THE heat is on as the Observer Snooker Cup enters the quarter-final stages.

The dates and neutral venues have now been selected for the event, sponsored by the Observer newspaper, NLTG and BPJ Builders.

The start for all times is 7.30pm and it is the best of five frames.

19 MARCH AT RISHTON CON CLUB

N Holmes (Rocket Ronnies) V C Moreton (Poplar Social)

20 MARCH AT WILLOW MOUNT WMC

B Holden (St Marks Con Club) v Peter Mercer (Rocket Ronnies)

28 MARCH AT BAXENDEN CON CLUB

J Wignall (Hasl BC) v K Hussain (Cuemasters)

29 MARCH AT RISHTON FREE GARDENERNS

Jack Dady (Baxenden Con Cl) v K Ashraf (Rocket Ronnies)