Samuel Bentley
Finalist: 2017 QEPrize Trophy
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My inspiration for the trophy design was the great Welsh mountain, Snowdon; I think it looks like a rock face and I believe it is an achievement in itself to start at the bottom of Snowdon and climb to the top, just as it is an achievement to win The Queen Elizabeth’s Prize for Engineering.