THE popular annual Bolton News Naps competiton is back - and entries are invited from teams of four to take part.

This is your chance to use your horse racing tipping skills to be in with a shot of winning the £500 first prize provided once again by the competition’s long-time sponsors, Anthony Axford timber merchants of Farnworth.

So don’t miss out on being part of this ever-popular competition, which runs from March 28 to November 7.

There is a limit of 200 teams, who must be available to ring or email their Naps selection each Saturday morning between 9am and 11am during the course of the competition.

To enter simply email the following information to boltonsport@nqnw.co.uk and put the word "Naps" in the subject line.

  • Team name (no more than 20 letters and spaces)
  • The names, addresses and contact telephone numbers of four team members.

And this year to improve the coverage we will be writing stories about the fortunes of the teams each week and would like to include team photographs with them.

So please feel free to attach a team picture to your email along with the full names of team members in left to right order.

Entries must be received by Friday, February 27.

Please note: only one entry per team is allowed. Anyone found entering more than one team will be disqualified from the competition.

See www.newsquest.co.uk/terms for terms and conditions.

Alternatively, you can fill in an entry form which appears in The Bolton News paper most nights up to Thursday, February 26.

There are a limited number of places in the competition and it will be run on a first come first served basis.