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NameFree Spirits
TypeVirtual
Members1008
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 1,230,343
7 Dwayne K. Adams 61 Phoenix, AZ USA 979,667
92 Frank VandeVeegaete 51 NJ USA 752,880
60 Mike De Petris 60 Trieste ITA 690,125
33 Morten Haugseng 63 Sandnes NOR 520,895
76 Ron Pollard 60 Indianapolis, IN USA 484,374
27 Steve Pitts 67 Anacortes, WA USA 471,896
82 Ian Bee 47 Cotswolds GBR 469,798
84 Kevin Horne 61 Sparkford GBR 417,298
102 Andrew Dunne 46 GBR 388,500
47 Iain Greenwood 57 Reading GBR 359,018
21 Paul Kinlin 59 Forres GBR 351,258
81 Tako Lootsma 53 Asker 🇳🇴 NOR 349,383
40 Oliver Leeds 54 Tunbridge Wells GBR 335,861
10 William Konarzewski 76 Colchester GBR 322,094
5 Pete Jain 56 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 311,323
58 Kay Bieri 49 Thun SUI 300,000
36 Collette Lancaster-Lockwood 57 Adelaide, SA AUS 290,279
86 Allen H 61 GER 242,608
96 Hans Pfeil 62 GER 240,000
39 Huw Thomas 65 Milverton GBR 227,858
15 Frank Pallo 75 Spring Hill, FL USA 227,606
95 Zachary Ledyard 33 USA 218,382
3 Mike Channin 55 Wickford GBR 217,593
89 Lee Moody 54 Farnborough GBR 216,316
70 Christopher Lloyd 50 Wirral GBR 214,000
18 Ben Skinner 51 Winchester GBR 210,395
59 Teil Scott 50 Sunbury-on-Thames GBR 201,291
46 Chris Archer 77 BAY OF ISLANDS NZL 191,024
13 Boris Bossi 58 Davos SUI 187,102
62 Linda McMillin 67 Wabasha, MN USA 182,500
57 Michael Smyth 57 Nichols Point, VIC AUS 180,000
38 Reetu Jain 60 UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 GBR 179,693
4 Denise Aitcheson 70 London GBR 172,750
67 Paul Corrigan 60 Blyth GBR 161,272
88 Joe Smith 66 Georgetown , IN USA 160,237
55 Sue Haga 65 WV USA 154,650
14 Peter Strik 56 Woerden NED 153,959
94 Adam Weber 40 Austin, TX USA 150,694
101 Jack Holbrook 46 Louisville, KY USA 150,019
72 Kevin Hubbard 65 NM USA 143,300
79 Claudius B. 46 Weiden i.d.Opf. GER 139,082
24 Nick Shuker 64 Edwinstowe GBR 131,530
19 David Plumb 62 Manchester GBR 124,964
8 Bob Poliachik 65 Leland, NC USA 118,611
75 Martyn Pallett 39 Midlands GBR 116,943
97 Sofie Lootsma 16 NOR 115,499
91 Gus Goad 70 Bury St Edmunds GBR 112,120
51 Philip Price 91 Armstrong Creek, VIC AUS 111,554
65 Paul Roberts 78 Epping GBR 110,000
106 Rodney Wakefield 69 GBR 103,100
105 Paula Wakefield 49 GBR 102,250
90 Michael Becker 59 Bad Kreuznach GER 97,773
32 Michael Murtha 67 Avondale,, PA USA 94,311
50 Donna Wilson 65 Glasgow, KY USA 90,226
42 Peter Sergeant 71 Benson GBR 89,535
53 Stephen Craig-Pearson 56 Oamaru NZL 89,497
66 Ian Hamby 59 Derby Line, VT USA 86,715
68 Lesley Duffy 61 Brisbane, QLD AUS 86,524
22 Guy Wood 82 Winnipeg, MB CAN 84,202
54 Lowell Lemoine 83 Charleston, WV USA 83,000
83 Connie Eckart 65 Norton, MA USA 82,237
41 Joe Lohman 59 Rothbury, MI USA 81,322
11 Peter Seidman 78 Ballston Lake, NY USA 80,890
17 Graham Webber 69 FREE SPIRITS GBR 80,888
49 Peter Weiß 59 Ingolstadt GER 80,657
61 clare burrell 66 Coleraine, VIC AUS 70,722
35 Fred Koene 65 Rotterdam NED 66,124
98 Robert Đidara 41 CRO 65,000
25 Ana W 53 Northern Virginia, VA USA 59,702
64 Brit H 56 Sandnes NOR 57,822
6 Richard Lindner 66 Somerset, UK GBR 57,532
52 Tim Symington 48 Nottingham GBR 57,032
45 alan wisniewski 74 Seaford GBR 56,147
99 Andrea Tolson 44 USA 54,388
23 Bob Lesch 62 The Bay State USA 52,900
69 Markus Schätzle 56 Zurich SUI 50,000
28 Mat Leonard 55 Anglesey GBR 48,773
44 Gary Patmore 40 GBR 46,207
78 David Hilton 61 OR USA 44,040
93 Racsek Zsóka 50 Budapest HUN 42,711
56 Guy Nesbitt 56 Highclere GBR 39,489
30 Carole Sergeant 69 Wallingford GBR 39,000
9 Larthell Carthan 72 Southfield, MI USA 37,399
26 Emma Pettitt 53 Milan GBR 35,164
20 Wayne Boyd 70 Keno, OR USA 34,750
31 Graham Dover 55 Port Moody, BC CAN 33,128
73 Jon Taylor 60 Bath, Somerset GBR 32,823
104 Christian Czarnecki 37 GER 31,376
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
87 Louise Allcock 56 IRL 15,929
80 Oscar Vicente 49 Utebo - Zaragoza ESP 15,901
29 Petr Oliva 53 Pilsen CZE 14,239
16 Aurel Wisse 63 Laval, QC CAN 12,825
12 Ann K Seidman 77 Ballston Lake, NY USA 2,543
48 Daniel Dryden 56 Aracena ESP 2,018
2 Mark Payton 59 Yamhill, OR USA 0
103 Felix P 28 USA 0
34 Janeen Dell'Acqua 68 Valley Center, CA USA 0
1 Nigel Scott 76 Lewes GBR 0
63 Tim Heslop 58 Manchester GBR 0
71 Peggy Hubbard 68 NM USA 0