Whoever runs their social media accounts deserves a raise.

Doncaster Council acquired two new gritting trucks in preparation for winter and turned to Twitter (who else?) for help in naming them. But they didn’t just want any old names. No, no. They were quite particular about what they wanted. We’ll let them explain:


They then turned the competition into a ‘world cup’, using the hashtag #DoncasterGrittingWorldCup, where two names would compete in a poll. Here’s a selection of the contests:

This match up caught our eye:

As did this one:

Eventually they narrowed it down to two deserving finalists:

At the time of writing things were neck and neck:

The tension! A winner will be announced on the Doncaster Council Twitter page later today. It's Gritsy Bitsy all the way for us.

Via Twitter