Welcome to The Walktober Step Challenge 2024 Competitions 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 |
| Aditya Chandra | Arup |
| Colin OBrien | Croke Park |
| Gillian Buckley | ESB Group |
| Lydia Brazil | Trinity College Dublin |
| Shuai Yang | Lilly GBS |
Early Bird Coordinator Prize Draw Winners
| Coordinator Name | Organisation |
| Claire Lynch | Atlantic Aviation |
| Patricia Smith | Cavan County Council |
| Conor Greene | Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth |
| Samantha Fahy | Dublin City University |
| Jennifer Gyves, Terry Corkery & Kevin Cooke | Lilly GBS |
| Ailsa Lyons, Mary Kerley & Ana Mattson | St. Vincent’s University Hospital |
Week 1 Competitions
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 130 organisations represented. Week 1 Winners are listed below.
Quiz Competition
We had over 2000 entries into the competition which made it really competitive. All participants who entered really showed their enthusiasm for the Walktober quiz, we hope you found it fun and informative. Well done to all the lucky winners.
| Name | Organisation |
| Dermot Kinane | Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform |
| Breege Screene | St. Vincent’s University Hospital |
| Eimear L Ryan | EY |
| Mary Collier | Biomarin |
| Marianne Lee | Children’s Health Ireland Crumlin |
| Searon Ni Chearbhall | Cork County Council |
| Eilis Dunne | Trinity College Dublin |
Congratulations to the winners of our Week 1 Prize Draws. The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| Running Snails 2.0 | Transdev Dublin Light Rail |
| Sole Mates | Tritech Engineering |
| Non-stoppable | Sligo University Hospital |
| The Motivators | Meath County Council |
| Poor Dogs | Expleo Technology |
Top 25: CarrownReddy steady go – Department of Justice
Top 100: In Dave We Trust– Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Top 200: Spill the tEY – EY
Top 300: Bookin’ It – Maynooth University
Week 2 Competitions
Well done to all who participated in Week 2 of Walktober. Week 2 winners are listed below.
Virtual Walking Challenge
The Prize Draw winners for the Virtual Walking Challenge are listed below. Well done to everyone who completed the Target of 49000 steps individually for Week 2.
| Name | Organisation |
| Mick Concannon | Tuath Housing |
| Rebekah Osborne | University College Cork |
| Elizabeth Roche | daa |
| Cathy Miggin | Met Éireann |
| Mairead Byrne | Deloitte |
Congratulations to the winners of our Week 2 Prize Draws. The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| B positive | University Hospital Waterford |
| SOS Super Steppers | IBM Ireland Software |
| The High Steppers | Sixt |
| Develepmento | Analog Devices |
| Milkrounders | EY |
Top 25: Agony of D’Feet – Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates
Top 100: The Strollers – Dublin Bus
Top 200: Kidney Beans – University Hospital Waterford
Top 300: Old Dogs New Steps – DBFL Consulting Engineers
Week 3 Competitions
Well done to all who participated in Week 3 of Walktober. Week 3 winners are listed below.
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 |
| Fidelma Nugent | Dublin City University | Winning Limerick |
| Donncha Ó Conmhuí | Office of the Attorney General | Winning Limerick |
| Denise Carroll | Cavan County Council | Winning Limerick |
| Isabel Rossiter | Munster Technological University | Winning Limerick |
| Sinead Perry | Office of Public Works | Winning Limerick |
| Suzanne Bradshaw | daa | Winning Limerick |
Congratulations to the winners of our Week 3 Prize Draws. The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| Hip operation | TE Connectivity |
| The lucious lab ladies | Tallaght University Hospital |
| Legs Miserables | Central Bank |
| The Blisters | Limerick City and County Council |
| Cirque du Sore Legs | Waterford City & County Council |
Top 25: Stepalicious Skeletons – Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Top 100: The Walkie Talkies – Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Top 200: Crows Gateway- University College Cork
Top 300: The Walkie Talkies – National Treasury Management Agency
Week 4 Competitions
Congratulations to the winners of our Week 4 Prize Draws.
Team Target (Weekly Team Average):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| Walkers Salt & Vinegar | Trinity College Dublin |
| Figgies | Lilly GBS |
| Miles of Smiles | AECOM |
| South Block Striders | Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform |
| WFM_TEAM | Toast |
Top 25: The Stellar Soles – ATU – Galway Mayo
Top 100: The Walking Neds – Cork County Council
Top 200: Wexford Walkers – Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Top 300: AR Tamagotchis – Trinity College Dublin
Week 5 Competitions
Halloween Themed Team Photo Competition – Well done to everyone who got into the spirit of Halloween festivities for this Team Photo Competition.
Congratulations to the following winners who have each won themselves a Walktober Goodie Pack:
| Team Name | Organisation | Link to winning photo |
| Worst Pace Scenario | Maynooth University | Winning Photo |
| HR Ops go Walking | Trinity College Dublin | Winning Photo |
| Media Mavericks | Office of Public Works | Winning Photo |
| Northclonwalking | South Dublin County Council | Winning Photo |
| Proton Pacers | Trinity College Dublin | Winning Photo |
| Active Agresso | Cavan County Council | Winning Photo |
| Look Who’s Walking | daa | Winning Photo |
Congratulations to the winners of the Week 5 Prize Draws. The winners are:
Team Target (Weekly Team Average):
| Team Name | Organisation |
| NoName Walkers | Trinity College Dublin |
| The lucious lab ladies | Tallaght University Hospital |
| Sole Mates | Department Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media |
| Happy Feet | Lilly GBS |
| The Eradicators | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
Top 25: OLW2 – Children’s Health Ireland
Top 100: Dexys Midday Strollers – Central bank
Top 200: Waste the Waisters – Offaly County Council
Top 300: The Running Jokes – SSE Airtiricty
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 |
| Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | J&J MedTech (DePuy Synthes) |
Non-Desk Based Leaderboard – Top 3
| Final Position | Team Name | Organisation |
| 1st Place | Footsoldiers Mean Business | Children’s Health Ireland |
| 2nd Place | Thunder Thighs | BioMarin |
| 3rd Place | What a bunch of walkers | Transdev Dublin Light Rail |
Desk Based Leaderboard – Top 3
| Final Position | Team Name | Organisation |
| 1st Place | French Toast | University of Limerick |
| 2nd Place | BA_Legal Studies_3 | SETU – Waterford |
| 3rd Place | My VPN Not Working | Transdev Dublin Light Rail |
Overall Leaderboard – Top 10 runners up
| Prize Winners | Team Name | Organisation |
| Top 10 | CarrownReddy steady go | Department of Justice |
| Top 10 | Running Snails 2.0 | Transdev Dublin Light Rail |
| Top 10 | HR Pace setters | Fingal County Council |
| Top 10 | Thurles All Stars | Mary Immaculate College |
| Top 10 | Scrambled Legs | Analog Devices |
Overall Leaderboard Top 50 Prize Draw
| Prize Draw | Team Name | Organisation |
| 11th – 20th | The Blisters of Mercy | Deloitte |
| 21st – 30th | The agony of de feet | J & J MedTech (DePuy Synthes) |
| 31st – 40th | Trekking Titans | The Convention Centre Dublin |
| 41st – 50th | Agony of De Feet (ID | St. Vincent’s University Hospital |
Participant Evaluation Survey Prize Draw Winners & Best Coordinators will be announced next week.