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Latch Attach’s John Clarke with Minister English and Judges

LATCH ATTACH IN THE TOP THREE MINI

COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY!

Royal School Young Entrepreneurs achieve national success.

Latch Attach, a Mini Company from the Royal School the door ajar but stable, thus allowing a breeze into the
Cavan have been awarded a special merit award in cab while driving at no risk to the cab.
the national final of the PDST Get up and Go Young
Enterprise competition held in the Osprey hotel, Naas, Company Progression:
Co Kildare on May 3rd 2016. This placed them in the top Their first sales happened before Christmas. Although
three entries in the competition. it was a product that solved overheating, they received
This group includes John Clarke, Steven Armstrong interest even during the Christmas period. However
& Philip Speares. They have been working diligently their main selling point was the machinery show in
on their farms each summer and so experienced the Cavan where they sold a huge amount of products and
problems of overheating in their tractor cabs. They have got a lot of recognition. They sold so many products that
come up with the invention of the tractor door latch we had to outsource to an engineer in order to cope with
attach under the guidance of Enterprise teacher Mr. Dale all the orders.
Robertson and with great help and support from their The company is still very much in operation and looking
parents also. to the future. You can contact the company through
They have already won the senior category of the Facebook, on their Website or through the Royal School
Cavan Student enterprise Awards and then qualified Cavan if you would like to know more about the product.
for the final of the PDST competition through a regional
qualifier in Athlone in April.

Product:
The idea for Latch Attach’s product stemmed from
the personal experiences of John Clarke and Steven
Armstrong. Both men work diligently each summer
and so experienced problems of over-heating. This lead
to the idea of the latch and when Transition Year came
around, the Mini Company programme offered the
perfect opportunity to manufacture the product.
The product is a 200mm box iron latch designed to work
with the door locking mechanism of the tractor to keep

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