A.S.A.V. Aquila is a student athletics association based in Amsterdam. Aquila was founded by Thijs and Jelle in 2003 at the Batavarierenrace. Since then, the goal of Aquila is to promote running among students and stimulate contact between student athletes.
Every Tuesday and Thursday Aquila organizes a running training for runners of all different levels. We train at the historical Olympic Stadium or the track next to it; Arsenal, and sometimes we also train in the Amsterdamse Bos. If you want to do specific track and field training, you are also welcome to join Aquila. For the track and field training we collaborate with Phanos for more specialization in different athletic disciplines at different levels. Please see below for the details of this combined Phanos membership.
Every Thursday we have dinner after training (21:00) for €4, including a dessert and mostly veggie/vegan! You can join by signing up before 17:00 via the Google-forms in the group-chat or my emailing the board! Every week the dinner is cooked by two of our members; so every active member has cooking duty once in a while.
You are more than welcome to join us for three free training sessions! After three trainings we will ask you if you want to become a member of Aquila. We have three different memberships:
– The Aquila membership:
With this membership you can train twice a week with the running group of Aquila. This training is for runners of all levels! This membership will cost €130 a year (€150 for non-students) plus an additional €20 for a National Athletics membership.
What you get:
- A free Aquila running t-shirt
- A newsletter and club magazine
- Thursday dinners for €4
- Fun activities, drinks and parties
- Join races/competitions Aquila organizes or participates in (like National Student Championships, Batavierenrace, Roetersrun, Scienceparkrun, VU Polderloop)
– The Phanos/Aquila membership:
With this membership you can train with different groups at the athletic track in the Olympic Stadium. Look at www.phanos.amsterdam for the different groups. This membership will cost €230 a year (€310 for non-students, free for students who are already Phanos-member).
What you get:
- A newsletter and club magazine
- Thursday dinners for €4
- Fun activities, drinks and parties
- Join races/competitions Aquila organizes or participates in (like National Student Championships, Batavierenrace, Roetersrun, Scienceparkrun, VU Polderloop)
– Membership for non athletes or athletes who train somewhere else:
With this membership you don’t train with Aquila, but you can join our dinners at Thursday night and our events. This membership costs 15 euros a year.
Would you be interested? Feel free to email us at info[@]aquila.nl!