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
135 Name withheld 1,516,784
7 Dwayne K. Adams 61 Phoenix, AZ USA 855,645
60 Joi Bear 52 San Jose, CA USA 618,982
109 James Flax 58 Cincinnati, OH USA 542,727
4 david schneider 80 Austin , TX USA 475,000
41 Morten Haugseng 63 Sandnes NOR 428,300
118 Patrick Monahan 81 Toronto, ON CAN 397,720
131 Paolo Cecchini 73 Urbino ITA 366,505
61 Peter Weiß 59 Ingolstadt GER 359,372
46 Paul Gould 60 Isle Of Wight GBR 338,218
132 Patrick Leuthard 55 Zug SUI 328,560
111 Paul Humphries 58 Uttoxeter GBR 322,221
82 Gregory Smith 63 Hopkinton, MA USA 313,723
148 Ian Bee 48 Cotswolds GBR 301,267
104 Christopher Ryan 64 Greenwich, CT USA 295,234
62 Michael Y.B. Lam 63 Richmond, BC CAN 293,756
49 George Weekes 69 Orsett GBR 287,071
59 Jonny Lear 62 Pembrokeshire GBR 286,820
115 Jill Underwood 77 Doncaster GBR 286,028
77 Karl Meyer 64 Germantown, OH USA 260,103
124 Wolfgang Tome 64 Ardsley, NY USA 257,539
26 Paul Kinlin 59 Forres GBR 255,000
121 Phil Richards 67 Reading GBR 250,000
113 Christopher Lloyd 50 Wirral GBR 233,000
24 David Plumb 63 Manchester GBR 230,992
147 Eric Anderson 48 Quantico, VA USA 229,702
144 Tako Lootsma 53 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 226,000
155 Ambarish Banerjee 43 Austin, TX USA 218,000
120 Jan Haveman 63 Longhorsley GBR 216,508
73 Lowell Lemoine 83 Charleston, WV USA 206,206
159 Massimiliano Federici 50 Leeds GBR 205,052
67 j b 55 GA USA 204,441
160 Ilse Van Oyen 45 Bruges BEL 202,583
119 Sheena Haveman 63 Longhorsley GBR 200,000
133 Juergen Grieb 57 Weil der Stadt GER 197,998
71 David McCullough 66 Howick NZL 189,300
149 Susan Atkinson 52 GBR 188,193
65 Sander Roosendaal 54 Enschede NED 186,697
126 David Carrière 71 Deux-Montagnes, QC CAN 186,640
16 Bob Poliachik 65 Leland, NC USA 180,000
57 alan wisniewski 74 Seaford GBR 173,595
140 Matthew Berns 54 Mount Juliet, TN USA 171,955
78 Guy Blackburn 54 Troon GBR 171,102
43 Fred Koene 65 Rotterdam NED 168,056
54 David I Smith 60 York GBR 166,153
134 Marcus Selle 65 Berlin GER 162,379
32 Paul Victory 73 Dublin 16 IRL 161,233
141 Claudius B. 46 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 160,995
154 Tom Finnesand 59 Sola NOR 158,920
162 Michael MacLaren 60 Glasgow GBR 157,245
129 John Biederman 66 Cincinnati, OH USA 157,106
103 Ian Hamby 59 Derby Line, VT USA 156,283
31 Ana W 53 Northern Virginia, VA USA 151,009
44 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 58 Adelaide, SA AUS 150,307
15 Joseph Wilhems 71 Woodville, OH USA 148,689
19 Boris Bossi 58 Davos SUI 145,911
23 Richard Underwood 76 Doncaster GBR 142,633
85 Mike Roberts 59 Abu Dhabi UAE 137,500
9 Jonathan Davis 53 Oswestry GBR 135,066
138 Fred Meyer 65 FL USA 130,231
128 Arco Nobels 55 Vijfhuizen NED 122,419
139 Gavin Hutchcraft 50 Cambridgeshire GBR 122,317
153 Stefano Podda 52 Termon ITA 121,915
40 Michael Murtha 67 Avondale,, PA USA 119,928
52 Steve Smith 62 Henley in Arden GBR 114,000
45 Dan Apps 57 Caistor GBR 108,980
150 ramesh vb 47 Detroit , MI USA 106,038
72 Stephen Craig-Pearson 56 Oamaru NZL 105,927
137 Jon Esau 59 Gardner, KS USA 104,847
158 Katherine Iskin 41 South Bend , IN USA 103,920
69 Beth McFadden 70 North Wales, PA USA 103,700
18 Ann K Seidman 77 Ballston Lake, NY USA 103,485
63 Felton Humble 49 Glasgow GBR 102,000
92 Mick O'Rourke 62 GlGold Coast, QLD AUS 100,846
84 Michael McGinley 50 Mechanicsburg, PA USA 100,167
70 Teemu Suortti 45 Summa FIN 96,500
50 Marinela Honovich - CT USA 92,429
38 Gary Graham 62 Canterbury GBR 91,964
6 Richard Lindner 66 Somerset, UK GBR 91,852
100 Lee Cantey 61 Scotts Valley, CA USA 90,101
53 Joe Lohman 59 Rothbury, MI USA 88,607
96 Andriy Kharchenko 49 Odessa UKR 87,094
89 Ian Pickering 65 Stamford GBR 85,080
142 Paul Towey 51 Royal Leamington Spa GBR 78,279
22 Sharky Jacaway 70 Nampa, ID USA 77,835
167 Stewart Craigie 59 Edinburgh GBR 76,187
101 Roger Gelissen 54 Venlo NED 75,529
107 Chris Newberry 57 Gillingham GBR 71,799
145 Carsten Haavardtun 48 Asker NOR 68,804
76 Christine Wojcik 57 San Diego, CA USA 67,777
21 timothy doody 74 chicago, IL USA 67,746
35 Tom Begley 66 Helsinki FIN 63,774
95 Jussi Ruusila 53 Vihti FIN 63,227
1 Nigel Scott 76 Lewes GBR 62,342
27 Chris Bollen 58 Chiswick GBR 60,000
14 Phil Hewitt 60 Warrington GBR 58,565
94 David Manchip 85 Boston GBR 58,000
74 Sue Haga 66 WV USA 56,204
66 Mark Everett 65 Northampton GBR 55,000
5 Mike O'Dell 66 Carbrooke GBR 53,601
37 John Davidson - Hall Waberthwaite GBR 53,016
161 Amorette Halley 52 GA USA 50,547
8 Tim Masick 73 Roanoke, VA USA 50,000
11 Trevor Charlton 74 Hexham GBR 49,931
2 Mark Payton 59 Yamhill, OR USA 44,843
122 Jon Taylor 60 Bath, Somerset GBR 44,634
91 Patricia Cavanagh 77 Victoria, BC CAN 44,500
55 James Elliot-Square 43 Sherborne GBR 44,100
68 Steve Hill 56 Totton GBR 44,044
110 Dan Fennell 56 NY USA 43,598
163 Kimberly Torek 52 Canton, GA USA 40,683
13 Seth Israel 57 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL USA 40,010
39 Mike Richardson 54 Chester Springs, PA USA 39,212
156 Eric Castermans 65 Diepenbeek BEL 38,686
116 Michelle Housenga 51 Minneapolis, MN USA 38,220
20 Peter Strik 56 Woerden NED 36,654
17 Larthell Carthan 72 Southfield, MI USA 35,086
58 Chris Archer 77 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL 33,085
90 paul mckendrey 58 whitehaven GBR 32,545
99 Brit H 56 Sandnes NOR 30,703
102 Kristin Zaky 57 Myrtle Beach, SC USA 28,935
87 Jamie Bristoll 56 Tamworth GBR 28,861
106 Mark Lewis 55 Liverpool GBR 27,717
105 Haico Aaldering 59 Brisbane NED 26,391
97 Louis Liro 69 Waco, TX USA 25,228
75 Terry Mahoney 66 Chichester GBR 25,013
10 D. Rolland 88 Muskego, WI USA 24,435
64 Philip Price 92 Armstrong Creek, VIC AUS 22,998
51 Huw Thomas 66 Milverton GBR 22,439
33 Jamie Robson 77 Worcester GBR 22,060
25 Alison Parker 62 Ventnor, Isle of Wight GBR 20,666
168 Neil Craig 51 New Marske GBR 19,097
83 Barbara Hoyt 59 Ventura, CA USA 17,409
157 Matthew Newman 37 Baltimore, MD USA 17,186
79 Guy Nesbitt 56 Highclere GBR 17,096
88 Ralf Achenbach 54 Leimen GER 15,825
80 Cathi Ramsden 66 Adelaide, SA AUS 15,000
30 Mark Marshall 58 Dudley GBR 15,000
29 Andrew Stanway 62 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR 14,582
130 Darryl Dunham 61 Lexington, KY USA 14,500
56 Attila Kárpáti 50 Nagykovácsi HUN 12,117
3 Pete Jain 56 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 11,086
117 Chris Owen 53 HIgh Wycombe GBR 9,789
112 Markus Schätzle 56 Zurich SUI 9,020
34 Tim Sillitoe 59 Colchester GBR 8,116
166 Autumn Brower 52 USA 6,958
108 Phil Lamb 68 Maltby, Rotherham GBR 6,590
136 Mick Dundee 45 GER 6,551
125 Barry Willey 64 Galveston, TX USA 2,609
151 Stella Kendall 57 GBR 2,155
127 Kathy Wiens 56 Orleans, ON CAN 2,000
169 Gareth Kelly 46 Armidale, NSW AUS 2,000
12 Janet S 59 Windsor GBR 1,547
28 Karen Gee 74 White Haven, PA USA 1,317
86 Alan McVay 73 West Palm Beach, FL USA 1,250
170 Ginger Williams 55 USA 0
164 Partha Narayanaswami 52 McKinney, TX USA 0
165 Maciej Mróz 32 Ostrzeszów POL 0
114 Miika Hannus 58 Oulu FIN 0
42 David Roberts 70 Anglesey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 GBR 0
81 Bruce Butler 70 Slapton, Buckinghamshire GBR 0
47 Sinisa Mirkov 62 Port Moody, BC CAN 0
48 Cliff Hales 47 Port Angeles, WA USA 0
93 Tim Green 64 Durham GBR 0
98 Marcello Clarizia 61 Roma ITA 0
146 Chris Blower 55 Plymouth GBR 0
143 Jayesh Patel 53 Newcastle upon Tyne GBR 0
123 L. irish 50 USA 0
36 Moira Clark 70 Sevenoaks GBR 0
152 Brad Duns 44 Los Angeles, CA USA 0