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'.Martini regatta Website 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.Studenten Roeiregatta Groningen Website Chris Heuvelman Wielerclassic - A road bicycle racing event.
Honours Henley Royal Regatta +YearRaces won 1970 Ladies' Challenge Plate
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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