Your chance to play Peter Ebdon

And as well as promoting the Maplin UK Championship in Telford this December, the current world No 6 will also be taking on two of the county's top amateurs. Could one of them be you?

peter-ebdon.jpgCue up for your big break - the Shropshire Star is going snooker loopy.

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The Maplin UK Championship comes to Telford International Centre from December 8 to 16 and the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and reigning world champion John Higgins will be among a clutch of big name stars hoping to chalk up success.

The Shropshire Star will follow the action every step of the way.

And we have teamed up with World Snooker to offer fans of the sport a once in a lifetime opportunity - a one frame shoot-out with top snooker professional Peter Ebdon.

The 37-year-old - now based in Dubai - made a big splash on to the scene in 1992 when, famously sporting a ponytail, he knocked the great Steve Davis out of the World Championships in the first round.

Ebdon has since gone on to become one of the game's modern greats - winning seven ranking tournaments, including the World Championships in 2002 and last year's UK Championships, defeating Hendry in the final on both occasions.

Ebdon will be in Telford on November 3 at the Shropshire Star's Homestyle Exhibition at the International Centre.

And as well as promoting the arrival of the second biggest tournament to Telford, the current world No 6 will also be taking on two of the county's top amateurs.

The 2007 Shropshire Star Snooker Knockout champion Matt Davies, from Shifnal, has already been invited to take on Ebdon over one frame.

And one of the players in this year's competition - entries for which closes on Sunday, October 7 - will also be drawn at random to take on Ebdon.

All you need to do to enter is fill in the coupon on Page 63 of Saturday's (September 29) Shropshire Star and return it to tournament organiser Mick Brezwyn within the next week.

All the details are on the coupon, so why not enter Shropshire's top snooker competition . . . and have the chance to take on the great Ebdon at the same time!

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