derby Line, VT USA 2,092m
85 Ron Pollard 58 Indianapolis, IN USA 0m
62 Mark Lewis 53 Liverpool GBR 0m
90 Jayesh Patel 51 Newcastle upon Tyne GBR 0m
23 Andrew Stanway 60 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR 0m
96 Kevin Russell 49 Falkirk GBR 0m
21 Karen Gee 72 White Haven, PA USA 0m
102 Partha Narayanaswami 50 McKinney, TX USA 0m
92 Zack Weisman 35 Omaha, NE USA 0m
48 Zoot Mutant 60 Ventura USA 0m