Strachan Open

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The Strachan Open was a professional snooker tournament.

The tournament was held once, in 1992, and was a ranking tournament.

The following season, four so-called Minor Ranking Events were held. These earned only one tenth of the ranking points of most other ranking tournaments, and were designed to encourage the large number of new snooker professionals. Most of the top sixteen players did not bother to enter. Three of the four minor ranking events were Strachan Challenges. The fourth was the Benson & Hedges Championship.

The Strachan Challenges continued for one more season, but did not earn ranking points.

[edit] Winners

Year Winner Opponent Final score Season
Strachan Open (ranking)
1992 James Wattana- Flag of Thailand Thailand John Parrott- Flag of England England 9 - 5 1991/92
Strachan Challenges (minor ranking)
1993 Joe Swail- Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Stefan Mazrocis- Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 9 - 4 1992/93
1993 Troy Shaw- Flag of England England Nigel Bond- Flag of England England 9 - 4 1992/93
1993 Tony Drago- Flag of Malta Malta Ken Doherty- Flag of Ireland Ireland 9 - 7 1992/93
Strachan Challenges (non-ranking)
1994 Anthony Hamilton- Flag of England England Andy Hicks- Flag of England England 9 - 4 1993/94
1994 Anthony Hamilton- Flag of England England Paul Davies- Flag of Wales Wales 9 - 4 1993/94