G.S.R. Aegir
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| Location | Winschoterdiep, Groningen, The Netherlands |
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| Founded | 7 February 1878 |
| Membership | ~ 900 |
| Affiliations | Groninger Studentencorps Vindicat atque Polit |
| Website | www |
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| The Varsity | |
The Groningen Student Rowing Club Aegir (Dutch: Groninger Studenten Roeivereniging Aegir) (GSR Aegir) is a Dutch rowing club, founded 7 February 1878 as a subsidiary organization of Vindicat atque Polit, a Groningen Student Corporation. GSR Aegir is located at the Winschoterdiep, and, as of 2023 has approximately 900 members.
Aegir has won The Varsity, a student rowing event of The Netherlands modelled on the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, a total of 6 times.
For the 1972 Summer Olympics GSR Aegir provided the whole crew for the Dutch eight. In recent years Aegir rower Reinder Lubbers was part of the Olympic Crew.
Rowing Races
[edit]GSR Aegir organises a few rowing events each year:
- Martini Regatta - Aegir organises this rowing event in collaboration with A.G.S.R. Gyas and the Royal Groningen Rowing Club 'De Hunze'. [1]
- Hel van het Noorden - A time trial race for the single scull or coxless pair.[2]
- Studenten Roeiregatta Groningen - A rowing race exclusively for students in the Netherlands.[3]
- Chris Heuvelman Wielerclassic - A road bicycle racing event.
Honours
[edit]Henley Royal Regatta
[edit]| Year | Races won |
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| 1970 | Ladies' Challenge Plate |
Notable (former) members
[edit]- Joost Adema (born 1959), rower
- Stef Blok (born 1964), politician
- Herman Eggink (born 1949), rower
- Sybrand van Haersma Buma (born 1965), politician
- Sjoerd Hoekstra (born 1959), rower
- Hans Huisinga (born 1950), rower
- Reinder Lubbers (born 1984), rower and cricket player
- Frank Mulder (born 1946), rower
- Jannes Munneke (born 1949), rower
- Ingrid Munneke-Dusseldorp (born 1946), rower
- Pieter Offens (born 1946), rower
- Henk Rouwé (born 1946), rower
- Rutger Stuffken (born 1947), rower
- Melvin Twellaar (born 1996), rower
- Bram Tuinzing (born 1948), rower
- Jan van der Vliet (born 1949), rower