Proteus-eretes
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DSR Proteus-Eretes is the largest student rowing
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 in Delft, with more than 600 members. Proteus-Eretes has a fleet of 111 rowing boats, which is the largest number of boats owned by a student rowingclub in The Netherlands.

Around 60 members of Proteus-Eretes are racerowers, who train to reach a worldclass level of rowing and start competing at a high level instantly. The other members are more recreative rowers, but have also got the opportunity to compete in a competitive environment. With competitions every weekend.

Proteus-Eretes is a result of a fusion between two student rowingclubs, VRV Proteus and DSR Eretes. VRV (Virgilius Roei Vereniging) Proteus was founded in 1947 by Gerrit Athmer and was at first a rowing club only for members of Sanctus Virgilius
Sanctus Virgilius
KSV Sanctus Virgilius is the largest student fraternity/sorority in Delft. There are about 1600 student members who gather together on a daily or weekly basis at an old monastery named Alcuin, after the Irish builder and monk.A wide variety of sports and cultural events are organized by members...

. Other students were not granted membership of Proteus.
In 1966 DSR Eretes was founded as a student rowingclub open to all students. DSR Eretes was growing at a very fast rate whereas Proteus was struggling to survive. Because of problems with Sanctus Virgilius
Sanctus Virgilius
KSV Sanctus Virgilius is the largest student fraternity/sorority in Delft. There are about 1600 student members who gather together on a daily or weekly basis at an old monastery named Alcuin, after the Irish builder and monk.A wide variety of sports and cultural events are organized by members...

 and a shortage of new members, Proteus became an open rowingclub in 1969. In 1970 a fusion with Eretes followed, forming DSR Proteus-Eretes.

See also

  • International Rowing Federation
    International Rowing Federation
    The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron, or FISA for short, is the International Rowing Federation which is the governing body for international Rowing. Its current president is Denis Oswald...

  • Rowing
    Rowing (sport)
    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...

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