Win tips from cue ace

Shropshire snooker players are being offered the chance to improve their game by taking part in a “master class” with one of the sport’s stars.

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Mark Selby, who reached the final of this year’s world championship, has offered to put a dozen Shropshire Star readers through their paces this month, giving them tips on their cue action and ways of improving their technique.

It’s part of the build-up to the Maplin UK Championship - the second biggest event in the annual snooker calendar - which is coming to the International Centre in Telford on December 8.

Midlands-based cueman Selby, 24, who is ranked the fifth best snooker player in the world, is also a top-class pool player - he is a former winner of the world eight-ball pool championship.

He will be taking time out to work with our winners at the session at the Maplin store in Telford town centre, on November 28, before launching his bid to unseat Peter Ebdon as reigning UK champion in the contest.

HOW TO ENTER

Tell us, in no more than 100 words, why you deserve a place at our master class. Add your name, address and phone number, and post it to Snooker Masterclass, Features Desk, Shropshire Star, Ketley, Telford, TF1 5HU by November 21. Employees of Shropshire Newspapers, associate companies and their immediate families are not eligible to enter. The editor’s decision is final.

By Carl Jones