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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dwayne K. Adams | 58 | Phoenix, AZ | USA | 951,897m |
| 72 | Claudius B. | 43 | Weiden i.d.Opf. | GER | 576,494m |
| 85 | Andy Kuswandi | 39 | USA | 501,792m | |
| 67 | James Estes | 64 | Chester, VA | USA | 494,063m |
| 30 | Oliver Leeds | 52 | Tunbridge Wells | GBR | 479,748m |
| 33 | James Elliot-Square | 40 | Sherborne | GBR | 477,651m |
| 75 | Ian Bee | 44 | Cotswolds | GBR | 474,753m |
| 95 | Racsek Zsóka | 47 | Budapest | HUN | 378,170m |
| 84 | Joe Smith | 64 | Georgetown , IN | USA | 362,028m |
| 24 | Alex Finch | 45 | Tunbridge Wells | GBR | 355,650m |
| 54 | Lesley Duffy | 58 | Brisbane, QLD | AUS | 348,922m |
| 12 | Paul Kinlin | 56 | Forres | GBR | 337,514m |
| 98 | Rob Selleck | 51 | Haverhill | GBR | 323,756m |
| 3 | Jon Burch-Hyson | 60 | Winchester | GBR | 294,364m |
| 65 | Martyn Pallett | 36 | Nottingham | GBR | 287,500m |
| 44 | Karl Meyer | 61 | Germantown, OH | USA | 280,393m |
| 35 | Iain Greenwood | 54 | Reading | GBR | 256,504m |
| 45 | Michael Smyth | 54 | Nichols Point, VIC | AUS | 247,239m |
| 55 | Rob Larson | 47 | ME | USA | 242,318m |
| 50 | Jussi Ruusila | 50 | Vihti | FIN | 232,326m |
| 87 | Eric M | 42 | SWE | 215,090m | |
| 36 | Peter Weiß | 56 | Ingolstadt | GER | 206,943m |
| 42 | Lowell Lemoine | 80 | WV | USA | 202,202m |
| 34 | Chris Archer | 74 | BAY OF ISLANDS | NZL | 200,356m |
| 74 | Tako Lootsma | 50 | Asker 🇳🇴 | NOR | 193,000m |
| 59 | Kevin Hubbard | 62 | NM | USA | 187,506m |
| 15 | Ana W | 50 | Northern Virginia, VA | USA | 176,000m |
| 96 | Benjamin Kim | 36 | KOR | 165,781m | |
| 80 | Allen H | 58 | CAN | 160,806m | |
| 57 | Christopher Lloyd | 47 | Wirral | GBR | 160,000m |
| 7 | Bob Poliachik | 62 | Apex, NC | USA | 153,751m |
| 28 | Sinisa Mirkov | 59 | Port Moody, BC | CAN | 145,799m |
| 43 | Sue Haga | 63 | WV | USA | 142,875m |
| 8 | Boris Bossi | 55 | Davos | SUI | 141,444m |
| 63 | Jan Haveman | 60 | Longhorsley | GBR | 138,246m |
| 39 | Pedro Cabrita | 47 | POR | 134,346m | |
| 19 | Andy Spry | 52 | Wroughton | ESP | 128,087m |
| 68 | Michael Sørensen | 47 | Aarhus | DEN | 118,932m |
| 64 | Jon Taylor | 57 | Bath, Somerset | GBR | 117,752m |
| 6 | Joseph Wilhems | 68 | Woodville, OH | USA | 114,738m |
| 1 | Roger Burrell | 91 | Chester le Street | GBR | 108,274m |
| 62 | Sheena Haveman | 60 | Longhorsley | GBR | 106,492m |
| 52 | Paul Corrigan | 57 | Blyth | GBR | 103,524m |
| 66 | John Biederman | 63 | Cincinnati, OH | USA | 99,753m |
| 89 | Richard Easton | 49 | Edinburgh | GBR | 95,996m |
| 69 | Ron Pollard | 57 | Indianapolis, IN | USA | 95,534m |
| 46 | Kevin McLellan | 70 | Enfield | GBR | 92,402m |
| 90 | Gus Goad | 68 | Bury St Edmunds | GBR | 87,287m |
| 48 | Tim Green | 61 | Durham | GBR | 81,716m |
| 2 | Richard Lindner | 63 | Somerset, UK | GBR | 81,080m |
| 17 | Mat Leonard | 52 | Anglesey | GBR | 80,283m |
| 88 | Nathan D | 57 | Perth 🇦🇺, WA | AUS | 79,359m |
| 26 | Fred Koene | 62 | Rotterdam | NED | 78,074m |
| 38 | Philip Price | 89 | Torquay, VIC | AUS | 76,601m |
| 70 | Marcus Selle | 62 | Berlin | GER | 74,192m |
| 23 | Janeen Dell'Acqua | 65 | Valley Center, CA | USA | 72,682m |
| 51 | Christopher Ryan | 61 | Greenwich, CT | USA | 70,648m |
| 9 | M. Boris Züchner | 57 | Wausau, WI | USA | 61,382m |
| 22 | Michael Murtha | 64 | Avondale,, PA | USA | 61,066m |
| 11 | David Plumb | 60 | Manchester | GBR | 61,040m |
| 73 | Oscar Vicente | 46 | Utebo - Zaragoza | ESP | 60,600m |
| 53 | Chris Newberry | 54 | Horsham | GBR | 57,790m |
| 5 | Seth Israel | 54 | Ponte Vedra, FL | USA | 57,109m |
| 94 | Steven Lee | 17 | Vienna, VA | USA | 56,567m |
| 29 | Huw Thomas | 63 | Milverton | GBR | 54,751m |
| 13 | Bob Lesch | 59 | MA | USA | 53,115m |
| 92 | Sven Berger | 36 | Hamburg | GER | 47,474m |
| 18 | John Davidson | - | Hall Waberthwaite | GBR | 44,144m |
| 14 | Nick Shuker | 61 | Sutton in Ashfield | GBR | 43,665m |
| 56 | Jeffrey C Franklin | 79 | Charleston, WV | USA | 43,500m |
| 40 | Jason Hewitt | 51 | Wigan UK. | GBR | 43,200m |
| 47 | Ian Pickering | 62 | Stamford | GBR | 36,801m |
| 21 | Carole Sergeant | 67 | Wallingford | GBR | 36,000m |
| 82 | Ingrid Ermler | 45 | Ingolstadt | GER | 31,737m |
| 81 | Louise Allcock | 54 | IRL | 30,523m | |
| 61 | Joel Vivian | 52 | Phoenixville, PA | USA | 28,356m |
| 76 | Katherine Iskin | 38 | South Bend , IN | USA | 28,245m |
| 10 | Ben Skinner | 48 | Winchester | GBR | 27,760m |
| 77 | Connie Eckart | 62 | Norton, MA | USA | 23,557m |
| 31 | Steve Smith | 59 | Henley in Arden | GBR | 23,166m |
| 91 | Julie Wagner | 56 | USA | 22,076m | |
| 49 | David Manchip | 81 | Boston | GBR | 20,000m |
| 32 | Joe Lohman | 56 | Rothbury, MI | USA | 18,574m |
| 27 | Steve Rigg | 47 | Cardiff | GBR | 16,510m |
| 93 | Heather Guibert | - | CA | USA | 16,202m |
| 37 | Felton Humble | 46 | Glasgow | GBR | 16,000m |
| 20 | Mark Brennan | 51 | Southborough | GBR | 14,902m |
| 97 | James Benn | 44 | Göteborg | SWE | 14,104m |
| 41 | Michael McElroy | 45 | Spring, TX | USA | 13,716m |
| 78 | Adrian Lee | 47 | Longford | IRL | 13,147m |
| 60 | Jill Underwood | 74 | Doncaster | GBR | 10,898m |
| 25 | Andrea Duempelmann | 53 | York | GBR | 10,000m |
| 58 | Peggy Hubbard | 66 | NM | USA | 7,192m |
| 86 | Helen Berrier | 60 | White Bear Lake, MN | USA | 3,884m |
| 16 | Paul Victory | 70 | Dublin 16 | IRL | 1,000m |
| 79 | Kevin Horne | 59 | Sparkford | GBR | 0m |
| 71 | Mick Dundee | 42 | Bremen | GER | 0m |
| 83 | Fiona Millar | 55 | GBR | 0m |