Welcome to The Marchathon Step Challenge 2025 Competitions Page
Prizes Available
Smarter Travel Goodie Bags or Sustainable Water Bottles are up for grabs for our weekly competition and team target prize draws.
Top 50 finishers have a chance to win some of our big prizes including:
- A variety of Stylish Travel Backpacks
- Easy Carry Picnic Blankets
- Fanny Packs
- Fitbits
- Insulated leak-proof Food Flasks
- Insulated leak-proof Travel Mugs
- Massage Guns
- Portable Blenders
- Power-banks
- Smart Tags
Early Registration Prize Draws
Coordinators who signed up five or more Teams before Friday 21st February were entered into a Prize Draw for a Marchathon Welcome goodie bag. Participants who signed up on the same day were also included in a separate prize draw.
Congratulations to the Winners of the Marchathon Early Registration Prize Draw.
| Name | Organisation |
| Noel Nevin | Meath County Council |
| Jonathan Valsin | Cook Medical |
| Emma Allen | Cork City Council |
| Rory Brennan | ATU – Galway Mayo |
| Sally Brogan | Analog Devices |
Early Bird Coordinator Prize Draw
| Coordinator Name | Organisation |
| Christin Mathew | Eirgrid |
| Claire Doyle | Verizon Ireland |
| Vitalij Perednev | J & J MedTech (DePuy Synthes) |
| Karl Mitchell | IBM Ireland Software |
| Patricia Smith | Cavan County Council |
Week 1 Competition
Well done to everyone who took part in the Marchathon Quiz. The Winners of the VIP Marchathon Goodie Bags are:
| Name | Organisation |
| Anne OReilly | Kildare County Council |
| Dave Davis | Trinity College Dublin |
We received over 2600 entries, so we held an additional Prize Draw and rewarded more Marchathon Goodie Bags. The winners of this draw are:
| Name | Organisation |
| Elaine Harris | J & J MedTech (DePuy Synthes) |
| Fiona Bennett | J & J MedTech (DePuy Synthes) |
| Louise Murphy | South East Technological University |
| Niamh Henderson | Cork University Maternity Hospital |
| Joanna Crummie | H&MV Engineering |
Congratulations to the winners of our Week 1 Team Target and Top Teams Prize Draws. The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 35,000 steps):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| Yellow Watch | Louth County Council |
| The Thoroughbreds | National Transport Authority |
| Red Hot Chilli Steppers | J&J Innovative Medicine |
| The Couch Potatoes | SSE Airtiricty |
| Blister Sisters | Cork City Council |
Top 50: Walkin’ On Sunshine (or Rain) – Central Bank
Top 100: The Holy Walkamolies – Office of the Attorney General
Top 200: Three Lone Wolves – IADT
Top 300: FUZE Stars – Verizon Ireland
Week 2 Competitions
Week 2 Winners are listed below.
Photo Competition: Green Steps
Well done to everyone who got into the spirit of Green and St. Patrick’s Day festivities for this week’s Team Photo Competition.
The winners of the VIP Marchathon Goodie Bags for their extra special effort are:
| Team Name | Organisation | Link to winning photo |
| Marching Mothers | Cavan County Council | Winning Photo |
Congratulations to the following Team Photo winners who have each won themselves a Marchathon Goodie Bag:
| Team Name | Organisation | Link to winning photo |
| Get Rid of Tensioners | Office of Public Works | Winning Photo |
| Watch Yous Step | Dublin City University | Winning Photo |
| 5 Ladies Walking | Cork City Council | Winning Photo |
| HR Running Rebels | Trinity College Dublin | Winning Photo |
| Commander United | Edwards Lifesciences | Winning Photo |
| SYSTRA Dublin | SYSTRA | Winning Photo |
Congratulations to the winners of our Week 2 Team Target and Top Teams Prize Draws. The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 40,000 steps):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| Park & Stride | Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates |
| Excel@IT | Henry J. Lyons Architects |
| AIMless | Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth |
| The Sports Office Step Squad | South East Technological University |
| Famous Five | HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare |
Top 50: Cssd WARRIORS – Sligo University Hospital
Top 100: Walk Till You Drop – Dublin City Council
Top 200: Socks, Dogs and Walk ‘n’ Roll – Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Top 300: Doughminators – Toast
Week 3 Competitions
Well done to all who participated in Week 3 of Marchathon. Week 3 Winners are listed below:
Social Media Competition: What’s Your Hidden Gem
We had so many great entries this week it was extremely hard to choose the winners.
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Congratulations to the winners of our Week 3 Team Target and Top Teams Prize Draws. The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 49,000 steps):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| DSC 4 Life | Louth County Council |
| the TATER TROTS | Trinity College Dublin |
| Sole Train | Roughan & O’Donovan |
| Strides of March | DBFL Consulting Engineers |
| School of Walk (GES) | Deloitte |
Top 50: The Simplexities – Stryker Orthopedics
Top 100: Pitter Patter Steppers – Cork University Maternity Hospital
Top 200: Not Our First Roadeo! – Kilkenny County Council
Top 300: Mile Crushers – embecta
Week 4 Competitions
Well done to everyone who participated in Compete with Creativity! Competition.
Congratulations to the following winners who have each won themselves a Marchathon VIP Goodie Pack and we will be preparing your Goodie Bags for delivery in the coming days.
| Name | Organisation | Link to winning idea |
| Gemma Davis | Dublin City University | Winning Idea |
| Linnea DeBakker | ESB Group | Winning Idea |
| Rebecca Tarpey | ATU Galway | Winning Idea |
| Rucha Sohoni | IBM Ireland | Winning Idea |
| Valerie Williams | Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications | Winning Idea |
Congratulations to the winners of the Week 4 Prize Draws. The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 70,000 steps):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| Will there be cake?! | Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
| Walking 9-5 | Cook Medical |
| The Research Runners | Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland |
| Running Late but Walking Fast | Lilly GBS |
| All About That Pace | AECOM |
Top 50: Molecular marathoners – Children’s Health Ireland
Top 100: March On – Atlantic Aviation
Top 200: Dexy’s Midday Walkers – Trinity University Dublin
Top 300: Lets get Stepping for the Heart –National Rehabilitation Hospital
Overall Competitions
Drumroll please …. Final Leaderboard is now live.
Well done to all the Marchathon Overall Prize Winners on your achievements over the past month. The Winners are:
Overall Organisation Winners
| Best Small Workplace | Best Large Workplace | Best Campus |
| DBFL Consulting Engineers | Deloitte | Trinity College Dublin |
Non-Desk Based Leaderboard – Top 3
| Final Position | Team Name | Organisation |
| 1st Place | One Track Mind | University Hospital Kerry |
| 2nd Place | Scrambled Legs | BioMarin |
| 3rd Place | Storm in a tea cup | UPMC Aut Even Hospital |
Desk Based Leaderboard – Top 3
| Final Position | Team Name | Organisation |
| 1st Place | Super Stars | Edwards Lifesciences |
| 2nd Place | The Ladies and The Tramps | Fingal County Council |
| 3rd Place | HR Pace Setters | Fingal County Council |
Top Leaderboard Winners
We had record numbers participating in this year’s Marchathon and we are awarding prizes to all the teams who placed in the top 10 of the Final Leaderboard:
| Final Position | Team Name | Organisation |
| 1st Place | Super Stars | Edwards Lifesciences |
| 2nd Place | One Track Mind | University Hospital Kerry |
| 3rd Place | The Ladies and The Tramps | Fingal County Council |
| 4th Place | HR Pace Setters | Fingal County Council |
| 5th Place | Pavement Pounders | South East Technological University |
| 6th Place | Scrambled Legs | BioMarin |
| 7th Place | Lazy Steppers | Analog Devices |
| 8th Place | TUS – Athlone Lightwalkers | Technological University of the Shannon |
| 9th Place | Gp Morgan | Trinity College Dublin |
| 10th Place | De Fit 6 | Cork University Hospital |
Top 50 Leaderboard Prize Draws
| Prize Draw | Team Name | Organisation |
| 11th – 20th | Tuath Many Steps | Tuath Housing |
| 21st – 30th | Cssd WARRIORS | Sligo University Hospital |
| 31st – 40th | MTU Copilot Legs | Munster Technological University – Cork |
| 41st – 50th | THE | Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates |
Participant Evaluation Prize Draw
Thank you to everyone who gave us your valuable time and feedback on Marchathon by filling out the participant evaluation survey:
| Name | Organisation |
| Lauren Finn | Stryker |
| Fatima Asgarova | EY |
| Caitriona Byrne | Kildare County Council |
| Marianne McDonald | Cavan County Council |
| Naomi Leon | Trinity College Dublin |
Coordinator Evaluation Prize Draw
Thank you to everyone who gave us your valuable time and feedback on Marchathon by filling out the coordinator evaluation survey:
| Name | Organisation |
| Shane Duffy | RPS TetraTech |
| Ciara Gilroy | Jacobs |
| Naz Velic | Trinity College Dublin |
| Niall Kelly | Office of the Attorney General |
| Rita Duarte | SYSTRA |
| Deirdre Mullen-McGuinness | TU Dublin |
| Gerry Flaherty | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
| frank fitzgerald | Cork City Council |
| Emeline Lafortune | Roughan and O’Donovan |
| Morna O’Hanlon | Sligo University Hospital |