News: Rotherham firms have the drive to break world record
When Andy Green attempts to break the World Land Speed Record on the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa, Rotherham engineering expertise will be integral to his Bloodhound Supersonic Car reaching 1,000mph. And now Rotherham experts have got involved in a world record bid set to take place at the same place - how far could an "unrestricted" driver hit a normal golf ball.
The project is the brain child of Sheffield-based Zen Golf, which has joined forces with Performance Engineered Solutions, based on the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham and Newburgh Engineering, that has a base at Templeborough in Rotherham.
The team is using its expertise to create a driver to attempt to break the long-standing world carry record of 408 yards 10 inches. The new golf club is being called the Bloodhound Driver after the car, as the golf club will be made at Newburgh Engineering, which is also making components for Bloodhound SCC.
Newburgh's chairman, Vince Middleton, is also Zen Golf's chairman and the cousin of Zen's founder, Nick Middleton. The record bid is part of Nick's quest to highlight the resurgence of British invention, engineering and manufacturing as the catalyst for economic growth and national pride.
Nick Middleton, founder of Zen Oracle Golf, said: "The club will be a completely new design, with grip, shaft and club head all being created from the archetypal clean sheet of paper. This is an opportunity for British design and engineering to show that it still leads the world - and in the most spectacular way possible."
Karl Woodward, Guinness World Long Drive Recorder Holder, has been given the job of attempting the record.
Mike Maddock, managing director at PES said: "As a company we're honoured to be working on this project. This is an opportunity to push the boundaries of innovation, combining technologies to showcase the capabilities of British engineering."
Dan Fleetcroft, engineering design director at PES, added: "What's going to be interesting is using our experience from engineering in Formula One, and putting that into the golf driver. In F1 every potential performance gain is explored to its fullest, and we'll be looking for any area where we can find that extra something to help hit the ball a little bit further."
Building a car quicker than a fighter jet is not, however, the primary goal of the Bloodhound SSC project. Rather, it is to inspire future generations to take up careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by showcasing these subjects in the most exciting way possible.
Commenting on the record-breaking golf driver project, Richard Noble OBE, project director at Bloodhound SSC, said: "The technical challenges facing Bloodhound SSC as we attempt to break the 1000mph barrier will undoubtedly lead to a quantum leap forward for British engineering. I'm really excited see how these emerging technologies can be harnessed to break barriers in Golf Sports engineering".
Pictured (L-R) Nick Middleton (Founder Zen Oracle Golf), Karl Woodward (Guinness World Long Drive Recorder Holder), Dan Fleetcroft (project Engineering Design Director), Dr Derek Marriott (Project R & D Director) , Mike Maddock (project Engineering Director).
Zen Golf website
Newburgh Engineering website
PES website
Images: Zen Golf
The project is the brain child of Sheffield-based Zen Golf, which has joined forces with Performance Engineered Solutions, based on the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham and Newburgh Engineering, that has a base at Templeborough in Rotherham.
The team is using its expertise to create a driver to attempt to break the long-standing world carry record of 408 yards 10 inches. The new golf club is being called the Bloodhound Driver after the car, as the golf club will be made at Newburgh Engineering, which is also making components for Bloodhound SCC.
Newburgh's chairman, Vince Middleton, is also Zen Golf's chairman and the cousin of Zen's founder, Nick Middleton. The record bid is part of Nick's quest to highlight the resurgence of British invention, engineering and manufacturing as the catalyst for economic growth and national pride.
Nick Middleton, founder of Zen Oracle Golf, said: "The club will be a completely new design, with grip, shaft and club head all being created from the archetypal clean sheet of paper. This is an opportunity for British design and engineering to show that it still leads the world - and in the most spectacular way possible."
Karl Woodward, Guinness World Long Drive Recorder Holder, has been given the job of attempting the record.
Mike Maddock, managing director at PES said: "As a company we're honoured to be working on this project. This is an opportunity to push the boundaries of innovation, combining technologies to showcase the capabilities of British engineering."
Dan Fleetcroft, engineering design director at PES, added: "What's going to be interesting is using our experience from engineering in Formula One, and putting that into the golf driver. In F1 every potential performance gain is explored to its fullest, and we'll be looking for any area where we can find that extra something to help hit the ball a little bit further."
Building a car quicker than a fighter jet is not, however, the primary goal of the Bloodhound SSC project. Rather, it is to inspire future generations to take up careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by showcasing these subjects in the most exciting way possible.
Commenting on the record-breaking golf driver project, Richard Noble OBE, project director at Bloodhound SSC, said: "The technical challenges facing Bloodhound SSC as we attempt to break the 1000mph barrier will undoubtedly lead to a quantum leap forward for British engineering. I'm really excited see how these emerging technologies can be harnessed to break barriers in Golf Sports engineering".
Pictured (L-R) Nick Middleton (Founder Zen Oracle Golf), Karl Woodward (Guinness World Long Drive Recorder Holder), Dan Fleetcroft (project Engineering Design Director), Dr Derek Marriott (Project R & D Director) , Mike Maddock (project Engineering Director).
Zen Golf website
Newburgh Engineering website
PES website
Images: Zen Golf
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