TIME is running out to cast your votes in this year’s Echo Sports Personality of the Year awards.

We have again received thousands of entries for the event which takes place at Basildon’s Sky Bar on Wednesday, February 25.

And the final date for votes to be counted is next Friday, February 13.

“We have again been left shocked by the number of votes we’ve received,” said the Echo’s sports editor Paul Alton.

“They have been flooding in and have certainly taken some counting.

“A few of the categories are still very close though so we would urge people to in their votes in before it’s too late.”

Echo readers can send in their votes by filling in the form which is regularly printed in the paper or by logging onto: www.echo-news.co.uk/personality