G.S.R. Aegir

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

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'.
• Hel van het Noorden - A time trial race for the single scull or coxless pair.
• Studenten Roeiregatta Groningen - A rowing race exclusively for students in the Netherlands.
• Chris Heuvelman Wielerclassic - A road bicycle racing event.

Honours

Henley Royal Regatta

Notable (former) members

• 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

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