UC student delivers winning pitch
14 October 2011
University of Canterbury finance student Alan Jellie has beaten over 150 other ideas to claim first prize in the inaugural 2011 entré "App Challenge" with PitchMeasure, an iPhone application for measuring sports pitches.
University of Canterbury finance student Alan Jellie has beaten over 150 other ideas to claim first prize in the inaugural 2011 entré “App Challenge” with PitchMeasure, an iPhone application for measuring sports pitches.
Pitchmeasure was selected by a panel of judges as the standout idea for its originality and potential benefit to casual sports players and people wanting an easy way to create an impromptu sports field.
Alan’s idea came about when some friends were arguing over where to put the try line for a rugby game they were setting up.
“I thought there should be a better way to do this,” Alan said.
To measure a field, the user simply loads the application on their iPhone, selects what field they want to measure and an overlay will appear on their current position. They can see their exact location as they navigate their way around the edges of the pitch.
Aland hoped the application could be used by physical education teachers and casual sports players around the world to measure ad-lib sports fields.
Entré is a non-profit company run by students at the University of Canterbury. It runs an annual competition to foster the entrepreneurial spirit on campus, to encourage innovation and educate students on the basic elements of business development.
Entre Chief Executive Nick Hawke said the high number of ideas submitted “shows just how keen young people are to have a go at being an entrepreneur and is proof that entre has an important part to play at the University of Canterbury”.
The competition utilises local Christchurch businesses for support. For the App Challenge local mobile development company Mogeo assisted with the development of the idea.
Mogeo Managing Director Adam Hutchinson said “choosing just one idea was difficult but in the end the PitchMeasure idea shone through”.
For more information please contact:
comms@canterbury.ac.nz.
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