Marchathon 2025 Competitions and Winners

 

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.

 

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 Survey Prize Draw Winners & Best Coordinators will be announced next week.