Lincolnshire Student Awarded New Holland Trophy

Posted 11 October 2004

Ross Pearson, of Freiston, Boston, has been awarded the NEW HOLLAND TROPHY 2004. This award is for the top student on the final year of the BEng Honours Course at Harper Adams University College, Shropshire.

Ross, 22, a former pupil of Boston Grammar School, was the only BEng Agricultural Engineering student to obtain a first class honours degree. As part of his degree he undertook a project on hydraulic track adjustment for Househams Sprayers.

Ross accepted the award at the University College’s annual graduation ceremony last month, where he also collected his degree. He is now working as a design development engineer for Chafer Machinery Ltd of Gainsborough.