Walktober 2023 Competitions and Winners

 

Welcome to The Walktober Step Challenge 2023 Competition and Winners Page.

Early Registration Prize Draws

Congratulations to the Winners of the Walktober Early Registration Prize Draws.
Early Registration Prize Draw Winners

Participant Name Organisation
Donna Burtchaell DePuy Synthes
Ronan Hayes Janssen Sciences Ireland
Sorcha O’Donnell Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Jishnu Sasidharan H&MV Engineering
Katharina Waschk University of Limerick

 

Early Bird Coordinator Prize Draw Winners

Coordinator Name Organisation
Emma Court Fingal County Council
Nora D’Arcy & Rosemary Bradley OPW
Ailsa Lyons & Mary Kerley St. Vincent’s University Hospital
Karol Landziak Janssen Sciences Ireland
Jennifer Gyves, Ruth Dwan & Anna Vateva Lilly GBS

 

Week 1 Competitions

 

Weekly photo Competition

Well done to all who participated in Week 1 of Walktober. It has been a fantastic week of walking with over 1,600 Teams taking part and 114 organisations represented. Week 1 Winners are listed below, and your Walktober Goodie Packs will be with you all shortly.

Weekly Photo Competition

We had over 200 entries into the competition which made it really was tough to decide the winners.  All the Teams who entered really showed their enthusiasm for Walktober with their Team photos.

Team Name Organisation Link to winning photo
IV Leg De Puy Synthes Winning Photo
Team 418 SETU Waterford Winning Photo
Western Walkers Special Olympics Connaught Winning Photo
TE Mahon Marchers TE Connectivity Winning Photo
TU Dublin Sustainability TU Dublin Winning Photo
Walk DMC Version 1 Winning Photo
Step Sisters Wexford County Council Winning Photo

 

Congratulations to the winners of our Week 1 Prize Draws. The winners are:

Team Target: Team Grinch – ATU-Galway Mayo

Top 25: Jack of All trades – BioMarin

Top 100: PSA Tipperary – Department of Justice

Top 200:  Too tired to think! – Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

Top 300: Step Guardiolas – Trinity College Dublin

 

Week 2 Competitions

Walktober Quiz

Well done to everyone who took part in the Walktober Quiz. The Winners of the VIP Walktober Goodie Packs are:

Name Organisation
Eileen Doyle Cork City Council
Dhivyaa Velusamy Palraj Trinity College Dublin
Ida Bird EY
Hiba Khalid Maynooth University

 

We received over 1,200 entries, so we held an additional Prize Draw and rewarded more Walktober Goodie Packs. The winners of this draw are:

Name Organisation
Amy Farrell SEAI
Ndamulelo Mararakanye EirGrid
Gabriel Amariei Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage
Patricia Cahill Westmeath County Council
Bríd Ryan South East Technological University (SETU)
Aine Herlihy Cork University Hospital

 

Congratulations to the winners of our Week 2 Team Target and Top Teams Prize Draws. The winners are:

Team Target: Suite 3 Strollers – Janssen Sciences Ireland

Top 25: The Stellar Soles – ATU Galway Mayo

Top 100: An excuse to get out walking – ESB Group

Top 200: I’M WAWKIN HEEYAH – DBFL Consulting Engineers

Top 300: Pharmacy Qweens – Tallaght University Hospital

Week 3 Competitions

 

Well done to all who participated in Week 3 of Walktober. Week 3 winners are listed below. We will be preparing your Walktober Goodie Packs for delivery in the coming days.

Limerick Competition

We had so many great entries this week it was extremely hard to choose the winners.

Participant’s Name Organisation Link to Winning Limerick
Cian Galvin Dublin City Council Winning Limerick
Louise O’Connor Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Winning Limerick
Lauren Vickers Children’s Health Ireland Winning Limerick
Hazel Cuddihy EY Winning Limerick
Ciarán Whitehead Department of Justice Winning Limerick
Robin Twist EY Winning Limerick
Zoe McConnell Depuy Synthes Winning Limerick
Anna Horan Munster Technological University – Cork Winning Limerick

 

Congratulations to the winners of our Week 3 Prize Draws. The winners are:

Team Target (Weekly Team Average): Mind over miles – University College Cork

Top 25: Walkie Talkies – Analog Devices

Top 100: Jeanie’s J Walkers – Dublin City Council

Top 200: The N5 Team – Roughan & O’Donovan

Top 300: The Jolly Walkers – Transport Infrastructure Ireland

 

 

Week 4 Competitions

Halloween Theme Team Photo Competition – Well done to everyone who got into the spirit of Halloween festivities for this Team Photo Competition.

The winners of the VIP Walktober Goodie Packs for their extra special effort are:

Team Name Organisation Link to winning photo
Western Walkers Special Olympics Ireland Winning Photo

 

Congratulations to the following Team Photo winners who have each won themselves a Walktober Goodie Pack:

Team Name Organisation Link to winning photo
The Walking Dead Dublin City University Winning Photo
HRs Walk this Way Trinity College Dublin Winning Photo
Walking Warriors Maynooth University Winning Photo
ACE Belfast Newbies EY Winning Photo
TE Mahon Marchers TE Connectivity Winning Photo
Walkaholics H&MV Engineering Winning Photo

 

Congratulations to the winners of the Week 4 Prize Draws. The winners are:

Team Target (Weekly Team Average): Ever hopefuls – Office of Public Works

Top 25: Road Runners – Westmeath County Council

Top 100: The BESS Bosses – Trinity College Dublin

Top 200: Lethal weapons – UPMC Aut Even Hospital

Top 300: Red Hot Chili Steppers – CIÉ

 

Final Competition Winners

Well done to all the Walktober Overall Prize Winners on your achievements over the past month. Your prizes will be with you all shortly. The Walktober Overall Prize Winners are:

Overall Organisation Winners

Best Small Workplace Best Large Workplace
Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates Lilly GBS

 

Non Desk Based Leaderboard – Top 3

Final Position Team Name Organisation
1st Place Kidney Beans University Hospital Waterford
2nd Place NOAC x ETC University of Limerick
3rd Place The Foot Soldiers Children’s Health Ireland

 

Desk-based Leaderboard – Top 3

Final Position Team Name Organisation
1st Place Muck Savages Analog Devices
2nd Place Cobra Kai University of Limerick
3rd Place Leg Day X AECOM

 

Overall Leaderboard – Top 10 runners up

Prize Winners Team Name Organisation
Top 10 The wonderers SETU-Waterford
Top 10 PS Super Steppers Department of Justice
Top 10 Sole Mates Lilly GBS
Top 10 A step back in time Office of Public Works

 

Overall Leaderboard Top 50 Prize Draw

Prize Draw Team Name Organisation
11th – 20th Skipping Stones Lilly GBS
21st – 30th Walkin from Miesian Department of Finance
31st – 40th Mara Dublin City Council
41st – 50th ‘Stride’ for Quality University College Cork

 

Participant Evaluation Survey Prize Draw

Winner Name Organisation
Meiling Drumm Children’s Health Ireland
Daragh Sheedy Fingal County Council
Kay Keenan Central Bank of Ireland
Marina Zaki Trinity College Dublin
Dave Cullagh Department of Public Expenditure & Reform

 

Top 10 Best Coordinators

Coordinator Name Organisation
Felim Kelly AECOM
Caroline Butler Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates
Vitalij Perednev DePuy Synthes Ireland
Karl Mitchell IBM – Ireland Software Lab
Jennifer Gyves, Anna Vateva & Ruth Dwan Lilly GBS
Rebekkah Kaligorsky Roughan & O’Donovan
Mati Lafranque Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Chris Hearn TE Connectivity
Dara Dever University of Limerick
Claire Goodwin Wexford County Council