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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Dwayne K. Adams | 59 | Phoenix, AZ | USA | 976,825m |
| 72 | James Estes | 65 | Enon, VA | USA | 777,261m |
| 56 | Paul Roberts | 76 | Epping | GBR | 715,000m |
| 82 | Kevin Horne | 59 | Sparkford | GBR | 552,473m |
| 79 | Ian Bee | 45 | Cotswolds | GBR | 500,898m |
| 32 | Oliver Leeds | 52 | Tunbridge Wells | GBR | 481,226m |
| 21 | Steve Pitts | 65 | Anacortes, WA | USA | 391,930m |
| 101 | Hans Pfeil | 60 | GER | 340,000m | |
| 37 | Iain Greenwood | 55 | Reading | GBR | 309,902m |
| 86 | Joe Smith | 64 | Georgetown , IN | USA | 306,337m |
| 75 | Juergen Grieb | 55 | Weil der Stadt | GER | 300,828m |
| 29 | Sinisa Mirkov | 60 | Port Moody, BC | CAN | 264,442m |
| 94 | Michael Becker | 57 | Bad Kreuznach | GER | 261,797m |
| 36 | Chris Archer | 75 | BAY OF ISLANDS | NZL | 260,130m |
| 7 | Jon Burch-Hyson | 61 | Winchester | GBR | 251,875m |
| 49 | Kay Bieri | 47 | Thun | SUI | 251,439m |
| 34 | James Elliot-Square | 40 | Sherborne | GBR | 247,379m |
| 61 | Lesley Duffy | 59 | Brisbane, QLD | AUS | 227,687m |
| 85 | Davey Glover | 45 | Doncaster | GBR | 219,226m |
| 71 | Martyn Pallett | 37 | Nottingham | GBR | 216,000m |
| 48 | Michael Smyth | 55 | Nichols Point, VIC | AUS | 207,102m |
| 69 | Robert New | 62 | Payzac France. | GBR | 202,000m |
| 1 | Roger Burrell | 92 | Chester le Street | GBR | 200,250m |
| 5 | Mike Channin | 53 | Wickford | GBR | 195,945m |
| 12 | Boris Bossi | 56 | Davos | SUI | 179,896m |
| 74 | Ron Pollard | 58 | Indianapolis, IN | USA | 172,067m |
| 13 | Peter Strik | 54 | Woerden | NED | 171,774m |
| 83 | Jim Carlson | 59 | Uxbridge | GBR | 168,000m |
| 50 | Aaron Dutton | 46 | Bellingham, WA | USA | 160,570m |
| 87 | Andy Kuswandi | 39 | USA | 157,326m | |
| 92 | Richard Easton | 50 | Edinburgh | GBR | 151,326m |
| 64 | Christopher Lloyd | 48 | Wirral | GBR | 148,000m |
| 84 | Allen H | 59 | CAN | 147,320m | |
| 16 | Ben Skinner | 49 | Winchester | GBR | 142,839m |
| 54 | Linda McMillin | 65 | Wabasha, MN | USA | 142,500m |
| 66 | Kevin Hubbard | 63 | NM | USA | 141,248m |
| 52 | Frans Vliegenberg | 69 | Asten | NED | 137,458m |
| 98 | Simon Amos | 56 | Kyle of Lochalsh | GBR | 134,303m |
| 73 | Michael Sørensen | 48 | Aarhus | DEN | 131,362m |
| 89 | Eric M | 43 | SWE | 123,575m | |
| 15 | Richard Underwood | 74 | Doncaster | GBR | 122,122m |
| 26 | Collette Lancaster-Lockwood | 55 | Adelaide, SA | AUS | 116,075m |
| 22 | Mat Leonard | 53 | Anglesey | GBR | 108,816m |
| 80 | chuck lalli | 61 | Green, OH | USA | 108,476m |
| 45 | Sue Haga | 63 | WV | USA | 104,845m |
| 25 | Michael Murtha | 65 | Avondale,, PA | USA | 101,560m |
| 77 | Timo Ipsen | 43 | GER | 100,046m | |
| 47 | Karl Meyer | 62 | Germantown, OH | USA | 99,592m |
| 14 | John Schaap | 60 | Gorinchem | NED | 95,601m |
| 38 | Peter Weiß | 57 | Ingolstadt | GER | 92,751m |
| 95 | Gus Goad | 68 | Bury St Edmunds | GBR | 90,074m |
| 19 | Guy Wood | 80 | Winnipeg, MB | CAN | 85,940m |
| 40 | Philip Price | 89 | Torquay, VIC | AUS | 85,024m |
| 68 | Sheena Haveman | 61 | Longhorsley | GBR | 83,873m |
| 60 | Chris Newberry | 55 | Horsham | GBR | 83,700m |
| 57 | Ian Hamby | 57 | Derby Line, VT | USA | 82,481m |
| 24 | Mark Brennan | 52 | Southborough | GBR | 82,411m |
| 46 | Rupert Ross-Macdonald | 61 | London | GBR | 80,129m |
| 96 | Dominic Kennard | 51 | East Sussex | GBR | 77,168m |
| 103 | Euron Thomas | 49 | Beddgelert | GBR | 65,555m |
| 59 | Paul Corrigan | 58 | Blyth | GBR | 65,000m |
| 44 | Lowell Lemoine | 81 | WV | USA | 65,000m |
| 41 | Jason Hewitt | 52 | Wigan UK. | GBR | 61,830m |
| 100 | Racsek Zsóka | 48 | Budapest | HUN | 60,118m |
| 10 | Larthell Carthan | 70 | Southfield, MI | USA | 59,506m |
| 42 | Colin Bradley | 71 | Bower Hinton | GBR | 58,686m |
| 70 | Jon Taylor | 58 | Bath, Somerset | GBR | 56,157m |
| 53 | clare burrell | 64 | Coleraine, VIC | AUS | 54,836m |
| 99 | Robert Greene | 55 | San Francisco, CA | USA | 54,213m |
| 55 | Lee Cantey | 59 | Scotts Valley, CA | USA | 51,302m |
| 2 | John Warkala | 69 | North Bellmore, NY | USA | 50,765m |
| 78 | Tako Lootsma | 51 | Asker 🇳🇴 | NOR | 50,001m |
| 76 | Reinhold Brezovszky | 56 | Kottingbrunn | AUT | 44,527m |
| 65 | Peggy Hubbard | 66 | NM | USA | 36,993m |
| 90 | Nathan D | 58 | Perth 🇦🇺, WA | AUS | 34,747m |
| 17 | David Plumb | 60 | Manchester | GBR | 33,152m |
| 67 | Jill Underwood | 75 | Doncaster | GBR | 33,000m |
| 3 | Nigel Scott | 74 | Kingston, Lewes | GBR | 31,541m |
| 9 | Seth Israel | 55 | Ponte Vedra, FL | USA | 30,411m |
| 81 | Connie Eckart | 63 | Norton, MA | USA | 23,469m |
| 30 | Huw Thomas | 63 | Milverton | GBR | 18,537m |
| 23 | Andy Spry | 53 | Llanvaches | ESP | 16,372m |
| 20 | Emma Pettitt | 51 | Milan | GBR | 15,342m |
| 4 | Mark Payton | 57 | Yamhill, OR | USA | 14,015m |
| 28 | Peter Tullett | 64 | Billericay | GBR | 13,371m |
| 58 | Christopher Ryan | 62 | Greenwich, CT | USA | 12,276m |
| 33 | Joe Lohman | 57 | Rothbury, MI | USA | 11,873m |
| 39 | Felton Humble | 47 | Glasgow | GBR | 10,000m |
| 6 | Richard Lindner | 64 | Somerset, UK | GBR | 8,074m |
| 18 | Alison Parker | 60 | Ventnor, Isle of Wight | GBR | 7,945m |
| 43 | Michael McElroy | 46 | Spring, TX | USA | 6,500m |
| 31 | Phil James | 54 | Grimsby, Lincs | GBR | 5,000m |
| 63 | Jeffrey C Franklin | 80 | Charleston, WV | USA | 2,000m |
| 35 | Sebastian Miller | 40 | GBR | 1,500m | |
| 102 | Dan Sims | 62 | Texas | USA | 1,015m |
| 27 | Stephen Castleton | 56 | Stockton on Tees | GBR | 0m |
| 11 | Patrick Hadley | 66 | Ottawa, ON | CAN | 0m |
| 51 | Mark Trudgian | 59 | King's Lynn, Nofolk | GBR | 0m |
| 88 | Helen Berrier | 61 | White Bear Lake, MN | USA | 0m |
| 62 | Volker Pittlik | 64 | Murten | SUI | 0m |
| 91 | Lee Moody | 52 | GBR | 0m | |
| 93 | Andreas Sjöblom | 34 | DEN | 0m | |
| 97 | Nicole Cummings | 50 | Valley Springs, CA | USA | 0m |