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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Dwayne K. Adams | 59 | Phoenix, AZ | USA | 948,171m |
84 | Kevin Horne | 59 | Sparkford | GBR | 735,256m |
77 | Claudius B. | 44 | Weiden i.d.Opf. | GER | 517,011m |
70 | James Estes | 65 | Enon, VA | USA | 464,178m |
30 | Oliver Leeds | 52 | Tunbridge Wells | GBR | 430,763m |
81 | Ian Bee | 45 | Cotswolds | GBR | 428,999m |
35 | James Elliot-Square | 40 | Sherborne | GBR | 396,961m |
90 | Joe Smith | 64 | Georgetown , IN | USA | 373,343m |
42 | Michael Y.B. Lam | 60 | Richmond, BC | CAN | 364,448m |
58 | Lesley Duffy | 59 | Brisbane, QLD | AUS | 359,149m |
73 | Juergen Grieb | 55 | Weil der Stadt | GER | 339,685m |
104 | Racsek Zsóka | 48 | Budapest | HUN | 330,380m |
100 | Michael Becker | 57 | Bad Kreuznach | GER | 325,911m |
6 | Jon Burch-Hyson | 61 | Winchester | GBR | 322,401m |
67 | Martyn Pallett | 37 | Nottingham | GBR | 312,500m |
87 | Johannes Milén | 47 | FIN | 300,000m | |
53 | Jussi Ruusila | 51 | Vihti | FIN | 300,000m |
93 | Gene Cooney | 73 | Southington, CT | USA | 297,329m |
51 | Mike Casey | 68 | Fallbrook, CA | USA | 237,144m |
23 | Alex Finch | 46 | Tunbridge Wells | GBR | 229,236m |
91 | Lorraine Nevill | 62 | Bathonian born and bred | GBR | 219,217m |
11 | Boris Bossi | 56 | Davos | SUI | 211,598m |
60 | Christopher Lloyd | 48 | Wirral | GBR | 206,000m |
38 | Chris Archer | 75 | BAY OF ISLANDS | NZL | 200,143m |
48 | Michael Smyth | 55 | Nichols Point, VIC | AUS | 193,809m |
52 | Jianjing Tang | 51 | CHN | 188,977m | |
32 | Joe Lohman | 57 | Rothbury, MI | USA | 188,915m |
56 | Paul Corrigan | 58 | Blyth | GBR | 181,291m |
20 | Andy Spry | 53 | Llanvaches | ESP | 179,099m |
64 | Sheena Haveman | 61 | Longhorsley | GBR | 177,753m |
54 | Ian Hamby | 57 | Derby Line, VT | USA | 177,260m |
65 | Jan Haveman | 61 | Longhorsley | GBR | 175,526m |
25 | Collette Lancaster-Lockwood | 55 | Adelaide, SA | AUS | 170,878m |
98 | Richard Easton | 50 | Edinburgh | GBR | 164,046m |
82 | Ilse Van Oyen | 42 | Bruges | BEL | 161,097m |
85 | Maria Sok | 52 | Washington, DC | USA | 152,030m |
45 | Sue Haga | 63 | WV | USA | 150,885m |
9 | Bob Poliachik | 63 | Apex, NC | USA | 150,000m |
15 | Bob Lesch | 60 | MA | USA | 148,309m |
96 | Eric M | 43 | SWE | 144,878m | |
88 | Allen H | 59 | CAN | 141,044m | |
41 | Peter Weiß | 57 | Ingolstadt | GER | 129,766m |
1 | Roger Burrell | 92 | Chester le Street | GBR | 128,896m |
24 | Fred Koene | 63 | Rotterdam | NED | 126,553m |
44 | Lowell Lemoine | 81 | WV | USA | 120,000m |
59 | Volker Pittlik | 64 | Murten | SUI | 119,425m |
22 | Adrian Gray | 55 | Redditch | GBR | 119,060m |
78 | Alistair Coast-Smith | 55 | Derby | GBR | 117,072m |
71 | Michael Sørensen | 48 | Aarhus | DEN | 111,491m |
27 | George Weekes | 67 | Orsett | GBR | 111,364m |
12 | John Schaap | 60 | Gorinchem | NED | 108,763m |
55 | Christopher Ryan | 62 | Greenwich, CT | USA | 104,463m |
43 | Philip Price | 89 | Torquay, VIC | AUS | 102,915m |
62 | Kevin Hubbard | 63 | NM | USA | 102,166m |
3 | Mike Channin | 53 | Wickford | GBR | 100,263m |
14 | David Plumb | 60 | Manchester | GBR | 100,000m |
5 | Richard Lindner | 64 | Somerset, UK | GBR | 94,741m |
39 | Iain Greenwood | 55 | Reading | GBR | 92,401m |
33 | Sjoerd Plagmeijer | 51 | Den helder | NED | 91,933m |
72 | Ron Pollard | 58 | Indianapolis, IN | USA | 89,532m |
21 | Mark Brennan | 52 | Southborough | GBR | 89,375m |
18 | Mat Leonard | 53 | Anglesey | GBR | 85,696m |
17 | Mark Healy | 59 | Cork | IRL | 82,000m |
66 | Jon Taylor | 58 | Bath, Somerset | GBR | 67,942m |
8 | Seth Israel | 55 | Ponte Vedra, FL | USA | 67,298m |
74 | Darren Matthews | 50 | Birmingham | GBR | 64,053m |
89 | Stephen Brindle | 51 | London | GBR | 61,716m |
97 | Nathan D | 58 | Perth 🇦🇺, WA | AUS | 58,685m |
103 | Heather Guibert | - | CA | USA | 58,026m |
26 | Paul Grinham | 63 | Shepton Mallet | GBR | 54,921m |
50 | Richard Meier | 48 | Fribourg | SUI | 54,866m |
83 | Connie Eckart | 63 | Norton, MA | USA | 54,358m |
28 | Huw Thomas | 63 | Milverton | GBR | 53,251m |
76 | Gavin Hutchcraft | 48 | Cambridgeshire | GBR | 52,800m |
10 | Larthell Carthan | 70 | Southfield, MI | USA | 49,924m |
101 | Dominic Kennard | 51 | East Sussex | GBR | 47,955m |
69 | John Biederman | 64 | Cincinnati, OH | USA | 47,029m |
34 | Peter Sergeant | 69 | Benson | GBR | 45,015m |
31 | Steve Smith | 59 | Henley in Arden | GBR | 44,449m |
99 | john e | 11 | GBR | 42,659m | |
13 | M. Boris Züchner | 58 | Wausau, WI | USA | 38,504m |
19 | John Davidson | - | Hall Waberthwaite | GBR | 34,726m |
95 | Maria Giotis | 37 | NJ | USA | 32,509m |
61 | Peggy Hubbard | 66 | NM | USA | 27,657m |
16 | Ana W | 51 | Northern Virginia, VA | USA | 26,000m |
36 | Petar Sobic | 70 | Tarporley | GBR | 24,131m |
68 | Gary Brown | 60 | Burlington, ON | CAN | 24,044m |
57 | Chris Newberry | 55 | Horsham | GBR | 23,593m |
105 | Christian Ha | 35 | Ingolstadt | GER | 23,308m |
63 | Jill Underwood | 75 | Doncaster | GBR | 21,647m |
102 | Nicole Cummings | 50 | Valley Springs, CA | USA | 20,468m |
2 | John Warkala | 69 | North Bellmore, NY | USA | 15,555m |
29 | Phil James | 54 | Grimsby, Lincs | GBR | 15,213m |
86 | Trudi Widdrington-Davies | - | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 15,012m |
80 | Tako Lootsma | 51 | Asker 🇳🇴 | NOR | 14,000m |
47 | Ashley Jarman | 53 | Leeds | GBR | 12,603m |
92 | Günther Teschner | - | GER | 11,442m | |
94 | Carla Chifos | 66 | Cincinnati | USA | 10,707m |
4 | Mike O'Dell | 64 | Carbrooke | GBR | 8,409m |
79 | Oscar Vicente | 47 | Utebo - Zaragoza | ESP | 8,000m |
40 | Daniel Dryden | 54 | Aracena | ESP | 7,098m |
46 | Karl Meyer | 62 | Germantown, OH | USA | 6,715m |
49 | Barbara Hoyt | 57 | Ventura, CA | USA | 4,566m |
75 | Timo Ipsen | 43 | GER | 0m | |
37 | alan wisniewski | 72 | Seaford | GBR | 0m |