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NameFree Spirits
TypeVirtual
Members989
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
84 Cornel B - Perth, WA AUS 1,243,116
39 alan wisniewski 74 Seaford GBR 1,010,537
7 Dwayne K. Adams 60 Phoenix, AZ USA 980,760
95 Frank VandeVeegaete 50 NJ USA 606,241
30 Morten Haugseng 62 Sandnes NOR 598,108
21 Paul Kinlin 58 Forres GBR 508,180
20 Wayne Boyd 69 Keno, OR USA 418,734
4 Mike Channin 54 Wickford GBR 417,796
60 Ian Hamby 58 Derby Line, VT USA 405,113
53 Kay Bieri 49 Thun SUI 393,697
33 Oliver Leeds 54 Tunbridge Wells GBR 368,363
81 Ian Bee 47 Cotswolds GBR 366,525
6 Jon Burch-Hyson 62 Winchester GBR 359,096
35 Joe Lohman 58 Rothbury, MI USA 336,109
46 Tim Symington 48 Nottingham GBR 326,357
79 Claudius B. 46 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 323,009
64 Lesley Duffy 60 Brisbane, QLD AUS 322,592
97 Fred Bockting 65 Amsterdam NED 312,041
65 Aren Tyr 43 Newcastle Upon Tyne GBR 274,628
101 Radoslav Pavlov 38 BUL 259,937
36 Sjoerd Plagmeijer 52 Den helder NED 259,747
41 Iain Greenwood 57 Reading GBR 250,582
92 Michael Becker 58 Bad Kreuznach GER 235,410
98 Hans Pfeil 61 GER 230,000
80 Tako Lootsma 52 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 230,000
15 Boris Bossi 57 Davos SUI 218,782
99 Danno S 64 Texas USA 216,294
18 Ben Skinner 50 Winchester GBR 214,721
13 Todd McGrattan 51 London, ON CAN 211,811
75 Ólafur Hrafn Júlíusson 54 Reykjavík ISL 210,614
107 Nathan Kent 43 Melbourne, VIC AUS 209,698
16 Frank Pallo 74 Spring Hill, FL USA 208,981
96 Racsek Zsóka 49 Budapest HUN 203,802
67 Christopher Lloyd 49 Wirral GBR 198,000
51 Karl Meyer 64 Germantown, OH USA 193,772
78 Ron Pollard 59 Indianapolis, IN USA 179,301
91 Lee Moody 53 Farnborough GBR 178,160
68 Kevin Hubbard 64 NM USA 170,434
9 Joseph Wilhems 70 Woodville, OH USA 168,455
57 Linda McMillin 66 Wabasha, MN USA 165,000
108 Alex Sher 34 Toronto, ON CAN 163,862
10 Bob Poliachik 64 Apex, NC USA 160,000
14 Ann K Seidman 76 Ballston Lake, NY USA 155,138
59 Paul Roberts 78 Epping GBR 142,016
73 Jon Taylor 59 Bath, Somerset GBR 138,630
50 Sue Haga 65 WV USA 137,700
66 Rob Larson 49 ME USA 133,159
69 Sandy Roy 71 Aberdeenshire GBR 130,000
93 Gus Goad 70 Bury St Edmunds GBR 125,010
12 Peter Seidman 77 Ballston Lake, NY USA 112,744
102 Sofie Lootsma 15 NOR 108,935
86 Allen H 61 CAN 103,461
19 David Plumb 62 Manchester GBR 102,230
49 Lowell Lemoine 82 WV USA 100,000
85 Cory Swinfield 22 Isle of Wight GBR 99,792
45 Darren Hampton 47 Southampton GBR 92,605
23 Bob Lesch 61 MA USA 90,600
104 Pinuu Secchi 53 Zürich SUI 88,750
29 Michael Murtha 66 Avondale,, PA USA 79,355
8 Seth Israel 56 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL USA 78,940
37 Peter Sergeant 70 Benson GBR 77,506
106 Andrea Tolson 43 USA 75,606
74 Martyn Pallett 38 Midlands GBR 75,000
34 Steve Smith 61 Henley in Arden GBR 74,626
77 Michael Sørensen 49 Aarhus DEN 73,089
88 Andy Kuswandi 41 USA 71,066
28 Carole Sergeant 69 Wallingford GBR 70,599
42 Peter Weiß 58 Ingolstadt GER 69,883
26 Mark Healy 61 Cork IRL 69,521
82 Connie Eckart 64 Norton, MA USA 69,363
56 clare burrell 65 Coleraine, VIC AUS 68,315
47 Colin Bradley 72 Bower Hinton GBR 66,720
83 Jim Carlson 61 Uxbridge GBR 66,148
43 Philip Price 91 Armstrong Creek, VIC AUS 66,133
24 Nick Shuker 64 Edwinstowe GBR 64,352
17 Graham Webber 68 FREE SPIRITS GBR 61,566
90 Nathan D 59 Perth 🇦🇺, WA AUS 60,550
22 Guy Wood 81 Winnipeg, MB CAN 60,369
72 Jan Haveman 62 Longhorsley GBR 55,182
62 Paul Corrigan 59 Blyth GBR 54,167
71 Sheena Haveman 63 Longhorsley GBR 50,959
5 Richard Lindner 65 Somerset, UK GBR 45,093
27 Tom Begley 66 Helsinki FIN 43,136
11 William Konarzewski 75 Colchester GBR 40,001
25 Andrew Stanway 61 Malvern, Worcestershire GBR 38,903
105 Leandro Blesa Viñado 40 ESP 37,249
1 Roger Burrell 93 Chester le Street GBR 36,614
44 Jason Hewitt 54 Wigan UK. GBR 33,279
89 Eric M 44 Kristianstad SWE 31,397
40 Chris Archer 77 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL 30,382
76 Doug Rodgers 51 Port Ludlow, WA USA 30,000
100 Nick Coker 44 USA 29,790
103 Robert Đidara 40 CRO 24,999
58 Brit H 55 Sandnes NOR 23,447
55 Aaron Dutton 47 Bellingham, WA USA 23,374
61 Christopher Ryan 63 Greenwich, CT USA 21,302
3 Mark Payton 59 Yamhill, OR USA 20,000
2 Nigel Scott 76 Kingston, Lewes GBR 18,116
32 Huw Thomas 65 Milverton GBR 17,830
70 Joel Vivian 54 Phoenixville, PA USA 17,458
87 Louise Allcock 56 IRL 16,000
48 Simon Butterworth 64 Ambleside GBR 5,264
94 Sven Berger 38 Hamburg GER 3,930
63 Chris Newberry 56 Horsham GBR 1,098
54 Alan Duckers 68 Chester GBR 0
31 Janeen Dell'Acqua 67 Valley Center, CA USA 0
38 David I Smith 59 York GBR 0
52 Ashley Jarman 54 Leeds GBR 0