Participants in this year’s Burdekin 10,000 Steps Community Challenge recorded almost 80 million steps.
Community Development Manager Tony Vaccaro congratulated the participants for taking part in the six-week event.
“We had a fantastic response to the 10,000 Steps Challenge this year with 182 people signing up.
“Only 20 dropped out of the Challenge, so that is a great result and I thank the community for taking part.
“The winning team was Stirlo’s Steppers A, which recorded a total of 1,101,733 steps, which is based on the team’s average steps for the entire six-week challenge.
“The Ladies’ Challenge winner was Deb Harris from The Sole Mates, who recorded a massive total of 1,809,207 steps.
“The Mens’ Challenge winner was Ian McChesney-Clark from The Pace Makers, who tallied 1,050,215 for the six weeks.
“Congratulations to the Challenge winners who have won some fantastic prizes, but really, everyone who participated is a winner in my view.”
Each member of the winning team will receive a prize package valued at $139.
The Ladies’ Challenge and Mens’ Challenge winners each received a $240 prize pack.
