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NameFree Spirits
TypeVirtual
Members1007
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
85 Cornel B - Perth, WA AUS 1,061,089
7 Dwayne K. Adams 61 Phoenix, AZ USA 798,173
92 Frank VandeVeegaete 51 NJ USA 672,654
60 Mike De Petris 60 Trieste ITA 622,243
33 Morten Haugseng 63 Sandnes NOR 473,292
27 Steve Pitts 67 Anacortes, WA USA 426,641
76 Ron Pollard 60 Indianapolis, IN USA 419,103
82 Ian Bee 47 Cotswolds GBR 412,376
84 Kevin Horne 61 Sparkford GBR 372,682
21 Paul Kinlin 59 Forres GBR 351,258
102 Andrew Dunne 46 GBR 321,000
40 Oliver Leeds 54 Tunbridge Wells GBR 320,863
47 Iain Greenwood 57 Reading GBR 317,400
81 Tako Lootsma 53 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 298,348
10 William Konarzewski 76 Colchester GBR 291,447
58 Kay Bieri 49 Thun SUI 273,500
5 Pete Jain 56 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 266,692
36 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 57 Adelaide, SA AUS 253,279
86 Allen H 61 GER 226,555
95 Zachary Ledyard 33 USA 218,382
39 Huw Thomas 65 Milverton GBR 215,158
89 Lee Moody 54 Farnborough GBR 209,200
70 Christopher Lloyd 50 Wirral GBR 203,000
96 Hans Pfeil 62 GER 197,000
15 Frank Pallo 75 Spring Hill, FL USA 192,025
18 Ben Skinner 51 Winchester GBR 186,398
46 Chris Archer 77 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL 181,024
59 Teil Scott 50 Sunbury-on-Thames GBR 176,291
3 Mike Channin 55 Wickford GBR 162,463
38 Reetu Jain 60 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 160,693
13 Boris Bossi 58 Davos SUI 158,206
4 Denise Aitcheson 70 London GBR 152,750
88 Joe Smith 66 Georgetown , IN USA 151,581
94 Adam Weber 40 Austin, TX USA 150,694
101 Jack Holbrook 46 Louisville, KY USA 150,019
57 Michael Smyth 57 Nichols Point, VIC AUS 145,000
14 Peter Strik 56 Woerden NED 143,045
67 Paul Corrigan 60 Blyth GBR 142,790
55 Sue Haga 65 WV USA 129,650
62 Linda McMillin 67 Wabasha, MN USA 122,500
24 Nick Shuker 64 Edwinstowe GBR 121,297
8 Bob Poliachik 65 Leland, NC USA 118,611
97 Sofie Lootsma 16 NOR 111,784
79 Claudius B. 46 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 110,481
19 David Plumb 62 Manchester GBR 108,964
72 Kevin Hubbard 65 NM USA 104,195
91 Gus Goad 70 Bury St Edmunds GBR 103,923
105 Paula Wakefield 49 GBR 102,250
51 Philip Price 91 Armstrong Creek, VIC AUS 100,855
65 Paul Roberts 78 Epping GBR 95,000
106 Rodney Wakefield 69 GBR 93,350
50 Donna Wilson 65 Glasgow, KY USA 90,226
32 Michael Murtha 67 Avondale,, PA USA 89,806
53 Stephen Craig-Pearson 56 Oamaru NZL 89,497
75 Martyn Pallett 39 Midlands GBR 87,858
66 Ian Hamby 59 Derby Line, VT USA 83,323
68 Lesley Duffy 61 Brisbane, QLD AUS 82,576
83 Connie Eckart 65 Norton, MA USA 82,237
41 Joe Lohman 59 Rothbury, MI USA 81,322
42 Peter Sergeant 70 Benson GBR 81,182
90 Michael Becker 59 Bad Kreuznach GER 75,994
22 Guy Wood 82 Winnipeg, MB CAN 71,553
61 clare burrell 66 Coleraine, VIC AUS 70,722
11 Peter Seidman 78 Ballston Lake, NY USA 69,753
49 Peter Weiß 58 Ingolstadt GER 67,645
35 Fred Koene 65 Rotterdam NED 66,124
98 Robert Đidara 41 CRO 65,000
17 Graham Webber 69 FREE SPIRITS GBR 62,360
25 Ana W 53 Northern Virginia, VA USA 59,702
54 Lowell Lemoine 83 Charleston, WV USA 57,000
45 alan wisniewski 74 Seaford GBR 56,147
6 Richard Lindner 66 Somerset, UK GBR 53,134
64 Brit H 56 Sandnes NOR 51,507
23 Bob Lesch 62 The Bay State USA 50,400
69 Markus Schätzle 56 Zurich SUI 50,000
99 Andrea Tolson 44 USA 48,724
44 Gary Patmore 40 GBR 46,207
52 Tim Symington 48 Nottingham GBR 45,015
28 Mat Leonard 55 Anglesey GBR 41,779
78 David Hilton 61 OR USA 39,020
93 Racsek Zsóka 50 Budapest HUN 37,686
30 Carole Sergeant 69 Wallingford GBR 35,000
20 Wayne Boyd 70 Keno, OR USA 34,750
31 Graham Dover 55 Port Moody, BC CAN 33,128
73 Jon Taylor 59 Bath, Somerset GBR 32,823
26 Emma Pettitt 53 Milan GBR 32,390
56 Guy Nesbitt 56 Highclere GBR 32,388
104 Christian Czarnecki 37 GER 31,376
9 Larthell Carthan 72 Southfield, MI USA 28,370
74 Tim Butler 59 Hopedale, MA USA 27,930
100 Andrew McCarthy 52 Castlemaine, VIC AUS 26,774
37 Peter Tullett 66 Billericay GBR 18,849
43 Ljubisa Mirkov 59 Cairns AUS 16,382
77 Ernest Poku 54 Windsor GBR 16,000
80 Oscar Vicente 49 Utebo - Zaragoza ESP 15,901
29 Petr Oliva 53 Pilsen CZE 14,239
87 Louise Allcock 56 IRL 10,929
16 Aurel Wisse 63 Laval, QC CAN 7,825
48 Daniel Dryden 56 Aracena ESP 2,018
103 Felix P 28 USA 0
2 Mark Payton 59 Yamhill, OR USA 0
1 Nigel Scott 76 Lewes GBR 0
71 Peggy Hubbard 68 NM USA 0
12 Ann K Seidman 77 Ballston Lake, NY USA 0
34 Janeen Dell'Acqua 68 Valley Center, CA USA 0
63 Tim Heslop 58 Manchester GBR 0