Transportable and lightweight portable boxing ring called GoSparTM leads to chance of prize for two University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) students from Inverness who have made it to the grand final of Engineers in Business Champions of Champions competition
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Two students from Inverness have made it to the grand final of Engineers in Business Champions of Champions competition.
Matej Papp, a personal trainer from Inverness, and business partner Ahmed Nassar won the best engineer award, sponsored by Engineers in Business Fellowship, at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Business Ideas Competition earlier this year.
Their idea – a transportable and lightweight portable boxing ring called GoSparTM – qualifies them for a place in the final, which takes place at the Royal Academy of Engineering tomorrow, after winning the earlier award.
They will pitch their innovation against nine other teams of student and graduate innovators in the final, with £15,000 up for grabs, providing vital seed money to help the winners develop their idea.
The winners will also receive mentoring from the Sainsbury Management Fellows network, plus CV packages from Purple CV and entrepreneurial books from Cambridge University Press.
Mr Papp said: “Being one of the finalists is a huge achievement for us. It inspires us to continue our journey towards taking our product to market and provides us with a sense of recognition which is invaluable to us at this stage.”
Roz Thomas, an enterprise lecturer with Create, organisers of the UHI business contest, said:
“We are absolutely delighted for Matej and Ahmed, who are thoroughly deserving of their place in this final.
“They have not only come up with an innovative engineering idea, which responds to market need, they continue to show a tremendous amount of passion and determination for their product.
“We continue to support Matej and Ahmed in their business
development and wish them the very best of luck for this competition.”
GoSparTM is easily transportable and lightweight to make training anywhere at any time as simple as it should be.
In its packed-away form, it is compact and can fit into the average UK car. As such, boxing personal trainers can now do their sessions outdoors with clients and are not limited to a single location.
Boxing gyms with limited space also have the capability to set up GoSparTM when needed and pack it away with ease, without giving up premium space.
The Engineers in Business competition is designed to inspire engineers to study business and innovation and Mr Papp said: “Business innovation skills are an extremely valuable asset to have as a student or graduate engineer.”
• There is also a people’s vote with a prize of £500. Visit here.
