Asopos de Vliet
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Asopos de Vliet is a Leiden based students' rowing
club, taking its membership primarily from Leiden University
, the Netherlands
.
The female-only rowing club De Vliet was founded in 1905, taking its name after one of the waters in Leiden. In 1974 it merged with the male-only rowing club Asopos (named after the Greek rivergod Asopos
), which had been founded in 1962 by discontent members of the club Njord, nowadays a sub of Leiden's traditional fraternity/sorority (corps) Minerva.
was a member of De Vliet when she studied in Leiden (1956 - 1961). It is said that she, as a former member of V.V.S.L., the co-founding sorority of Minerva, may have been opposed to the merger between Asopos and De Vliet at the time. Instead, she would have preferred her former rowing club to merge with Njord, as that club was a sub of Minerva, into which the fraternity L.S.C. had merged with V.V.S.L. in 1972.
Sport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
club, taking its membership primarily from Leiden University
Leiden University
Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close...
, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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The female-only rowing club De Vliet was founded in 1905, taking its name after one of the waters in Leiden. In 1974 it merged with the male-only rowing club Asopos (named after the Greek rivergod Asopos
Asopus
Asopus or Asôpos is the name of four different rivers in Greece and one in Turkey. In Greek mythology, it was the name of the gods of those rivers.-The rivers in Greece:...
), which had been founded in 1962 by discontent members of the club Njord, nowadays a sub of Leiden's traditional fraternity/sorority (corps) Minerva.
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Beatrix is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. She is the first daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She studied law at Leiden University...
was a member of De Vliet when she studied in Leiden (1956 - 1961). It is said that she, as a former member of V.V.S.L., the co-founding sorority of Minerva, may have been opposed to the merger between Asopos and De Vliet at the time. Instead, she would have preferred her former rowing club to merge with Njord, as that club was a sub of Minerva, into which the fraternity L.S.C. had merged with V.V.S.L. in 1972.