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[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and we've got ANOTHER meter millionaire! Congratulations, Patrick Hmr, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!!

[Kona2]

14th...thanks to our Fall Team Challenge Lunie Team!

FTC Milestones: Several teammates reaching the 100K certificate!

300 K David A
250 K Ted
200 K Jeff
100 K Andrew C
100 K Ian
100 K Shawn
100 K Terry

MILESTONES...Bragging RIghts...Celebrations:

3.55 MM Ron
1.5 MM Robin
1.25 MM Michael W
1 MM Patrick Hmr
900 K Patrick Hsr
400 K Victor
300 K David B
250 K K2
200 K Jeff G

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

NW2 1,018 m
Titus 2,577 m
Shawn 3,372 m
Patrick Hmr 4,086 m
Carol M 5,000 m
Derric 5,000 m
Sergio 6,022 m
David B 6,063 m
Ian 6,325 m
JD 6,342 m
Frank 7,112 m
Angelo 7,342 m
Terry B 8,003 m
Larry 9,107 m
K2 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Paul M 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Steve D 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
Ted 10,111 m
Brent 10,145 m
Tombeur 10,293 m
Eric 11,897 m
Trevor 12,030 m
Colin 12,170 m
David A 14,463 m
Andrew C 15,000 m
Jeff G 15,000 m
Victor 18,894 m
Ron 22,822 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Jeff F 23,932 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wim 24,074 m...mooner!
Robin 29,092 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 33,333 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Michael W 52,745 m..a half century

[Kona2]

14th! Thank you Fall Challenge Team!

Looks like we will be about 850 K short of 10th as of this moment. We have benefitted from those who are rowing with us as either unaffiliated or from affiliations that have, perhaps, not fielded a team. Naturally all of them are very welcome to become full time Lunies. It is an ebb and flow world. The Holiday Challenge is coming, though, and that will appeal to some. No other team has earned reindeer quite like the Lunies!

FTC Team Milestones:

800 K Robin
650 K Steve H
650 K Ron
550 K Jeff F
350 K Sergio
200 K Roy
200 K Geri
150 K Patrick Hmr

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.35 MM Wild Bill
1.5 MM Tombeur
1.3 MM Michael W
1.15 MM Sergio
950 K Jeff F
300 K Carol M
300 K Wim
250 K Dennis
250 K Roy
200 K Gary

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Titus 524 m
Tony 1,111 m...a palindrome!
Dennis 2,000 m
Larry 2,009 m
Brent 2,049 m
GMan 2,212 m
Stewart 4,075 m
JD 4,282 m
David T 4,500 m
Derric 5,000 m
Lynne 5,000 m
Bernie 5,036 m
Karyn 5,038 m
Scott 6,011 m
Marios 6,617 m
Andrew C 6,730 m
Carol M 7,403 m
Norma m ...lucky 7 palindrome!
Wim 8,235 m
Tombeur 9,790 m
Gary 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Paul B 10,000 m
Ted 10,110 m
Patrick Hmr 12,136 m
Eric 13,128 m
David A 14,519 m
Victor 15,054 m
Minnie 15,069 m
danwho 17,171 m...a lucky palindrome!
Cornel 18,058 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Ron 23,032 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Robin 24,042 m...a palindrome and a mooner! What a Fall Challenge you're having!
Jeff F 25,130 m...mooner!
Roy 31,500 m...mooner!
Sergio 33,072 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 36,796 m...mooner!
Michael W 38,285 m... mooner!



Time for daylight savings to end....you know this when you have to get yer headlamp out to take out the trash bin! Although, if viewing the night sky, seriously would want a red beam....

[BAZzy]

Time for daylight savings to end....you know this when you have to get yer headlamp out to take out the trash bin! Although, if viewing the night sky, seriously would want a red beam....

Thanks, it's about time we got it back for a while, days are getting longer in the Harbour City and we are finally able to move about after 4 months of COVID lockdowns...Cheers, Baz

[Kona2]

Time for daylight savings to end....you know this when you have to get yer headlamp out to take out the trash bin! Although, if viewing the night sky, seriously would want a red beam....

Thanks, it's about time we got it back for a while, days are getting longer in the Harbour City and we are finally able to move about after 4 months of COVID lockdowns...Cheers, Baz

And summmmr has just started for the Aussies! Daylight savings time (which I will admit I don't think of as STARTING in October) just kicked in on 9 October! Won't be long before you're out and about Baz - especially after a 4 month lockdown!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and we've got one more meter millionaire! Congratulations, Jeff F, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[Kona2]

This is it! The last day of the Challenge!

FTC Team Milestones:

450 K Ed
350 K Wild Bill
300 K Ted
250 K Eric
250 K Patrick Hsr
150 K Gary
100 K Kris K
100 K Carol M
100 K Cornel

MILESTONES..Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.6 MM Ron
1.55 MM Robin
1 MM Jeff F
800 K Ted
350 K Paul M
150 K Jodi
150 K Cornel


Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


GMan 1,020 m
Tony 1,111 m...a palindrome!
David T 2,000 m
Rebecca 3,000 m
JD 3,228 m
Frank 5,000 m
Jodi 5,319 m
Carol M 5,406 m
Paul M 5,500 m..a double double!
Wild Bill m ...a high five palindrome!
Wim 8,186 m
Andrew C 10,000 m
Bill 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Lynne 10,000 m ...closing in on 100K FTC meters!
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
K2 10,093 m
Tombeur 10,207 m
David B 12,133 m
David A 14,498 m
Eric 16,514 m
Jeff G 17,013 m
Cornel 17,386 m
Patrick Hmr 17,785 m
Brent 18,134 m
Maria 18,845 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!


Gary 21,097 m...he moons us!
Ron 23,232 m...a Sinatra palindrome and a mooner!
Robin 24,042 m..a palindrome and a mooner!
Sergio 31,586 m...mooner!
Jeff F 36,490 m...mooner!
Ted 45,558 m... mooner!

[Kona2]

Well done, Lunies!!

841 teams signed up for the Fall Team Challenge - and we came in 14th! So maybe we reframe this as being in the top ten percent instead of the top ten? There were some truly mighty efforts put forth by many, MANY teammates. Robin was our top meter producer - almost 900K! That's a lot of erg hours for sure!

Here's a list of all who contributed to our success! Thank you for pulling the erg chain, or pushing it, for the Lunie Fall Challenge Team! Every meter counts - whether you contributed a few or mega meters - it all made a difference!!

1 Robin Sirkin 56 Marshall, NC USA 897,168m
2 Ron MacBruce 67 Brookfield, VT USA 696,586m
3 Steve Hankins 53 Arlington, VA USA 688,886m
4 Jeff Flood 71 Brighton, MI USA 602,112m
5 Ed Church 61 Doha QAT 466,684m
6 Norma Delaney 67 Princeton, NJ USA 378,539m
7 Sergio Sabatini 56 Albenga ITA 369,750m
8 William Haag 70 ZULU -7 / TANGO USA 368,564m
9 David A. Alden 61 Amberley Village, OH USA 352,639m
10 Barry O'Malley 61 Epping, NSW AUS 346,250m
11 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 60 Crawfordville, FL USA 312,000m
12 Eric Johnson 39 West Linn, OR USA 261,658m
13 Patrick Heiser 45 Hackettstown, NJ USA 251,088m
14 Angelo Papadopoulos 55 Monterey, NSW AUS 245,721m
15 Kenneth Guenther 73 Oslo, MN USA 240,000m
16 Jeff Goon 57 Buckley, WA USA 237,819m
17 Brent Brown 35 Houston, TX USA 225,852m
18 Geri Kaye 65 Alamo, CA USA 209,139m
19 Roy Passfield 62 Elizabeth, CO USA 206,262m
20 peter verdirame 67 port washington, NY USA 192,279m
21 Andrew Stewart 59 Chewton, VIC AUS 189,474m
22 Patrick Homer 49 Edgewater, MD USA 178,032m
23 Chris Tudury 72 Fair Oaks, CA USA 176,201m
24 Gary Weaver 47 Dallas, PA USA 172,795m
25 David Best 50 Newport News, VA USA 171,848m
26 Maria Cristina Bolla 57 Albenga ITA 162,267m
27 Dan Wickwar 67 Raleigh, NC USA 159,596m
28 Kiara Smith 44 Central Coast, NSW AUS 158,420m
29 Wim Rumping 50 North Liberty, IA USA 145,547m
30 Paul Murray 68 Cambridge, MA USA 136,500m
31 Brett McCrory 45 Aledo, IL USA 133,711m
32 Mark McCracken 44 Baltimore, MD USA 129,667m
33 Andrew Cocks 46 Taipei TPE 124,537m
34 Carol Moniz 57 Angier, NC USA 110,546m
35 Cornel B - Dallas, FL USA 109,624m
36 Jeff Doenges 70 Somers, CT USA 107,993m
37 Ian Barnes 52 Manchester GBR 104,724m
38 Shawn Howerton 49 Dayton, NV USA 103,539m
39 Kris Kozak 61 Leavenworth, KS USA 102,901m
40 Paul Berge 43 West Nyack, NY USA 100,250m
41 Terry Belchikoff 75 Cherry Hill, NJ USA 100,238m
42 Karen Martens 68 St Petersburg, FL USA 100,074m
43 Bill Laux 58 Centreville, VA USA 100,000m
44 Frank Berthold 44 Woburn, MA USA 97,568m
45 Lynne Carpenter 66 Auburn, CA USA 94,941m
46 Marios Ioannis Kollias 35 GRE 93,159m
47 John Marsh 67 Portland, OR USA 90,588m
48 Lawrence Arevalo 57 Houston, TX USA 85,354m
49 Rich Cat 49 GBR 84,998m
50 Grégory Fracheboud 33 SUI 82,104m
51 Carol Wright 67 Lyndeborough, NH USA 67,304m
52 JD Lee 44 TN USA 59,395m
53 Rebecca Whitcomb 38 Readfield, ME USA 55,000m
54 Patrick Schlueter 76 Hendersonville, NC USA 53,754m
55 Jan Stevenson 69 Broomfield, CO USA 52,742m
56 Dan OBrien 61 Channahon, IL USA 52,416m
57 David Wilson 68 Eastbourne GBR 50,000m
58 Dennis Dishong 65 Cleveland, OH USA 44,920m
59 Zach Dykstra 40 Elgin, IL USA 44,445m
60 Russell williams 39 USA 42,325m
61 Mary Outlaw 64 USA 40,568m
62 Scott Krafft 63 Fort Wayne, IN USA 36,439m
63 Judy Abbott 80 Munster, IN USA 32,432m
64 Ron Warnick - Cincinnati, OH USA 27,053m
65 Louis Framarini 60 Nashua, NH USA 25,191m
66 Jamie Engel 31 CA USA 22,034m
67 Jeremy Ahlgren 41 WI USA 21,128m
68 Elaine Baruwa 47 Baltimore, MD USA 19,717m
69 Jodi Nelson 60 Staten Island, NY USA 19,106m
70 Dick Carpenter 69 Auburn , CA USA 18,656m
71 Gene Bayersdorfer 69 Hopewell Junction , NY USA 18,492m
72 Donna Nii 64 Fresno, CA USA 17,524m
73 Corey Anglemyer 36 Topeka, KS USA 16,654m
74 Fabian Becker 34 GER 14,500m
75 Cindy Kepler Reck 49 Bloomsburg, PA USA 11,295m
76 Craig Rutter 36 Deganwy GBR 10,030m
77 Virginia Landgraf 57 Chicago, IL USA 10,000m
78 Dina Brown 60 Hagerstown, MD USA 10,000m
79 A J Tudury 73 Fair Oaks, CA USA 5,391m
80 SHANA SMITH 46 USA 4,666m
81 Donna Kehoe - USA 3,033m
82 Scott Otto 49 Shoreview, MN USA 2,150m
83 Dana Bowlin 44 WA USA 1,576m

[Kona2]

Forty days! That's the amount of time we each have before the start of the ever popular Holiday Challenge! No time like right after a big Challenge finishes to remind you that the biggest one of them all is what seems like far, far away....yet 40 days will evaporate ever so fast! Do the stuff you need to do, because you're going to want to clear your calendars!

But now, a return to being in the moment! The witching, or bewitching or scary season is upon us! Costumes! Decorations! The ubiquitous candy! We would be so doomed without the offset of erging! And maybe we'll even open our Spellbooks !? The Skeleton Challenge will be here within 10 days, and you'll have seven days to complete 31K and earn your donuts...I mean your Skeleton Crew certificate. Shake, rattle and roll!



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.4 MM Wild Bill
2.1 MM David A
1.6 MM Robin
850 K danwho

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m...a palindrome!
Nancy 1,600 m
Larry 1,999 m
David W 2,000 m
Shawn 2,527 m
Rebecca 3,000 m
Shana 3,002 m
Frank 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,004 m
Robert E 6,000 m
Gary 7,541 m
Jason 7,605 m
Wim 7,751 m
Colin 8,798 m
Bill 9,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
Patrick Hmr 10,079 m
Victor 14,079 m
Tombeur 14,729 m
Baz 15,000 m
Minnie 15,068 m
Jeff F 15,281 m
Paul M 16,000 m
Jeff G 17,013 m
danwho 17,171 m...a palindrome!
David A 17,905 m
Ron 22,922 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 26,562 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Robin 71,711 m...mega mooner and queen of the boat!

[BAZzy]

Time for daylight savings to end....you know this when you have to get yer headlamp out to take out the trash bin! Although, if viewing the night sky, seriously would want a red beam....

Thanks, it's about time we got it back for a while, days are getting longer in the Harbour City and we are finally able to move about after 4 months of COVID lockdowns...Cheers, Baz

And summmmr has just started for the Aussies! Daylight savings time (which I will admit I don't think of as STARTING in October) just kicked in on 9 October! Won't be long before you're out and about Baz - especially after a 4 month lockdown!

And we're looking forward to that. Its just nice to be able to travel more than 5 kilometres from home, almost a novelty.

And congratulations to all who participated in the Challenge, well done Luna-tics...!

Glorious autumn day in the harbour city, blue skies, mild temperature, light breeze - perfect! Cheers, Baz

[Kona2]

Tis the season!!

No telling what we'll find in the cauldron in our galactic journey!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.75 MM Ed
1.65 MM Minnie
1.15 MM Eric
900 K Brent
550 K Baz
350 K Colin

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Brent 1,715 m
Tony 2,222 m...a palindrome!
David T 2,500 m
NW1 4,719 m
Angelo 5,000 m
Larry 5,050 m
JD 5,079 m
Tombeur 5,635 m
Maria 5,850 m
Stewart 5,900 m
Brett 6,000 m
William C 6,000 m
Marios 7,000 m
Colin 7,212 m
Tom R 7,711 m
David W 8,000 m
Kevin 8,224
Wild Bill 8,888 m...a palindrome!
Andrew C 10,000 m
Lynne 10,000 m
Eric 11,019 m
Robin 11,111 m...a palindrome!
Ron 12,220 m
Paul B 12,662 m
Trevor 13,529 m
Baz 15,000 m
Robert H 15,000 m
Minnie 15,058 m
Ed 33,333 m...a palindrome and the Lone Mooner!

[Kona2]

Ah....the time between Challenges!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.65 MM Ron
1.05 MM Patrick Hmr
900 K Trevor
700 K Ron W
500 K Frank...a cool half million!
400 K Andrew C

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Brent 1,023 m
David T 2,000 m
Rebecca 3,000 m
Angelo 3,519 m
Jason 4,620 m
Frank 5,000 m
Jeff F 5,555 m...a high five palindrome!
Bernie 6,020 m
Patrick Hmr 6,469 m
Andrew C 6,744 m
Paul B 7,413 m
Kevin 8,448 m...a palindrome!
Tombeur 8,592 m
David B 10,164 m
K2 11,111 m...a palindrome!
Eric 13,020 m
Baz 15,000 m
Minnie 16,526 m
Trevor 17,419 m
Ron W 21,527 m...mooner!
Ron 22,422 m..a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 27,072 m ...a palindrome and a mooner!
Ed 33,333 m...a palindrome and a mooner!

[Kona2]

Here they come!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


4.45 MM Wild Bill
2.8 MM Ed
2.15 MM David A
1.55 MM Tombeur
1.2 MM Sergio
1.15 MM Greg F
650 K Maria
250 K Gary
200 K Robert H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Josh 2,038 m
Frank 2,233 m..a double double!
David T 2,500 m
Rebecca 3,000 m
Derric 5,000 m
Larry 5,012 m
Shana 5,142 m
Raoul 6,593 m
Karyn 7,237 m
Trevor 9,524 m
Tombeur 9,862 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
Scott 11,032 m
Brent 11,814 m
Brett 12,000 m
Eric 12,020 m
Colin 12,157 m
Patrick Hmr 14,179 m
David A 14,545 m
Minnie 15,056 m
Marie 15,915 m
Cornel 17,000 m
Gary 21,097 m...mooner!
Ron 22,827 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 27,072 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Sergio 29,847 m...mooner!
Greg F 124,075 m...mega mooner!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.7 MM Ron
1.65 MM Robin
300 K Derric
200 K Cornel

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Briana 506 m
Rebecca 2,000 m
Josh 2,044 m
David T 2,500 m
JD 2,885 m
Kiara 2,962 m
Jason 3,423 m
Norma 4,004 m ...a palindrome from afar!
Andrew C 4,963 m
Derric 5,000 m
Angelo 6,000 m
William C 6,000 m
Colin 7,000 m
Brent 7,152 m
Steve D 7,433 m
Frank 7,807 m
K2 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m..a one aught palindrome!
Tombeur 10,678 m
Sergio 12,026 m
Robin 12,096 m
danwho 13,131 m...a palindrome!
David A 14,405 m
Baz 15,000 m
Wim 16,056 m
Gary 21,097 m ... mooner!
Cornel 21,500 m... mooner!
Ron 22,822 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 27,072 m...a palindrome and a mooner!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.5 MM Wild Bill
1.95 MM Angelo
1.7 MM Minnie
1.25 MM Sergio
600 K Baz
300 K Gary
50 K Stewart

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! Welcome back to Patrick H.!

Stewart 1,343 m
Patrick H 1,463 m
Tony 2,222 m...a palindrome!
Nancy 3,030 m
Norma 4,114 m...a palindrome!
Jeff F 4,444 m...a palindrome!
Derric 5,000 m
Louie 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Dennis 5,022 m
JD 5,673 m
Kevin 5,793 m
William C 6,000 m
Bernie 6,021 m
Patrick S 7,084 m
Andrew C 7,151 m
Karyn 7,263 m
Brett 8,000 m
Wim 8,065 m
Colin 9,661 m
Baz 10,000 m
David W 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
Eric 10,024 m
Trevor 10,573 m
Angelo 11,018 m
David A 12,023 m
Brent 13,050 m
Minnie 15,159 m
Sergio 15,747 m
Wild Bill 16,061 m..a palindrome!
Robin 18,430 m
Tombeur 20,424 m
Gary 21,097 m...mooner!
Ron 23,032 m...a palindrome and a mooner!