Leiden rowing club Njord presses charges against Nereus members: “Very disappointed by what happened”

Leiden rowing club Njord will press charges against Nereus members who entered the clubhouse on Monday night. Njord made this promise to the police.

Njord doesn’t want to say much else today the event. “We are not really giving any substantive response to what happened on Monday night,” said Njord president Sophia Boomsma. “We were very surprised by the media attention we are getting. -now. We are very sorry about what happened on Monday night, but fortunately we are in good contact with the Nereus board.”

The Nereus members wanted to bring picture frames. The members of Njord wanted to prevent that. Several antiques were later destroyed and a Njord member was also injured. “I can say right now that all my limbs are doing well, that the limb that had to be stitched is also doing well. And I want to leave it at that. “

Appropriate punishment

Nereus does not want to answer the camera today, but he will appear during the morning report on the Nereus website. “We are shocked by the behavior of our members, all the damage done by Njord and we strongly disagree with the course of events,” he says, among other things.

The stolen frames have now been returned and Nereus has cleaned up at Njord. Nereus, together with the Royal Netherlands Cycling Federation (KNRB) and an independent legal body, are now considering an appropriate punishment for these members.