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World Erg Challenge 2026
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NameFree Spirits
TypeVirtual
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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
7 Dwayne K. Adams 61 Phoenix, AZ USA 246,673
80 Frank VandeVeegaete 51 NJ USA 200,283
51 Mike De Petris 60 Trieste ITA 193,164
75 Cornel B - Perth, WA AUS 154,229
21 Steve Pitts 67 Anacortes, WA USA 135,763
72 Ian Bee 47 Cotswolds GBR 133,426
40 Iain Greenwood 57 Reading GBR 130,028
66 Ron Pollard 60 Indianapolis, IN USA 122,634
15 Paul Kinlin 59 Forres GBR 108,544
82 Zachary Ledyard 33 USA 107,869
88 Andrew Dunne 46 GBR 106,000
33 Oliver Leeds 54 Tunbridge Wells GBR 105,681
74 Kevin Horne 61 Sparkford GBR 103,057
71 Tako Lootsma 53 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 100,000
8 William Konarzewski 76 Colchester GBR 94,732
5 Pete Jain 56 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 92,891
49 Kay Bieri 49 Thun SUI 91,000
77 Lee Moody 54 Farnborough GBR 85,161
69 Claudius B. 46 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 80,151
87 Jack Holbrook 46 Louisville, KY USA 80,000
29 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 57 Adelaide, SA AUS 75,131
12 Ben Skinner 51 Winchester GBR 74,611
10 Frank Pallo 75 Spring Hill, FL USA 72,585
32 Huw Thomas 65 Milverton GBR 71,391
76 Allen H 61 GER 70,188
60 Christopher Lloyd 49 Wirral GBR 64,000
50 Teil Scott 50 Sunbury-on-Thames GBR 60,382
57 Paul Corrigan 60 Blyth GBR 58,690
31 Reetu Jain 60 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 56,383
83 Hans Pfeil 62 GER 53,000
81 Adam Weber 40 Austin, TX USA 50,856
4 Denise Aitcheson 70 London GBR 48,750
9 Boris Bossi 58 Davos SUI 43,184
34 Joe Lohman 59 Rothbury, MI USA 41,237
3 Mike Channin 55 Wickford GBR 40,742
18 Nick Shuker 64 Edwinstowe GBR 40,637
44 Tim Symington 48 Nottingham GBR 40,015
42 Donna Wilson 65 Glasgow, KY USA 37,441
46 Sue Haga 65 WV USA 35,500
38 alan wisniewski 74 Seaford GBR 35,147
84 Robert Đidara 41 CRO 35,000
14 Wayne Boyd 70 Keno, OR USA 34,750
39 Chris Archer 77 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL 33,000
41 Peter Weiß 58 Ingolstadt GER 32,727
55 Brit H 55 Sandnes NOR 31,537
48 Michael Smyth 56 Nichols Point, VIC AUS 30,000
13 David Plumb 62 Manchester GBR 29,253
65 Martyn Pallett 39 Midlands GBR 29,233
62 Kevin Hubbard 65 NM USA 27,054
78 Michael Becker 59 Bad Kreuznach GER 25,752
19 Ana W 53 Northern Virginia, VA USA 25,298
53 Linda McMillin 67 Wabasha, MN USA 24,000
35 Peter Sergeant 70 Benson GBR 23,826
28 Fred Koene 65 Rotterdam NED 23,432
58 Lesley Duffy 61 Brisbane, QLD AUS 22,261
16 Guy Wood 82 Winnipeg, MB CAN 20,374
73 Connie Eckart 64 Norton, MA USA 20,053
56 Paul Roberts 78 Epping GBR 20,000
37 Gary Patmore 40 GBR 19,357
85 Andrea Tolson 44 USA 18,803
47 Guy Nesbitt 56 Highclere GBR 16,859
26 Michael Murtha 67 Avondale,, PA USA 16,754
90 Christian Czarnecki 37 GER 16,060
70 Oscar Vicente 49 Utebo - Zaragoza ESP 15,901
6 Richard Lindner 66 Somerset, UK GBR 15,286
43 Philip Price 91 Armstrong Creek, VIC AUS 15,202
59 Markus Schätzle 56 Zurich SUI 15,000
63 Jon Taylor 59 Bath, Somerset GBR 14,834
17 Bob Lesch 61 The Bay State USA 14,300
22 Mat Leonard 55 Anglesey GBR 14,268
52 clare burrell 66 Coleraine, VIC AUS 14,209
79 Gus Goad 70 Bury St Edmunds GBR 14,068
24 Carole Sergeant 69 Wallingford GBR 14,000
64 Tim Butler 59 Hopedale, MA USA 11,205
20 Emma Pettitt 53 Milan GBR 10,735
68 David Hilton 61 OR USA 6,750
86 Andrew McCarthy 52 Castlemaine, VIC AUS 6,688
25 Graham Dover 55 Port Moody, BC CAN 6,666
30 Peter Tullett 66 Billericay GBR 6,470
36 Ljubisa Mirkov 58 Cairns AUS 5,016
45 Stephen Craig-Pearson 56 Oamaru NZL 4,476
11 Aurel Wisse 63 Laval, QC CAN 3,000
89 Felix P 28 USA 0
2 Mark Payton 59 Yamhill, OR USA 0
23 Petr Oliva 53 Pilsen CZE 0
27 Janeen Dell'Acqua 68 Valley Center, CA USA 0
61 Peggy Hubbard 68 NM USA 0
54 Tim Heslop 58 Manchester GBR 0
1 Nigel Scott 76 Lewes GBR 0
67 Ernest Poku 54 Windsor GBR 0