Editing Strachan Open (section)

== History ==
The tournament was first held in 1992, and was a [[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] tournament. It was sponsored by billiard cloth company Strachan. The event was boycotted by several top players due to lower points tariff and prize money. The final stages were played at the Thornbury Leisure Centre in [[Thornbury, South Gloucestershire|Thornbury]].<ref name="cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/strachan.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155447/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/strachan.html|archivedate=16 February 2012|title=Strachan Open, Strachan Challenges|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=12 March 2013}}</ref> [[Peter Ebdon]] made his first official [[maximum break]] in the qualifying rounds against [[Wayne Martin (snooker player)|Wayne Martin]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210111304/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html|archivedate=10 February 2013|title=Maximum Breaks|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|accessdate=2 April 2010}}</ref>

The following season to encourage the new professional, the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] created four so-called ''minor ranking events''. These tournaments were open to every professional, but earned only one-tenth of the ranking points of most other ranking tournaments. Three of the four minor ranking events were ''Strachan Challenges''. The fourth was the [[Masters Qualifying Event|Benson & Hedges Championship]]. Most of the top sixteen players did not bother to enter. The Strachan Challenges continued for one more season with two events, but they did not carry ranking points.<ref name="cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk"/>