Editing Strachan Open

{{Infobox snooker tournament
|tournament_name = Strachan Open
|image = 
|venue = [[Willie Thorne Snooker Centre]]
|location = [[Leicester]]
|country = [[England]]
|establishment = {{start date and age|1992}}
|organisation = [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]
|format = Non-[[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] event
|prizefund = 
|final year= {{end date and age|1994}}
|Current Champion =
|Final Champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)|Anthony Hamilton]]
}}

The '''Strachan Open''' was a professional [[snooker]] tournament held between 1992 and 1994. It had varying ranking status during its history.

== 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"/>

==Winners==
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"
|-
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Winner
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Final score
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Season
|-
! colspan=5 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | Strachan Open (ranking)
|-
| [[1992 Strachan Open|1992]]
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[James Wattana]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Parrott]]
| style="text-align: center" | 9–5
| [[Snooker season 1991/1992|1991/92]]
|-
! colspan=5 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | Strachan Challenge (minor-ranking)
|-
| [[Strachan Challenge 1992/1993 – Event 1|1992 – Event 1]]
| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Joe Swail]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stefan Mazrocis]]
| style="text-align: center" | 9–4
| rowspan="3"| [[Snooker season 1992/1993|1992/93]]
|-
| [[Strachan Challenge 1992/1993 – Event 2|1993 – Event 2]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Troy Shaw]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Bond]]
| style="text-align: center" | 9–4
|-
| [[Strachan Challenge 1992/1993 – Event 3|1993 – Event 3]]
| {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Tony Drago]]
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ken Doherty]]
| style="text-align: center" | 9–7
|-
! colspan=5 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | Strachan Challenge (non-ranking)
|-
| [[1994 Strachan Challenge – Event 1|1994 – Event 1]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)|Anthony Hamilton]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Hicks]]
| style="text-align: center" | 9–4
| rowspan="2"| [[Snooker season 1993/1994|1993/94]]
|-
| [[1994 Strachan Challenge – Event 2|1994 – Event 2]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)|Anthony Hamilton]]
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Paul Davies (snooker player)|Paul Davies]]
| style="text-align: center" | 9–4
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{snooker_tournaments}}

[[Category:Snooker ranking tournaments]]
[[Category:Snooker minor-ranking tournaments]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1992]]
[[Category:Recurring events disestablished in 1994]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in England]]
[[Category:1994 disestablishments in England]]
[[Category:Snooker competitions in England]]
[[Category:Defunct snooker competitions]]
[[Category:Defunct sports competitions in England]]