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

 

Early Registration Prize Draws

Congratulations to the Winners of the Marchathon Early Registration Prize Draw.

Name  Organisation
Jenny O’Brien Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Frank White Dublin City Council
Louise O’Callaghan Munster Technological University – Cork
Rachel Scally Offaly County Council
Anne Powell Cork University Hospital

 

Early Bird Coordinator Prize Draw

Coordinator Name  Organisation
Hasher Mohamed H&MV Engineering
Liam Desmond Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Maura O’Neill University College Cork
Emma Court Fingal County Council
Vitalij Perednev Depuy Synthes J&J

Week 1 Competitions

Well done to all who participated in Week 1 of Marchathon. It has been a fantastic week of walking with over 1,540 Teams taking part and 107 organisations represented. Week 1 Winners are listed below and your Marchathon Goodie Bags will be with you all shortly.

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 their Team photos.

Team Name Organisation Link to winning photo
Holy Walk-a-Mole University College Cork Winning Photo
The Walkie Talkies Dublin Bus Winning Photo
Pedominators Cork City Council Winning Photo
Step Club 7 (6) Dublin City Council Winning Photo
The Marchees of Inisherin DBFL Consulting Engineers Winning Photo

 

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

Team Target (Weekly Team Average): Monuments in Motion – OPW

Top 50: Cardiac Steppers – University Hospital Galway

Top 100: Walks & Talks – DePuy Synthes

Top 200:  Team Philip Leap – Philip Lee LLP

Top 300:  Leg Day IX – AECOM

 

Week 2 Competitions

Well done to all who participated in Week 2 of Marchathon. Week 2 Winners are listed below, and we will be preparing your Marchathon Goodie Bags 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
Susan Lanigan Waterford City & County Council Winning Limerick
Katie Shiels TUS Midwest Winning Limerick
Susannah Calvert Trinity College Dublin Winning Limerick
Linda O’Grady Meath County Council Winning Limerick
Éadaoin Patton Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Winning Limerick
David Grant MSA Safety Winning Limerick

 

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

Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 40,000 steps): The Flamin Blisters – TE Connectivity

Top 50: We Mean Business – ATU Galway Mayo

Top 100: Kathleen Angel’s – ATU Donegal

Top 200: Cvrcky – Northern Trust

Top 300: Ion the Prize – Beaumont Hospital

 

Week 3 Competitions

Green Theme Team Photo Competition – 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
Walkie Talkies Waterford City & 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
The Holy Walkamolies University College Cork Winning Photo
Sky Walkers! Dublin City University Winning Photo
TE Mahon Marchers TE Connectivity Winning Photo
Sole Mates Department of Agriculture, Food & The Marine Winning Photo
Garotas Andantes Trinity College Dublin Winning Photo

 

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

Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 49,000 Steps): The Open Togs – J&J VisionCare

Top 50: The Walking Dead Tired – Department of Justice

Top 100: EMP1 – ESB Group

Top 200: Only Mary’s Allowed – Cook Medical

Top 300: Witness the Fitness – Lilly GBS

 

Week 4 Competitions

Marchathon Quiz

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

Name Organisation
Orla Cahalane Beaumont Hospital
Owen Fletcher IBM
Aditi Agrawal Deloitte

 

We received over 1,000 entries, so we held an additional Prize Draw and rewarded more Marchathon Goodie Bags. The winners of this draw are:

Name Organisation
Leah Murphy eBay
Frank Burke Mayo County Council
Cliona ODriscoll Biomarin
Paula Garcia Henry J Lyons
Wiktoria Morawiec Janssen Cork
Lesley Kiernan ESB Networks

 

Congratulations to the winners of our Week 4 Team Target and Top Teams Prize Draws. The winners are:

Team Target (Weekly Team Average of 56,000 steps): Red Hot Chilli Steppers – Kilkenny County Council

Top 50: Walkie Talkies – UPMC Aut Even Hospital

Top 100: Team G.L.O.W – The National Maternity Hospital

Top 200: Kitchen Bunnies – Mary Immaculate College

Top 300: The Health Connection – Maynooth University

 

Week 5 Competitions & Overall Winners

Week 5 Super Prize Draw

Well done to everyone who took part in the Marchathon this year.  The Winners of the Super Prize Draw are:

Team Name Organisation
Double Trio University Hospital Galway
Catch Us If You Can Northern Trust
Number Crunchers Galway City Council
City Slickers Kilkenny County Council
Mad Marching Mares Tallaght University Hospital

 

Congratulations to the winners of our Week 5 Prize Draws. The winners are:

Team Target: Moonwalkers – ATU Sligo

Top 50: Colette’s Last Hurrah – ESB Group

Top 100: Cardiac Steppers – University Hospital Galway

Top 200: Zoo Gals – Trinity College Dublin

Top 300: Couch to Corporate Champs – Fingal County Council

 

Overall Step Challenge 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
Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates Consulting Engineers Galway City 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 Cobra Kai 2.0 University of Limerick
2nd Place Springtime OPS Dublin City Council
3rd Place Not Fast, Just Furious Dublin Bus
4th Place Scrambled Legs Analog Devices
5th Place Mission impossible Dublin Bus
6th Place Strictly Come Walking Dublin City Council
7th Place Cross Functional Collaborators DePuy Synthes
8th Place Insighters & Friends University College Cork
9th Place The March Movers National Orthopedic Hospital Cappagh
10th Place Walking Heads DBFL Consulting Engineers

 

Top 50 Leaderboard Prize Draws

Prize Draw Team Name Organisation
11th – 20th Backstreet Girls 4.0 AECOM
21st – 30th Pretty Ladies Beaumont Hospital
31st – 40th Four Score And Seven Blisters Ago Munster Technological University – Cork
41st – 50th The ET&P Stepping Stars Deloitte

 

Participant Evaluation Survey Prize Draw

Winner Name Organisation
Ciara McCann Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Michelle Murphy Galway City Council
Carmel Halpin Our Lady’s Hospital Navan
Antonio Rega La Valle University College Cork
Chloe McGlinchey ATU Donegal

 

Top 10 Best Coordinators

Coordinator Name Organisation
Hasher Mohamed H&MV Engineering
Karen Mc Donnell Limerick City & County Council  
Cara Kelly Toast  
Niamh Henderson Cork University Maternity Hospital  
Gillian Kelly Galway City Council  
Cian Smith University of Limerick  
Jennifer Gyves Lilly GBS  
Jennifer Gray Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine  
Paul Deasy Janssen Sciences Ireland UC  
Victoria Jones Tallaght University Hospital