More winners of the giant interactive game Beat the Street which came to Weymouth and Portland this autumn were announced at a special celebration event.

During October and November, ‘Beat Boxes’ were placed at various locations in Weymouth and Portland, where players could tap their key fobs to win points, which were added to an online leaderboard.

The event was hailed as a success as it encouraged people to get active, either by walking, running or cycling, and helped to build community spirit.

As reported last week, Southill Primary School was the top school in the game.

An event at Safewise recognised community groups with the highest average point score.

Becky Travers, Weymouth and Portland Engagement Coordinator for Beat the Street, welcomed everyone to the event.

She said: “Thank you all for coming out on a damper night than we had throughout the game.”

She gave a short presentation explaining how 8,130 players took part in the area, with a total of 18 schools and 21 community groups.

The winners with the highest average point score were Dorset Sole Sisters who scored an 3,932 average points.

They were awarded a Beat the Street trophy and a certificate.

Ali Walker, the group’s organiser, said: “To be honest when I first suggested it to the group I thought we would struggle to find 12 players and then there ended up being 36. It was quite addictive and became part of our Wednesday night runs. We would try to tick off as many boxes as we could.”

In second place was Little Explorers Childminding scoring 3,220 average points.

Rebecca Martin of Little Explorers Childminding in Weymouth said: “We loved it. It got all our families out together. Some of the parents were out with their babies in push chairs.”

In third place was the Weymouth Hashers group, which scored 3,171 average points.

Geoff Kirby from the Hashers’ team said: “We did very well; we had one of the smaller teams and we were all pushing for this as hard as we could. It got me out and about on my bike for the first time in quite a few years. Doing 18 to 20 miles every day in all weathers. My wife goes out the same, we were in direct competition with each other.”