From Snowbody’s Perfect to Licence to Chill, the winners of Barnsley Council’s gritter-naming competition have been announced.
The local authority launched the contest in October for school children across the area to name their 12 new gritters which have been commissioned in time for the Christmas period.
Doncaster Council held a similar competition in 2017 to name two of their snow clearing vehicles with the winning entries announced as David Plowie and Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-Slip Machiney.
Cllr James Higginbottom, Cabinet Spokesperson for Environment and Highways, said: “We’ve had lots of creative gritter names put forward in our competition making it really difficult to pick just 12.
“I look forward to seeing our newly named gritters out about this winter keeping Barnsley’s roads moving.”
Over 200 entries were made for the competition, and the winning names are:
- Barnsleigh – The Ellis C of E Primary School and Cawthorne C of E Primary School
- Buzz Iceclear – Holy Rood Catholic Primary School and Trinity Academy St Edward’s
- Can I Grit it? I Cannon ‘all – Cawthorne C of E Primary School
- Hagrit – Jump Primary School
- Licence to Chill – Shafton Primary School
- Monk Grit-on – Athersley South Primary School
- Sir David Scattenborough – Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
- Sir Steve Ploughton – Jump Primary School
- Snowbi-Wan Kenobi – Springvale Primary School
- Snowbody’s Perfect – Queens Road Academy
- Snowy McSnowplough – Gooseacre Primary School
- The Grittest Snowman – Springvale Primary School
The winners will be awarded with a prize from the gritter’s supplier Schmitt and have the opportunity to sit inside one of the new vehicles.
