2022

Workplaces

AECOM eBay Ireland Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
ALD Automotive EirGrid plc Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital
Analog Eli Lilly Sigmar Recruitment
Arup ESB Sligo County Council
Atlantic Therapeutics Fingal County Council Special Olympics Ireland
BAE Systems Dublin HSA Cork SSE Airtricity
BD Henry J Lyons Architects St. Columcille’s Hospital
Biomarin International Ltd Jacobs Engineering St. Michael’s Hospital
Cambus Medical Janssen Cork St. Vincent’s University Hospital
Childrens Health Ireland Johnson & Johnson Vision Care SuperNode
Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates Consulting Engineers Kilkenny County Council Sustainable Energy Authority
Cook Medical Laois County Council Tallaght University Hospital
Cork City Council Limerick City & County Council TE Connectivity
Cork County Council Mayo County Council The National Maternity Hospital
Cork University Hospital Meath County Council Thermo Fisher Scientific Cork
DBFL Consulting Engineers Medtronic Mervue Toast
Deloitte National Transport Authority Transdev Dublin Light Rail
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment Nikon Precision Europe Transport Insights
Department of Transport Northern Trust University Hospital Waterford
DePuy Synthes J&J Oberstown Children Detention Campus Verizon Services Ireland Limited
Dublin City Council Offaly County Council Waterford City & County Council
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Our Lady’s Hospital Navan

 

Campuses

Dublin City University Munster Technological University – Cork Campus
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology NUI Galway
IADT Trinity College
Institute of Technology Carlow TU Dublin Blanchardstown Campus
Institute of Technology Sligo TUS Midwest
Letterkenny Institute of Technology University College Cork
Limerick College of Further Education University College Dublin
Mary Immaculate College University of Limerick
Marino Institute of Education Waterford Institute of Technology
Maynooth University/St. Patrick’s Pontifical University

 

Welcome to The Marchathon Step Challenge 2022 Competition and Winners Page.

 

Early Registration Prize Draws

Congratulations to the Early Registration Prize Draw Winners.

Name Organisation
Seamus Byrne ESB Group
Joe Preston Transdev Dublin Light Rail
Tabea De Wille University of Limerick
Bilal Ashan TE Connectivity
Lynda Leonard Waterford City & County Council

 

Congratulations to the Winners of the Marchathon Early Bird Coordinator Prize Draw.

Coordinator Name Organisation
Vitalij Perednev DePuy Synthes
Craig Harrington Munster Technological University – Cork
Deirdre Mullen-McGuinness Trinity College Dublin
Ailsa Lyons & Ana Mattson St. Vincent’s University Hospital
Frank Fitzgerald Cork City Council

 

 

Week 1 Competitions

Well done to all who participated in Week 1 of Marchathon. It has been a fantastic week of walking with over 1,028 Teams taking part and 84 organisations represented. Week 1 Winners are listed below and we are getting your Marchathon Goodie Bags ready for you.

Weekly Photo Competition

With over 100 entries, the competition was extremely tough and all the Teams who entered really showed their enthusiasm for Marchathon, with both individual and Team photos.

Team Name/Individual Organisation Link to Winning Photo
North West Walkers Dublin City Council Winning Photo
No Birches University of Limerick Winning Photo
Step by Step TE Connectivity Winning Photo
Michelle O’Leary Janssen Cork Winning Photo
Stepademic NUI Galway Winning Photo

 

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

Team Target (Weekly Team Average): Best of the Bees – IADT

Top 50: Negative Splits – DBFL

Top 100: Luas Walkers – TransDev Dublin Light Rail

Top 200: TUS Biology – TUS Midlands

Top 300: Red Hot Chilli Steppers – Cork University Hospital

 

Week 2 Competitions

Well done to all who participated in Week 2 of Marchathon. Week 2 Competition Winners are listed below, and we will be preparing your Marchathon Goodie Bags for delivery next week.

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
Caitriona Kenneally Kilkenny County Council Winning Limerick
Catherine Heslin Maynooth University Winning Limerick
Deirdre Regan Offaly County Council Winning Limerick
Owen Dunne TUS Midwest Winning Limerick
Yvonne Kirwan Dublin City Council Winning Limerick
Perry Share Institute of Technology Sligo Winning Limerick
Anne-Marie Cunningham Deloitte Winning Limerick

 

Congratulations to the winners of our Week 2 Prize Draws. The winners are:

Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 40,000 steps): Walking Back to Happiness – Laois County Council

Top 50: Happy Feet – St. Vincent’s University Hospital

Top 100: Blue Wobbly Marshmallow Ninjas – Cambus Medical

Top 200: EirGrads – EirGrid

Top 300: One-Hit Wanderers – Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

 

 

Week 3 Competitions

‘Green’ theme Team Photo Competition – Well done to everyone who got into the green spirit for ‘Green’ theme Team Photo Competition.   The winners of the VIP Marchathon Goodie Bags for their extra special effort are:

Team Name Organisation Link to Winning Photo
Walk on the Wild Side IT Sligo Winning Photo

 

Congratulations to the following Teams who have won themselves a Marchathon Goodie Bag each:

Team Name Organisation Link to Winning Photo
Happy Feet St. Vincent’s University Hospital Winning Photo
Stepclub7 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Winning Photo
The Walking Brains Trinity College Dublin Winning Photo
Green For Go Offaly County Council Winning Photo
Walker Texas Rangers Special Olympics Ireland Winning Photo

 

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

Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 49,000 Steps): Pedominators – eBay

Top 50: Scrambled Legs – Cork University Hospital

Top 100: Not A Leg To Stand On – Toast

Top 200: DFT Steppers – Trinity College Dublin

Top 300: Night Walkers – Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

 

Week 4 Competitions

Marchathon Quiz

Well done to everyone who took part in the Marchathon Quiz. We received close to 800 entries.  The Winners of the VIP Marchathon Goodie Bags are:

Name Organisation
Anirudh Chandrachoodan BD
Gillian McMurray The National Maternity Hospital
Prerna Sharma ESB

Because we had such a good response to the quiz we held an additional Prize Draw and rewarded more Marchathon Goodie Bags. The winners of this draw are:

Name Organisation
Sonja Reidy Limerick City & County Council
Sorcha Ni Fhrighil Cook Medical
Mairead Kilbane Medtronic
Noreen Brady DBFL Consulting Engineers
Neasa O’Donovan University Limerick

 

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

Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 56,000 steps): JLB – Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council

Top 50: The Also-Rans – Analog Devices

Top 100: The Step Sisters – Waterford City & County Council

Top 200: Scarra Daily Mail – Cork University Hospital

Top 300: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Step Enough – ALD Automotive

 

 

Week 5 Overall Prize Winners

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

Overall Organisation Winners

Best Small Workplace Best Large Workplace
Verizon Services Ireland Lilly GBS

 

Non Desk Based Leaderboard – Top 3

Final Position Team Name Organisation
1st Place March Hares Oberstown
2nd Place Wooden Soles Galway Mayo IT
3rd Place Moneypoint Walkers ESB Group

 

Desk-based Leaderboard – Top 3

Final Position Team Name Organisation
1st Place The Proclaimers TE Connectivity
2nd Place Walker Texas Rangers Special Olympics Ireland
3rd Place Strictly Come Walking Dublin City Council

 

Overall Leaderboard Top 50 Prize Draw

Prize Draw Team Name Organisation
4th – 10th Facilities DePuy Synthes
11th – 20th Record Breakers St. Vincent’s University Hospital
21st – 30th Compulsive Walkers Dublin City University
31st – 40th Motor Mouths Cork County Council
41st – 50th Back Street Girls 2.0 AECOM

 

Participant Evaluation Survey Prize Draw

Winner Name Organisation
Ciara Tyner Thermo Fisher Scientific
Jia Min Tan Letterkenny IT
Rebecca Campbell Lilly
Sinéad Taite St. Michael’s Hospital
Liz Bolger Limerick City and County Council

 

Top 5 Coordinators

Coordinator Name Organisation
Anne Marie Shortall Kilkenny County Council
Hannah Rice Jacobs
Eimear O Mahoney University of Limerick
Vitalij Perednev DePuy Synthes
Lisa Molloy Offaly County Council

 

 

 

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