Walktober 2024 winners
During October TU Dublin's Smarter Travel programme called on TU Dublin students and staff to get involved with the Transport for Ireland (TFI) Smarter Travel Walktober campaign - a fun team Step Challenge open to students and staff of Smarter Travel Workplaces and campus partners.
A huge congratulations to the 22 students and 26 staff across a record number of 14 registered teams who took part in the step challenge.
TU Dublin are delighted to announce the top 3 leading teams of this year’s Walktober Challenge - through rain or shine, they kept moving and cheered each other on. TU Dublin Smarter Travel Coordinators are sending active travel goodies bags to you. Together, 14 teams covered an impressive amount of ground with the average steps per team totting up to a total of 3,702,995 steps made by TU Dublin.
Congratulations to 'Dexy's Midday Walkers' who ranked as the winning team within TU Dublin. Team members include Aisling Costello, AnneMarie Shier, Katarina Filipovic, Margaret Fingleton, Nicola Hughes and Paddy Dolan.
Well done to 'DFT Steppers' in second place (Deirdre Mullen-McGuinness, Fiona Mullen and Tony McGuinness) and 'Speed Walking at 3.02' in third place (Emem Etim, Jorge Lasarte and Serine Boussaid).
| Rank | Team | Organisation | Average steps by team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dexy's Midday Walkers | TU Dublin | 464,134 |
| 2 | DFT Steppers | TU Dublin | 438,212 |
| 3 | Speed Walking at 3.02 | TU Dublin | 365,712 |