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
146 Günther Teschner - GER 1,336,786
9 Dwayne K. Adams 61 Phoenix, AZ USA 917,594
92 sharona A 70 🌿🐇 Vancouver, WA USA 601,806
70 Guy Blackburn 54 Troon GBR 577,371
45 Craig Robertson 55 Gaborone BOT 559,718
99 Patrick Monahan 81 Toronto, ON CAN 484,956
125 Kevin Horne 62 Sparkford GBR 466,375
133 David Watson 61 Durham GBR 437,540
6 Pete Jain 56 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 433,159
34 Adrian Gray 58 Redditch GBR 417,539
60 Michael Y.B. Lam 63 Richmond, BC CAN 404,938
44 Paul Gould 60 Isle Of Wight GBR 404,075
107 Juergen Grieb 57 Weil der Stadt GER 379,416
31 Tom Begley 66 Helsinki FIN 360,000
124 Rob Brittin 62 Dublin IRL 344,182
138 Fred Asante 50 London GBR 343,278
59 Peter Weiß 59 Ingolstadt GER 342,296
38 Michael Murtha 67 Avondale,, PA USA 334,609
136 Jean Murtha 70 Avondale, PA USA 333,188
127 Jim Swinfield 50 Isle of Wight GBR 315,210
36 Carole Sergeant 70 Wallingford GBR 315,000
56 James Elliot-Square 43 Sherborne GBR 310,000
58 Iain Greenwood 57 Reading GBR 305,614
115 Ian Bee 48 Cotswolds GBR 281,569
147 William Storm 43 USA 279,190
23 Nick Shuker 65 Edwinstowe GBR 270,431
16 Peter Strik 56 Woerden NED 264,505
69 Karl Meyer 64 Germantown, OH USA 241,739
91 Rob Larson 50 ME USA 229,329
87 Dan Fennell 56 NY USA 225,529
72 Michael Smyth 57 Nichols Point, VIC AUS 220,000
118 Ilse Van Oyen 45 Bruges BEL 218,472
132 Allen H 62 GER 217,706
123 Matteo Gottifredi 51 Monza Circuit ITA 214,771
116 Stefano Podda 52 Termon ITA 212,243
32 John Davidson - Hall Waberthwaite GBR 209,780
96 Kevin Hubbard 65 NM USA 208,371
95 Peggy Hubbard 69 NM USA 207,263
67 Lowell Lemoine 83 Charleston, WV USA 201,201
18 Rob Cullen 62 Surrey GBR 200,978
57 Chris Archer 78 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL 200,818
139 Paul Crush 60 Cambridge GBR 200,092
22 Paul Kinlin 59 Forres GBR 199,204
40 Alex Finch 48 Tunbridge Wells GBR 184,283
103 Jon Taylor 60 Bath, Somerset GBR 183,805
137 Jennifer Chinitz 53 MI USA 182,168
75 Mike Roberts 59 Abu Dhabi UAE 173,647
102 Jan Haveman 63 Longhorsley GBR 170,547
148 Gaby Buse 68 GER 169,650
30 Jonathan Sage 52 Dartford GBR 168,460
13 Bob Poliachik 65 Leland, NC USA 165,000
110 Jon Esau 59 Gardner, KS USA 163,438
120 Nor Tentant 61 Thanet GBR 157,371
126 Dorian Langridge 60 London GBR 150,000
12 Joseph Wilhems 71 Woodville, OH USA 149,481
35 Mike Richardson 55 Chester Springs, PA USA 147,210
42 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 58 Adelaide, SA AUS 146,426
83 Richard Thomas 60 Broadway, Cotswolds GBR 142,261
90 Volker Pittlik 66 Murten SUI 142,237
7 Mike O'Dell 66 Carbrooke GBR 138,132
131 Johannes Milén 49 FIN 133,416
98 William Hosken 89 Libertyville, IL USA 132,192
101 Sheena Haveman 63 Longhorsley GBR 130,632
117 Katherine Iskin 41 South Bend , IN USA 130,492
41 Fred Koene 65 Rotterdam NED 126,606
79 Karen Midkiff 66 Sebring, FL USA 125,316
33 Petr Oliva 53 Pilsen CZE 125,000
10 Seth Israel 57 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL USA 124,166
105 PNW Tree Frogs 71 Brush Prairie 🐸, WA USA 124,000
21 David Plumb 63 Manchester GBR 121,933
2 Roger Burrell 94 Chester le Street GBR 120,522
68 Sue Haga 66 WV USA 117,846
62 Pedro Cabrita 50 POR 116,455
108 Ernest Poku 55 Windsor GBR 114,067
64 Tim Symington 49 Nottingham GBR 114,056
19 Richard Underwood 76 Doncaster GBR 113,389
73 Kevin Scott 64 Somerset GBR 113,091
142 Ryan Popoff 44 Nelson, BC CAN 110,226
20 Graham Webber 69 FREE SPIRITS GBR 103,741
78 Richard Young 61 Beaverton, OR USA 103,575
26 Ana W 53 Northern Virginia, VA USA 102,513
61 Philip Price 92 Armstrong Creek, VIC AUS 102,316
97 Jill Underwood 77 Doncaster GBR 100,144
114 Matt Krause 49 Allentown, PA USA 99,800
82 Ian Hamby 59 Derby Line, VT USA 97,080
149 Jose Cabrera 55 NED 94,306
49 Joe Lohman 59 Rothbury, MI USA 90,459
53 Peter Sergeant 71 Benson GBR 82,423
135 Stephen Brindle 53 London GBR 79,302
86 Lesley Duffy 61 Brisbane, QLD AUS 79,010
76 Martin Poulsen 58 Præstø DEN 74,738
4 Mark Payton 60 Yamhill, OR USA 69,481
144 Thomas Skouras 43 Lymm GBR 68,929
47 George Weekes 69 Orsett GBR 68,604
93 Jeffrey C Franklin 82 Charleston, WV USA 65,456
54 Wojciech Waliszewski 55 Cali COL 65,357
88 Alan Champion 65 Albury, NSW AUS 63,889
66 Michael McElroy 48 Spring, TX USA 60,446
100 Joel Vivian 55 Phoenixville, PA USA 59,908
80 Mick O'Rourke 62 GlGold Coast, QLD AUS 59,490
52 Andrew Beet 52 Wokingham GBR 58,868
134 Louise Allcock 57 IRL 54,710
48 Arran Jain 24 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 54,421
121 Connie Eckart 65 Norton, MA USA 53,973
5 Denise Aitcheson 71 London GBR 53,500
11 Phil Hewitt 60 Warrington GBR 51,697
119 Em AK 38 Senonches FRA 51,107
85 Richard Wilson 56 Dunfermline GBR 49,110
129 Pete Bowler 61 Oadby 🇬🇧 GBR 47,231
112 Matthew Berns 54 Mount Juliet, TN USA 46,987
28 Mat Leonard 55 Anglesey GBR 44,180
145 Barbara Berenger 45 USA 43,591
106 Martyn Pallett - Midlands GBR 43,255
15 Boris Bossi 58 Davos SUI 39,597
55 David I Smith 60 York GBR 39,596
143 Matthew Pfaltzgraff 19 USA 38,975
1 Dirk Janssen 61 Singapore SGP 36,000
104 Tim Butler 59 Hopedale, MA USA 35,954
77 Alan McVay 73 West Palm Beach, FL USA 35,750
84 Gabriella Nonino - Tarragona ESP 34,326
43 Steve Rigg 51 Cardiff GBR 31,506
8 Richard Lindner 66 Somerset, UK GBR 31,000
113 Jayesh Patel 53 Newcastle upon Tyne GBR 30,014
3 John Warkala 71 North Bellmore, NY USA 29,095
63 Steve Hill 56 Totton GBR 26,507
81 Linda McMillin 67 Wabasha, MN USA 26,010
25 Mark Marshall 58 Dudley GBR 23,224
140 Lorraine Nevill 64 Bathonian born and bred GBR 22,391
39 Janeen Dell'Acqua 68 Valley Center, CA USA 20,417
50 Shannon Jain 28 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 18,090
111 René Huxhol 48 Wuppertal GER 17,252
27 Paul Victory 73 Dublin 16 IRL 17,198
130 janet Lawton 66 Islamorada, FL USA 15,000
71 Ashley Jarman 55 Leeds GBR 10,000
29 Wouter den Breeijen 58 Holten NED 8,132
109 Kirstin Esau 58 Gardner, KS USA 7,342
51 Shona Browning 29 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 6,415
65 Colin Bradley 73 Bower Hinton GBR 4,000
128 Paul Roobottom 51 Isle of Man GBR 2,009
17 timothy doody 74 chicago, IL USA 2,000
141 Joe Pfaltzgraff 48 USA 516
24 Andrew Stanway 62 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR 0
37 Gregor Hirschfeld 56 Nantes FRA 0
122 Adrian Lee 50 Longford IRL 0
14 Ann K Seidman 77 Ballston Lake, NY USA 0
94 Miika Hannus 58 Oulu FIN 0
46 Cliff Hales 47 Port Angeles, WA USA 0
89 Stella Jamieson 52 Shrewsbury GBR 0
74 Stuart Pillinger 50 Bristol GBR 0