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World Erg Challenge 2017
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NameFree Spirits
TypeVirtual
Members1008
CaptainPeter Weiß

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

World Erg Challenge Participants

Pos. Athlete Age Location Country Challenge
3 Dwayne K. Adams 61 Phoenix, AZ USA 964,701
75 James Flax 58 Cincinnati, OH USA 821,699
2 david schneider 80 Austin , TX USA 534,000
34 Oliver Leeds 55 Tunbridge Wells GBR 478,179
46 David McCullough 66 Howick NZL 435,500
116 Patrick Nöthiger 57 Hauenstein SUI 402,446
26 Morten Haugseng 63 Sandnes NOR 360,559
82 Robert New 65 Payzac France. GBR 347,436
87 Paolo Cecchini 73 Urbino ITA 337,993
60 Chris Tostevin-Hall 61 Guernsey GBR 320,000
40 Peter Weiß 59 Ingolstadt GER 302,906
41 Michael Y.B. Lam 63 Richmond, BC CAN 291,652
76 Dan Fennell 56 NY USA 266,456
39 alan wisniewski 75 Seaford GBR 242,317
14 Richard Underwood 77 Doncaster GBR 239,808
118 Kevin Russell 51 Falkirk GBR 239,800
79 Jill Underwood 77 Doncaster GBR 239,268
56 Gregory Smith 63 Hopkinton, MA USA 229,235
7 Joseph Wilhems 71 Woodville, OH USA 215,664
59 Jamie Bristoll 56 Tamworth GBR 212,848
10 Boris Bossi 58 Davos SUI 209,588
37 Kirby Tillotson 63 Edmonton, AB CAN 204,694
105 Tako Lootsma 53 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 203,406
28 Michael M. Gunther 73 Chester GBR 202,000
70 Christopher Ryan 64 Greenwich, CT USA 191,644
15 David Plumb 63 Manchester GBR 190,729
113 Eric Castermans 66 Diepenbeek BEL 190,552
98 Gavin Hutchcraft 50 Cambridgeshire GBR 184,583
29 David Taylor 62 Weybridge GBR 181,579
68 Lee Cantey 61 Scotts Valley, CA USA 174,939
58 Alan McVay 73 West Palm Beach, FL USA 169,000
88 Dan McHugh 65 Coventry GBR 168,315
95 Fred Meyer 65 FL USA 163,846
100 Matthew Berns 54 Mount Juliet, TN USA 163,733
90 Marcus Selle 65 Berlin GER 162,000
1 Richard Jackson 78 Thorold, ON CAN 160,096
94 Jon Esau 59 Gardner, KS USA 159,376
84 Barry Willey 64 Galveston, TX USA 158,712
107 Eric Anderson 48 Quantico, VA USA 152,963
27 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 58 Adelaide, SA AUS 151,333
64 Jussi Ruusila 53 Vihti FIN 149,656
35 Joe Lohman 59 Rothbury, MI USA 149,626
78 Christopher Lloyd 50 Wirral GBR 147,000
108 Matt Krause 49 Allentown, PA USA 145,956
119 Walter Rossi 47 Torino ITA 144,888
25 Michael Murtha 67 Avondale,, PA USA 143,996
97 Bruin Schafrath 55 Charlotte, NC USA 137,906
12 George Wiederock 62 Vienna, VA USA 135,736
69 Ian Hamby 59 Derby Line, VT USA 134,236
17 Ana W 53 Northern Virginia, VA USA 130,500
44 Beth McFadden 70 North Wales, PA USA 125,256
19 Tom Begley 67 Helsinki FIN 122,555
8 Bob Poliachik 65 Leland, NC USA 120,000
4 Tim Masick 74 Roanoke, VA USA 117,000
99 Steve Hines 63 Nottingham GBR 116,897
112 Quinn Solberg 26 Brunswick, ME USA 116,594
48 Vadim Kutsyy 53 Los Altos, CA USA 116,587
53 Guy Blackburn 54 Troon GBR 115,681
23 Nigel Madeley 70 Sherborne GBR 104,571
61 Ian Pickering 65 Stamford GBR 102,108
30 Sinisa Mirkov 62 Port Moody, BC CAN 101,313
31 Craig Robertson 55 Gaborone BOT 100,009
101 Claudius B. 47 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 98,046
42 Felton Humble 49 Glasgow GBR 97,000
62 Mike Casey 71 Fallbrook, CA USA 95,553
89 Ron Pollard 60 Indianapolis, IN USA 86,825
86 John Biederman 66 Cincinnati, OH USA 85,342
110 Susan Atkinson 52 GBR 85,000
6 Phil Hewitt 60 Warrington GBR 84,000
33 George Weekes 70 Orsett GBR 80,473
85 Gary Brown 62 Burlington, ON CAN 80,000
96 Anthony Cotton 88 Huntingdon GBR 79,000
36 Eric-Jan Van Eerde 65 Apeldoorn NED 77,664
93 David Hilton 61 OR USA 73,697
11 Peter Strik 56 Woerden NED 72,793
49 Michael McElroy 48 Spring, TX USA 67,633
43 j b 55 GA USA 60,987
21 Gary Graham 62 Canterbury GBR 60,138
5 Seth Israel 57 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL USA 57,544
102 Paul Towey 52 Royal Leamington Spa GBR 56,555
65 Andriy Kharchenko 50 Odessa UKR 55,000
50 Sue Haga 66 WV USA 50,000
66 Louis Liro 70 Waco, TX USA 48,739
109 Ian Bee 48 Cotswolds GBR 43,934
74 Günter Timmermann 64 Enschede NED 40,573
13 timothy doody 74 chicago, IL USA 40,000
9 Larthell Carthan 73 Southfield, MI USA 38,981
63 Jianjing Tang 54 CHN 36,474
71 Mark Cawthorne 49 Shobdon GBR 36,412
18 Paul Victory 73 Dublin 16 IRL 36,214
77 Martin Cloke 47 London GBR 34,345
16 Andrew Stanway 62 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR 33,267
45 Teemu Suortti 45 Summa FIN 30,000
22 MASSIMILIANO DE ROSA 58 POMEZIA ITA 26,000
24 Gregor Hirschfeld 56 Nantes FRA 25,277
104 Oscar Vicente 50 Utebo - Zaragoza ESP 24,414
115 Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki 61 Port Moody, BC CAN 22,037
20 Petr Oliva 53 Pilsen CZE 22,000
80 Piotr Potapinski 47 Borlänge SWE 18,141
72 Haico Aaldering 59 Brisbane NED 16,420
67 Brit H 56 Sandnes NOR 15,006
106 Stacey Foster 52 Wiener Neustadt AUT 13,706
81 Joel Vivian 55 Phoenixville, PA USA 12,171
91 Dean Fogarty 52 Mooloolah Valley, QLD AUS 11,662
54 Zoot Mutant 62 Ventura USA 10,333
111 Brad Duns 44 Los Angeles, CA USA 10,000
83 Rafal Jarzabek 45 Łódź POL 10,000
38 Dirk Koenig 56 Shorewood, MN USA 9,424
117 Angela Obolsky 43 USA 7,000
92 Mick Dundee 45 GER 6,388
51 Christine Wojcik 58 San Diego, CA USA 6,306
120 Stephanie Cotton 45 USA 5,000
73 Thomas Mehlenberg 59 Erftstadt GER 4,000
55 Ashley Jarman 55 Leeds GBR 1,000
47 Stephen Craig-Pearson 56 Oamaru NZL 0
57 Martin Poulsen 58 Præstø DEN 0
52 Adinda de Boer 67 Den Helder NED 0
103 Jayesh Patel 53 Newcastle upon Tyne GBR 0
32 Andrew Belcher 59 Offenham GBR 0
114 Carl Franckowski 65 NY USA 0