IT IS the last chance to sign up for the 2006-7 Observer Snooker Cup competition which has a whopping £1,000 prize money.
The competition was a great success last year, when it was revived after a lapse of three years, as players battled to win the famous old trophy.
This year we are hoping to get even more entrants from amateur snooker players in the area. A new sponsor, BPJ Building Services, has joined the Observer and the North Lancs Training Group in putting up the prizes.
This year&apos;s final will be held in the Brooks Club, Accrington, on the evening of Saturday 14 April during a fabulous weekend festival of snooker organised by NLTG.
The winner will receive a cash prize of £400 - one of the highest amounts ever paid in East Lancashire - while the runner-up will receive £200, the semi-finalists £50 each and the quarter-finalists £25 each.
The competition is open to all amateur players who are members of a recognised club within a seven-mile radius of Accrington Town Hall and the entry fee is £5.
The first round draw will be made shortly after the closing date of Monday 20 November and will be printed in the Observer the following Friday.
So get your entries in as soon as possible... who knows, you could follow in the footsteps of last year&apos;s winner Colin Morton.
SEE this week&apos;s Observer for the competition rules and the all important entry form.