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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Dwayne K. Adams | 59 | Phoenix, AZ | USA | 967,964m |
| 22 | Colin Brinkman | 41 | Alexandria, VA | USA | 967,196m |
| 36 | Joe Lohman | 57 | Rothbury, MI | USA | 603,547m |
| 28 | Morten Haugseng | 61 | Sandnes | NOR | 570,115m |
| 40 | Peter Weiß | 57 | Ingolstadt | GER | 465,253m |
| 85 | Paolo Cecchini | 70 | Urbino | ITA | 453,275m |
| 76 | Patrick Monahan | 79 | Toronto, ON | CAN | 436,148m |
| 39 | Iain Greenwood | 55 | Reading | GBR | 419,862m |
| 59 | Richard Kingshott | 52 | London | GBR | 412,948m |
| 53 | Karl Meyer | 62 | Germantown, OH | USA | 404,690m |
| 26 | Adrian Gray | 55 | Redditch | GBR | 372,129m |
| 101 | Rob Brittin | 59 | Dublin | IRL | 356,663m |
| 90 | Claudius B. | 44 | Weiden i.d.Opf. | GER | 331,498m |
| 27 | Michael Murtha | 65 | Avondale,, PA | USA | 323,055m |
| 92 | Colin Kelly | 35 | OH | USA | 321,663m |
| 54 | Guy Blackburn | 52 | Troon | GBR | 309,658m |
| 34 | George Weekes | 67 | Orsett | GBR | 304,000m |
| 35 | Steve Smith | 59 | Henley in Arden | GBR | 293,745m |
| 69 | Lesley Duffy | 59 | Brisbane, QLD | AUS | 293,644m |
| 46 | Tim Symington | 46 | Nottingham | GBR | 280,000m |
| 93 | Tako Lootsma | 51 | Asker 🇳🇴 | NOR | 280,000m |
| 71 | Christopher Lloyd | 48 | Wirral | GBR | 277,000m |
| 107 | Allen H | 59 | CAN | 276,207m | |
| 55 | Michael Smyth | 55 | Nichols Point, VIC | AUS | 270,000m |
| 73 | Jill Underwood | 75 | Doncaster | GBR | 265,967m |
| 48 | Stephen Craig-Pearson | 54 | Dunedin | NZL | 265,838m |
| 18 | Paul Kinlin | 57 | Forres | GBR | 263,588m |
| 10 | Bob Poliachik | 63 | Apex, NC | USA | 239,000m |
| 1 | Dirk Janßen | 59 | Singapore | SIN | 239,000m |
| 50 | Lowell Lemoine | 81 | WV | USA | 237,237m |
| 95 | Ian Bee | 45 | Cotswolds | GBR | 234,747m |
| 19 | Bob Lesch | 60 | MA | USA | 226,000m |
| 61 | Karen Midkiff | 64 | Sebring, FL | USA | 223,647m |
| 4 | Mike O'Dell | 64 | Carbrooke | GBR | 222,035m |
| 30 | Fred Koene | 63 | Rotterdam | NED | 219,989m |
| 17 | David Plumb | 60 | Manchester | GBR | 218,107m |
| 88 | Jon Esau | 56 | Gardner, KS | USA | 217,388m |
| 75 | Michelle Housenga | 49 | Minneapolis, MN | USA | 206,322m |
| 31 | Collette Lancaster-Lockwood | 55 | Adelaide, SA | AUS | 205,910m |
| 102 | Stewart Craigie | 57 | Edinburgh | GBR | 205,740m |
| 98 | Michael MacLaren | 58 | Glasgow | GBR | 202,461m |
| 57 | Mike Roberts | 57 | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 189,000m |
| 94 | Magnus Larsson | 49 | Limhamn | SWE | 185,953m |
| 96 | Stefano Podda | 50 | Termon | ITA | 182,297m |
| 79 | Trevor Taylor | 67 | Seaton | GBR | 182,000m |
| 82 | Martyn Pallett | 37 | Nottingham | GBR | 181,986m |
| 29 | Alex Finch | 46 | Tunbridge Wells | GBR | 180,072m |
| 97 | Stephen Davies | 48 | Southport | GBR | 180,022m |
| 105 | Paul Johnson | 55 | Glasgow | GBR | 177,302m |
| 38 | James Elliot-Square | 40 | Sherborne | GBR | 177,241m |
| 15 | Richard Underwood | 74 | Doncaster | GBR | 171,577m |
| 66 | Bonnie Martinez | 52 | Southern Pines, NC | USA | 170,143m |
| 25 | Petr Oliva | 51 | Pilsen | CZE | 169,070m |
| 33 | Craig Robertson | 53 | Gaborone | BOT | 161,293m |
| 58 | Richard Young | 59 | Beaverton, OR | USA | 159,539m |
| 37 | Eric-Jan Van Eerde | 63 | Apeldoorn | NED | 154,287m |
| 87 | Ernest Poku | 52 | Windsor | GBR | 153,809m |
| 68 | Gabriella Nonino | - | Tarragona | ESP | 150,107m |
| 44 | Sander Roosendaal | 52 | Enschede | NED | 149,900m |
| 74 | Steven Lee | 72 | Lawrence, KS | USA | 140,631m |
| 52 | Rupert Ross-Macdonald | 61 | London | GBR | 140,514m |
| 2 | Roger Burrell | 92 | Chester le Street | GBR | 139,656m |
| 78 | Jan Haveman | 61 | Longhorsley | GBR | 138,558m |
| 16 | Gregor Andrews | 53 | Aberdeen | GBR | 137,949m |
| 7 | Seth Israel | 55 | Ponte Vedra, FL | USA | 134,754m |
| 24 | Tom Begley | 64 | Helsinki | FIN | 134,438m |
| 77 | Sheena Haveman | 61 | Longhorsley | GBR | 131,502m |
| 21 | Emma Pettitt | 51 | Milan | GBR | 130,254m |
| 9 | Joseph Wilhems | 69 | Woodville, OH | USA | 129,594m |
| 47 | Teemu Suortti | 43 | Summa | FIN | 128,850m |
| 5 | Richard Lindner | 64 | Somerset, UK | GBR | 126,199m |
| 62 | Mick O'Rourke | 60 | GlGold Coast, QLD | AUS | 122,383m |
| 3 | John Warkala | 69 | North Bellmore, NY | USA | 118,625m |
| 99 | Jeff Kirby | 61 | Ventura, CA | USA | 118,440m |
| 13 | Boris Bossi | 56 | Davos | SUI | 116,297m |
| 89 | Bruin Schafrath | 53 | Charlotte, NC | USA | 107,213m |
| 106 | Johannes Milén | 47 | FIN | 100,034m | |
| 104 | Henrik Elmer | 56 | Sønderborg | DEN | 96,000m |
| 103 | Gabriele Guidi | 42 | Livorno🇮🇹 | ITA | 93,030m |
| 86 | Ron Pollard | 58 | Indianapolis, IN | USA | 89,175m |
| 8 | Phil Hewitt | 58 | Warrington | GBR | 81,367m |
| 45 | Michael Baylis | 56 | Monmouth | GBR | 80,939m |
| 63 | Jianjing Tang | 51 | CHN | 76,676m | |
| 91 | Jayesh Patel | 51 | Newcastle upon Tyne | GBR | 70,324m |
| 83 | Geneviève Carrière | 41 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, QC | CAN | 62,918m |
| 70 | Jeffrey C Franklin | 80 | Charleston, WV | USA | 60,511m |
| 64 | Ian Hutchison | 61 | Bradford | GBR | 55,167m |
| 56 | Barbara Hoyt | 57 | Ventura, CA | USA | 50,259m |
| 81 | Barry Willey | 62 | Galveston, TX | USA | 47,882m |
| 12 | Ann K Seidman | 75 | Ballston Lake, NY | USA | 46,854m |
| 108 | Fiona Millar | 56 | GBR | 45,512m | |
| 32 | Paul Grinham | 63 | Shepton Mallet | GBR | 42,012m |
| 100 | Connie Eckart | 63 | Norton, MA | USA | 40,529m |
| 43 | Ian Merrington | 54 | Oundle | GBR | 40,163m |
| 42 | Philip Price | 89 | Torquay, VIC | AUS | 39,842m |
| 23 | David Dales | 77 | Boston | GBR | 38,815m |
| 65 | Christopher Ryan | 62 | Greenwich, CT | USA | 35,888m |
| 14 | timothy doody | 72 | chicago, IL | USA | 33,000m |
| 11 | Larthell Carthan | 70 | Southfield, MI | USA | 31,717m |
| 60 | Ian Pickering | 63 | Stamford | GBR | 29,504m |
| 41 | Felton Humble | 47 | Glasgow | GBR | 22,000m |
| 84 | David Carrière | 68 | Deux-Montagnes, QC | CAN | 10,045m |
| 49 | Joanna Greenwood | 54 | Twyford | GBR | 9,555m |
| 67 | Elizabeth McGuigan | 60 | Chevy Chase, MD | USA | 9,126m |
| 51 | Sue Haga | 63 | WV | USA | 7,956m |
| 80 | Jon Taylor | 58 | Bath, Somerset | GBR | 7,056m |
| 20 | Andrew Stanway | 60 | Malvern, Worcestershire | GBR | 0m |
| 72 | Miika Hannus | 56 | Oulu | FIN | 0m |